Etty Lawrence is a bestselling romance author. At least- she would be if she could just get someone to read her books. Apparently, Amazon doesn t consider the 500 books purchased by your mother to be bestseller material. When Etty s given some simple advice from a friend- write what you know- she takes it to heart. But she's never been in love before, and she doesn't really have time to fall in love and write a novel at the same time. So, she convinces her slightly unwilling lifelong friend, Travis, to let her follow him around and witness real love, first hand. A third person memoir, if you will. Travis is the perfect hero for her story: he's funny, smart, and good looking; only there's one problem. He says all the wrong things. Does any girl really want to talk about the NHL trades? And his jokes would make a kindergarten class roll their eyes. But the worst part is, Travis's dates laugh at his corny jokes; the jokes he told Etty first. They touch his sweater; the sweater Etty bought him. And the way these women swoon and gush over him...they obviously aren't leading lady material. Now Etty has to take this love thing into her own hands if she has any hope of writing a bestseller that people other than her mother will buy.
I would first like to thank Emily for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review, this is the first of Emily's books that I have read and it definitely won't be the last. I instantly fell in love with her writing style and the way she makes the characters jump off the page.
I loved the whole concept of this book, it is a brilliant idea having the main character in a book actually writing a book of their own, this gives you an insight to the world of writing and the trouble that it brings with it, the knockbacks, finding the perfect story etc.
This is the perfect chic-lit book, there is nothing unrealistic about the story and although as you go through the story you can kind of guess the ending it still in a way keeps you guessing (due to the fact that Etty is trying to make Travis fall in love with somebody else), but in no way does this make the story less enjoyable.
I loved Etty right from the start, she is such a likeable character and so relatable. She is a fun, twenty seven year old that is just trying to further her almost none existent career as an author. I really liked that she worked in a comic book store, it is a new genre (which is quite popular at the moment), that we don't normally find in this type of book. I really liked the relationship Etty had with all of the other characters especially, it really showed a strong family bond that was heart-warming to see and the way Emily writes the interactions between everyone really puts you in the novel.
What I loved about this book is that it was a romance but in a different way to the norm, there is no 'boy-meets-girl', it is a romance that shouldn't really happen as Etty is essentially not supposed to fall in love with Travis.
This book is full of fun and laughs and I would definitely recommend. I finished this book in a day and giggled the whole way through, it is the perfect summer read and I cannot wait to read more of Emily's novels.
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