Yes, yes, YES! I haven't stumbled upon a decent enemies to lovers trope novel since "Shortcake" by Lucy Watson and it was well worth the wait. I shit you not. Seriously from the get-go the chemistry between our infamous opposites attract pair has been off the charts and as the fake relationship bit continues, I can't help finding myself falling faster, deeper in love with the broody and rouchy gentle giant of a boxer and the petite size tinker bell. It was crazy how well they fit together and when I got to the end, my eyes almost started sweating because I really didn't want it to end. Needless to say, "Outmatched" is hands down one of the best reads to close the year on.

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I was trying to listen to the first story but the narrator's voice was so accented - American - that I just couldn't stick with it. An interesting voice, but too distracting - I couldn't pick up the content I was so stalled on the grating accent. ( )

Kristen Callihan is a must read author for me. I do not even read the book description before I purchase because I am so certain I will love anything she writes. Her stories are great but her characters are what really draw me in. The are totally realistic and also completely swoon worthy. I know when I read one of her books I will become totally obsessed with it. ( )

Renewable energy savant and rich girl Parker is working for an employer who will only promote people who are married or in serious relationships so she hires Rhys (really his brother but whatever) to be her fake bae. I think we can all agree the setup is beyond preposterous. There is no reason Parker would not have quit the job she is so anxious to keep despite a ridiculous insane investor. She graduated from MIT, she is not unemployable. The employer in question is a comic book villain, a rich man with investments in many things (that is made clear) but he takes an interest in the romantic commitments of an entry level energy consultant. Right.

Parker seems sweet and smart and sexually adept - she is a perfectly acceptable love interest.

Rhys is hot and all, but there are things a Southie fighter is never going to say even if he is in love. Not just the lovey stuff but things like saying Parker's gaze was "alight with mischief." There is a lot of that. No. I love love as much as the next person and miss the dewy eyed stupid love I am now too dinged up to allow myself, but there are limits to what even dewy eyed lovers do and say that are dictated by prior experience and basic dignity.

There are charming things about this book, its perfectly pleasant, but there are better crafted stories out there by the hundreds. ( )

This book was really cute; equal parts fluff and angst and I love the friction that comes with a classic opposites attract book; especially when done well and its more like opposite in some ways but our souls speak to each other! Wittily written, good side characters and plot outside of the romance (as kristen callihan does), all in all a solidly good book! ( )