Katherine Center has officially restored my faith in rom-coms. With “The Bodyguard” last year and “The Rom-Commers” this year, she is redefining the genre and I’m here for it! Sure, there are still the normal tropes and a high cheese factor, but there’s also a depth and creativity to her writing that is thoroughly enjoyable. The banter between her two main characters and the will-they, won’t they tension had me up way past my bedtime, ignoring everything else in my life until I reached the conclusion.

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin’s Press for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

5 ⭐️

Synopsis: Emma Wheeler may not have had the best luck when it comes to love but she sure as hell knows how to write about it. When she pairs up with prickly, Charlie “I hate love” Yates to rewrite a romantic-comedy script, everything that could go horribly wrong, does. Or is it horribly right?

What I loved:
-Emma is an eldest daughter, as one myself, I felt for her every time she had an internal dialogue on whether to do what she wants or what she needs to do for others.
-Charlie reminded me of Roy Kent (attitude) x Billy Hargrove (looks). We know those grumpy layers are coming off eventually and KC does a fantastic job depicting this.
-The banter. Emma and Charlie are complete opposites and it’s just further proof (or should I say “research”) that opposites do indeed attract.
-Emma's dad. Like she said, she definitely won the dad lotto. I'm pretty sure I held my hand to my heart every time he spoke.
-Guinea pigs and video games about power washing, never thought I’d put those two in the same sentence.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC! Out 06/11/24

This book is exactly why I will always read anything KC writes. I loved it and honestly had trouble putting it down at night because I was so invested in what was to come.

LOVED this adorable book and finished it in one day! A great chic lit with some meatier topics as well. It hooked me from the very start and I could not wait to see how it ended. It’s somewhat predictable, but with a few twists thrown in as the storyline unfolds. Highly recommend for a great feel good book.

Thank you to netgalley for the arc in exchange of an honest review.

I legitimately could not put this book down and finished it instead of sleeping. It feels insufficient to call this Katherine Center at her best because this book feels like one of the transcendent pieces of literature that defines a genre by the emotion and storytelling it encapsulates. This is a love letter to rom coms and does it amazingly well. Loved this book.
A huge thank you to NetGalley for the ARC

I absolutely devoured this book! I could not read it fast enough. I loved it so much. I loved the characters, the setting, the A-list LA vibes.. My only complaint is about Cuthbert but other than that this book was phenomenal! 5 stars as always with Katherine Center!!

I LOVED everything about this book. Emma deserves the world. Charlie deserves to be loved. Ugh, it's so sweet and funny and sad and everything you want in a RomCom.

Katherine Center has written a lot of amazing stories with lovable and relatable characters but The Rom-Commers is just about as good as it gets. All the feels.

5 stars. No question. Read this you will love it.

Giant "Thank you" to Netgalley and St Martin's Press for an advanced copy of The Rom-Commers!!

Katherine Center is one of those authors that attracted my attention with one book (Hello Stranger), and made it to where I don’t want to miss anymore of her books.
I tore through this book in a day. I was home sick today, so perfect opportunity. I love the characters. I feel like I’m getting to know them as they go along. Emma honestly frustrated me sometimes, but I think it’s because I could see some of myself in her and I’d behave the same way, most likely, in some of these situations. This is one of those books I can see myself reading again because I want to see if I missed anything during my first read. Which is inevitable.
There’s just something about the grumpy/sunshine thing that gets me. It’s great seeing sunshine getting through to grumpy and grumpy opening up.

Emma Wheeler lives in Texas with her dad and takes care of him full time. He had a major accident when they were hiking during her high school graduation requires major help. She works at a local community college where she teaches writing. An old high school boyfriend gets her occasional work from Hollywood as he's made it big time. Then, he calls asking her to work with her favorite writer to help him rewrite the first rom-com he's ever written as it's worse then terrible. She agrees and temporarily moves into the writer's house. The is another great story by Katherine Center!!!

To start with I need to mention that I am somebody who is arguably not super into romance books… (fantasy romance sure, dark romance ..interesting), so when I say that I REALLY enjoyed this book, that is very much high praise indeed!

I opted to read this book because I’ve seen the book community gush over how excellent Katherine center books are and decided it was worth an honest shot, and I am very happy to say I had a blast and it was absolutely worth my time. I will definitely choose to read more of her work in the future.

The rom-commers follows two screen writers. Our MMC is a highly successful screen writer with many movies and awards under his belt, living up the high life in LA. Our FMC is a “failed” screenwriter (I feel it’s unfair to say failed as her dreams where halted due to being the sole caretaker of her father after a tragic incident), but as it stands her career just never took off.

Lucky for her, her ex beau is her manager and he sets her up with the task of helping our MMC resurrect his abominable attempt at his first ever rom-com write.

There is angst, banter, sexual tension, laughs, cries, everything your heart could desire. We have enemies to lovers, grumpy vs sunshine and an extraordinary loving and supportive family to the point they just make me want to cry happy tears.

At some points did I think wow this guy is an asshole? Yes, did sometimes I think wow that was so harsh I don’t know how I can emotionally recover? Also yes, but I loved every second and fully recommend. This may actually be my favourite romance book of all time, no cap.

Thank YOU Katherine center for this joyful work of art, thank you St martins press and NetGalley for an advanced copy!

Katherine Center once again brings us a remarkable duo of lovers you just have to root for! I loved every little aspect of this story and would absolutely recommend it to all romance lovers out there!

Thank you to NetGalley for providing this ARC.
Amazing! I was smiling while giggling and kicking my feet for most of this read! It’s the perfect mix of grumpy/sunshine, forced proximity, and opposites attract. I adored all the characters, loved the banter, and enjoyed the story. I definitely recommend this book for anyone looking for a quick happy romcom read.

When I read a book and I want to highlight almost every single sentence! Yep, that is how I feel about this wonderful story!

I want to say this book is about a “normal person”, not a celebrity, rich person or someone that did an amazing thing that was recognized by many people in the world. That is what I was first thinking about I finished this book, but I would be so wrong to call Emma Wheeler a normal person. She is an amazingly, extraordinary person! Her dad and sister are also. This is what I really enjoyed about this novel so much. It was a joy to read about heroes that do not think they are. People that glow with happiness while living a less than perfect life.

I definitely have to mention the male lead also, Charlie Yates. It was great to get to know him slowly and see that what he presents to the world is not the real “him”.

I loved this story so much! Which each new book I read by Katherine Center, I think she will not be able to top her previous release, and I am proven wrong every time! This is why she is one of my favorite authors.

I will be recommending this book to everyone I know. Congratulations to Ms. Center for writing another brilliant novel!

I want to thank NetGalley, the publisher St. Martin's Press and also Katherine Center for the wonderful opportunity to read the ARC of this amazing book!

Honestly, this book could have been so bad, but it wasn’t. It was lovely - a little slice of romantic comedy heaven in every sense of the word. Charlie Yates is a blockbuster screenwriter who can do no wrong, critics and the public alike adore him. Emma Wheeler is a fledgling screenwriter who specliazes on romantic comedies, but really, she is a caregiver to her dad, a man who once had a tragic accident and now needs full-time supervision. Emma lucks out and gets a chance to pursue her dreams and visit L.A. for six weeks to rework a script with Charlie, and the two get thrown together to revise a romantic comedy screenplay that needs a lot of help. He’s a bit grumpy, and of course doesn’t want help from her, a nobody who doesn’t work in the industry, but the two of them hit it off and begin to make magic. Center writes relatable characters with white-hot dialogue. Their quick retorts and self-effacing asides make you love both characters equally. As you might expect, since the pair of characters are writing a rom-com, the book itself is a rom-com, and it uses all the tropes one might see in a book or movie, but she uses them artfully. The plot is engaging, and the characters are funny, clumsy, and true. I wish this was a movie I could watch over and over.

This delightful rom-com, featuring the classic grumpy sunshine trope, is an absolute gem. Emma, our fantastic female protagonist, embodies relatability with her unwavering commitment to family, sharp wit, and charismatic charm. What sets this story apart is Emma's steadfast belief in true love.

The narrative unfolds as Emma, a talented writer, seizes the opportunity to collaborate with the renowned celebrity screenwriter, Charles Yates. Despite being a devoted fan of Charlie, Emma faces the formidable challenge of assisting him in rewriting his rom-com—a genre he seemingly struggles with. Charlie, grumpy and resistant, initially rejects Emma's help, setting the stage for an engaging tale of banter and personal transformation.

What distinguishes this rom-com is the rich exploration of the main characters' personalities. In a genre often characterized by formulaic plots, this story stands out, providing readers with a deeper understanding of Emma and Charlie's quirks and complexities.

Among the myriad of delightful scenes, some of my personal favorites include Charlie's heartfelt cooking for Emma's birthday, the 'research purposes' kiss between Charlie and Emma, Charlie's comical fear of water contrasted with Emma teasing him on the high dive, and the captivating entirety of the epilogue. This book is a testament to the author's skill in crafting a uniquely engaging and memorable romantic comedy.

Katherine Center has done it again. She’s got me kicking my feet one minute and reading through my tears the next. I think Emma is my favorite fmc by Katherine thus far.

Thank you net galley for the arc

I really adored this book and the characters so much. I loved the ending and was hooked from the start. I love Katherine’s books and this one might be my favorite.

That said, the cover does not align with the book and what I was imagining the main characters to look like. Major disconnect.

“Whatever story you tell yourself about your life, that’s the one that’ll be true.”

I loved Emma and Charlie - they are real characters that have flaws and whose lives are not “perfect”. This book was like a warm hug, even though there were definitely a few tears along the way. I love the characteristically happy-ever-after endings of romance novels because, as Emma told Charlie, we are drawn towards the stories we need at that point in our lives. This book reminded me that a life with a “happy ending” does not come without loss, or sadness, or loneliness from time to time, but you get to choose how to tell your story.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the opportunity to read and review this ARC.

Katherine Center has always been an auto-read author for me, but y’all she has outdone it with this one!

I almost never highlight my books, but there’s so many great paragraphs (some hilarious, but mostly sweet🥹) that I’m so glad I read on kindle so I could mark these (no I still will not mark on my physical books)

The characters - I die. I LOVED them, every single one, even the “minor” characters, like the guinea pig hahaha

The grand gestures, the epilogue, I could go on just do yourself a favor and preorder it

Perfect, absolutely perfect. 5 billion stars🫶🏼

I LOVED this book! I read it in less than a day and immediately wanted to start reading it again. It's kind of an enemies-to-lovers story even though they met for the first time early in the story. The banter is quippy, and Emma was very relatable for me. I laughed out loud multiple times while reading this one, thank goodness I was by myself or my husband would have thought I lost it. Her father has health issues and there is a health scare in the book if that is a concern for you.

I haven't read any other Katherine Center books, but I will absolutely be reading them now!