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Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner
4.25
emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

 📚 SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT is so precious! I absolutely loved Emma and Jo and watching their relationship blossom.
📚 This book is the slowest of slow burns - somewhere in the middle there I began to wonder if this should even be classified as a romance novel since it's so focused on what's happening in their workplace, but that plot was still compelling enough to keep me reading.
📚 This book is in large part about power dynamics, not only in the sense that Jo is Emma's boss, but also in discussing women and women of color in the entertainment industry and the sexual harassment situation that happens to Emma. It was all very well done, too, never heavy handed or feeling like it was dropped in just to create tension.
📚 I liked that Emma and Jo weren't quite your standard mainstream entertainment lesbian couple. They truly had their own personalities instead of simply being stereotypes with specific jobs/names/etc. overlaid on that. 

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