This was my first Kate Robb book

And it was OK, buy I did take a few times picking it up and putting it down to finish it.

You know the grass is always greener? This makes you think "but is it really?"

I didn't really feel anything for the characters. I adore a friends to lovers story, but Brynn and Josh,j I just didn't feel it with them. They just.... were. I didn't feel any pull between them, any spark. I really didn't feel like they were anything but friends, even at the end.

I did like the premise, of ending up in the world of your favourite TV show (can someone place me in the back seat of Baby with Dean Winchester, pls and thx haha). The execution just fell flat for me.

Kate Robbs debut - THIS SPELLS LOVE - was adorable and I couldn’t wait to read her second book - PRIME TIME ROMANCE. While I love Robbs writing style, this one didn’t work for me.

My thoughts:
-magical realism didn’t work for me in this one
-enjoyed the dual POV
-hard to keep track of the characters
-read if you love Dawsons Creek

The steam was fine and I did enjoy the chemistry between Brynn and Josh, but it left me confused. I’d give this a try if it sounds interesting to you, but def pick up THIS SPELLS LOVE!

This book reminded me so much why I loved Pacey and Dawson gave me a wicked case of second hand embarrassment. It reminded me why I loved Dawson’s Creek so much and all the teen dramas of my youth.

I enjoyed this book more than Kate Robb’s debut book This Spells Love. I really enjoyed the first 70% of this book but the last 30% fell as little flat to me. It wrapped everything up a little bit too nicely. I really loved the side story of the best friend maybe being the villain all along and the villain turning out to be the nice girl.

I really loved in this book how for a chance Brynn and Josh didn’t have a falling out before realizing they loved each other. Sometimes the romance formula of couples have a big climatic fight and breaking up really turns me off I book so I was pleased this book skipped out on that.

I will continue reading and enjoying Kate Robb’s books, especially after inhaling this book in a day. It was a nice and easy read.

There is so much nostalgia packed into one romance novel. The story follows a fan of a 90s teen drama. It's her comfort show and she has watched it so many times, she knows it all by heart. She makes a wish on her birthday and ends up in the TV show with her roommate. There were a lot of Easter eggs in this and Carson's Cove was reminiscent of Dawson's Creek and some references to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gilmore Girls, and more. All the shows I watched as a teenager. So this book was a lot of fun. My only niggle was that it wasn't clear how this parallel universe worked.

I fudging loved this book.

Short Synopsis:
Brynn is newly divorced and doesn’t quite believe her happily ever after is in the cards. She spends her free time watching Carson’s Cove (think Dawson’s Creek) on Netflix. Until it’s her birthday, she’s at a bar, the bartender also happens to be her roommate, Josh, and she gets a ride home with him and makes a birthday wish. Next thing she knows they both wake up in Carson’s Cove.

My Thoughts:
This book was so much fun! I adore magical realism romcoms and this was just so much fun. And I loved the nod to 90s sitcoms. It was sweet, yet funny. And had me laughing the whole book.

What You’ll Find:
Friends to lovers
Dawson’s Creek vibes
Small town romance
One liners
Self growth

I loved this book! Right off the bat I had « Pleasantville » vibes just from the synopsis, one of my favorite movie growing up.

The loved the characters of Brynn and Josh. It was nice to have both their POVs and see their relationship develop!

I loved the concept of going into one of your favorite TV series to continue the story. So many series finish or get cancelled to early. Many Easter eggs and the bonus at the end of the book is a must read!

I think Kate Robb did an awesome job with this book and I can’t wait to read more from her!

3.5 ⭐
This book was bizarrely fun. It was such a unique premise. Our main character, Brynn, makes a wish on her birthday and ends up getting her and her roommate, Josh, sucked into her favorite tv show (Dawson Creek vibes) where she finds herself as the main character, Sloan. There's a mysterious (sinister) extra who won't send them back until Sloan gets the ending "she deserves" since the show never got its final season. All in all, the book was fun but left me asking so many questions at the end.

Thank you NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group for the opportunity to read this book in advance in exchange for my honest review

Kate Robb is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors! I just the love Venn diagram of romantic comedies and magical realism and Kate Robb nails both!

I loved her debut novel This Spells Love and jumped at the chance to read this! Something about her writing just lingers in me for days, weeks… even months. I think she has written some of the best love scenes I’ve read. So much emotion and passion comes through in her words!

Prime Time Romance is a breath of fresh air from the run-of-the-mill tropey romcoms. The concept of this book is so unique and fun! I felt on the edge of my seat, filled with wonder, from the very beginning. Brynn and Josh’s dual POV experience in the fictional made-for-TV town Carson’s Cove makes for some good comedy and watching their love unfurl was completely dreamy. My only complaint is that I didn’t feel very invested in Brynn’s character. I think if her character had been a bit more fleshed out, I would have cared more for her, however my love for Josh made up for it!

Prime Time Romance is a perfect romantic comedy for those looking for a sweet and spicy break from reality!

Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

This was such a cute read! I loved the magical element, the adorable little town, and the swoony romance.

Brynn's life is not going as planned. After a divorce that came out of nowhere, she longs for the sweet simplicity of her favorite TV show from her teen years, Cade's Cove. When a stranger shows up on her birthday with a cake and a candle, she makes a wish that life was still that tidy. The next morning, she and her roommate, Josh, wake up in the idyllic town and are put on a mission to finish out the happily ever after. But things are more complicated than they seem when she starts falling for the bad boy bartender (aka Josh) instead of the town's golden boy. Maybe life shouldn't be so tidy after all?

If you are a Hallmark movie fan or enjoyed Dawson's Creek, Gilmore Girls, or any show similar to that, this book is for you! It's so atmospheric. I can clearly picture the quaint little town and all the picture perfect people. I loved Brynn and Josh's messy stories as they grew close. I also loved all the small town roles that people filled and grew out of. I even liked the slightly sinister villain character. This book was a fun read! I haven't read Kate Robb's first book, but I have it on my radar now.

Thank you to Dial Press and NetGalley for the e-book in exchange for my honest review.

This book is vindication for all the TV series watchers who were left feeling sad about a cancellation or who felt like their favorite characters ended up with the wrong partners. A definite blend of Dawson’s Creek and Pleasantville, this is a light, fun read with a sweet, albeit predictable, storyline and positive message.

I've only ever seen one episode of Dawson's Creek (I don't remember the plot, except that Joshua Jackson's character got a restaurant job and had to practice slicing potatoes until he could get paper-thin cuts). However, after reading Prime Time Romance, I feel like I've seen them all.

This book has a charming premise, and for readers of a certain age, it will undoubtedly deliver a sweet dose of nostalgia. It's nicely paced with likable characters who learn essential lessons, but the attraction between Brynn and Josh feels a bit forced and underdeveloped. Since the sizzle is what I'm looking for when I pick up any romance novel, this one ended up being just ok for me. It wasn't bad, and I have no serious complaints, but the romantic tension wasn't satisfying enough to garner more than three stars.

I will say, one thing Kate Robb does extremely well is creating lighthearted alternate realities. I enjoyed watching Brynn and Josh acclimate to life as Carson's Cove's returning sweethearts. This aspect of the novel was incredibly tight and well-plotted.

If you enjoyed Kate Robb's This Spells Love, definitely read this one. If you have to choose between the two, go with the former.

The cover, title and premise are all what drew me into this book. However, I found while about the first 20% of the book was okay, the rest was just too slow moving. I also didn't really feel a connection with either of the main characters.

Thank you NetGalley, Kate Robb, and Random House Publishing Group for a copy in exchange of an honest review.

3.5 stars
A unique take on a romance novel. Brynn and Josh are roommates, and she's obsessed with Carson's Cove, a Dawson's Creek-esque show she binges on Netflix.
The day after her birthday, the two of them find themselves in Carson's Cove, tasked with getting the happy ever after for the series leads that didn't happen when the show was abruptly cancelled. The story was well done but just kind of hard to wrap my head around, as Brynn and Josh developed feelings for each other as their true selves but also played out their alternate personas.
It was an interesting book with a good ending. I liked the extras at the end that explained the Easter Eggs from other shows I hadn't watched.

Prime Time Romance was such a fun read!

The characters, setting and magic realism made it the most unique read I’ve ever read. Imagine 16 wishes the movie but instead it’s Brynn making a wish on her 30th birthday for a happy ending and is then sucked into her favorite television show starring her and her roommate!

This book was fun, funny and soo witty. The early 2000s tv show vibes were perfectly sprinkled through out the story and as a girl who grew up on 2000s dramas I ate this story up!

All I wished for is more angst between the characters, I wanted to feel them fall head over heels for each other but even though I didn’t feel the angst I still very much enjoyed the story as a whole.

90s Pop Culture
Romcom
He falls first
Sacrifices
What else do you need.


The day before Brynn’s 30th birthday is not what she would have wished for. She’s divorced, no real friends, and has to have a roommate to even stay afloat.

After the terrible evening she finds herself at home with her bartender roommate Josh watching her favorite teenage drama Carson’s Cove when she receives a random Uber eats delivery of a birthday cake. Josh cuts her a piece and tells her to make a wish, little does Brynn know her simple wish is going to literally change her entire reality.

Once the book got going I could not put it down. The pop culture references and Josh were everything.

My only complaint is that Josh’s feeling just appeared, it wasn’t like he had been secretly pinning for her or anything so that seemed a little out of wack with the story at first but was forgiven because the chemistry between the two of them was perfect.

Thanks Kate Robb, NetGalley, and Penguin Random House/ Dial Press Trade for the opportunity to review this book.

4.5 stars. This book was just so fun! Carson’s Cove made me so nostalgic for those classic teen dramas. The premise of Brynn and Josh ending up in Carson’s Cove was a little weird, but I just didn’t think too hard about it. I loved how Brynn and Josh both found themselves and each other through the book. It was also so interesting to see the depth added to these 2D characters from the show and seeing how the town was different up close. I love magical realism and this was no different.

Thank you to Random House and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I first found Kate Robb through a book club read of her debut novel This Spells Love. I knew as soon as I saw Prime Time Romance on Net Galley that I wanted to read it.

I loved the 90’s vibes and the easter eggs that were sprinkled throughout this story. Brynn and Josh were both great characters and I loved the growth that we got to see through reading their story.

This was a quick and easy read for me and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys 90’s vibes, small town reads, and rom-coms.

3.5 stars
I really enjoyed the author’s “This Spells Love” book and was excited to be able to review her latest book “Prime Time Love”. If you are a fan of Dawson’s Creek then you will probably love this book (I have never watched the series). I did enjoy the plot and the character growth. While I do have some minor quibbles about the book/plot/setting – if you are looking for a palate cleanser this book will fit the bill.
Thank you to Netgalley and Random House for the ARC of this book.

While the concept of this book was interesting I fell like there was something’s missing. I did enjoy all the little Easter eggs the author added into the book.

4.5⭐️

I actually don’t know where to start. I discovered Kate Robb earlier this year with her debut novel, This Spells Love and I had a great time reading that. But this book? This is probably going on my top reads of this year because I loved it so much. I had a book on my TBR this year that was one of my most HIGHLY anticipated reads and honestly it was kind of disappointing. The premise was also magical realism, where the protagonist gets stuck in a fictional small town, and unfortunately that book didn’t hit for me. So when I saw the blurb for this book, I was little skeptical that maybe I wouldn’t enjoy it but I’m so glad that I had the chance to read it before it came out because this was SO GOOD.

Prime Time Romance stars Brynn & Josh, roommates who don’t know basically anything about each other & on Brynn’s thirtieth birthday, she ditches her so called friends to hang out at home with her bartender roommate and watch ( for the millionth time) her favorite small town sitcom, Carson’s Cove. She explains that she continues to rewatch this show because it gives her this sense of hope that the world isn’t the rock bottom she has been dealt with. And as her and Josh call it a night, a knock at the door with a familiar looking stranger interrupts their evening with a cake and wish for the birthday girl. But when she makes her wish— mind you, a wish that involves waking up in a fictional tv universe where she plays the main character, she didn’t expect to drag Josh in on the wish too. To both their surprises, that stranger (extra of the hit tv show, Carson’s Cove) has tasked them with fulfilling the life of one Sloan Edwards and give her her well deserved happy ending that the tv showrunners didn’t give her, in order to be sent back home to real time. As excited as Brynn is at first, to play this character she’s looked up to, she learns along the way, that living in the past is not living at all, and that in order for your life to feel fulfilled, lots of growth has to occur, and your ability to let life come at you in the wildest ways imaginable is OKAY. Hitting rock bottom is okay when you can appreciate what a bad ass bitch it made you for being capable of getting out of it.

In an unexpected turn of events, I also enjoyed seeing Josh’s growth throughout the book too. Just like Brynn needed this experience, so did he. Feeling like his world has no real substance after tragically losing his dad, and losing the bar he left, this tv dimensional trip lands him the role of the town lazy boy. Almost a mirror of him, and watching him gain the color back into his skin by reopening The Bronze, Carvers Cove’s own town bar, he starts to believe in himself again and it’s really nice to see both protagonists evolve as the book progresses.

This book was so full of good surprises. The banter was funny and adorable, the chemistry between them, the SPICE! It had substance you can FEEL and I enjoyed it so very much. I pray to god that this book gets the hype it deserves, Kate Robb, you’re killing it! I can’t wait for your next book.


Tropes:
And they were roommates
Friends to lovers
Small town magical realism


A big thank you to NetGalley for the ARC, in exchange for my honest review.

Book comes out September 3rd!!! 🫶🏼🫶🏼