A recent review of THE HATING GAME, suggested that Fenske is one of the rom com heirs to Jennifer Crusie. I hadn't read anything by her, and so I picked up a copy of NOW THAT IT'S YOU. The book starts off in unusual territory for a comedy: Meg Delaney, a caterer, is taking balloons to her ex-fiancé, whom she hasn't seen in two years, when she hears that he's in the hospital. Unexpectedly, though, as she walks into the hospital, she runs into her ex's younger brother, Kyle, who tells her that Matt has died. But since Matt died because he took Viagra against his doctor's advice and suffered a heart attack due to anesthesia during hair transplant surgery, the funny is definitely underlying the sad.

Things get even crazier when the self-published cookbook (on aphrodisiac recipies) that Meg wrote and Matt took the photos for suddenly goes viral, and Matt & Kyle's uptight mother sues Meg for royalties. And when Kyle takes mom's side, even while he and Meg keep finding themselves in sexually compromising positions...

Fenske has a strong comedic voice, and combined the grief and gaffes with a deft hand. Meg and Kyle make a cute couple, but Meg was fairly undeveloped as a character (not much in the way of goal or motivation), and so their romance itself didn't feel that urgent or compelling. Still, I'd definitely give other books by this author a look; really good romantic comedy writers are hard to come by.