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Talk Bookish to Me

The perfect laugh-out-loud romcom to curl up with this Christmas

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Talk Bookish to Me

By: Kate Bromley
Narrated by: Norma Butikofer
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A hilarious romcom for fans of The Hating Game and Beach Read

Inspiration can be found in the most unlikely - and inconvenient - places

Kara Sullivan is definitely not avoiding her deadline. After all, it's the week of her best friend's wedding and she's the maid of honour, so she's got lots of responsibilities. She's a bestselling romance novelist with seven novels under her belt, so she's a pro.

Looming deadlines don't scare her, and neither does writer's block, which she most certainly does not have. She's just eager to support Cristina as she ties the knot. Right? Right.

But then who should show up at the rehearsal dinner but Kara's college ex-boyfriend, Ryan? Turns out he's one of the groom's childhood friends, and he's in the wedding party, too. Considering neither Kara nor Ryan were prepared to see each other ever again, it's decidedly a meet-NOT-cute.

However, when Kara sits down to write again the next day, her writer's block is suddenly gone. Are muses real? And is Kara's muse . . . Ryan?

'A fabulous debut; it had me laughing, it had me shouting, it had me from the get-go. Bromley has a knack for banter, creating a smart, sassy and sexy read - Kara and Ryan's story is a blast'
Pernille Hughes, author of Probably the Best Kiss in the World Romance Romantic Comedy Comedy Witty
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Okay…. In general, this book was okay. I don’t think I’d have had the patience to read it in physical book form, but as an audiobook, it was entertaining. I can imagine it as one of those generic, romcom Netflix movies, because the general premise was good and there is a lot of space for an actor to give flavour to the characters, which were not very descriptive.

It was like great potential that was only dipped into - a lot of likeable characters and interesting narratives/topics, but none were really delved into. Some areas were almost empty? The writing and humour was good from the MC, but the writing of her book, almost satirical pride and prejudice, was really awful…

Leading from the lack of real development or insight into the characters… Ryan just does not make the rom com cut… ahh!! No… May none of us be Madison :( a tricky slope to go down and a lot of grovelling near the end to try and redeem him.

There wasn’t a great selling of him as a character in general throughout the book, so even if the ending had redeemed him, there was nothing making me want her to forgive him… a lot of nostalgia for the past.. and so, in the words of Elsa, let it go.

I feel bad because this author is obviously a bookish gal and her writing is great. In the least patronising way I just want her to write another book and use all that skill and booksta knowledge to go further.

Could be a movie but

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