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*Spoilers ahead*

I don’t even know where to begin in writing my thoughts on this review or what star rating to give The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center.

As someone who loves a good Rom Com and has heard so many good things about Katherine Center I was so excited to read this book. Here’s the conflict, and I have SO MANY OF THEM:

At times I LOVED the FMC so much and could myself in her, yet I also found her annoying and found myself frustrated with the BS she put up with. On the other hand the MMC is a garbage human being in the way he treats her and talks about her. The words “douchey”, “asshole” and “I have never hated a character as much as I hate this man” appeared multiple times in my annotations while reading.

In the end there is “some” happily ever after, but several parts of this book gave me the ick. I think it should be made perfectly clear that this is a work of fiction and that if a person is displaying some of these behaviors in real life they are major red flags you should consider investigating, and if you decide to do so, investigate from a distance, not double down and try harder. (If it were me I would run FAR FAR away). Also, no means no. Period. No matter the gender.

I think the book is well written and there were a few instances I thought were predictable but then threw me for a loop so I liked how it kept me on my toes. The Rom-Commers had many good quotes in it that I consider words to live by, and made me feel things, mostly rage, but that’s still things!

In the end I thought about DNFing this book quite a bit and upon reflection wish I had.
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This book is as okay. Not my favorite KR novel but it did keep me entertained and was a quick read.