I was 60% into this book and I knew it would be five stars. Katherine Center could have completelky fumbled the ending, she didn't but it wouldn't have mattered. The swoony feelings from caretaker Charlie and the overwhelming need to applaud at everything that Emma did and said on every page made me LOVE this book.

Great love story (he falls first and HARD), great banter, very quick pace, lots of giddy and fun moments. Full of Center's signature charm and wit.

I'm pretty sure that it's my favorite Katherine Center book.

I could not put this one down. It was full of heart, love, drama, family, relationships and so much more. Emma was a fantastic FMC with so much spirit and was so interesting to get to know. Charlie was a great MMC to spar with Emma. This is along the lines of grumpy guy trope but it's written so well that I loved that angle. When I read the line, "If you wait for other people to light you up, then I guess you're at the mercy of darkness," it was a wow moment. And I felt like the theme of the book was summed up nicely with "There are endless human stories, but they all end the same way. So it can't be where you're going that matter, it has to be how you get there." Highly recommend reading this one!

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for advanced copy, and I give my review freely

This was an easy read and would be great summer reading on the beach! It's predictable, like most other books in the genre, but it's still fun.

I thought The Bodyguard was my least favorite KC book but The Rom-commers takes the cake.

I couldn’t relate to both the main characterers and found them annoying. Most of the interactions between Emma & Charlie was too far-fetched. Like who does that? I felt there was no chemistry between the two.

I loved Katherine Center’s other books. Will definitely give the author another chance because I love her writing style. Sadly this book was not for me.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC in exchange of my honest review.


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DELIGHTFUL. I've only read one other KC book, and I wasn't a fan, but I've seen The Rom-Commers basically everywhere so when I saw the arc on NetGalley I had to check it out. Love it when the main conflict doesn't stem from miscommunication for once!

This was another great book by Katherine Center!! An inexperienced, but very talented screenwriter gets to work with her idol to write a rom com. She has always put others before herself and he’s very cynical about love and they set out to write the perfect screenplay. I fell in love with all the characters in this book. None of them are perfect, but that’s what makes them lovable. Our protagonist, Emma is a selfless and loving person who is dealing with grief and her self-proclaimed part in losing her mom. She’s also the main caretaker for her dad who is forever impaired due to an accident. Her family insists that she make herself a priority and move to LA to write a screenplay with her idol, Charlie. He’s a writer of action movies, but has been persuaded to give a rom com a try, but needs someone softer to help out. This book takes you through the relationship between Emma and Charlie, her feelings of guilt, his own reluctance to break down walls, and their mutual quest to finish the screenplay. The chemistry, the family love, and short chapters led me to flying through this book!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Katherine Center does it again💕

This is my fourth Katherine Center read, and she is becoming one of my favorite authors. I love how she makes her main characters adorably quirky and somehow incredibly down to earth and relatable. I love how she infuses humor and wit into her writing and dialogue. I haven’t necessarily noticed it in previous books, but I love how she draws the reader in and almost involves them in the story. And I love that her stories are not just romantic fluff, they are deep and sometimes sad and confront real, big issues.

As a romance and rom-com lover, I loved the premise of this book. I loved Emma, and I even loved Charlie (even though he was kind of a jerk at the beginning, he was really thoughtful and sweet on the inside). This was a super fun book full of classic romcom hijinks that will make you laugh and moving moments that may make you tear up. I can’t wait for my next Katherine Center read.💕

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Marten’s Press for an advanced copy of The Rom-Commers! All thoughts and opinions above are my own.

This is actually my first Katherine Center read, and I loved it so much that I'll be going back to start reading her other books! This was a sweet and entertaining read. I laughed, a lot. I cried. I felt all of the feelings throughout reading this. And I read it in one day. One sitting, actually. I couldn't have asked for a better read. There was plenty of angst and emotion, and all of the fluff that goes along with it, and it wasn't spicy, which was a nice change for me. I thoroughly enjoyed the wholesomeness of this love story. The heartbreaking moments were not heavy, but they were definitely there, and then those feel good, full of love moments were just the right mixture. I couldn't have loved it more!

Thank you so much to NetGalley for providing this arc in exchange for an honest review.

I loved Hello Stranger last year and was so excited to receive a ARC of this book. Katherine is a wonderful author, but unfortunately this book just fell flat for me. I was not connecting with the characters at all and felt like Charlie just had no personality whatsoever. The plot was just ok. This was a miss for me. Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for a copy of this ARC. All opinions are my own.

I would read a cookbook written by Katherine Center, so I was beyond thrilled to get this ARC. And, like all of Center's books, this one did not disappoint. Somehow Center was able to mash so many rom-com tropes into one book and make it absolutely work: grumpy sunshine, force proximity, popular/not popular (or in this case famous/not famous) and some that are potential spoilers so I'll leave it at that. This book works through the "in good time and in bad, in sickness and in health" vows but they aren't always for the main characters relationship. I would highly recommend this book to lovers of rom-coms!

Ok....please don't hate me but this was kind of a let down. I did love absolutely everything to do with Emma's father, and the scenes with Emma's family were my favorite by far, absolutely no question. The romance though? I don't know...
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First of all, this felt straight up ripped from Beach Read - a rom-com writer has to help a "more serious" writer write a rom-com, and in doing so, she takes him out to experience the elements that feed into that. I have definitely read this plot before.
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Second, I'm sorry but Charlie was a d*ck. Repeatedly. I honestly think the way he treated her at the end was unforgivable and should have been the biggest of red flags. I don't want to spoil anything, but this employed a trope that I just absolutely cannot get behind. And Emma wasn't really that much better. Especially her martyr attitude and the way she treated her sister. Ultimately, I just wasn't rooting for them as a couple.
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This does have some heavy content, and THAT I liked. I thought that was really touching, and I would have loved to have more of that. But overall, I did sadly find this disappointing.

I always enjoy Katherine Center books, but I had a hard time liking these characters.

What I liked
- fast paced
- Emma was fun at times and brought Charlie out of his shell.

What I didn't like
- Charlie talked bad about Emma twice behind her back (she overheard though) and Emma just carried on. I would have been hurt.
- Emma's meanness toward her sister.
These both stuck with me and made it hard to root for them.

I think this could have benefited a little more from Charlie's POV. That might have helped me understand him better and be more forgiving.

3.5 stars (rounding up to 4) because I still had a good time while reading even if the main characters had flaws I couldn't get over.

Ugh, this book! My heart didn’t stop thumping. The passion, desire, and love the author was able to create while keeping this book closed door is such a testament to her writing ability. All the heat without the spice.

I absolutely fell in love with both the male and female main characters. Charlie Yates is going to be long remembered. Both characters were so genuine and realistic, if you set aside the razzle-dazzle of Hollywood, I’d think this was a story of two real people who fell in love. The humor was also spot on…l’ll never look at a can of biscuits the same way again.

This was nearly a 5 star read for me but there was a stylistic choice that drove me a little batty at first (but admittedly, its charm grew on me and won me over) and the ending wasn’t quite the way I imagined it would go, and perhaps, if I’m honest, wasn’t how I wanted it to go.

This was my first Katherine Center read and you better believe it will absolutely not be my last!

My favorite Katherine Center book by far.

What I Liked:

Charlie and Emma's story is so heartwarming and endearing. I was kicking my feet, blushing, and smiling reading this (which was difficult at times since I listened to this while I was driving for work travel).

Charlie and Emma's banter is so good. Give me a book with good banter and I will fall in love so hard.

The relationship Emma had with her father and sister. Not just the good parts, but the difficulties (physical/mental/ emotional) that come with being a sole caretaker for a loved one. I cried so many times during these parts of the book.

What didn't work for me:

Not a thing

This was the first book I read by Katherine Center, and loved it ! It was unique, exciting and had a lot of action. I will definitely read more of her books! thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for this advanced copy.

This was another cute, quick read from Katherine Center. I liked the main characters and the plot. There were a couple of things I wasn't a huge fan of. First, the internal dialogue seemed a little immature. Plus I felt like the FMC let people treat her pretty terribly and she still kept going back. How many rejections can a girl take?!

Given those complaints, I still liked the story. Not my favorite by this author, but I will still read every book she writes.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and St. Martins Press for sending this ARCfor review consideration. All opinions are my own. It’s no secret that I love Katherine Center. I’ve read basically everything she’s written. 5 giant glowing magnificent stars for this new one! You know how sometimes a book is just exactly what you need at a certain point in life? This was that book for me, wow. It’s funny, sad, encouraging, and hopeful with friends, family, and love. She hits all the emotions and feelings. The Rom-Commers is a perfect summer beach read!

This was my first Katherine Center, but it definitely won't be my last! I really enjoyed this book and felt that the two main characters had a lot of depth. While it was predictable at times, I enjoyed that I could feel the connection between Charlie and Emma. I am glad that everyone got their happy ending, but maybe would like to see more Sylvie and Salvador? If that is a previous book of Katherine's, someone please let me know! All in all, I will now be reading Katherine's entire backlog.

Another winner from Center, who knows how to tell a story. Emma is over the moon but also conflicted when she gets the chance to work with Charlie, her screen writing idol. She's been the caretaker for her dad, who was badly injured in the accident that killed her mom. Turns out Charlie didn't know she was coming to Hollywood, doesn't want a writing partner, and doesn't have any intention of selling the rom com script she's meant to fix. All that changes though when he hears her out. This has so many echos of rom com movies (Notting Hill, Pretty Woman, and so on) and that's the point. This also has all the ups and downs of those movies. Charlie's got his own backstory (and a guinea pig) of illness and trauma as well as an attitude. And a bigger heart that Emma realizes. It just all works. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. I thoroughly enjoyed this.

"The Rom-Commers" was a fast-paced and entertaining read. The author did a great job crafting a storyline that hooked my attention and kept me turning pages.

The witty banter was fantastic there were times I was laughing at loud during this book but at the same time the character's storylines had a lot of depth to them and the author did not shy away from including sensitive topics.

Overall this was definitely a great reading experience and I look forward to reading more from this author in the future!

Thank you Katherine Center, Net Galley and St. Martin's Press for providing me with an ARC of this book.