Tinha tudo para ser um livro que eu iria adorar, afinal, um livro sobre livros - li recebido de eARC do Netgalley. . Por isso, fui na curiosidade ler a obra, achando que seria o meu tipo.
De fato, a história tem certo bom humor, mas a protagonista, e depois o interesse romântico, não me prenderam, o que fez com que a leitura fosse mais arrastada, infelizmente.
Não tenho grandes problemas com coisas previsíveis e clichês, mas a forma como foram contadas na narrativa, não me fizeram ficar empolgada - como geralmente acontece.
Outra coisa que me incomodou durante a leitura, foi a descrição e associação relativas a corpos e suas formas, com um certo idealismo bem prejudicial.
Esse tipo de coisa, fez não gostar tanto da narrativa (o estilo de escrita da autora não foi pra mim também), e houve certa expectativa da minha parte; e sabemos que expectativas prejudicam a experiência de leitura.
Em suma, foi uma leitura mediana, só não acho que foi pra mim. Li resenhas boas a respeito e acredito muito que toda experiência de leitura é pessoal - o que eu não curti tanto, talvez seja exatamente a leitura que precise naquele momento.

Very cute take on a "forbidden" mystery romance. As a librarian, I love reading books that have references to publishing or author's writing.

Definitely worth a read!

What a fun book! The characters were great, as was the story. It is an easy fast read, and a feel good book.
Thank you to netgalley, the publisher and mostly the author for the chance to read this great advanced copy.

A very sweet closed door romance set in the publishing world. I love books that talk about books! There were funny books, and awkward moments. A fun read!

Savannah is an editor and wannabe romance author. The problem is her publishing house hates commercial fiction, so she writes in a secret hideaway she’s found at work. This hideaway is great until someone else finds it, reads her work, and leaves notes in the margins. The notes are helpful though, and she and her mystery editor also start having short conversations on the pages. But will she ever meet this mystery editor and will he be as great as the real life guy she’s also falling for? This novel was predictable but fun. The trope of unknown identity a la You’ve Got Mail, for film buffs, or Bennett’s Alex Approximately for YA lovers, is a great one, and the execution is good here. The main romance plot line is also good. The qualms with book lie in the family drama. Savannah’s sister is absolutely insufferable, and the sister’s whole plot line was extremely cringey. Also, on a much smaller note, another issue with this book is librarians being made into caricatures who exist only for free copies of books; it’s unrealistic and a little insulting. Ultimately though, this was a quick, clean,

Meet Me in the Margins follows the story of Savannah as she works to finish preparing her first romance novel to submit to a well know editor. Along the way she gets some helpful critiques from a fellow coworker/ mysterious editor. One of my favorite things about this book is the back and forth banter between Savannah and her mysterious editor turned love interest that takes place in the margins of her manuscript ( hence the title!). I also enjoyed seeing the relationship between Savannah and her sister play out throughout the novel. Melissa Ferguson does a great job making me laugh with her writing, and I love that she keeps the romance fun and flirty but clean. The only thing that would have been great to see in the book would have been Will's point of view. I ended up loving this book so much that I ordered a physical copy as soon as I read an e-ARC from NetGalley!

Thank you NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I almost made it to the end of this one. I did not like this book for many reasons but the main reason being the protagonist. I could not understand how in the world she could still be friends, let alone live with her sister and be friends with her ex. Just no. She is such a smart woman yet so insecure and indecisive. I thought I might like this book because I was an English major and there is a lot of word play but for this type of contemporary romance, it just doesn't work. I don't like the weak female lead. The storyline was also so predictable from way too early on. This book was just not for me and one of my favorite genres is contemporary romance.

They compared this to You've Got Mail and they were right. It had me hooked from the beginning. As someone who is picky about romance novels, this one was enjoyable from start to finish.

Thanks to #netgalley for the ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.
Synposis: Savannah Cade's dreams are coming true. The Claire Donovan, editor-in-chief of the most successful romance imprint in the country, has requested to see the manuscript Savannah's been secretly writing while working as an editor herself—except at her publishing house, the philosophy is only highbrow works are worth printing and commercial fiction, particularly romance, should be reserved for the lowest level of Dante's inferno. But when Savannah drops her manuscript during a staff meeting and nearly exposes herself to the whole company—including William Pennington, new publisher and son of the romance-despising CEO herself—she races to hide her manuscript in the secret turret room of the old Victorian office.

When she returns, she's dismayed to discover that someone has not only been in her hidden nook but has written notes in the margins—quite critical ones. But when Claire's own reaction turns out to be nearly identical to the scribbled remarks, and worse, Claire announces that Savannah has six weeks to resubmit before she retires, Savannah finds herself forced to seek the help of the shadowy editor after all.

As their notes back and forth start to fill up the pages, however, Savannah finds him not just becoming pivotal to her work but her life. There's no doubt about it. She's falling for her mystery editor. If she only knew who he was.

I loved this book, such a captivating and delightful read. A secret blossoming romance, surrounded by books I was here for every page of this story. I loved the main character
Savannah, struggling with her full time job, deadlines and the breakup with her long time boyfriend who is now engaged to her sister.
I was very invested in Savannahs's secret editor and his belief in the book she was writing. He would leave her notes in her manuscript..helping her as she wrote it, a feelgood delightful read. #meetmeinthemargins #melissaferguson#netgalley#thestorygraph#litsy#tea_sipping#bookworm #bookqueen #boookstagram #chicklit#amazonaustralia

It's hard to dislike a book about books and bookish people! This was a fun one. This was an adorable, quick read that I'd recommend to any book nerd.

Thank you to Thomas Nelson Fiction and Netgalley for sending me a copy of this book! All opinions are my own!

I devoured this book essentially in one sitting, and I have no regrets! It was so cute and engaging, and each part of the story felt like it was needed and perfectly paced. I loved the sort of behind-the-scenes of the publishing world and the other side to being a book lover. It makes for such a unique story of book nerds falling in love, and I adored discovering that!

I really loved the romance because it was so authentic. I hate when characters don't get to know each other before falling in love, but this really took the getting to know each other to a whole knew level. It was so refreshing to get to know someone without their appearance being the first part of attraction. I loved the way this book took that and ran with it in a way that I feel like so many book lovers can relate to.

I also really liked the way that Savannah is so relatable. She's just an average working woman trying to make it in a world that isn't really set up for her. She's just trying to be exceptional in a world that doesn't really want her to. But she learns to see her own exceptionalism and learns to love herself just how she is.

If you're a romcom lover, this is a must read!

This was a good romance! It was your typical book-loving romance that seems to be very popular at the moment. It wasn't my favourite romance by any means, but it was still a good, easy read. This was a solid 3 stars and I would definitely still recommend it to someone who was looking for a book with this premise.

Loved it!

I deeply enjoyed this book. I couldn't stop reading it for a second. This novel is easily my favorite discovery of the year. Warm, witty, and wistful, its two central characters took up residence in my heart and I'll never forget them.

If you are looking for a read to bubble up your heart, I'd say this is a perfect match.

This was a really cute book. It's like the 2 main characters are pen pals and it's so fun to read what about what might happen next. It reminded me a bit of the movie You've Got Mail. Fun read.

I loved the premise of this book and was very excited to read a cute office romance in the world of publishing. However the book did not deliver.
Savannah is a very bland character. She repeatedly refers to herself as the boring, plain looking, less successful sister in her family, but there is nothing in the text to contradict this description. We are given very little description of what she looks like and although her sister makes many references to her size and weight, encouraging her to get more steps and lose a few pounds throughout the whole book, at the end we discover that she is only 2 dress sizes bigger than her size 2 sister. So a) weight is clearly not a problem for her and b) you seriously going to talk about a size 4 character needed to lose weight to be healthier and happier and no one in the entire book is going to contradict this??
But despite Savannah's plain looks, boring life, and complete lack of witty or funny dialogue through the whole book, men keep falling in love with her. There are three men in the book who show an interest in Savannah, Will the love interest, Ferris the sister's fiancé, and Tom the writer. But there is never any explanation given for why this men fall in love for her. And despite the fact that Savannah regularly disparages romance book tropes like insta love a lot of insta love seems to be happening to her.
Tom the writer is one of Savannah's clients. She is his editor. She acquired him as a writer after his previous editor was fired and all his clients redistributed to other editors. We learn no backstory on interactions between Tom and Savannah, but Tom shows up unexpectedly, overly excited to see Savannah and insists that they go out for dinner and dancing, during which he is overly handsy and doesn't take no for an answer until Will, the love interest and Savannah's new boss, shows up to rescue her.
Then there's Ferris. The first time we see Ferris is after Savannah returns home to the apartment she shares with her sister and waits outside the door listening to see if she can tell if there are two people inside or one. She is relieved to hear the sounds of only one person and goes inside only to be surprised by Ferris when he comes up behind her, stands way to close while trying to convince her to join them for a movie, and puts his hand on her waist for no apparent reason. Savannah reacts to all of this with horror while desperately trying to shrink away from his touch and extricate herself from his presence. It reads like she's terrified of him and gives the impression that he has somehow attacked or abused her in the past but her sister doesn't know. But then we learn that not only is Ferris her sister's fiance, he is also Savannah's ex boyfriend of 8 years. She's not afraid of him, she's just still devastated by the fact that he left her for her sister and desperately wants him back...
And if all of this isn't bad enough, Savannah, who is clearly unhappy with a lot of the circumstances of her life, for good reason, needs man number 3, the love interest, to explain to her why she's so unhappy. Until Will tells her that even though their family's motto is "do for family" none of the family does anything to support or help her, they just expect her to help and support them. He also has to explain to her that Ferris is still in love with her, which is obvious to him after 2 less than five minute interactions with the man, even though she can't see from the way he talks to her, tries to take her everywhere with him, and brings her flowers and coffee regularly. And my personal favorite. Until Will tells her that she's never had a good kiss, she thinks that all of the kisses she has are great, but she just doesn't like kissing...
There's also a severe lack of women in the novel. And the women that are there, aren't nice. Svannah has 4 women regularly in her life, her scary boss who fires people on a whim and thinks romance is trash, her manager who is catty and basic and hates any woman who could be construed as competition, her sister who stole her boyfriend but expects Savannah to help her plan their wedding and regularly tells her that her life is a mess and she needs to get it together, and her friend from work. So she only has 1 female friend and she only sees that friend outside of work 1 time, during which they never actually speak to each other because the friend is singing at a bar and Savannah is just there to support her. The depictions of women in this book gives off anti-female, i'm not like other girls vibes, which is just gross. There's even a moment when the two sisters are having a heart to heart, the sister, Olivia, says "give it to me straight, I don't want that frothy girl sleepover talk".
THere were aspects of the book I liked, and at the beginning I was willing to overlook the issues. But by the end there were so many things piling up that was relieved it was finally over.

This was just what I needed to read to get out of reading slump. It so fun reading about secret workplace romance setup. The main character, Savannah, became favorite so quickly, it truly made it difficult for me to keep the book down. It take me sometime to get used to the writing style but once I was in, it kept me very interested. And because this book had a book in the center it made it even more enjoyable.

This book was everything I wanted it to be. It had me turned pages without even realizing. It was so good!

Most people have a secret—maybe a secret wish or a secret goal—something they would love to do but are afraid to talk about it because it just doesn’t seem possible. In Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson, one woman’s hidden dream comes closer to reality when one of her coworkers discovers her secret...

Full review published on NightsAndWeekends.com - and aired on Shelf Discovery

This was a cute, fun and heartwarming read. Of course we always know how these stories will end but don't we love the journey we are taken on with the main characters as they navigate through the various obstacles placed in front of them.
I've been reading a lot of thrillers lately and this was the perfect tonic to all those heavy reads.
Looking forward to reading more from Melissa in future.

It was about time, I tried out a new author. Since the cover of Meet Me In the Margins caught my eye (what’s not to like about a cover with a book on the cover?), I was curious about the story.

And it’s a cute and funny story. Savannah, a closet-author (still undecided if she will actually pursue her dream of becoming an author) and William Pennington, a closet- romance lover are the main characters and it’s very easy to relate to them. The comments and the post-its on the manuscript are cute and funny and although you can see the ending coming from miles away, it is still a very satisfactory funny and cozy read. Four out of five stars from me and a special thank you to Netgalley for providing the arc.