Cynical Evie might not believe in happily ever after, but she’ll do what it takes to save the job that’s been her lifeline…even if it means reenacting iconic rom-com scenes in public. Spilling orange juice on a cute stranger? No problem. Leaving her number in books all over London to see who calls? Done. With a little help from her well-meaning friends—and Ben and Anette, the adorable father-daughter duo who keep witnessing her humiliations—Evie is determined to prove she can meet a man the way Sally met Harry. But can a workaholic who’s given up on love find a meet-cute of her very own? (Pub Date: Dec 03, 2019)
Honest review based on an ARC provided by Edelweiss. Many thanks to the publisher for this opportunity.
It's been a long time since I had such a nice romantic comedy to read.
Evie wants to be an agent and the only thing standing in her way now seems to be a conceited screenplayer writer who was supposed to write a romantic comedy but refuses to, because he doesn't believe in them. She places a bet with him, appealing to his ego, and now has to prove she can fall in love after a meet cute. Even if she needs to try all the thousand types before one succeeds and submit to one single dad's judgment.
The idea Evie has here is to go through all of the romantic comedy classics for inspiration, which was a thing I wasn't too looking forward to. After all, we know it won't work out and we've already seen all those meet cutes before. Still, the book kept surprising me at how wrong things could go and how well Evie deals with it all.
Unfortunately, the last third of the book or so was predictable, but it doesn't mean you can't enjoy it. Though you see it all coming, it was a good resolution. And it surely didn't erase the great moment I had with the characters.
It's a romantic comedy to recommend to all fans of light-hearted romances.
Rating: 4 out of 5.
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