I loved Emma and Charlie. Their ease with each other in the moments where they were being kind was delightful. How she tried to get him to overcome.some of his fears, and he tried to get her to accept help. There were multiple times she accidentally overheard him say things that were kind of cruel and contradictory, but understanding him deeper revealed that this was his coping mechanism.
There were parts of the book that were heavier - death of a parent, long term caregiver for disabled parent, cancer survivor - but I enjoy these elements of Katherine Center's books, because they are more "real life" romances.
Overall, this is a sweet book where both characters grow, and I loved that the epilogue went into the future with the major characters.

I’ve read several books by this author and they’re very hit or miss for me. Unfortunately, this one was the latter. I had a really difficult time investing in both the main character, Emma, and the love interest, Charlie. Emma overhears Charlie having conversations about how terrible she is multiple times in the first half of this book, and I guess because she’s a masochist she perseveres? But it made it and for me to root for them to be together. Emma’s tragic backstory felt like a crunch as well. I was really excited for this book based on the premise but it just didn’t deliver for me.

THE ROM-COMMERS by @katherinecenter is another five star book for me! Dare I say this one took the crown for my favorite KC book list. Let me tell you why I loved this book.

1. Starting with the title. With a title like The Rom-Commers, I’m here for it! Who doesn’t love a good rom-com?

2. The main characters, Emma and Charlie, are wonderful. Their banter is funny and adorable.

3. The tenderness of their relationship, the grief, the humor. It was all the feels.

4. There was a Jack Stapleton cameo (The Bodyguard is high up on the KC list too— if you haven’t read it, please go do so).

5. It left me smiling throughout the majority of the book.

I’m so glad I’ve pre-ordered this lovely book because I loved it and need a physical copy! Many thanks to @netgalley @stmartinspress and @macmillan.audio for sharing this gem with me! The audio narration was great as always by Patti Murin, who adds so much spunk to the female leads.

Emma Wheeler is a romcom obsessed
screenwriter who has the chance of a lifetime to work with her screenwriting idol, Charlie Yates, in an attempt to salvage a rom com script he basically massacred. Can she simultaneously save
Charlie's script, show him love (and love stories) are real and worth fighting for, AND live the life of her dreams? I read this in one sitting, staying up til almost 2 am to finish this pretty perfect rom-com.
Katherine Center has become an auto-read, auto-pre-order fiction author for me. This beauty of a story did not disappoint, and it comes out June 11. I lucked up and got my hands on an advanced copy even though l've had the Kindle version preordered since last October. Haha! (Thanks, St. Martin's and NetGalley!) I barely made it halfway before I clicked over to Amazon and ordered a hard copy too. (RARE for me when it comes to fiction!) Do yourself a favor and get your hands on this one STAT! It's swoony and sweet and funny and charming and heartwarming and all the good things.

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I’m a huge fan of Katherine Center & this book did not disappoint. Emma has been the full time care giver for her dad for a while when she gets the opportunity of a lifetime…to rewrite a screenplay with famous screenwriter Charlie Yates! Emma’s younger sister said she’ll take care of their dad, so Emma moves to LA for a few weeks. When she meets Charlie, it is very apparent he wants nothing to do with her. But Emma soon finds out there’s a lot more to Charlie than what she can see on the surface.

All of Katherine Center’s books are amazing! Love them! Thanks to NetGalley & the publisher for this ARC for my honest review. This amazing read comes out June 11th. #booksbyashleynicole

Another quality read by Katherine Center. I love HEA stories and she always delivers. You won’t be disappointed!

Katherine Center is one of those hit-or-miss authors for me; I loved some of her books, others were just likes, but this one was a hit! Two screenwriters team up to write a romcom together and end up falling in love while doing so? Sign me up!

Charlie does not believe in love, is gruff and opposed to working with Emma from the start, but he turns out to be so sweet underneath that gruff exterior, I loved him!

Emma carried so much guilt, it was great to see her let go of some of it and pursue her dreams, even if she played the caretaker card a bit too heavily at times for my taste. There were plenty of swoon-worthy moments between Charlie and Emma, and I loved all of them so much. The peek at the writing and research process was also a lot of fun!

Loves getting to read this one early through NetGalley! I have loved Katherine Center ever since I first read The Bodyguard and this one may be a new favorite, with a familiar face making an appearance! If you are a fan of enemies to lovers then this one will be great for you! Seeing the changes in Emma and Charlie throughout the book kept you wanting to turn the page and share what would happen in the end! Definitely recommend this one!

The rom-commers was a mix of light funny and a large dose of real life. Charlie Yates can't seem to land a romcom suffering from writers block and very little faith in romance. Emma wheeler on the other hand wants to write a screen play so bad but is a full time care giver to her father after his accident. When a mutual friend connects the two they couldn't be more different.

Thank you netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this advanced digital copy. All opinions are my own.

I love Katherine Center’s books and I especially enjoyed this one. I loved reading about and getting to know Emma and Charlie. The forced proximity and enemies to lovers tropes and two of my favorites. The storylines of family commitment and illness diagnosis were handled well. I found myself laughing out loud at certain points and I teared up at the ending. This author is always an immediate purchase for me. I am still thinking about these characters days after finishing this book. Thank you Katherine Center and NetGalley!

I'm curious why all of this author's books feel the need to include a terminal illness of some sort. It's a recurring theme and one that I find difficult to read each time.

Katherine Center does it again. I don’t think she can write a bad rom com. I loved the banter in this one, and it made me want to reread some of her earlier work.

I really enjoyed this book. This was a fun, light, and clean romance novel. This will be the perfect summer beach read!

The plot of this book is very unique, I’ve never read a book like this before and I enjoyed all of the characters. I also enjoyed the humor amongst the characters.

This is my first Katherine Center book but I can tell it won’t be my last. I love a light, no stakes romance and if all of her books are like this one then count me in!

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for sending this eARC for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Publication date is set for June 11, 2024.

If I had not been affectionate with romcoms, this would haven the novel to convert me!

First of all, I love the plot and the characters.

The scenes are primarily set in California, which is personally to my extra delight.

The characters! Oh my, I have never rooted for a fictional couple as I did for Emma and Charlie. He is the prominent screenwriter of successfully buzzing sci-fi movies, she’s an amateur writer and his biggest fan on this planet.
Their inter junction with one another happens when Charlie is requested to write a romcom to get his mafia script filmed. However, his romcom is nothing but short of all wits that his agent Logan involves Emma to rewrite the romcom.

What a genius idea of Katherine Center to combine writing and screenplays in a plot! I think I have never had such fun insights into the business of filmmaking.

Charlie has suffered some blows of fate, so did Emma. They’ll about to find their own narratives whilst rewriting their romcom. What fascinates me though is that Emma hasn’t lost her chutzpah! A tough negotiator, a girl who values herself, she’s not afraid of being herself - sometimes at Charlie’s dismay. But that’s all to help Charlie grow. So, the character development was exceptionally good.

Ready to go to line dancing and carrying this book wherever I go!

Easy 5 stars!

Big thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

Not spicy contemporary rom com. This book never really hooked me. Probably because I didn't care for either main character. I have heard great things about other books from this author. So, I plan on checking out another of her books before I decide this author is a hit or a miss for me. I rate this book a 3.5.

This is my first Katherine Center book but it won’t be my last. I laughed out loud and fell in love with both the main characters. I have never rated a romance book five stars, until now.

The banter was genius and genuinely funny.
The characters were unique and lovable.
I love a strong, independent FMC.

AND IT WAS CLEAN?! Yes please!!

This book! It felt so real and made me feel everything. I loved the writing in this book and the characters as a whole! Emma and Charlie work so well together and I really like how the book tied up in the end with a sense of reality to it.

I just finished with tears streaming down my face for the last like 10% of the book. I absolutely loved the story. Emma’s complicated family, Charlie’s stoic nature, and the goal of writing a romcom was perfect. I think the story was beautiful, and Emma and Charlie’s love story was so authentic and sweet. The high-dive scene was just perfect, making you giggle, eye roll, and then want to cry all in the span of a few pages.

Sadly not as satisfying as I would have liked. I went into reading this with high hopes, especially since it has a direct connection to The Bodyguard, which is my current favorite of Center's books. The premise is solid, and I immediately sympathized with Emma, wanting this golden opportunity of working alongside her writing idol to pay off for her. Things between Emma and Charlie start out rocky, which is understandable given the circumstances, but I enjoyed much of their banter and conversations. The problem as the book progressed is that it took me a very long time to warm to Charlie, who was frequently mean and rude to Emma, and while there were occasional glimpses of kindness and affection from him, these were immediately followed by a return to his closed-off and unpleasant behavior. Of course, there is an explanation for this conduct, yet it is revealed at nearly the very end of the book and as a result I didn't feel particularly invested in this pairing. Although I for the most part liked Emma, there is a climactic event where she says some terrible things to her sister Sylvie, who in turn says something awful in return; Sylvie rightly apologizes, but we never see Emma make up for being so harsh on her sister, and I thought there was a missed opportunity for someone to point out to Emma that she didn't have to sacrifice so much in the past to act as caretaker to her father and could have leaned on the support system within the apartment complex to still have at least a shred of her own life. I appreciated the quick pace of the book that let me devour it in a couple of days as well as how Center goes into detail about the elements of a successful romantic comedy. However, I wish the one about Emma and Charlie on these pages had been a little stronger.

This is another read from Kathrine Center that I absolutely LOVED. This is tied with The Bodyguard as my favorite read from Kathrine and it was such a joy to read. I’m going to love hand selling this at the bookstore I work at and chatting about it with friends and co workers once it’s out.