Egomaniac

I have been uncharacteristically struggling with writing this review, primarily because I loved the book so much and I don’t feel like I am doing the story justice at all. Once again Vi Keeland has completely stolen my heart with one of her books! Drew Jagger is most definitely book boyfriend material, and Emerie is a worthy sparring partner who is a great combination of vulnerable, sassy and big hearted to balance out his rough spots. From the opening chapter, I was sucked in and I read Egomaniac in one sitting from start to finish. It made me laugh, swoon, fan myself, want to slap a few supporting characters, and just fall hard for Drew and Emerie in general. I am seriously considering going back to re-read it again because I didn’t stop smiling for hours after I read the last page. I’ll start with Drew- I absolutely adored him! He is a wonderful combination of cocky, arrogant, irreverent, dirty talking, caring, loving, detail oriented, and just plain HOT! Drew has serious trust issues with completely valid reason, and both the daily rigors of his job and a disastrous failed relationship have jaded him. Emerie is basically his opposite in every way. After toiling for years on her degree and thesis, she decides to move from Oklahoma to the wilds of NYC to pursue her career and possibly Baldwin, the guy who she has been crushing on since she met him in college. She has an air of innocence to her that is immediately noticed and leads to the very unfortunate circumstances of her initial meeting with Drew. But those circumstances are also a silver lining that can change both their lives. Although Drew can chew people up and spit them out all while wearing a million dollar smile on his face, he finds himself taking pity on Emerie and uncharacteristically offers to share his prime Park Avenue office space with her until she can find a new place to open her office. The kicker: their jobs are absolutely at odds with each other which makes for some really amusing moments! Their differing views on life and love are a source of constant bickering and banter, but the squabbling is really just their version of foreplay. Drew’s warped sense of humor in changing her inspirational quotes posted for her clients had me giggling even as it made Emerie spit fire, and that fire translated into serious heat when they moved beyond foreplay! It doesn’t take long before she realizes her unrequited feelings for Baldwin pale in comparison to what she is beginning to feel for Drew and that she really just had a crush on a friend. Personally I am on the same page with Drew when it comes to Baldwin: the guy is a bow tie wearing pretentious schmuck who has been stringing Emerie along while dating any female in the area who would have him. And as for Drew’s ex Alexa: the karma train needs to flatten that girl on the tracks pronto! There are a few surprises and heartbreaking moments revealed as Drew’s past is laid out in a series of flashback chapters. His reaction to it all just made me love him more though. Ms. Keeland provided a wonderfully satisfying epilogue to cap the story off, and I have definitely made space for Egomaniac on my all time favorite reads list!

EGO Maniac by Vi Keeland 4.5 stars!!! “He was like a drug—I knew I shouldn’t, but the addiction formed quickly.” Vi Keeland delivers once again her signature light, flirty, hot, swoon worthy read with Ego Maniac. This is one of those stories that captures your attention from the very start and holds you hostage throughout. The slow burn, the flirting, the side looks, the innuendo all bring these characters to life in vivid technicolour as you cannot help but picture these two, side by side, office by office, winding each other up on a daily basis. “Thanks to her dirty thoughts, Little Miss Oklahoma with the great a** got a reprieve after all.” These two are total opposites in every single way, but as the saying goes, opposites attract. Even their professions are total opposites, Drew Jagger is a divorce attorney and Emerie is a marriage counsellor. One aims to save marriages the other, to snuff them out forever. But it is these professions that bring unfettered banter, wit and hilarious scenes as Vi Keeland brings a light, heart-felt romance to life. “Damn straight. I’m like a superhero. The Prolactinator.” Drew Jagger is a man scorned and his feelings towards females in general is not all that great, unless they are the end of his c**k screaming his name in a no-strings attached encounter. His clients are all male as females only bring problems and as with any lawyer he exudes confidence, can talk his way in and out of any conversation and always gets what he wants. He works hard, is extremely professional but under his sarcastic, crude, in your face persona is a guy that was actually a closet romantic, loyal to a fault, a filthy talker in the sack and a guy that had a propensity to love like no other. “You’re an a**, you know that?” “Then I must be a great a**. Because it takes one to know one.” Emerie was a woman who walks the earth with her head in the clouds, where blue birds twitter around her head and everything is rainbows and unicorns. Emerie is an innocent, extremely naïve, very prudish and blushes at the drop of a hat, a blush that Drew makes his mission to see hourly. Emerie though is extremely professional, a hopeless romantic and the victim of unrequited love, firmly friend zoned by the man that she has lusted after for years. “Maybe, just maybe, neither one of us had found the right one before now…because we hadn’t met each other yet.” How these two come to meet is explained in the synopsis, but it is this that starts one hilarious love/hate friendship that slowly morphs to more. The sexual chemistry between these two was apparent from the start but with one being anti-relationship and another seeing stars for another it was an attraction that just sizzled and burned. The more that these two got to know one another, the more intense the flame. These two bantered, they called each other out and actually brought out the best in one and other, Drew bringing Emerie to her senses over Mr Bowtie and Emerie showing Drew that not all females are the same. “I can see that neither of you have figured it out yet. Talk to me in a month or two.” This was a really cute read, low on angst and huge on the emotional feels and gave you that hot and mushy feeling at the end. The progression of their relationship always felt honest and real and you couldn’t help but champion these two along from the very start. Both were endearing in their own way, together they were dynamite and I couldn’t put this one down, another addictive read from Vi Keeland. “I’d go three hundred and sixty-four days thirsty if it meant I got to drink you in for just one.”

This book was so sweet and had the perfect mix of sexiness and love everyone who loves romance will enjoy this book.

I loved this book, it was really funny, I highly recommend it.

Buen libro!

Das Buch hat mir wirklich sehr gut gefallen und das Ende fand ich auch super. Mich beschäftigt nur eine Frage. Er hat doch am Anfang einen Deal mit der Gerichtstante gemacht. Musst der den nicht noch einlösen? Soweit ich das mitbekommen habe, hat er das nicht direkt getan und später sagt er auch, dass der zuletzt den Tag vorher etwas mit einer Frau in Hawaii hatte. Also hat er den Gerichtsdeal nicht eingehalten, oder? Das war mein einziges Problem an dem Buch. Ich mochte den Rest der Story. Das Drama war kurz gehalten, aber gut gemacht. Leseempfehlung.

I'm a sucker for office romance, especially involving lawyers. I fell in love with the characters, they compliment each other so well. Amazing read 10/10