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The Rom-Com Agenda by Jayne Denker
2.0

I'm honestly sad because I really wanted to like this book. It features tropes like found family and friends to lovers, as well as countless movie references. What didn't work for me were Eli and Leah as characters. Eli spends the first half of the book whining about a girlfriend he had for 4 months, who literally left him high and dry with her CAT, while Leah is working a million jobs and just kind of flopping around like a noodle. And even if you do get invested in their love story, you only get to see them kiss before it fades to black. And not even a super steamy kiss either... I did enjoy the side characters and would hope to see Gray and Delia get a book of their own, this one just might not have been for me.

*Thank you to St. Martin's Griffin and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest review*