Sexually-Harassing Men At Work isn’t Quirky and Fun…

This was a very cute short read. I found the bond between Minnie and her mate so sweet and I’m so glad they were reunited in the end.

I liked the character Hughes a lot. He was very funny and brought a great sassy energy to the team.

Alas, I had to mark this book down a few stars. There is so much that I love about Zoe Chant books that it’s actually just disappointing that almost every book has some straight up problematic shit thrown in that doesn’t serve the plot; the only point, I think is to irritate the hell out of me.

We have to stop normalizing predatory behavior by women. And when women sexually harass men it shouldn’t be treated like a joke or something harmless or something the men should get a kick out of. These firefighters are freaking working and a crowd of women literally pulls out popcorn, makes a bunch of lewd jokes about their “equipment” and even wolf whistle at them.

The first interaction the main character has with a resident of the facility is a woman asking if he’s a real firefighter or a stripper.
That is all gross and despicable behavior. Not okay.
If a group of old men did that to working women we would be horrified.
We SHOULD be just as horrified when men are blatantly sexually harassed at their places of work.

All of the sexualizing of the men by community members when they were just trying to work is why this is a three star read for me.

Like damn, Zoe Chant team, can y’all just make me a beta reader so I can pull out like the 3 paragraphs of bullshit you put in every book just to make my head hurt?
Chant shifter romances are my favorite fluffy nonsense books and there’s always some sexist bullshit, whether misogynistic or misandrist, that just ruins the entire thing for me.