Book Review: Working It

9,5/10 for Working It by Leah Marie Brown

Falling in love is always in fashion…. 
With her trust fund and coveted job at Christian Dior, Fanny Moreau believes she has it all. But when her best friend finds a fulfilling new career abroad—and a dreamy relationship with a great guy, Fanny’s fabulous life suddenly feels empty. Inspired to find her true purpose, she trades her cushy lifestyle in San Francisco for an adventure in the Alaskan wilderness. 
Everyone thinks Fanny has gone off the deep end. What’s a girl with a Ph.D in Prada doing teaching in an Inuit village? Even Fanny is wondering, especially when she comes face to face with Calder MacFarlane. The Scottish search and rescue pilot is everything Fanny is not—selfless, heroic, and used to living on the edge. He’s also the man who once loved her best friend. Yet something in Calder’s sexy gaze has her believing that she’s a woman capable of great things—a woman who might just find her own happily-ever-after, in a place where she least expects it…. 
“Leah Marie Brown has a wily way of bringing her stories to life with sharp dialogue and drop-dead sexy characters.” —Cindy Miles, National Bestselling Author
“When it comes to crafting clever, intelligent, wonderful escapist fiction with a heroine every woman wants to know, Leah Marie Brown is a new voice to watch. Prepare to fall in love!” —Renee Ryan, Daphne du Maurier Award-Winning Author
 
Source: Goodreads

I received a copy through Netgalley in return for an honest review.

In all honesty, there were a few niggles with the book.
Them being
- I was constantly borderlining on disliking Fanny. She was judgemental and shallow at the best of times but what kept her straight was the way she could truly care about people once she got over her own prejudice.
- The time she actually spent in Alaska and what happened before were unbalanced. The Alaska time was rushed and it almost felt like watching a trailer of a movie rather than having an entire film. I don't know how this book kept its length without actually zooming in on the actual story plot.


Then why did I give this story 9,5/10?
Simple, because I loved reading this book!
There's something about Leah Marie Brown's writing that makes her stories like a soft fluffy pillow. You can't help but love curling up with them.
This is the third book in the It Series but it works perfectly as a standalone which is great for new readers. On the other hand it also has little hints for the people who have read the previous books.
And with this story I was happy to see an old favourite make a come-back: Calder McHottie!

As Calder manages to slowly thaw Fanny and make her more loveable (and horny), I also started to like Fanny more and more.
We also meet Laney and I feel like she was used as a middle person. The thing we needed to connect Fanny from the one event to the other and this being her only purpose. Which was a bit of a shame because she was an interesting character with more potential.

So When LMB said the next book will star Laney, I hope we'll get to find out more about her but also about the setting of Alaska of which we now only had a glimpse.

Despite the few issues I had with it, I enjoyed it rather a lot. This book is simply a perfect story to read during summer by the pool or under a blanket with a warm drink.


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