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The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz
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2.5 stars

Thanks to Atria for the copy of this book and Simon and Schuster audio for the ALC!

Alex gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attend a writing retreat with her favorite author. To go, she needs to lie about her age, deal with her ex-best friend also attending, and hide the fact that she's dealing with writer's block.

Unfortunately, I was really bored for most of this book and just didn't love it. The premise is really strong and it started off well, but in the end, the follow through just didn't work for me. There are some really positive reviews out there, so I think this story well connect well for a lot of people, though!

Read if you like:
- The Plot or Every Vow You Break
- Sapphic stories
- Locked room stories