2.5 ⭐️ - Even Zachary Webber couldn’t save this one…

Picked this up as an audiobook from a “Stuff Your Earbuds” event and if I’m honest: Zachary Webber as one of the narrators is THE reason I chose to snag this particular book - I might happily listen to that guy growl his way through a phone book - but even his narration failed to breathe life into this lackluster romance.  
- An unpleasant MMC who used his “tragic backstory” (not that tragic) as an excuse to be a dick to everyone whose only only redeeming qualities seem to be a sweet old dog and his nice ass (as the FMC repeatedly tells us).  His hot and cold treatment of the FMC fails to build tension, but just seemed to make him even more unappealing 
 - A multilingual, apparently attractive, slender/athletically built FMC with a Harvard business degree who has the self confidence of a slug.  While I realize that women of all walks of life and body types can suffer from a poor self image, the FMC’s continued intrusive self criticism and “but he’d never want a girl like me” thoughts had her being emotionally railroaded by the MMC multiple times.  

Overall, I just didn’t feel the romantic connection building so their first kiss felt like it came flying out of left field and the rest of the *love story* felt much the same