It has been a long time since I read a chick lit book I liked this much. It’s completely adorable, and made me laugh out loud several times! There are a few chick lit tropes (London setting, gay best friend, heroine unappreciated at work), but the tongue-in-cheek nature of Evie's attempts to recreate the meet-cutes from various rom coms makes it feel like an inside joke rather than a cliche. Highly recommended!

3 What are the Odds Stars
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Sometimes movies can suggest how life could be...We forget they are fiction, fantasies, and can hold them up to be attainable. I am referring to those addictive RomComs that have been a staple of the film industry forever. Each generation had its own version. And each generation had their interpretation of a Cute Meet...

For many, these meetings at a bar where the girl would turn and practically spill a drink on the best-looking guy in the world.... would never end up in Real life like it did in the movies...Instead, the guy would probably be full of himself, slight too drunk and start either yelling at her to get away or come on to her in the grossest manner possible.

Most of the physical Cute Meets today could case truly dangerous results...So the idea of using them for the focus of a novel works because we all know in the Real World, they don't usually happen.

This book took all of the above and paired it with a strong woman determined to have the promotion she deserved. Evie Summers has been with a TV and film agency for seven years, babysitting an obnoxious screenwriter. His contracted RomCom is due and he has writer's block.

Things are dire and Evie's boss has put her into a position where it is her responsibility to get this guy to finish his last script. Ezra being Ezra announces there is No Cute Meet in RL and only if Evie can prove there can be true love from one will he buckle down and do his job of writing.

With so much at stake, Evie goes out to prove him wrong...With horrific and hysterical results.

This book did all the Cute Meets that could turn sour, there were laughs and embarrassing moments. Evie had her friends to support her and after it was all said and done, there was an ending with a meet that ended up as real.

The best way to describe this book is that it is a romcom about romcoms. Evie was a likable character and I really enjoyed reading her quest to find love. This was a quick and easy read and I enjoyed it even though it was a bit predictable. I enjoyed Rachel Winters' writing and look forward to reading more from her!

I received this book in exchange for an honest review from NetGalley.

Would Like to Meet is a rom com about a rom com about rom coms. Yup. Overall the book was very cute, though a bit predictable. There are some funny moments, but unfortunately I didn’t love the main character as much as is probably intended. There are moments where she makes mistakes, which is standard, but she can come off kind as self-absorbed and ends up hurting her friends in the process. As I mentioned, the end was pretty predictable, but still enjoyable.

This was a solid romance title. At first I was a little unsure about the plot but Winters writing style was so great and I immediately fell for the main character Evie as she went about all the different meet-cutes. Definitely recommend this for any romance fans. I'm looking forward to Rachel Winters next book!

Ugh unfortunately couldn’t get through this book. I just didn’t connect with the characters or care about them at all.

This story is the quintessential rom-com with it's love triangle. Ben and his daughter are the perfect met cute in a series of unfortunate met cutes. I laughed every time she started the next beca8se you knew exactly what would go wrong and what everyone is thinking when they watch rom com. The only thing that really annoyed me was the fact she let NOB get into her head because the whole but she seemed like a level headed person. I wish she had been playing a game on him. Other than that I loved it.

If you’re a rom-com fan, Would Like to Meet is going to be right up your alley! Upon discovering that the agency she works for is in serious trouble, Evie Summers has to convince their biggest client Ezra Chester to deliver the finished script for a Hollywood rom-com he committed to writing. Unfortunately, Ezra is suffering from writer’s block and Evie finds herself brokering a deal with him to prove that it is possible to fall in love in real life the way they do in the movies. I’m sure you can figure out where things go from there, as this set-up is straight out of your typical romantic comedy. But having all the familiar hallmarks in no way diminishes how fun this book was to read! It’s a sweet love story, for sure, including a few moments that had my heart fluttering in anticipation. But it’s also funny and heartwarming to see Evie’s personal journey from start to finish. This novel was so charming, and really sucked me in once I picked it up to read! Would Like to Meet was wonderful, and it gets a thumbs up from me.

OMG this book! It was everything I wanted in a rom-com. It was adorable and cute and the writing was perfect. The characters were wonderful and the story was so much fun! It was hard to forget that Would Like to Meet wasn’t actually a movie. All I can do is squeal about this book. I highly highly recommend it. It’s a feel good story that will make you laugh so hard. If you enjoy it as much as I did, you won’t be able to turn the pages fast enough and you’ll finish it in one setting! Do yourself a favor and PICK UP THIS BOOK!

This was super cute. There were lots of lovable - and a few irritating - characters. I love a good British holiday themed book so this hit the spot. It was super adorable. Predictable, yes, but I don't mind!

Would Like to Meet is a very British romcom about writing a romcom script. As a fan of romcom movies, I enjoyed all the movie references. I adored Ben and liked Evie’s circle of friends. Evie made poor decisions at times which I did not enjoy. Overall she was a solid romcom lead. Thanks Penguin Group Putnam and NetGalley for the ARC of this title.

I typically prefer my romance with a bit more steam but this was so entertaining that I didn't mind. Evie was such a fun heroine, down to earth, goofy, and someone I could imagine being friends with. I loved that the ending was not predictable.

Would Like to Meet is very earnestly a rom-com about rom-coms: in an attempt to help a screenwriting wunderkind rediscover his mojo, the book's protagonist, Evie, acts out familiar rom-com tropes in order to prove that romance isn’t dead and that two strangers can fall in love from a meet-cute. Although I found the story a little slow at the beginning—and I wasn’t a huge fan of each chapter's use of script notations—the story very quickly grew on me, and I spent almost two hours curled up on the couch in order to finish.

While I expected (and received) a funny and endearing contemporary romance, I didn’t think Would Like to Meet would be much more than that. But it really was. Rachel Winters's care for Evie's core group of friends shines through, and we're shown how friendships change and grow and evolve over time... and how we have to remember to think of our friends as people, too. She gives a voice to grief and how it can continue to constrict our present behavior even as we try and move on. And there’s also a not-so-subtle wink toward professional ambition and both working toward our goals as well as advocating for our own talent.

To say that I thought I knew where this book was headed is a complete understatement. Winters very cleverly steers our expectations one way before pulling a bait and switch somewhere in the middle. But then the ending? OH MAN, THE ENDING. When I got to the climactic Kiss™️, I 100% screamed out loud because it was exactly what I wanted to happen in the exact way I wanted it to happen.

Like any proper rom-com, Would Like to Meet left me with a warm and fuzzy feeling, stupidly smiling from ear to ear from all the good vibes. And the only complaint I came away with was that I should have read it in one sitting, because what rom-com lover stops a movie partway through?

Unfortunately I had to dnf this book. I found myself growing tired of our heroine early on, and couldn’t put aside my dislike of her to get into the storyline.

3.5 stars. I struggled to rate this one. There were pieces I really enjoyed and others that weren't a good fit for me.

Evie is something of a doormat in the early stages of this, which is always a frustrating characterization for me to read, no matter who writes it. While I don't know if she felt stuck or trapped, I felt that FOR her. The script situation was fairly predictable. I strongly disliked the screenwriter. Some of the humor (with the meet cutes and other scenarios) walks the fine line between funny and painful. I think different readers will see the same scenario in those different ways. For me, several were more painful than funny. I *adored* Ben and Anette. I would have loved more of them in this book. Evie's friends were a mixed bag - I never got the feel for why they were friends with the bride-to-be who comes across shrill, controlling and self-centered. I would have liked more warm moments with her to balance that out.

LOTS of sexual references in this. For me, there were too many, and some crossed my personal line of good taste. Again, other readers will find those same moments hilarious. I think enjoyment of this will depend on the reader's personal style of humor. (Language, sexual references)

If you are a fan of rom-com films, this is the book for you. I mean, our heroine attempts to re-make all of my favorite meet-cutes? What could go wrong? (Answer - everything, basically.)

I'm not going to lie - I figured out the real romantic interest early on AND I knew what was going to happen with Ezra, her uncooperative screenwriter - I am a rom-com junkie, after all - and I didn't care. Evie's meet-cutes were so hilariously disastrous, Anette was so delightful, Ben made the perfect straight-man, grounding element in the book.

Evie has her flaws - she's so focused on the task at hand that she makes it all about her, to the detriment of her friendships. I could overlook it because she is not some superstar agent who has trampled people to get to the top - she's an underdog through it all.

This was a light, fast, entertaining read - just what I needed when I picked it up.

A cute contemporary romance that brings agency rep Evie with screenplay writer Ezra Chester in their own rom com while Evie is trying to get Ezra to write the rom com that will hit the marks for her agency. Fun characters, well crafted story, will be in everyone's tbr pile.

Seriously adorable. Like a comforting mug of hot chocolate. Based on the book’s description, I was expecting something more like The Hating Game (which I also loved), more hard-nosed and dramatic. So I was pleasantly surprised by the delightful and fresh-voiced Evie. This is a very British romantic comedy, with all the warmth and charm of a Richard Curtis film. I don’t want to give away the romance, because the book successfully kept me guessing. But I will say that the conclusion is very satisfying.

When I read the synopsis of Would Like to Meet, I was super interested right away. It sounded like something I've never read before and I am an absolute sucker for contemporary romance stories. When I started, I thought it was pretty good. I kept reading and reading and at this point, I was just begging for something to happen. Ultimately, there were good parts of this story, but I feel like most of it fell flat for me.

I will say that Rachel Winters had a particular style of writing. I don't think it was bad necessarily, but I could absolutely see this being more of a play/screenplay type of story instead of a book. The characters, the premise, everything had so much promise, but as a book, I'm not sure that was the right path.

I am someone who is painfully particular about the characters in a book. I really tried, but I had a really hard time with the main characters, Evie and Ezra. I feel as though Ezra was so unlikable after 60% or so, but I will give props that Rachel Winters was able to make me feel those feelings for him. Evie was kind of self-centered and as I was reading, I kept thinking, "she does not deserve her friends...like at all". Anette and Ben were the only reasons why I got through. There were some moments that I laughed-out-loud, because of Anette specifically. 

Would Like to Meet had a ton of potential, but I feel as though the story was just cliche for me. The characters were unlikable and just not able to be related to. I really liked the idea and I think that if there were more likable moments in this novel that it would easily be a good book.

This was a case of me being the wrong reader for this book. DNF at 10%. I’m all for an awkward heroine and some humbling situations - but this just started off with too much feeling too forced and to go straight from one (manufactured and over the top) situation to another put me off enough that I’m deciding to stop and declare this one isn’t for me.

Thank you very much to the publisher and Netgalley for the opportunity to read a free copy.