Arietta works for Dominick (The Dick) Calvetti as his secretary. And he isn’t the most pleasant person to work for hence his nickname. Unfortunately, for Arietta there is an email mix up, and Dominick finds out how she truly feels about him.

I’ve recently discovered that I find workplace romance to be entertaining and it’s quickly being one of my favorite type of romance. For starters, there doesn’t have to be any overly dramatic coincidences for the love interests to be in the same place. Secondly, they already have a common denominator. To say, I was excited for this book is an understatement.

This one started off strong for me. It had the whole sunshine grumpy thing going on. and I was excited to watch the relationship between Dominick and Arietta bloom. Unfortunately, as the book went on, I encountered some issues. After the email was sent, their relationship was switched into hyperdrive.

I would have wanted more of an emotional connection to because there was so much potential with both of the characters. Instead we have two characters who have such a physical attraction that they can’t keep their hands off each other and it started feeling extremely insta-love when they are talking about being each other’s forever. All of sudden, Dominick changed into a completely different person because he was “in love”.

I think a lot of the issues with the book would have been resolved if the story was longer. I think the characters were interesting enough that if solid groundwork was laid down and paced correctly, it would have work much better.

One thing that I will say that I did enjoy was the familial relationship. Dominick had an amazing relationship with his family. And Arietta had a great relationship with his family as well. I loved all the interactions with the Calvetti family.

Final Analysis

XOXO started off strong; however, as it went it went overboard. It got too fast pace. The “reveals” were too much.

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