My Fair Millennial 2 by Elle Hume [Review]

My Fair Millennial 2 (My Fair Millennial #2) by Elle Hume
Format: ebook
Source: provided for review
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Date read: March 13, 2019

My Fair Millennial
1. My Fair Millennial
2. My Fair Millennial 2 - Kindle
3. My Fair Millennial 3

Elle Hume
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

I'M LIZETTE CLARY, also known as legendary Internet meme Epic Fail Girl. And for the last three months, I've been Jason Moon's pet project. Yes, that Jason Moon. The one with the Pulitzer. He's spending six months training me to become a worthy New Media Editor at RMG, and I've never been so happy being told everything I do is wrong.

Truthfully, I'm more than a little bit into Jason, and the feeling is mutual. Our arrangement's more personal than professional. But he won't work with me if I don't follow his rules: No kissing, no sex, and no falling in love. No big deal! My career is rising fast, dudes hurl themselves at my feet, and there's no reason for me to be hung up on the one man I can't have. Even if I've destroyed three Hitachis and a dozen Kleenex boxes over him. Wait, where'd I put my copy of The Notebook? I need a drink.

I'M JASON MOON, and I'm in deep trouble. I set out to change Lizette Clary. Instead, I'm confronting the cost of prioritizing work over romance in my empty bed every night. For the first time, the price seems too much, my walls too high, my life too lonely. Every day, it feels less crazy to imagine Lizette in my life for the long term.

She's made it clear she doesn't want forever, and I won't settle for anything less. She doesn't deserve another powerful man obsessing over her. There's not a thought in her head I didn't put there, and I won't take advantage of the power I have as her dominant. I've set our rules for a reason: No kissing, no sex, no falling in love. I've only got to make it through my last three months at RMG. And then, somehow, I have to walk away without Lizette Clary.

MY FAIR MILLENNIAL 2 is still a romantic comedy slowly building to an HEA over several books. This modern-day Pygmalion is riddled with offensive age-related humor, super-obscure pop culture jokes, and steamy hot eye-sex at inappropriate times.

Thoughts on My Fair Millennial 2: Okay. OKAY. It seemed like Lizette was on the path to a better, almost-adult version of herself at the end of book 1 and, in a lot of ways, she was. BUUUUT she has terrible coping mechanisms and she falls back on them far too easily when there's no one around to make sure she's not turning into the pre-Jason Lizette V1.

I actually totally get how that happens. The girl does NOT deal with her problems. She buries them beneath alcohol and partying and being the IT girl of the moment. Unfortunately for her, her moments usually come from having the most embarrassing times in her life splashed across social media for people to dissect and mock. Which sends her into even deeper into manic mode which causes more problems for her down the line.

Jason really is her stabling influence. But he's not perfect. Things cause him to pull away from Lizette *glares balefully at that thing* and...well, actually, he gained some much-needed perspective where she was concerned while they were apart. So I might not like that thing *glares again*, but I can appreciate how something bad can cause a fundamental shift in one's understanding of the world around them. Or of how much they might miss the pain in their side when it isn't beside them anymore.

FYI, Lizette isn't the only one benefiting from their quasi-relationship. Jason's learning to loosen up (a little, at least) and he's figuring out that he's allowed to make mistakes. I can't ever imagine him at Lizette's level of catastrophe (although I'm not ruling it out simply because Lizette is a force of nature, man. I put nothing past her.), but he's starting to take risks and that's a good thing.

This series is hilariously whacked and I kinda love it. It's insane and sometimes sad and oddly introspective and I am SO down to see how the manic pixie dream girl and the buttoned-up professional find a way to make things work.