King of Pride by Ana Huang is Isabella and Kai's love story. Isabella is a loud mouth, purple haired, snake loving bartender. Kai is a businessman who does business and I'm not exaggerating here more boring that a piece of cardboard. They maximize their slay potential by getting together. They do have to keep their relationship a secret because of Isabella's job but basically Kai comes out of his shell and Isabella gets fired from her job because she is dating a club member but finds a better job and a passion. They end up together.

Basically the setup was good, the premise was good, and the ending was good but I wish the middle had been condensed, the book just didn't need to be this long. I did not love this book which is insane because I loved the first book and I'm sad that I didn't love this one. I had to skim some parts because they were so boring. I was also so worried about Isabella getting fired through the entire book which dampen the enjoyment of the good parts. The book did pick up around chapter 39. As I said, the ending was good so that I enjoyed but not enough for even 3 stars. 

I would recommend this book to anyone who has never met a nerd in their life or people who can just look past the nerdy stereotype. I would not recommend this book to anyone who likes pizzazz in their MMCs as this one falls flat. 

Tropes: billionaire, opposites attract, hidden romance