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Title details for How to Hack a Heartbreak by Kristin Rockaway - Available

How to Hack a Heartbreak

by Kristin Rockaway
Amy McFadden
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Swipe right for love. Swipe left for disaster. By day, Mel Strickland is an underemployed helpdesk tech at a startup incubator, Hatch, where she helps entitled brogrammers—""Hatchlings""—who can't even fix their own laptops, but are apparently the next wave of startup geniuses. And by night, she goes on bad dates with misbehaving†dudes she's matched with on the ubiquitous dating app, Fluttr. But after one dick pic too many, Mel has had it. Using her brilliant coding skills, she designs an app of her own, one that allows users to log harrassers and abusers in online dating space. It's called JerkAlert, and it goes viral overnight. Mel is suddenly in way over her head. Worse still, her almost-boyfriend, the dreamy Alex Hernandez—the only non-douchey guy at Hatch—has no idea she's the brains behind the app. Soon, Mel is faced with a terrible choice: one that could destroy her career, love life, and friendships, or change her life forever. Kristin Rockaway†is a native New Yorker and recovering corporate software engineer. After working in the IT industry for far too many years, she finally traded the city for the surf and chased her dreams out to Southern California, where she spends her days happily writing stories instead of code. When she's not working, she enjoys spending time with her husband and son, and planning her next big vacation.

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  • Release date

    July 30, 2019

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781488206344
      • File size: 248648 KB
      • Duration: 08:38:00

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Amy McFadden lends her vocal abilities to a contemporary romance featuring computer help desk technician Mel Stickland and her circle of friends. After another disappointing dating-app experience, Mel designs JerkAlert, an app that allows women to help others avoid similar bad dates. Despite the toxicity of a workplace filled with app designers who harass and browbeat her on a regular basis, Mel, surprisingly, finds the romance she is looking for at her job. McFadden's Midwestern vowels, though often distracting, are fitting for Mel, a New York City transplant. While some odd vocal choices remove the listener from the story, McFadden's unique voices help the listener differentiate characters in conversation. Overall, McFadden delivers a serviceable performance. A.L.S.M. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

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