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With a little bit of free time before getting to a book club book, I wanted to continue with a series I had already started earlier this year. After going through my reads, I decided to go with contemporary and went back to Holly Renee's Rock Bottom series. The second book is Trouble with the Hotshot Boss, but was originally titled Double Shot when it was originally released. The first book in the series was also retitled, but it looks like they were both retitled and got new covers to match the third book when it came out last year.
I was a little nervous about this book being that the main trope of this is second-chance romance, which is one of my least favorites. However, the "first chance" wasn't quite as pronounced as I was expecting and it more fell along the lines of brother's best friend and office romance. This book focuses on Sophie, the younger sister of Tucker from book 1, and his good friend Jase. We got a little bit of animosity between them in the first book, and it all stems from Sophie's 18th birthday party. She had been in love/serious crush with Jase since she was 10 years old and decided that she wanted to lose her virginity to Jase. As they start getting hot and heavy in the woods (her party's at a cabin), Tucker calls out for her and Jase runs and hides, rejecting her.
One thing I absolutely loved about this book was that the "hate" between them was resolved very quickly. I loved how once they put aside their dislike, all those old feelings came back to the forefront. What led this to a 4-stars for me and not 5-stars is how quickly they fell into bed together. And also how often they go it on in the office. Don't get me wrong, I loved all the sexy times. It just seemed a little unsafe for how often they were at work, especially knowing they worked in a fairly small architectural company. That's another interesting thing, they are both architects. I don't read about that profession very often so it was very unique and fun. It would've been nice to see a little bit more "competence porn" in that aspect and see her really excel at her job. There's also the drama with Tucker and Kennedy's wedding, but I really enjoyed seeing everybody hanging out together.
This misunderstanding was pretty obvious, but I did get a little frustrated with Jase that he didn't even try to talk to Sophie before yelling at her and assuming the worst. It felt so out of character for him and I really didn't like that instead of just being rude or yelling at her, he went the worst route and completely ignored her. I absolutely hate that and it always makes me cry. I did like that Sophie immediately chased him down and told him how he was wrong before breaking it off herself. It really helped that after the shock it wasn't her moping but trying to move on (and failing).
I am definitely planning on reading the third book soon and can't wait. There's been hints throughout both books so far and I'm really excited to see how it goes down. I also am interested if the 4th friend Ryan will get a book, only the first three have been posted on goodreads so far. I usually don't read full length contemporary novels, but I am really enjoying Holly Renee's writing and will definitely see what else is on her backlist.
Have you read Trouble with the Hotshot Boss?
Bookishly Yours,
Stasi🍎
STATISTICS: Trouble with the Hotshot Boss, Holly Renee, 4-stars, 2 days, eBook, 260 pages, published in 2019
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