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Jolene is an anxious person who hates her job and doesn’t make any attempt at being sociable with her coworkers. To deal with her hatred, she types nasty messages at the bottom of emails and changes the font to white. Except one day she forgets to change the font colour, is caught, and formally reprimanded. The reprimand includes restrictions on her computer, but the administrator makes a mistake and accidentally gives her admin access to all texts and emails. Now Jolene knows more about her coworkers, including how they feel about her.
The characters in the novel are rich, well developed, and believable. That kept me going throughout, especially when I felt like Jolene’s anxiety was laid a bit thick. The author did an excellent job revealing the source of Jolene’s anxiety and hatred, as well as slowly doling out bits of the other character’s backstories.
I wasn’t quite expecting the romance angle of the novel – Jolene has an instant attraction to the new HR guy Cliff – but it worked well.
Overall, the author’s narrative style made this an easy, interesting read, rich with sensory description and emotion.
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