One main initially not liked by me. I settled in to it a bit more but as I knew from the blurb that they were going to work together, that decision being made felt a bit dragged out.
The barrier was established. The dance round each other is happening but I’m not quite buying in to their banter. Some of the sentences that leave the older woman’s mouth don’t quite ring true.
So the barrier, forbidden boss employee, they are just ignoring. I’m a little disappointed that they’re working together on a case hasn’t happened yet, (40% in, mentioned in blurb so no spoiler!). I think that indicates the romance isn’t enough for me.
I think my issue with this book is that I’m looking for a bit more. More depth of characters or rather more authenticity, especially from the older character. This book didn’t work for me, that doesn’t make it a bad book, or me a bad person. There will be others out there who will love it, I’m sure, therefor rounded up to 2.6 rounded up to 3.

Overall , this was a good read. I feel there were some parts that went by super quick and other parts that dragged a bit. There were some financial insecurity on Elizabeth’s part that I wished got dissected a bit more, especially in the context of dating a rich lawyer. I liked the snippets from Darcy’s therapy session as it helped me to understand the character more. The few chapters felt rushed but that’s probably because I got so invested in the story and wanted to know more.

I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

I like romances with lawyers but this one stretches credibility. Brand new lawyer Elizabeth (Lizzy) Taylor starts as a junior associate at an elite NYC law firm. She is bright and driven although not ivy league like her other newbies. She catches the eye of Darcy Hammond the youngest and only female managing partner in the firm. Darcy at 38 is supposed to be the typical ice-queen in this story. Lizzy flirts and Darcy reciprocates. It didn’t make sense to me that either would risk their careers recklessly so quickly. I don’t want to spoil with specifics but this felt more superficial than romantic. It is a quick, easy romance but I need more to move beyond an average rating. To be clear, three stars from me is a positive recommendation but nothing boosted this to a higher rating for me.

I had a hard time connecting with the characters. Darcy had potentials, Lizzy on the other hands reminds me of that annoying and childish coworker who get all the benefits yet everyone wonder why. I might have been harsh on that character but I don't know did not receive her well.

overall, I felt like the romance was kinda forced in the story. and that there was no build up boom she's thinking of her, flirting with her.... ext.

"The View from the Top", by Morgan Adams is a cute workplace romance that has both an "ice queen" character, and an age-gap. I really liked the two mains in this one, especially Lizzy and her insane confidence. I also enjoyed the way the author handled the conflicts in the story, wrapping the story up neatly with a HEA. My only complaint is that there were a lot of scenes and conversations between Darcy and Lizzy that were told about rather than shown. I think if more of those moments were given to readers, the book would be even better. As it stands, I give it a solid 4/5 stars, this one is worth the read.

"View from the Top" by Morgan Adams is a fun lesbian romance set in a law firm. I enjoyed how the author dealt with power dynamics between a partner and junior associate along with class issues in a fun way. The author balances the realities for young associates as well as long hours and sexism for partners with fun dates in iconic NYC locations. Recommended. Thanks to Netgalley for the eARC.

Great legal/romance/instant attraction. Lizzy a new junior associate can’t take her eyes of of her new law firm’s managing partner Darcy. Even on her first day she’s informed of the rules of office romance but that won’t stop her from flirting especially once she finds out Darcy is attracted to her as well.
This was written so well that the chemistry of these two oozed off the pages. Of course there will be some bumps in the road but love ain’t always easy.
I would have liked more courtroom action but that’s fine.

If you’re a fan of Carsen Taite you’ll like this one. I definitely will be recommending it.


Thank you #NetGalley #BoldStrokesBooks #ViewFromTheTop

Thankyou net galley and bold stroke books for the arc of this wonderful read! I’m always a sucker for a corporate age gap romance especially when one of them is an ice queen. The approach to Darcy being an ice queen in this really felt different to the usual trope to me in the best way, she wasn’t outwardly rude to everyone she met, she had that professional iciness but you could really see her personality shine through in regards to her interactions with Lizzy. I liked that there wasn’t a lot of miscommunication in this book too, what there was felt natural to moving the story along. I loved Lizzys confidence in what she wanted; not ashamed of her want for Darcy no matter the age difference or work dynamic, the jokes they shared about their ages felt really sweet and endearing too. The spice in this book is very well written and Morgan really lets the emotion shine through too. I thoroughly enjoyed this read and cannot wait to see more from Morgan!

This was another first book and I wasn't sure if I'd like it. My brother is a lawyer and he drones on and on, but this was refreshing and engaging even though it was an age gap, I still found it enjoyable.

Elizabeth Taylor is fresh out of law school and finally getting her start at her dream job in New York. It's everything she could ever hope for someone that grew up poor and the south. She's determined to make her mark, but when she meets managing partner Darcy Hammond, all of her carefully laid plans are thrown into the air.

Darcy Hammond worked her way up the later in a predominately male business and the first and youngest woman to be names managing partner. But when she meets Elizabeth, she realizes there is more to life than just her job. She ends up having Elizabeth as junior counsel on a huge case and lines start to blur.

They have chemistry right off the bat and end up hooking up the first time not long into the book. They banter and clash and fight and its well written and enjoyable. I liked that there wasn't a third act breakup and instead it was about them getting caught that was the big liability. I will definitely read another book by this author.

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

3.0 stars

Thank you to Bold Strokes Books, INC and Netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for a honest review.

Junior associate, Elizabeth Taylor, just landed her dream job at NYC's elite law firm. She's determined to prove herself, yet when Lizzy meets managing partner Darcy Hammond during orientation, her focus begins to shift to her undeniable attraction. Surprisingly flirting and banter whips between them both, but it's all just a little harmless fun, right? Darcy is strictly business. How will they manage the blurring between the lines?

It's definitely just a fun, average read! Filled with age gap romance, workplace romance, grumpy/sunshine. Feels very much like a classic formula done before but it's something that can help you get out of a reading slump.

I didn’t feel any connection with these characters. Darcy seemed flat and Lizzy seem a little too immature. I really do like a forbidden workplace romance with an age gap but this didn’t do it for me.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC!!

This is one of those books that you start reading and it makes you have very good expectations, it continues more or less developing an interesting story but suddenly it begins to become a set of poorly explained facts and with too many situations that, since there are not enough pages to develop, are only sketched and some could have been completely eliminated without the final result having noticed it. This is my main disappointment.

And I'm sorry because Elizabeth/Lizzy Taylor, the young woman who recently graduated and begins her professional career in a prestigious law firm, is a very nice character, with her humble origins, who must face the "upper class kids" in her new job, but she is smarter than all of them and she is not going to let herself be trampled. And her mentor, although no one would have imagined it at the beginning, the successful Darcy, a partner at the firm, haughty and unapproachable. But she has an instant attraction to Lizzy.

Age gap. Boss-employee relationship. Two openly lesbian women in their personal and professional lives. It is an ideal cocktail for a perfect story.

But like I said, there's so much going on, it's really too many things at once. And some are not very coherent, although they are what we would ideally like to always happen. But very children's story style.

This is a charming debut about a junior and senior lawyer with a grumpy/sunshine dynamic. I liked both women and they had great chemistry. It was a bit tropey and took me a minute to get into but once I did, I raced through it. Overall, I wanted a lot more, but the ending is sweet, and I expect many readers will enjoy this one.

Short summary: Elizabeth is a small fish in a big pond at her new law firm where everyone wears designer clothes and went to Ivy league schools. Enter the hot partner in a sexy suit who was once in her shoes but now wears stilettos with an icy flair. The handbook prohibits relationships between bosses/subordinates, but the chemistry is too good to pass up…

Thank you to the author and Bold Strokes Books. ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.

View from the Top follows young, poor, scrappy Elizabeth Taylor as she starts her career at a big law firm. She feels like an outsider immediately--othered because all of her colleagues are from privileged backgrounds. She's not wearing designer business wear; she's not even wearing clothes that fit her properly. But she's here against all odds, and finds herself in a very flirty workplace with not one, but two supervisors who are interested in her.

I nearly DNF'd this book because around the 50% mark it became an Ayn Rand bootlicking narrative. I understand that this novel centers two lesbians who succeed despite the cards being stacked against them (by virtue of their queerness, womanhood, class), but the last thing I want from the fiction I read for fun (and especially any fiction advertised as LGBTQ+) is praise for conservative capitalist philosophy. It wasn't like Ayn Rand was just mentioned once either; she's mentioned several times in the second half of the book and always with praise--it's basically capitalist propaganda. It's just so utterly bizarre to me and it made the book hard to like because characters who love Ayn Rand's writing (with no criticism of her capitalist philosophy) are hard to root for. We get it, you believe in hyper-individualism (read: selfishness) and that people just need to suck it up and bootstrap.

Probably won't be picking up books from this author in the future. Thank you to NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Lizzy Taylor has landed her dream job of Junior Associate Lawyer for a big New York law firm.

On her first day she meets one of the partners in the firm, Darcy Hammond, who is surprised at how attracted to the woman she is.

Then they end up working together on a case.

I nearly went 'DNF' when I hit the bit where the heroines are both into Ayn Rand. Seriously?!

Bit tropey too, with a misunderstanding and a only one bed situation. But overall a decent read, 3.5/5 stars.

I found this an enjoyable story. Although there is nothing really exciting, apart from the trial which is a wee bit, the story was well written and kept me interested enough to want to know what they were going to do next.

View from the Top by Morgan Adams
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Tropes: Workplace, age gap, LGBTQ.

View from the Top is Morgan Adam’s debut LGBTQ novel about Lizzy, who just started her dream job at a prestigious law firm in NYC, and Darcy, the managing partner. The back and forth chemistry was written so well and the way that Adam’s navigated their relationship was just perfect.

A great debut novel!