this was meh, the fmc drove me insane and made it difficult to enjoy the story. it had potential but fell flat. the pacing was nice with good humor but the instalove wasn’t for me.

This was an absolute gem to read! I devoured this with quickness, I could NOT put it down. I loved all the pop culture references and the banter and comedic relief had me crying from laughter.

Love love love!

Add this to your TBR now!! I absolutely devoured this sweet, and incredibly darling love story. It was just too good!! I was not wanting it to end.

A book about a writer in the romance genre, and her own love story?! What a cute idea; I really enjoyed this one!

Sophie Taylor has written the hottest, international, bestselling romance novel, but no one knows she wrote it. She released the book under a pseudonym. A chance encounter with Joe Walsh, the marketing director at her publishing company, sends her life into a tailspin. Will she decide to come clean to the world and her family to take credit for her writing? And what will Joe Walsh have to do with it?

I have read a couple of Lindsey Kelk’s novels, and her writing always makes me laugh. She has a great sense of humor, and I always love the chemistry between her main characters. Sophie and Joe had great chemistry from the beginning. This was definitely Lindsey Kelk’s spicest novel to date, and I loved it!

I would recommend this romcom to all romance lovers!

Thank you to Netgalley and Harper360 for the ARC of this novel; all opinions are my own.

El libro es una crítica a como son tratadas las autoras y lectores de romance, en como se les hace menos por no leer según la gente cosas
que no aportan nada, como la situación cambia si quien escribe romance es hombre, él nunca será ridiculizado ni juzgado.
La idea es buena, lamentablemente el desarrollo es un desastre.


Sophie es maestra y en secreto es una exitosa escritora. Su padre es un importante editor y publicista, su madre una famosa crítica literaria, ambos son snobs literarios, se la pasan haciendo comentarios mordaces sobre cómo los autores de romance son una vergüenza, por tal razón Sophie guarda el secreto sobre su libro.

Por el cumpleaños de su padre tiene que ir a su casa, ahí todos los invitados son personas que tiene que ver con el mundo literario. Todos se la pasan burlándose de la escritura Cox, de su libro y como es una desgracia para el feminismo 🙄 , sin embargo, cuando Joe en un intento de ayudar a Soph dice que él es Este Cox, mágicamente cambian de opinión, le plauden y alaban que sea un hombre tan conectado con sus sentimientos y que ayude a los mujeres a expresarse.

Todo el libro vemos como sus padres la menosprecian, la hacen menos por ser maestra, dejan que su hermana menor la pisotee. Los odie a los tres.







La parte del romance tampoco me gustó,

Joe trabaja para la editorial que publica su libro, cuando se conocen él no tiene idea que ella es Cox y dice cosas groseras sobre su libro, resulta que también es un snob literario. Uno pensaría que Sophie se alejaría del tipo, pero como está guapo decide ir a tomar, coquetean, platican, luego le muestra que es un idiota misogeno y al parecer el tipejo tiene poderes mágicos porque segundos después de mostrar sus verdaderos colores ella casi lo besa.

Toda su "relación" se basa en lo físico y la atracción.


Calificación: 2.5⭐️


Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Sophie has a big secret and when she returns home to her spend time with her bookish family things come to a head. She has to make a split decision, fill her enemy in on her secret or tell the truth. He’s the least person shed tell under normal circumstances but she’s desperate. Her family cannot find out she’s Este Cox the bestselling romance author the entire world is desperate to unmask.

This felt like a love letter to all the romance readers. For the fans of Lindsey Kelk, “Beth O’Leary, Fallon Ballard, Ali Hazelwood, Sarah Adams, Hannah Grace, Lucy Score”, the list goes on. The bookish community better get ready because its a good one.

Joe pushes all her buttons, some good others not so much but ebbing stuck together for the weekend quickly brought them closer. They can relate to one another, trying to make their own path in the literary industry without their parents. Their sexual chemistry is palpable, the forced proximity making it all the better, you can’t help but root for them. Although there are layers to the story mainly due to Sophies use of a pen name. Her family is very opinionated and navigating that isn’t an easy task.

The balance between comedy and romance is incredible, one of the things Kelk always excels at in my opinion. This was one of my most anticipated reads of the year and will most likely end up being one of my favorite 2024 reads. Can’t recommend it enough.

Read this if you like
⚡️Enemies to lovers
🛏️One bed trope
🩷Romance
🌶️Spice
🎤Pop culture references