TheGeekishBrunette's Reviews > Codename Charming

I was really excited about this one because I liked Petunia aka Pet in the first book. She was always so hilarious and it carried to this book as well. Although I did like aspects of this one I didn’t fully love it and that saddened me.

There are a lot of good tropes in this book and most circle around the main couple Pet and Matthias. He is a grump and she is the sunshine. I feel like it was easier to get to know Pet because we had been previously introduced to her. Matthias is very standoffish and doesn’t say or do much but that comes with his line of work as a bodyguard for someone in the royal family. They also begin to fake date due to rumors and keeping the publicity off the royal family. I due tend to enjoy these tropes but the romance was very much a slow burn and not in a good way. It took to around 22% to introduce the fake dating and their relationship was just as slow. It didn’t give me the feels and when that happens its hard to stay interested. I think this could have been avoided if there weren’t so many plotlines going on outside of this.

Overall, I was just underwhelmed by this one but thought it was good for the most part.

Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for a complimentary earc to review! All opinions are my own.