Reviewed by: BigAl
Genre: Romantic Comedy/Chick Lit
Approximate word count: 65-70,000 words
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Author:
Lisa Lim’s
debut novel, Confessions of a Call Center
Gal, was shortlisted for “Goodreads No Young Adult Best Chick Lit Reads”
and featured on the Wall Street Journal online.
For more,
visit Lim’s blog.
Description:
“The Devil Wears Prada meets The Office. Twenty-something Karsynn is
now a boss, but she's not so much The
Devil Wears Prada as she is The Angel
Wears Payless. With a brighter career, things should be going better for
her, right? Wrong. There's now a new director at the office, Carter Lockwood,
and he's brought his reputation for wreaking havoc amongst the ladies. Karsynn
prides herself on being the only one impervious to Carter's good looks. In
fact, she takes great pleasure in blowing on the embers of Carter's hostility.
Karsynn
thinks Carter is arrogant and obnoxious. Carter believes Karsynn is an
ignorant, sassy spitfire. Once they start working closely together, they
discover first impressions can be deceptive. Karsynn may be winning the battle
against Carter, but will she lose the war? And more importantly, will she lose
her heart?”
Appraisal:
She’s the Boss largely takes place in the same
call center as Lim’s Confessions of a
Call Center Gal, but with a focus on different characters and no need to
have read the prior book to easily follow what’s happening in this one. Humor
abounds, with idiot customers (the characters may have to pretend that the
customer is always right, but I don’t have to), and the normal hijinks you’ll
find in any office full of young, energetic people.
The main
character, Karsynn, is, as the book description says, a “sassy spitfire.” As a relatively new
supervisor, she’s finding her way, learning how to balance the demands made on
her from above with supervising those people who were recently her peers and
are still her friends. Anyone who has gone through this balancing act will
empathize with her experiences.
It would be
fair to describe She’s the Boss as
Chick Lit, as it has all the elements of that genre, primarily the humor in the
situations the protagonist faces as she grows as a person. But the book is also
being described as a “Romantic Comedy,” and has all of those elements too, with
a potential love interest who is unappealing in many ways, yet Karsynn is
unaccountably drawn to him. Categorize it however you want. What’s important is
it’s a read that won’t leave your funny bone alone.
FYI:
Some adult
language and situations.
Format/Typo Issues:
No
significant issues.
Rating: ***** Five stars
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