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Book: The Ex Talk

Author: Rachel Lynn Solomon

Book Series: Standalone

Rating: 3/5

Recommended For...: romance, enemies to lovers

Genre: Romance

Publication Date: January 26, 2021

Publisher: Berkley

Pages: 336

Recommended Age: 16+ (Death, language, Misogyny, Grief, Romance, Sexual content)

Synopsis: Shay Goldstein has been a producer at her Seattle public radio station for nearly a decade, and she can't imagine working anywhere else. But lately it's been a constant clash between her and her newest colleague, Dominic Yun, who's fresh off a journalism master's program and convinced he knows everything about public radio.

When the struggling station needs a new concept, Shay proposes a show that her boss green-lights with excitement. On The Ex Talk, two exes will deliver relationship advice live, on air. Their boss decides Shay and Dominic are the perfect co-hosts, given how much they already despise each other. Neither loves the idea of lying to listeners, but it's this or unemployment. Their audience gets invested fast, and it's not long before The Ex Talk becomes a must-listen in Seattle and climbs podcast charts.

As the show gets bigger, so does their deception, especially when Shay and Dominic start to fall for each other. In an industry that values truth, getting caught could mean the end of more than just their careers.

Review: For the most part I enjoyed this book. The writing was well done, the characters were well developed, and I liked the plot of the story and the plot was the only thing that kept me reading this book.

The main criticism of this book that I have is that I didn't think the love interest was appealing. I need a love interest to be likeable in some manner and Dominic was not doing it for me. The book also felt like it was trying too hard to fit into the enemies to lovers trope and it failed.

Verdict: Romance is cute and this one is passable.