{"id":25284,"date":"2020-04-14T11:20:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T15:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=25284"},"modified":"2022-10-11T16:58:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T16:58:45","slug":"review-not-that-kind-of-guy-by-andie-j-christopher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/14\/review-not-that-kind-of-guy-by-andie-j-christopher\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f Not That Kind of Guy by Andie J. Christopher"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-25284\" data-postid=\"25284\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-25284 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_bbbcac8 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner gutter-narrow col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_49667e8 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_7036296 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Not-That-Kind-of-Guy-Apple.jpg?w=640\" title=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f Not That Kind of Guy by Andie J. Christopher\" alt=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f Not That Kind of Guy by Andie J. Christopher\">\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_a1982ef customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">State attorney Bridget Nolan is successful in all aspects of her life\u2014except romance. After breaking up with her longtime boyfriend, she&#8217;s been slow to reenter the dating scene. To be honest, she has more important things to do like putting bad guys behind bars. But with her brother&#8217;s wedding right around the corner, she suddenly needs a date and fast. Lucky for Bridget, the legal intern is almost done with his program.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Matt Kido is dumbstruck by Bridget\u2014total love at first sight\u2014but there&#8217;s one problem. She&#8217;s totally off-limits while she&#8217;s his boss. But the moment he no longer reports to her, Matt decides to take a chance. An impulsive decision takes them to Las Vegas where, as the saying goes, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Unless you put a ring on it.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_23787e9 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_2d1ea91  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16466 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3-hearts.jpg?resize=135%2C44\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Apr 14, 2020<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> Berkley<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $9.99<\/p><hr \/><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The follow up to Christopher\u2019s debut novel merges some fun tropes.<\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I am still trying to wrap my head how I felt about this book, it\u2019s been over a week and I still can\u2019t quite decide if I the pros of the story outweigh the cons. I will mention that the author does a great job of throwing some tropes on their head and manages to work in a boss\/employee trope without it becoming a controversial issue with a main character abusing their position of power.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The characters themselves are fantastic, Christopher creates believable people who come from very different backgrounds and they fall for each other. Two worlds, the rich and the working class, molding together in a unique way with plenty of <em>tropey<\/em> goodness, from marriages of convenience paired with a fling to a thing. Both Matt and Bridget do a good job of playing off each other and overcoming the stereotypes and stigmas brought to them via their life growing up; doesn\u2019t mean that some of the false beliefs that have wormed their way into their hearts and minds don\u2019t rear their ugly heads which creates the a lot of the conflict. Turns out all this character development worked because I kept turning the page. I didn\u2019t know what would happen or how the story would play out and I was interested in the outcomes for both main characters.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The internal conflict is more of a driver than external conflict. Both Matt and Bridget struggle with all-too-real demons that I\u2019ve experienced in personal life. I did enjoy how the author weaves real life and if you like romances with a hefty dose of real world, you can\u2019t get closer than this.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Where things went off the rail for me is that the writing style wasn\u2019t really my favorite. There\u2019s a lot of deep introspective and often backstory information was rehashed over and over; more telling versus showing. I found myself shouting that out in the first three chapters multiple times. Later, after I read the \u2018Thank You\u2019 from the author, I figured out why this book was a little more difficult for me to dive into. Let\u2019s just leave at this is one of those books that required surgically crafting the story together. Some people enjoy books like that \u2013 with a kind of Harry Met Sally vibe with interactions and scenes being piecemealed.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, the story is at its essence a good one, with plenty of internal conflict; the villains are very realistic in the fact that they don\u2019t see themselves as bad guys. Matt and Bridget are cute in how they fall for each other, and navigating in opposite parts of society. The story left me wanting to know more about a particular priest and I wonder if there might be a taboo story coming in the future. If you like tropes switched on their head; this book is the one for you.<\/p><p><em>~ Landra<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_eb0616c customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3b7603u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/not-that-kind-of-guy\/id1472938739?mt=11&amp;app=itunes&amp;at=11l88k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/not-that-kind-of-guy-andie-j-christopher\/1132493417?ean=9781984802712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/audiobook\/wedding-cake-crumble-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Andie_J_Christopher_Not_That_Kind_of_Guy?id=Kk-iDwAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State attorney Bridget Nolan is successful in all aspects of her life\u2014except romance. 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Christopher\" alt=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f Not That Kind of Guy by Andie J. Christopher\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">State attorney Bridget Nolan is successful in all aspects of her life\u2014except romance. After breaking up with her longtime boyfriend, she's been slow to reenter the dating scene. To be honest, she has more important things to do like putting bad guys behind bars. But with her brother's wedding right around the corner, she suddenly needs a date and fast. Lucky for Bridget, the legal intern is almost done with his program.<br \/><br \/>Matt Kido is dumbstruck by Bridget\u2014total love at first sight\u2014but there's one problem. She's totally off-limits while she's his boss. But the moment he no longer reports to her, Matt decides to take a chance. An impulsive decision takes them to Las Vegas where, as the saying goes, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.<br \/><br \/>Unless you put a ring on it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3-hearts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Apr 14, 2020<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> Berkley<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $9.99<\/p><hr \/><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The follow up to Christopher\u2019s debut novel merges some fun tropes.<\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I am still trying to wrap my head how I felt about this book, it\u2019s been over a week and I still can\u2019t quite decide if I the pros of the story outweigh the cons. I will mention that the author does a great job of throwing some tropes on their head and manages to work in a boss\/employee trope without it becoming a controversial issue with a main character abusing their position of power.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The characters themselves are fantastic, Christopher creates believable people who come from very different backgrounds and they fall for each other. Two worlds, the rich and the working class, molding together in a unique way with plenty of <em>tropey<\/em> goodness, from marriages of convenience paired with a fling to a thing. Both Matt and Bridget do a good job of playing off each other and overcoming the stereotypes and stigmas brought to them via their life growing up; doesn\u2019t mean that some of the false beliefs that have wormed their way into their hearts and minds don\u2019t rear their ugly heads which creates the a lot of the conflict. Turns out all this character development worked because I kept turning the page. I didn\u2019t know what would happen or how the story would play out and I was interested in the outcomes for both main characters.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The internal conflict is more of a driver than external conflict. Both Matt and Bridget struggle with all-too-real demons that I\u2019ve experienced in personal life. I did enjoy how the author weaves real life and if you like romances with a hefty dose of real world, you can\u2019t get closer than this.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Where things went off the rail for me is that the writing style wasn\u2019t really my favorite. There\u2019s a lot of deep introspective and often backstory information was rehashed over and over; more telling versus showing. I found myself shouting that out in the first three chapters multiple times. Later, after I read the \u2018Thank You\u2019 from the author, I figured out why this book was a little more difficult for me to dive into. Let\u2019s just leave at this is one of those books that required surgically crafting the story together. Some people enjoy books like that \u2013 with a kind of Harry Met Sally vibe with interactions and scenes being piecemealed.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, the story is at its essence a good one, with plenty of internal conflict; the villains are very realistic in the fact that they don\u2019t see themselves as bad guys. Matt and Bridget are cute in how they fall for each other, and navigating in opposite parts of society. The story left me wanting to know more about a particular priest and I wonder if there might be a taboo story coming in the future. If you like tropes switched on their head; this book is the one for you.<\/p><p><em>~ Landra<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3b7603u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/not-that-kind-of-guy\/id1472938739?mt=11&amp;app=itunes&amp;at=11l88k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/not-that-kind-of-guy-andie-j-christopher\/1132493417?ean=9781984802712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/audiobook\/wedding-cake-crumble-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Andie_J_Christopher_Not_That_Kind_of_Guy?id=Kk-iDwAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}