The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
Published: June 11, 2024
(Thanks to St. Martin’s Press & NetGalley, I received an eARC)
Hardcover: 336 pages
Goodreads Rating: 4.5/5
GOODREADS SYNOPSIS:
She’s rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own?
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 THOUGHTS:
I love that this author’s books are closed door romances. Sometimes I’m just in the mood for a romance that is cute and not super spicy. I’ve read many of her books, but want to work my way through her backlist soon.
Emma trying to teach Charlie about rom coms was absolutely hilarious to me. I was getting the whole grumpy/sunshine vibe throughout. The forced proximity situation worked for me, but wow the miscommunication was very trusting at 80% in. I loved the snippets where Emma was actually talking to us.
I love how Katherine Center’s book always touch on tough and even tragic topics with grace and respect. She writes extremely relatable characters that you can’t help but fall in love with.
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