Genre:
Romantic Comedy/Chick Lit
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?”
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.
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.
Added
for Reprise Review: She’s
the Boss was a nominee in the
Chick Lit/Women's Fiction category for B&P 2014 Readers' Choice
Awards. Original review ran May 6, 2013
Format/Typo
Issues:
No
significant issues.
Rating:
***** Five Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate
word count: 65-70,000 words
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