Name: You Should Smile More
Rating: 3.5 (3 reviews)
ISBN: 9781728253350

Anastasia Ryan

A Novel

You Should Smile More

When Vanessa Blair is fired because of her "resting bitch face," her friends help her launch a revenge plan that'll bring down the whole company. Telemarketer Vanessa Blair isn't in love with her job. It pays the bills and feeds her foster kittens, but offers only one other perk: her friendships with Jane Delaney and Trisha Lam. But, as mind-numbing as her job is, things are about to get worse. Xavier Adams, her self-absorbed boss, calls Vanessa into the conference room and fires her. The reason? Her facial expressions. Apparently, her resting bitch face is wide awake, and it doesn't matter that her sales numbers are stellar or that she organizes office events. After a girls' night of schnapps and imagining retribution, Vanessa awakens to find that Trisha is more literal than she thought, and has implemented a revenge strategy based on the classic business book The Art of War by Sun Tzu. At first, Vanessa wants nothing to do with it. She wants to file for unemployment and move on with her life, possibly with Carter Beckett, the cute, cat-loving unemployment rep assigned to her case. But when Xavier contests her unemployment and ruins her shot at her dream job, Vanessa is all in...

Ashley Pennington

3.5-4 star rating 

It took me a bit to warm up to the narrator, but overall I do think she was a good choice. For some audiobooks it takes time for me to figure out if the voice matches how I picture the character and this was one of those times. I keep in mind that this is how the author intends the character is to be perceived. The narrator did a good job telling the story and transiting through the character voices. 

The story is entertaining. The characters, especially her mom, bring more to the story. The side characters were the stars of the story. I would like to have seen more action, especially from the main character. The moments are there, but I didn't get the "wow" factor from them. 

Overall this is a fun book to read. 

Thank you Dreamscape Media and NetGalley for the opportunity to listen to this audiobook.

this was such a fun book, i was so sucked into it. the antics, the characters, and the simplicity came together in such a truly enjoyable way that i am so glad i got to read. i do wish it was a little longer because i just really loved it so that felt like some of its downfall.

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