{"id":26939,"date":"2021-02-03T06:37:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T11:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=26939"},"modified":"2022-10-11T16:57:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T16:57:31","slug":"review-make-up-break-up-by-lily-menon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/03\/review-make-up-break-up-by-lily-menon\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f  Make Up, Break Up by Lily Menon"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-26939\" data-postid=\"26939\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-26939 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\/2021\/02\/make-up-break-up-lily-menon.jpg?w=640\" title=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f  Make Up, Break Up by Lily Menon\" alt=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f  Make Up, Break Up by Lily Menon\">\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;\">Love, romance, second chances, fairy-tale endings\u2026these are the things Annika Dev believes in. Her app, Make Up, has been called the \u201cGoogle Translate for failing relationships.\u201d<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">High efficiency break-ups, flashy start-ups, penthouses, fast cars\u2026these are the things Hudson Craft believes in. His app, Break Up, is known as the \u201cUber for break-ups.\u201d It\u2019s wildly successful\u2014and anathema to Annika\u2019s life philosophy.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Which wouldn\u2019t be a problem if they\u2019d gone their separate ways after that summer fling in Las Vegas, never to see each other again. Unfortunately for Annika, Hudson\u2019s moving not just into her office building, but into the office right next to hers.\u00a0<i>And\u00a0<\/i>he\u2019ll be competing at the prestigious EPIC investment pitch contest: A contest Annika needs to win if she wants to keep Make Up afloat. As if it\u2019s not bad enough seeing his irritatingly perfect face on magazine covers when her own business is failing. As if knowing he stole her idea and twisted it into something vile\u2014and monumentally more successful\u2014didn\u2019t already make her stomach churn.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">As the two rival app developers clash again and again\u2014and again\u2014Annika finds herself drawn into Hudson Craft\u2019s fast-paced, high velocity, utterly shallow world. Only, from up close, he doesn\u2019t seem all that shallow. Could it be that everything she thought about Hudson is completely wrong? Could the creator of Break Up teach\u00a0<i>her<\/i>\u00a0what true love\u2019s really about?<\/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-25881 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png?resize=296%2C72\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong><br \/>Release Date:<\/strong> Feb 2, 2021<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Macmillan<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> St. Martin&#8217;s Press<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $10.99<\/p><hr \/><p><br \/><br \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Annika Dev<\/strong> is all about the romance. She believes in the happily ever after and her app strives to help couples make it. She may not be successful at relationships but doesn\u2019t mean she can\u2019t help others. The problem is that her company is not thriving and she is one step away from being evicted from her office space. To make matters worse, her enemy <strong>Hudson Craft<\/strong> has moved into the office space next to hers.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One upon a time, Annika liked Hudson, after sharing a week long affair with him in Vegas at a conference. She shared her idea of her app and suddenly he created an app called Break Up. The complete opposite of hers. Just to help couples break up effortlessly.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hudson is taken back that Annika is so openly hostile with him. He doesn\u2019t even understand until she accuses him of stealing her idea and making profit over it. Then they are constantly fighting and competing for the same investors. As Annika and Hudson spend time together, they realize that some of the previous sparks are still there.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I really enjoyed this enemies to lovers story. Annika is so smart, hardworking and passionate about her career. I can understand why she is so hurt that Hudson would take her idea. The thing is did he really take her idea? She keeps finding herself wanting to let go around him. She also worked on my nerves because she became so judgmental and wanted him to be something else.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The chemistry between the two characters is what wow me. It was a slow longing for one another. I kept waiting for them to finally get together and when they did it was amazing.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ending is the only thing that held me back from completely loving this book because I felt as the author gave Annika her wish in order to complete their romance. It didn\u2019t sit well with me. I expected a bit more.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, fans of the enemies to lovers trope will love this book.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Samantha<\/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\/3tp4X8o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/make-up-break-up\/id1511536481?itsct=books_toolbox&amp;itscg=30200&amp;at=11l88k&amp;ct=books_make_up_break_up&amp;ls=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/make-up-break-up-sandhya-menon\/1136846359?ean=9781250214478\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/make-up-break-up-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Lily_Menon_Make_Up_Break_Up?id=XhDhDwAAQBAJ\" 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>Love, romance, second chances, fairy-tale endings\u2026these are the things Annika Dev believes in. 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Her app, Make Up, has been called the \u201cGoogle Translate for failing relationships.\u201d<br \/><br \/>High efficiency break-ups, flashy start-ups, penthouses, fast cars\u2026these are the things Hudson Craft believes in. His app, Break Up, is known as the \u201cUber for break-ups.\u201d It\u2019s wildly successful\u2014and anathema to Annika\u2019s life philosophy.<br \/><br \/>Which wouldn\u2019t be a problem if they\u2019d gone their separate ways after that summer fling in Las Vegas, never to see each other again. Unfortunately for Annika, Hudson\u2019s moving not just into her office building, but into the office right next to hers.\u00a0<i>And\u00a0<\/i>he\u2019ll be competing at the prestigious EPIC investment pitch contest: A contest Annika needs to win if she wants to keep Make Up afloat. As if it\u2019s not bad enough seeing his irritatingly perfect face on magazine covers when her own business is failing. As if knowing he stole her idea and twisted it into something vile\u2014and monumentally more successful\u2014didn\u2019t already make her stomach churn.<br \/><br \/>As the two rival app developers clash again and again\u2014and again\u2014Annika finds herself drawn into Hudson Craft\u2019s fast-paced, high velocity, utterly shallow world. Only, from up close, he doesn\u2019t seem all that shallow. Could it be that everything she thought about Hudson is completely wrong? Could the creator of Break Up teach\u00a0<i>her<\/i>\u00a0what true love\u2019s really about?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong><br \/>Release Date:<\/strong> Feb 2, 2021<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Macmillan<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> St. Martin's Press<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $10.99<\/p><hr \/><p><br \/><br \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Annika Dev<\/strong> is all about the romance. She believes in the happily ever after and her app strives to help couples make it. She may not be successful at relationships but doesn\u2019t mean she can\u2019t help others. The problem is that her company is not thriving and she is one step away from being evicted from her office space. To make matters worse, her enemy <strong>Hudson Craft<\/strong> has moved into the office space next to hers.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One upon a time, Annika liked Hudson, after sharing a week long affair with him in Vegas at a conference. She shared her idea of her app and suddenly he created an app called Break Up. The complete opposite of hers. Just to help couples break up effortlessly.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hudson is taken back that Annika is so openly hostile with him. He doesn\u2019t even understand until she accuses him of stealing her idea and making profit over it. Then they are constantly fighting and competing for the same investors. As Annika and Hudson spend time together, they realize that some of the previous sparks are still there.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I really enjoyed this enemies to lovers story. Annika is so smart, hardworking and passionate about her career. I can understand why she is so hurt that Hudson would take her idea. The thing is did he really take her idea? She keeps finding herself wanting to let go around him. She also worked on my nerves because she became so judgmental and wanted him to be something else.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The chemistry between the two characters is what wow me. It was a slow longing for one another. I kept waiting for them to finally get together and when they did it was amazing.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ending is the only thing that held me back from completely loving this book because I felt as the author gave Annika her wish in order to complete their romance. It didn\u2019t sit well with me. I expected a bit more.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, fans of the enemies to lovers trope will love this book.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Samantha<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3tp4X8o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/make-up-break-up\/id1511536481?itsct=books_toolbox&amp;itscg=30200&amp;at=11l88k&amp;ct=books_make_up_break_up&amp;ls=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/make-up-break-up-sandhya-menon\/1136846359?ean=9781250214478\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/make-up-break-up-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Lily_Menon_Make_Up_Break_Up?id=XhDhDwAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26939","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=26939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26939\/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=26939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}