Lyssa Kay AdamsRomance · Contemporary Romance
Undercover Bromance
Synopsis
Undercover Bromance is the second Bromance Book Club novel, pairing sous chef Liv Papandreas with nightclub entrepreneur Braden Mack. After Liv catches her celebrity-chef boss harassing a young hostess and gets fired for confronting him, she vows revenge, but taking down a powerful man on her own isn't realistic.
Mack offers to help expose him, though Liv is wary of his motives, so he brings in reinforcements: the Bromance Book Club, a group of men who use the romantic suspense novel they're reading as an actual playbook for the sting operation.
The book club is just as invested in engineering Mack's own happy ending, even as Liv does her best to keep him at arm's length.
How it reads
Prose complexity 1/10
Content warnings (1)
Abuse
- No good. If I remember correctly, at one point they are about to hook up and I think the MMC quotes the Star Spangled Banner. I thought his secret was nothing he needed to worry about his reputation being ruined for. Liv's reaction to finding out was SO immature. Yes, let's equate the doings of the parents to the kids. Because at no point during the book did he remotely hint that he would be like his father. People are allowed their secrets. It wasn't like they had been together for a long time. Not sure why she felt betrayed that he didn't tell her or that he would be like his dad. Liv was insufferable. She sat upon the highest horse that happened to be standing upon the highest soapbox I have ever seen.
- Second installment of the bromance bookclub series, and it touches on sexual assault/abuse, blackmail and toxic masculinity in the work place. When it was inspiring to read about when it comes to speaking up for these serious issues and feminism, Liv came off like a controlling character who disregarded others boundaries. I understand her courage in inspiring and encouraging those women to come forward, but it felt like she was pushing them too, rather then allowing them do so on their own, at their own time. The angst and dramatics infuriated me. Overall, this fell short for me.