Holly versus Mr. Ivy: A Reverse Grumpy/Sunshine Sweet Romantic Comedy

Christmas in Connecticut Book Three

De: Amanda P. Jones

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

I've never wanted to break the no-dating-coworkers rule... until now.

Holly

As a caregiver to Mom and an executive chef in a kitchen full of disrespectful staff, I'm wilting like day-old butter-leaf lettuce. I’d quit, except my job is the only thing keeping a roof over our heads. When my boss forces me to work with the new, annoyingly handsome and all too cheerful general manager to increase profits by New Year’s, I'm left with no choice but to play nice. But all my efforts to maintain a steady paycheck have backfired because behind Rhett's nauseatingly jolly facade is a man who is making me question whether I should risk getting fired for breaking the number one rule at the restaurant—never, under any conditions, date a coworker.

Rhett

After my ex fled faster than Santa’s sleigh because she thought I was “too mentally broken,” I decided to save someone else the heartache and keep my dating nonexistent—a feat I successfully managed for a year. Then I met Holly at my uncle’s restaurant. There’s something about the grumpy chef that takes down my walls and makes me think love could actually happen. Dating Holly means I risk getting her fired and ruining my only chance at getting promoted to regional manager. How do I choose between my dreams and the woman I love?

Holly vs. Mr. Ivy is a sweet with a sprinkling of heat, closed-door romantic comedy. All books in the Christmas in Connecticut series can be read as stand alones, but they are best enjoyed in order.

Boring and AI voice not the best

Ack! Story was boring and technically flawed. Chapter after Chapter of kisses that tingle and make a heart throb. Too much. Secondly, Obviously, the writer never worked in the restaurant industry, otherwise she would not have gotten so much wrong. Per the story plot, restaurant owner uncle has a chain of restaurants, yet, the restaurant where the story takes place has multiple office suites in the back of the house, and an Executive Chef. Such things are not going to be true in a chain of restaurants. 100% of the time, management offices are outside the restaurants in the chain and there is only one Executive Chef at corporate. Plus, (SPOILER ALERT!) uncle fires the Executive Chef for simply having a relationship with his restaurant manager Nephew (who is spinless and does not stick up for his girlfriend chef). Additionally, uncle is pretty much an idiot. Anyone in the business knows your restaurant is only as good as the Exec Chef, and you would not fire the chef if you expect your restaurant to continue in success. Further, the story line does not talk about any consequences for the uncle for his stupid mistakes.

Finally, the AI voice reads the words almost flawlessly, but there is no emotion or inflection in the reading. Flat and monotone. Not engaging.

Story was great, but would be better with real actors voice.

Story was great but overall, it would be better with real actors voices. I almost did not complete the book because I was getting disconnected from the story because of the emotional less tonal inflections. The story brought real world mental challenges that we encounter every day and showing at the end of the day we don't have to be perfect to be loved.