I love Katherine Center’s sense of humour. I was particularly excited for The Rom-Commers, a novel about two screenwriters collaborating on a romantic comedy.

This one was very funny. Our heroine, Emma, is hilarious, and made me laugh out loud multiple times.  I’m not sure if I ever felt the depth in her relationship with Charlie, however, and the third act breakup fell into a mix of two tropes that I really don’t like.  

The relationships between Emma and her family were much deeper and are what made the book for me.  Her family has been through so much tragedy and came out stronger.  There’s something about Katherine Center’s writing that is so positive and good-natured that it wins me over every time.

I would have loved to see more about the screenwriting — I wanted some witty lines and excerpts from the characters’ screenplay!

However, the book was still a pleasure to read and an easy 4 stars for me.  

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and Netgalley for my review copy.