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And there were things about so. So in the book. Okay, so here's the plot. Our heroine is Emmy. She is just written a really popular book and, like, it's been a bestseller. There's a whole, like, continuing thing in this where it's like a New York Times bestseller, where I was literally, like, every author I know would be like, that's not how any of this works. But it was fine because it just matter where she then admits on her Instagram. And she's like, an influencer, right? So she's written a really popular book, but she also has, like, all of her money comes from, like, doing like, lots of, like, goofy things on the Internet. Like, she has, you know, like, sort of a, like, you know, like weird yoga poses and like. Right. All these things that she does. But when the book came out and people, like, people were reading it and she was sort of looking for ways to, like, sort of like, keep it popular and just like, keep people talking about. About it, she basically admitted that the main character in the book, which was a celebrity romance, was based on her own personal celebrity crush. And then she like does like an Instagram poll, like, who do you think it is? Right? And then like, basically like refuses to tell the truth about which one it is. And she mentions it's like three or four guys essentially who are on the same like, show or whatever. Is it this guy? Is it this guy? Right? And so the book opens with her going on essentially like Oprah, Drew Barrymore, the View type show or whatever where she's gonna be interviewed about the book and how well it's doing. And of course, what does the like the show person do but bring out these four guys and essentially it's gonna like corner her on live TV about which one it is. And I really loved the, the interior monologue at this point because Emmy was basically like, don't blow this. Like, you have to be cute and you have to be charming. You're just a normie. You can, you're like flirting with these like handsome Hollywood guys. Like just lean in and make it really fun and be, you know, this is your one chance. And of course she's asked on live TV like, which one is your crush? Right? And she. It turns out it's Jason Connor. Now Jason has actually had a lot of. Has is like a mess. He has, you know, a long term girlfriend and they have a, a child who's only a couple years old, but they're not married. And you know, he's, you know, they've each been caught out with like, other people. There's been like drinking, you know what I mean? Like, Jason is someone who the. The has enjoyed, let's just say the life and fame that Hollywood has afforded him. And so anyway, like this all. And he is basically what happens, of course, like, what's going to keep them apart is not just that she's a normie, but also that like, he's gotten into so much hot water in the press that his producers say to him, you need to stay away from this woman. Like, you cannot afford to. We cannot afford any more scandal. She is a regular person. You are a fucking mess. Get your life together and cut this shit out. But of course they keep getting thrown back together, right? Like her book tour. Like, essentially the book spikes in popularity, especially after this TV show, you know, that they're on. Sure. So, you know, they get this brilliant idea of essentially having a couple of like book events where he's gonna come to them, like, like, right to the readings or whatever on the West Coast. She lives in Florida where she has actually a daughter who's like 12. And it turns out that as we like kind of get to know the story, you know, Emmy wanted to be part of Hollywood and she had, you know, had gone to like filmmaking school or something. And she has like a one night stand with this like super famous producer who she thinks is gonna like, read her script, like essentially like that classic Hollywood story. And so, you know, she has every reason to be really wary of Hollywood as well. But it's fucking Hollywood, Sarah. And all of a sudden she's wildly popular there and like these, you know, him and his friends think she's like hilarious and awesome and she's going to parties with rich and famous people and, you know what I mean? And so I think the whole way that they. This book really, it really delivers the sort of you're a normie kind of thrust into this world that you always wanted. And at the same time, once she and Jason start spending more time together, like they realize that they actually have so much in common. They have great chemistry. Right. Like, she really, you know, I don't know. It's great. I really enjoyed it quite a bit. I had a lot of fun reading it. I found myself just really thinking, like, these are two people who. It's not quite messy, like the mess. It is messy, but it feels kind of surface level mess. A lot of the mess gets cleaned up pretty easily. Right? It didn't feel like in. In Once Upon a Time in Dollywood. Like the mess is so like really deeply rooted in who they are. This is like, there's a lot of mess, but don't worry, like, like romance mess. It's romance mess, right? Here's the one thing I'm gonna say that is like, really funny is everyone knows I have like one thing that really drives me bonkers, which is like dated pop culture references. And I will tell you, like, this author was born in the hospital I was born in and was in the bed next to me. But I could not for the life of me understand why these 27 year old characters knew about the Pina Colada so song. But I enjoyed this book so much. So much. Right. Why did they love Duran Duran? I don't know, but I. This book was so fun in so many other ways that I was able to overlook this one very specific thing where I was like, kind of hilariously like being like, wait, really? But it was really fun and I just found it like, like, you know how you said like a really straight over the plate, like sort of classic romance?
