I’m still at the first half of this book but I had to take a break because I hate both the main characters. 😂 I'm creeping on the edge of a reading slump so to be able to finish a book at this point is a literal blessing, so Nia Arthurs deserves her stars, although, a little smut would've made this 10X better and would've definitely earned 4 or 4.5 stars from me (I nearly cried when I read that poetic open door scene I got instead).

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Enjoy fierce, determined heroines and flawed, alpha heroes with kids? Then dive in! Every book in the Billionaire Dads series is BWWM and can be read as a standalone. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and, of course, a guaranteed HEA! I can’t decide what I want either. I plan his death on my off-time. I kiss him senseless in my dreams. Even if his chiseled jaw, broad chest, and strong hands star in my dreams. Even if he throws his money at my charity and fosters a kid with a heart condition. Even if we end up sharing a bed.One of the things that I really appreciated about this book given the fact that I will be 38 this year (and how I've stayed in certain romantic relationships longer in my 30s versus making smarter choices like I did in my 20s), is how truly proud I am of Kenya for setting boundaries with Holland and her making it clear to him that they are to be partners in their relationship, rather than Holland merely dominating and controlling the relationship. I loved Darrel's brilliance and his wonderfully insightful understanding of Holland and more specifically, the differences between Claire, his sister, and Kenya and what those two women brought/bring to Holland's life in spite of those differences. The dialogue with Darrel being clear with Holland about how Claire and Kenya were different was exactly the kind of insight and conversations that I hope cishet men can get to and engage in regularly. Anyway, there's other characters. Sunny, who I loved who basically wanted to fight Kenya's step sister Sasha for her (same). Ezekial, Holland's first assistant who was wonderful, though confusing at times. Belle, Holland's daughter, who doesn't get a ton of time with Kenya in this book, but seemed to love her after one meeting. We get a glimpse of Darrell in a few scenes, and apparently he has his own book with Sunny after this one.

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In any case I always like MS. Arthur’s ideas of a story, it’s the delivery that is sketchy and needs work. It was so refreshing to get a glimpse of the ladies and their mate and the kids but Clarissa’s mom was the worst. She literally made Clarissa thinks and be as she is…”misery always brings misery”… couldn’t stand her!!! Joel was a sweetheart and Vargas should probably be with Laura, that would be cute. The reality is that Ris and Cody were nothing special, but they were still adorable, making them one of my favourite couples. Or maybe I just have a thing for possessive a-holes who obsess over their women and the 'helpless' women who are the centre of their worlds, I haven't figured that out yet. I hate Cody because he reminds me of my boss and I feel like Cody is a childish name. Not sorry. I don’t know how they ended up together the first time besides attraction what’s else was there? Their morals are so far off I can hardly believe their marriage would have last more than six months. Cody himself is the same ruthless CEO type we get in all the rich CEO books. I was hoping for something different because I’m tired of the whole “he’s rich and evil but he’s fine so I can ignore that and change him” BS. I’m also anti blond men. I liked the book but to be honest the tropes of poor girl and rich boy is getting annoying at this point: I know we all are open to different opinions and all that but for once please guys in as much as I love a rich guy loving an extremely poor girl and all that right now I’m getting tired of these tropes. Like I really need a rich corporate baddie and when I mean corporate baddie I don’t mean the one working for him. No. From different companies or different fields of work falling in love. I’m tired of this same story line of poor girl struggling to feed and living in a shitty apartment. Like we get it Cinderella but now we need a corporate baddie or just some girl who has her shit together for once. I mean we are tired of seeing the same pattern of her sharing a room and all that. For once let the lady have her own apartment with a good job that is not working under him.

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But falling for him wasn’t in my job description. And neither is stealing kisses in the office stairwell. I haven't read a book this good in a long time and I am very very happy with what I read...FIVE STARS FOR THE WIN! Anyway, Holland was interesting. It was sort of conveyed that he hired Kenya because of her talent, but his attraction to her was noted just as much. It's also implied that, one of the reasons he didn't fire her after the Baby Box debacle was due to his feelings for her. That coupled with the fact that he partially treated her like crap because he didn't want his feelings to be known... it's the usually kinda shitty guy behavior. Also, it's like the second he decides to accept his feelings for her, a switch flips and he's super cuddly and sweet? Seemed a bit sudden. Although technically The Re-Proposal could be considered a slow burn or a groveling hero book, it didn't really hit the slow burn/groveling hero spot for me. The overall tone and dialogue of Grumpy truly did match a romantic comedy and as I was reading, I could absolutely see different scenes playing out in my head as if I was watching a romcom.

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Yes, Mr. Bachelor of the Year and grumpy CEO of a billion-dollar company once belonged to me—a charity worker who can barely afford rent. I enjoyed most of this, although I had some issues with part of it. For some reason, I was reminded of Terms and Conditions by Lauren Asher as I was reading this. Probably because, like Iris in that story, Kenya is the assistant to a really demanding jerk of a billionaire boss. He demands her weekends, holds her to really high standards and is unfair to her to keep from letting his true feelings show through. In some ways, I think Holland was better than Declan. Okay, in kind of a lot of ways.

Nia Arthurs never fails to write amazing books with angst and all the feelgood vibes. I won’t spoil it, you’ll have to commit to reading it for that!