Okay, I have many thoughts about this one. First and foremost, while it is a romance that mostly follows the  expected conventions (there's a couple, they get a happy ending, and their love story is a main component), for my very literal brain that likes to categorize and organize things, it veers into "woman doing things" fic. The story is largely about our MC, Liz, and her journey figuring out her life and how she can step out of feeling small and boxed in and unseen. She's taking an improv course as part of her goal to become the employee her boss will appreciate so she can win a pitch contest and promotion. One important layer to that (and the reason this book is indeed a romance) is that her marriage is in crisis and her husband/coworker is also pitching something with his best friend, who is her improv class teacher and soon to be published author of a relationship self help through improv book. She and hubs Tobin agree to work through the book together so she can practice improv and they can work things out. Another very important layer, and the one that drew me in and kept me reading, is that she is autistic and doesn't realize yet. As someone with some as of yet undefined and undiagnosed flavor of neurodivergence, I related a lot to many of her character traits and experiences. As a reader looking in, I wanted to help her see herself clearly sooner because it broke my heart the way she twisted herself up and almost lost very important things in life to turn herself into what she thinks people want from her. Her hubs had his own stuff to deal with too, but one lovely thing about him was how he appreciated every part of her. My stickler of a brain kept thinking "is it a romance?" over and over since it was more about her life experience, with her marriage as one part of that, to the point that before they finally reconciled I was actually nervous for them even though I know in a romance they get a happy ending. That was a bit distracting, which meant I didn't feel fully in it as I read, but I don't think that has anything to do with the story or writing itself necessarily since someone else won't experience that while reading. Overall, I enjoyed the read enough to keep going and definitely want to read the second one when it's out in a few months because I like the characters it'll be about.