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I loved the premise going in but quickly found myself disinterested. Too many characters, too much back and forth and not enough clarity.

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The premise so this book sounded so good, but the execution fell flat for me. This read like fanficfion but in a bad way. I did think the romance was very nice though.

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Sinopsis en español:

De día, Diana trabaja como cocinera de línea en el café francés de su familia en el Upper West Side de Manhattan, haciendo malabares con el servicio de brunch y los clientes quisquillosos. Ella está feliz de ayudar en la cafetería, pero está en apuros financieros, y no está segura de cuánto tiempo más puede ayudar a mantener las cosas en marcha. Por la noche, se escapa al fandom de Sam Raymond, escribiendo una obscena fanfiction de persona real (RPF) sobre la soñadora estrella de rock del momento para miles de lectores. Y esos lectores se lo están comiendo más de lo habitual después de una lesión vocal que ha dejando de lado la gira de Sam. Uno de los seguidores más ávidos de Diana, la misteriosa "S", incluso le ha enviado una serie de mensajes directos coquetos en Tumblr.



Cuando la verdadera Sam Raymond aparece en el café de Diana para el brunch, sus mundos cuidadosamente separados chocan (y tiene que hacer los mejores malditos crepes de crema de limón de su vida). A pesar de sus nervios, las crepes son un éxito, y Sam sigue regresando por más; pronto, los dos entablan una amistad fácil por su gusto musical compartido y su amor por Nueva York.



Pero Sam tiene sus propios secretos. Le resulta cada vez más difícil suprimir sus ataques de pánico, con contratiempos que ralentizan su recuperación vocal y amenazan con un posible fin a su carrera como cantante. El único consuelo que encuentra es interactuar con un inteligente escritor de ficción en línea en, vergonzosamente, su propio fandom. Y luego conoce a Diana. A medida que Sam se aísla de su vida normalmente caótica, se intriga por esta linda chef y su gran y bulliciosa familia. No puede evitar pasar más tiempo en el clásico bistró francés al que llaman hogar.



A medida que el escritor y la estrella de rock se acercan, Diana debe equilibrar su conexión con S y la atracción por Sam, y su culpa por mantener sus historias temáticas de pseudo-Sam, que sabe que es su mejor oportunidad para salir de la cocina y convertirse en escritora profesional. Mientras tanto, Sam se ve obligado a enfrentarse a la ansiedad que amenaza con romperlo de una vez por todas, o corre el riesgo de perder tanto su conexión con Diana como su carrera. ¿Esto terminará en OTP o en un desastre?



Reseña:


Apesar de que no soy el público meta, me gusto y lo diafrute.

Por lo regular me alejo de libro en donde los personajes están a principio de sus venintes porque se me hacen inmaduros y aunque aquí, ambos protagonistas son jóvenes, no me incomodo ni sentí como desconexión con la historia,.

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So Many Somethings
By Molly Dunn

4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Tropes:
- mental health rep
- Hidden identities
- Friends to lovers

If you live laugh love slow burn this is the one for you. The tension? The angst? The longing? SO perfect. Friends to lovers with rocky roads between. This was a sweet easy read. I love the family dynamic & how realistic it was to be in a larger family. I loved the mental health rep for anxiety & how that can affect day to day life no matter who you are. Diana & Sam absolutely frustrated me at some points but it makes it real in a sense. I loved both characters individually & together, they deserve happiness after their last year or so of life being harder.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher & author for an e-ARC in return for an honest review

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Diana trabaja en el restaurante de su familia y, en secreto, escribe fanfics sobre el famoso cantante Sam Raymond. Un día, por casualidad, conoce a Sam y se hacen amigos, comenzando a pasar tiempo juntos.

Sam se sometió a una operación en las cuerdas vocales, y su recuperación será lenta, lo que le genera ansiedad al no saber si podrá volver al escenario. Al conocer a Diana, ve en ella una amiga en la que puede apoyarse, pero descubre que ambos ya se conocían en línea. Temiendo que ella se entere y se aleje de él, decide guardar el secreto y esperar lo mejor.


Poco a poco comienzan a desarrollar sentimientos y él se encuentra en una encrucijada: si dice la verdad, quedará como un mentiroso, pero si no revela toda la situación, su relación será una farsa.




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

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This was OK! Typical romance book with characters. Love the cover of this book.

A super quick read for the fall season

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Thank you NetGalley and publisher for this arc!!

What a good book! I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. I loved the main characters! They had great chemistry and worked so well together. I loved how the book just flowed. My first by this author but will not be my last!!!

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This read like bad fanfiction which is ironic because of the plot. It felt like a Wattpad novel and not in a good way. I would rate this zero stars if I could but sadly I can't so 1 star.

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for every delusional person who has dreamed of their celebrity crush falling in love with them (even if you wrote weird fan fiction about them) this book is for you. i won't lie! is it realistic? not at all. is it the best writing i have ever encountered? not really. but this is fun, and silly, and hopeful, and a perfect cozy read. sure, there were parts of the plot that i didn't feel came together in the end, and some issues that never really got resolved. but, if you read this, you have to overlook the fact that this is completely unrealistic and enjoy it anyways, and if you do, you will like it!

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What a darling story!! I just loved the characters, and their journey through love. The setting was perfect and the storyline just gave me all the feels. Wonderful job Molly Dunn!

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Shades of "You've Got Mail", and who doesn't like that! (And gee, doesn't he sing that Nilsson song? wink wink). Anonymous online, they fall in love - in the family restaurant, yep they fall in love in person, but both hold back. Whew! A fun read, a fun trope, and a great cast of characters. A must for romcom fans!

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The story was a bit hard to connect with for some reason. I like the plot idea and thought it would appeal to my romance style. Great cover! Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

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I finished this one in one go.
I really liked the premise but the execution missed the mark for me a bit.
I loved the banter between the leads but the writing it self was far too wordy. Every detail of items, places were described with extreme detail and it was great but it felt more like a literary fiction novel than a romance novel. Loved the prose but it felt a bit too much. I would try this author again she did a good job making me care about the characters and the dynamics were there so there's that.

Thank-you so much to the publisher for the chance to review this ARC.

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