This was a fun book to read about the publishing world. It touched on how things are different from men and women.

This had an interesting premise and I was excited to dive in. A female aspiring author, after being rejected multiple times, decides to submit her transcript under a males name. Of course, it is accepted, and now she has to decide how to move forward with everyone on her team assuming she is a man.

So, Daphne chooses the weirdest possible option: hire someone to pretend to be the author. Because why choose to remain anonymous which many authors do when you can pretend to be a hot lumberjack that has a way with words?What could go wrong? Insert the eye roll emoji.

Enter Chris, a sexy tax accountant. He wants the job as the manly man Zane Remington that is to be the face and the name behind the book. Only for some reason he doesn’t just come and talk to Daphne, he pretends to be a super douche to convince her he is right for the job, because why not do that instead of just… interviewing like a normal person? At this point she literally just needed a model for the book. But Chris was very excited to try out acting… full time all the time… and lies about his acting background which I feel like could be easily verified and proven wrong…. But let’s move on.

So fake actor Chris gets the job, does some modeling for author photos, even does some phone interviews (which seems like a Very Bad Idea), book is published. It blows up and the world can’t get enough of Zane! They want more interviews, tours, shirtless pics, signings, a house tour - because not only are they pretending Chris wrote the book, but also lives where Daphne does: the Yukon! Obviously they say no because that would be too complicated to fake… right??? RIGHT?

WRONG. The ruse is full time now, not just a photo and short interview here and there. Now Chris has to LIVE as Zane Remington. And he is still for some reason pretending to be a dbag to Daphne which I still don’t understand why he has to act in front of her but ok.

Anyway they continue on and pretend Daphne is just an assistant. Chris/Zane continues to successfully fool the world into thinking he is a hot idiot but also a best selling author. And answer any and all questions about the book. And no one discovers that he is actually a partner at an accounting firm. Somehow.

But this is a romance and of course Daphne falls for sexy fake lumberjack Chris and he in turn falls for …. Daphne. I have no descriptive words for her other than she got big boobs.

You may clearly see that I was not sold on the plot. Nothing was believable to me. Not just the plot, but the characters too. As I said above, Daphne doesn’t have any unique or redeeming features. She just seems like a robot who feels sad and horny sometimes.

Chris is not much better. He is perfect. He aces all of his tasks, he is sweet and understanding and always says the right things, he BAKES. Give me a flaw!!

Then I guess I get what I ask for as the big conflict at the end is caused by Chris just being very very dumb all of the sudden. In a change of character, he now says and does all the WRONG things for a few chapters. Ok then.

I might have been too critical but once one thing didn’t make sense to me everything else started bothering me. I know this is fiction but I expect rom coms to be pretty realistic, but every other chapter I was like “no way that would happen in real life”.

Fun idea, poorly executed in my opinion. It wasn’t so bad that I DNFed, and I did appreciate it for what it was: a low effort read. If you are not like me and can still enjoy a story even when it seems too absurd at times, you will likely enjoy this! It is entertaining and the love story is pretty cute.

A quick, fun summer read! I really liked both Daphne and Chris. A few predictable moments, but still thoroughly enjoyed.

This was my first book by this author, but it was a promising start! It has humor and heart and interesting characters and I was invested in their story very early on. I will definitely be looking for more from this author.

I made it to 13 percent into the novel. i just couldn't finish or go any further. I didnt like the writing. Qnd both characters were already getting on my nerves. I even tried the audio book and had to put it down. But this book was just a no go. Maybe its just me because i was excited for it because i lived the cover but thags where it all ended for me

A cute, fun, summer romcom! A fun slow burn to take to the beach. The characters were mostly well thought out but could use a bit more fleshing out. It was an enjoyable read!

Daphne has sold her book under a male pseudonym, the only problem is she has to find a guy to pretend to be him in order to authenticate Daphne’s author persona. Enter accountant Chris who agrees to do press and interviews after Daphne’s book hits number one. After a trip to visit Daphne in the Canadian Yukon, Chris learns there is much more to her than her rugged exterior. But will the pair be able to make it through the press tour without anyone finding out Daphne is the actual author? With the Canadian setting, a strong female protagonist and cinnamon role hero this book was an entertaining read!

I love everything Kelley Armstrong has ever written, and love how varied her books can be. This was a fun romance with a plot that was both silly and real at the same time, and I enjoyed every second.

Finding Mr. Write by Kelly Armstrong is a fun romantic comedy! Daphne McFadden decides that she is going to submit her newest book under a male pen name. She is completely surprised when it gets into a bidding war, they want to meet her and she needs a man to be the face of her pen name. Her friend Nora helps her find Chris Stanton and accountant who did some acting in high school to fill the role.

This is a slow-burn romance filled with great banter, humor, and engaging characters. I enjoyed this quick read, and was rooting for Chris and Daphne to find their happily every after. You have to love an account who looks better as he ages. I enjoyed the peek into the publishing industry and visiting the Yukon. It was a great read that made my July better.

I thoroughly enjoyed Finding Mr. Write by Kelly Armstrong and recommend this very fun read!

I was given a copy by the publisher and not required to write a positive review. All opinions are my own.

Cringy dialogue and unrealistic circumstances. There is no way that people would have believed the charade for as long as they did. Characters were completely unrealistic and there was not enough backstory on any of them to make me actually care about their ending.

Great story, I like the feminist edge to it. The characters were likeable and realistic. But sometimes too realistic and frustrating, it took me a while to get into the story as the beginning felt a little drawn out

I gave this book three stars. While I appreciated the storyline, I found the writing style to be a bit awkward at times. Additionally, the pacing felt too rapid, which made it challenging to fully immerse myself in the plot and connect with the characters.

Thanks to Forever and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC. Here are my honest thoughts!!

Hopes were high with this book, but unfortunately those hopes were not met. I thought that the book sounded really interesting, and I was very excited to read it. However, this book dragged for me. I had a difficult time with the pacing of this book.

I also had a difficult time with the mass amount of miscommunication in this book. From constantly getting interrupted when they were trying to have an open and honest discussion about their relationship, to Daphne literally running away at the first sign of conflict. They worked it out eventually. But since they spent so much time not talking about their relationship, I couldn’t root for them at the end. I just didn’t care if they ended up together or not.

They had some sweet moments, and I loved how well they could read each other. It just wasn’t what it could’ve been.

This was a fun read - the main concept is that a female author who used a male pseudonym to publish is now required to go on tour and needs to hire a man to "be her" - the fallout from who she hires and how she feels about him follows her throughout the book. I enjoyed reading this but it also lagged a bit in the middle for me. The look at the publishing world and experience of being on a book tour (fictionally) was fun though and the ending was cute.

Kelley Armstrong has been an author I’ve read since I was in the middle school. I haven’t dabbled in fantasy/paranormal books as much lately so I was pleasantly surprised when I found out that she wrote a contemporary romance! I was, unfortunately, let down.

I think being an avid romance reader with high expectations ruined my enjoyment.

The story started off strong. The plot felt very real and I liked how it played out. However, I was disappointed by the lack of chemistry I felt in the romance. The book wasn’t short, but I don’t feel like the relationship was fleshed out enough. It progressed too quickly and took away from the underlying message.

The characters also felt flat. I wish we had seen more of Chris as Zane and gotten more of the tension between him and Daphne. That would have spiced things up for when they finally did get together.

I think this is worth reading for the story’s setting and the author’s take on publishing. If you like romance and books about writing, this could really work for you.

Finding Mr. Write isn’t my favourite novel by Armstrong, but it won’t deter me from reading more from her in the future.

I always want to start my reviews by thanking the author and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read this book early. This was a pretty good book that I found myself interested in reading. It started a little slow for me, but it definitely picked up.

A fun romantic comedy about Daphne, an author, who is tired of her book not being taken seriously, so she submits it under a male pen name. Next thing she knows, the book is selling off the shelves leaving Daphne in a little bit of a situation. Daphne’s friend finds Chris, a sexy accountant, to be an actor for Daphne and be “the face of the book”, except the book becomes a number one best seller and Daphne is faced with not getting any credit for this fantastic book.
The story follows the attraction between these two and also her dilemma of what to do as a female author. This book was funny, down to earth and I loved that it was in a remote setting. The scenes are hilarious, especially the one where they go canoeing to show off their skills but Chris realizes Daphne can’t swim!

This book was so funny, I couldn't put it down. I also liked how the ending was wrapped up in a nice little bow. I hope this becomes a movie!

Finding Mr. Write is the perfect fun, light romantic read for the summer. Both Daphne and Chris are very likeable characters, and their romance was cute, but it also felt kind of rushed. I would have liked to see more development in their relationship, some more chemistry. Yes they both thought the other was hot, and both were charming and nice, but it felt like there needed to be more there.

The writing was very engaging, especially at the beginning, however somewhere towards the middle the story just started to fall a little flat for me. I was still enjoying the book and having a good time, but once the book tour started, my interest starting waning a tad. I'm personally not a fan of the miscommunication trope, and I don't want to to give spoilers, but I felt a lot what was going on was overly dramatic and not as big a deal as the characters thought. The resolution to the big conflict at the end also fell sort of flat for me and I wish it had been handled differently.

I had a hard time connecting with the characters in Finding Mr. Write and ended up not finishing so I will keep my review short. I loved the plot, it felt unique and that’s what made me want to read this one!! Thank you for the opportunity to read.

This was a super cute read! I liked the premise of the story - it was unique and an interesting conversation about sexism in traditional publishing. A female author posing as a male author to sell her novel, and then having to hire a male to pretend to be her, due to the insanely great sales. I’ve never read anything like it, so I really enjoyed this take. I also loved the snippets of the zombie novel the FMC wrote - it’s like a Russian nesting doll of stories. Maybe we can look for Theo’s story next??

The two main characters are wonderful(ly flawed). The build up and slow burn of FMC && MMC was great, and then they both acted like idiots…much like we all do in love. I found myself getting worked up over their screw ups, but it was real. It wasn’t like “in the movies,” something that Armstrong weaves into the story.

The little internal monologues for each the FMC and MMC were cute, too. Just like the voices each of us has…particularly when we do something stupid in front of our crush/partner/friend/etc.

I loved Armstrong’s writing style. It was accessible, but still sophisticated. While I was reading, I thought about the irony of a writer writing about a writer, and loved that thought. It turns out, per her Author’s Note, at the end, this story was inspired by a collection of conversations with other authors. Once I read the Author’s Note, it made a lot of sense.

Overall, this was a wonderful read, and I would absolutely recommend it!

I was gifted this arc from the publisher, for which I am very grateful!!