Prime Time Romance

Prime Time Romance

Kate Robb

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Is love on the small screen better than the real thing? A young divorcée finds herself in the ideal world of her favorite 2000s teen soap in this “gleefully nostalgic and completely fresh”* romance from the author of This Spells Love. Newly divorced on the eve of her thirtieth birthday, Brynn is sick of heartbreak. She thought she had found her happy ending, but now she’s living with a roommate, Josh, to afford her mortgage, and she’s trying to adjust to her new single life. At least she’s got Carson’s Cove to binge, her beloved 2000s teenage soap. The show ended unexpectantly on a cliffhanger after five seasons, and the two main characters, Sloan and Spencer, never got to declare their love for each other. The show is still perfect in Brynn’s eyes; despite all the drama that goes down, things always have a way of working out in Carson’s Cove . . . unlike her own life. So when a birthday cake surprisingly shows up on her and Josh’s doorstep, Brynn makes a wish for the one thing she’s always wanted (but has failed to achieve herself): a happily-ever-after. The next morning, she doesn’t wake up in her apartment. She’s in Carson’s Cove . . . and Josh is there too. Everyone seems to know them, except they’re not Brynn and Josh; they’re Sloan, the sweetheart of Carson’s Cove, and Fletch, the town’s bad boy. And to get home, they have to make Brynn’s wish come true by ensuring Sloan and Spencer, the hometown heartthrob, end up together at last. But as they spend more time together, Brynn and Josh realize that Carson’s Cove might not be as perfect as seen on television . . . especially when they start developing feelings for each other in a plot twist no one has expected. Will they stick to the script, or will real love change the story forever?


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    This was a cool premise and I wanted to love it, but for me it didn’t really live up to This Spells Love. Who wouldn’t want to live in their favorite tv show?? Unfortunately, I found the pacing to be slow and the plot to be repetitive. (How many awkward interactions with Spencer were really necessary?) It was obvious to me what needed to happen by halfway through the book and I was just waaaaaiting for the characters to catch up. I understand the reasoning behind many of the creative choices (language, tropes, caricatures) but it left me feeling like the story was being spoon-fed to me with how simple it was. Perhaps I was reading it as more lighthearted even when there was meant to be tension? Unsure. I tried to overlook the holes in the magical realism but had a hard time and ultimately just had to force myself to finish. The ending was cute though!

    Thank you so much to the publisher and Netgalley for the eARC in exchange for my honest review

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