I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of The Perfect Rom-Com by Melissa Ferguson. This story is fun and quirky and endearing and eccentric…and I was there for it all! I enjoyed and appreciated what feels like a really unique look into the publishing industry. Man, can you say, “Cutthroat?!” I have always understood that the publishing world is not for the weak of heart, but this book really illustrates that point hard. You’ve got to be tough if you’re gonna be a writer and maneuver through that world. I’ve also known what a ghostwriter is since I was nine and my father explained how the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series worked, but it was super cool to see a ghostwriter in action (fictionally speaking, that is). Time and time again, I felt really badly for Bryony and all the ugliness she is forced to deal with because of her ghostwriting duties and her requirement for total anonymity. To be an aspiring writer herself and to give her talents and time to some other author, an ungrateful and selfish one at that, is height of frustrating awfulness. Again, I felt really, really badly for Bryony, which means I was cheering for a win for her like crazy! And that win came in the form of Jack Sterling. I love Jack. I love his cheekiness and grumpiness and intelligence and protectiveness and strength when it really counts. He is such a good hero — the perfect one for Bryony. I think my most favorite thing about this story is the fact that Bryony is the lead in her own Rom-Com and she doesn’t even know it. That had me laughing quite a bit. Bryony is so out of touch, but that makes sense as her head is constantly stuck in her fictional worlds with her fictional characters. I feel like Melissa Ferguson is winking at her readers as she shares, through Bryony, a truth about all storytellers, and I really loved this fun insight!

The Perfect Rom-Com is a really awesome story. I truly cannot recommend it enough. If you’re a fan of well-written Rom-Coms with quirky, endearing characters and thematic depth, then this is definitely a book you’ll not want to miss.