Liberty’s just landed her dream job. The catch? It’s at Matcher, the dating app that ruined her life. After catching her boyfriend sending intimate pictures to everyone in a twenty mile radius, Liberty is struggling to get back into the dating game. Every man gives her the ick sooner or later.
Still, she’s having a great time travelling the world for work, until she’s assigned a secret mission: Travel to New York with her handsome and charming boss Jordan and swap out a contract from under his nose. It should be easy, but the more time Liberty spends with Jordan, the more she realises he might not be the bad boy she thought he was. But it turns out they’ve both got a lot to unpack, and Liberty still needs to complete her mission if she wants to keep her job - which means not breaking the one golden rule: do not fall for the boss! (Synopsis courtesy of Goodreads.)
I wish I had Liberty’s dream job! I know that’s not meant to be the primary focus of A Lot to Unpack, of course, but to be able to travel and be on standby, waiting to be called upon for work, and still getting paid for that would be the ultimate experience. Given how amazing the job is, I can see Liberty’s dilemma and how she feels conflicted, given the circumstances she dealt with while with her previous boyfriend. But she’s also given the opportunity to put herself out there a lot more, which sets her up for some pretty interesting scenarios.
It seemed like Liberty had a lot of preconceived notions of how relationships should be, and how the men she’s attracted to should behave. She focuses a lot on red flags, some warranted, some feeling like nitpicking. She even admits to herself at some point that maybe she should open her horizons more–but that mindset stops at Jordan. Jordan is unattainable and not someone she could ever imagine herself with, for many, many reasons. Yet it’s hard for her not to feel attraction for Jordan.
That was never meant to be the end game for Liberty. The goal was to follow through on her boss’s directive, and even though it involves Jordan, Liberty figured she could handle the task. But that’s when life gets in the way. I always appreciate this author’s primary characters, because they often are deeply-good characters that have some unique character flaws, making them quirky. Even when Liberty has the best of intentions and wants to do what she was set out to do, it doesn’t go according to plan, and that’s when major growth can happen.
It’s obvious that Liberty has a lot to unpack when it comes to her personal relationships, and maybe even within her life, but it was told in a super enjoyable, lighthearted way and the experience was a lot of fun!
Thanks to Rachel's Random Resources for the book in exchange for an honest review.
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From disastrous dates to destination weddings, Portia’s romcoms are the perfect way to escape from day to day life, visiting sunny beaches in the summer and snowy villages at Christmas time. Whether it’s southern Italy or the Yorkshire coast, Portia’s stories are the holiday you’re craving, conveniently packed in between the pages.
Formerly a journalist, Portia has left the city, swapping the music biz for the moors, to live the (not so) quiet life with her husband and her dog in Yorkshire.
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