Genre: Romance
Release Date: June 11th, 2024
Pages: 336
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Publisher’s Synopsis:
“Emma Wheeler desperately longs to be a screenwriter. She’s spent her life studying, obsessing over, and writing romantic comedies—good ones! That win contests! But she’s also been the sole caretaker for her kind-hearted dad, who needs full-time care. Now, when she gets a chance to re-write a script for famous screenwriter Charlie Yates—The Charlie Yates! Her personal writing god!—it’s a break too big to pass up.
Emma’s younger sister steps in for caretaking duties, and Emma moves to L.A. for six weeks for the writing gig of a lifetime. But what is it they say? Don’t meet your heroes? Charlie Yates doesn’t want to write with anyone—much less “a failed, nobody screenwriter.” Worse, the romantic comedy he’s written is so terrible it might actually bring on the apocalypse. Plus! He doesn’t even care about the script—it’s just a means to get a different one green-lit. Oh, and he thinks love is an emotional Ponzi scheme.
But Emma’s not going down without a fight. She will stand up for herself, and for rom-coms, and for love itself. She will convince him that love stories matter—even if she has to kiss him senseless to do it. But . . . what if that kiss is accidentally amazing? What if real life turns out to be so much . . . more real than fiction? What if the love story they’re writing breaks all Emma’s rules—and comes true?”
My Review:
I LOVED The Bodyguard but was very disappointed with Hello Stranger so I was skeptical going into this one, thinking it a 50-50 chance.
SO glad I gave it that chance because I loved it!
I think this is going to be a new favorite from this author for a lot of readers.
The characters and their relationship gave me all the feels (from laughing to crying to everything in between), they are to die for.
The irony in the plot, with them being rom-com writers, was such an enjoyable theme. It made the backdrop for everything that was happening just that much more fun.
There’s depth and struggles and warmth.
I love this author’s writing and this one has solidified her as an auto-buy for me.
Highly recommend!
For anyone on the fence after last year’s release, I urge you to give this one a chance (just like Emma and Charlie do with themselves and each other). I think you’ll be glad you did.
Disclaimers:
Huge thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for gifting me an early copy of this amazing story! I voluntarily read and reviewed this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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