Two video game creators go head-to-head in this delightful, queer enemies-to-lovers workplace romance debut. Cat Li cares about two things: video games and swoony romances. The former means there hasn't been much of the latter in her (real) life, but when she lands her dream job writing the love storylines for Compass Hollow—the next big thing in games—she knows it’s all been worth it. Then she meets her boss: the infamous Andi Zhang, who’s not only an arrogant hater of happily-ever-afters determined to keep Cat from doing her job but also impossibly, annoyingly hot. As Compass Hollow’s narrative director, Andi couldn’t care less about love—in-game or out. After getting doxxed by internet trolls three years ago, Andi’s been trying to prove to the gaming world that they’re a serious gamedev. Their plan includes writing the best game possible, with zero lovey-dovey stuff. That is, until the man funding the game’s development insists Andi add romance in order to make the story “more appealing to female gamers.” Forced to give Cat a chance, Andi begrudgingly realizes there’s more to Cat than romantic idealism and, okay, a cute smile. But admitting that would mean giving up the single-player life that has kept their heart safe for years. And when Cat uncovers a behind-the-scenes plan to destroy Andi’s career, the two will have to put their differences aside and find a way to work together before it’s game over.
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Audiobook Review 🎧 | NetGalley ALC 3.5⭐️ If you’ve read two can play by Ali Hazelwood but felt like you wanted more of the gaming into the storyline. If you like work place romances, enemies to lovers but sapphic. This book is for you! It’s a little messy and captures well how much of a “small world” it can be when you’re queer. I love that the gaming aspects were present where I didn’t expect them. Cat’s inner monologue when trying to make decisions like she was playing a video game had me giggling. The pacing is very slow in my opinion however it didn’t bother me because we took the time to set them up as enemies and for a moment I wondered how the author was going to evolve this into a romance 😅 but everything played out beautifully. For the narration everything was great but I found interesting the choice of voice for one of the side characters. Narration Overall: 3.5 Voice: 4 Energy: 4 Pacing: 3 Emotions: 3 Story/Writing Overall: 3.5 Prose: 3 Entertainment: 4 Emotions: 3 Storyline: 4 Spice level: 🌶️ Thank you to NetGalley and Dreamscape media for providing an advanced copy of this book. All opinions are my own.