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The Rom-Commers

Katherine Center

Start date: September 1, 2024

Finish date: September 30, 2024

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Mar 26, 2024 Melissa rated it it was amazing

Katherine Center always knows how to write a terrific rom-com, so her latest novel seems meta in that way.

I really enjoyed it throughout and found myself getting teary-eyed at times. So many great characters with wonderful banter. The situation with Emma's dad was so harrowing, but I loved how good-natured he was despite everything that he had been going through. And I can understand Emma's guilt over the whole situation, as well. I felt frustrated for her in regard to working with Charlie, esp ...more

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Jun 12, 2024 Jackie rated it really liked it

3.75 ⭐️

The Rom-Commers was a snappy, fun, and heartening romance story. This was the perfect blend between a book and a movie. There was an intermix of humor, anxiety, courage, and emotion between the main characters, Emma and Charlie, that was intriguingly captivating. I loved how the characters were complicated and the story heavily character driven. I was fond of the plot also. Center enveloped a switch in the traditional rom com gender roles that created a fresh take on what could have othe 3.75 ⭐️

The Rom-Commers was a snappy, fun, and heartening romance story. This was the perfect blend between a book and a movie. There was an intermix of humor, anxiety, courage, and emotion between the main characters, Emma and Charlie, that was intriguingly captivating. I loved how the characters were complicated and the story heavily character driven. I was fond of the plot also. Center enveloped a switch in the traditional rom com gender roles that created a fresh take on what could have otherwise been parallel to many others that have been captured in the rom com genre.

One of my favorite aspects of the story was watching two strangers becoming friends to lovers. The Rom-Commers truly hit the mark for me on that front-especially with the non traditional twist. Another aspect I adored was how the plot of this story was as simple as it was complex. How two very unlikely people found out just how likely they were to never want to spend another day without the other, the emotional complexities that made them who they were, the circumstances and fears that pulled them apart, the traumas and vulnerabilities that bonded them together, and how Center incorporated all these elements together was what made this book another one of her novels that tugged at the heart.

One of my least favorite aspects was the unrelatable synopsis-a young amateur screenwriter who’s talented but pushed to a corner in life, who then gets something of a break when asked to work with her favorite & famous screenwriter. Not the most fascinating to me.

Although this wasn’t my favorite Katherine Center novel, I always look forward to her stories. The romantic & comedic banter that is sprinkled with light and deep topics are what have me anticipating her future novels. (Audio)

Love this quote~

“Tragedy really is a given. There is endless human stories and they all end the same way. So it can’t be where you are going that matters. It has to be how you get there… it’s all about the details you notice and the joys you savor and the hope you refuse to give up on. It’s all about writing the very best story of your life. Not just how you live it, but you choose to tell it.” ...more

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Feb 17, 2024 Tracey rated it it was amazing

Thank you, St. Martin's Press for consenting to let me read this arc, Rom-Commers by Katherine Center. I loved the banter between Emma, the wannabe screenwriter who has spent the last 10 years caring for her dad, and her hero, Charles Yates, the award winning renowned screenwriter. Because her specialty is rom-com, Emma gets the chance of a lifetime to work with Charles and rewrite a script he's butchered because romantic comedy isn't his thing. She moves to LA for six weeks, leaving her dad's c ...more

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Apr 04, 2024 Kellie rated it it was ok

I loved the concept of this and loved the first 60% of the book. It was a great lead up to a great story and found that both MC were well developed. Then an abrupt halt happened at around 60-70% of the way through and I was cringing through the rest of the book. I needed it to be over and couldn't bear the dialogue and ending. I enjoy KC books, but this was a miss for me. Thank you NetGalley for the ARC. ...more

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Sep 16, 2024 Soquel rated it it was amazing

Shelves: chick-lit

PG

This was an enjoyable rom-com that lived up to its name. I hope this will be made into a movie soon. The author's note was spot on and I may have liked it even better than this charming story. I like that she's picked her hill to die on. Hopeful stories about human connection do have cultural value. Hooray for love stories. Keep it up, Katherine. ...more

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Jun 19, 2024 Alyssa Zackler rated it really liked it

I love a good rom com. And I super love the authors note at the end about the value of romance stories 😍

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May 05, 2024 Nancy Sherod rated it it was amazing

Thank you NetGalley for her advanced reader copy! This was by far one of if not the favorite Katherine Center book! I love me a good romcom and the banter and movie fun in this one is fantastic! The visit with a character from a past book was super fun, and just the whole ride made me smile and laugh out loud!

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Mar 20, 2024 Tracy rated it liked it

Shelves: 2024, netgalley

As light hearted and fluffy as you’d expect. If you don’t like Rom-Coms, and want something exceptionally deep, this probably isn’t for you - but based on the title, you know what you’re getting here. It’s meant to be light, warm and fuzzy feeling, and short. It’s a beach read, a weekend read, an escape-from-life read. Emma is a witty, intelligent aspiring writer with some familial angst, who gets unexpectedly paired with a slightly neurotic curmudgeon of a star screenwriter and hilarity ensues. ...more

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Mar 03, 2024 Suzanne rated it it was amazing

Shelves: arc-netgalley-gtgr

Katherine Center is a must read author for me, and she does it again with The Rom-Commers. Something about her writing always leaves me satisfied as a reader at the end of her novels.
Emma is up against all odds when she is thrown together with her favorite writer and has to help him re-write a Rom Com when he doesn’t even believe in love to begin with. Can she do it? Katherine Center’s characters are written with depth and readers will come to love and root for Emma and Charlie.
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Jun 19, 2024 Kim Benouski rated it really liked it

Shelves: romance-fluff-or-humor

I listened this this one on audio. It was very cute. A fan of a Hollywood writer who has been a caregiver for her father and put off her life get a shot at helping him write a Rom Com, which he doesn't want to do (action and sci fi are his genres).

The characters are developed for a romantic story, and it's deeper than just pure romance, with themes about loss and illness and family woven in , but it's also a cute romance, albeit overdone at times.

I've enjoyed a few of this author's romances as ...more

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