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I'm so disappointed by this. The characters were... annoying. I think I was supposed to feel the angst and the heartache between them, but I felt zero sympathy and was kind of cringing the whole time I was reading. It wasn't a fun read lol.
Wow! I TRULY LOVED THIS BOOK SO MUCH! The blasting chemistry between Katrina and Nathan activated the smoke alarm at my house! The way they pour their souls on the pages, sharing their intimate feelings by hiding behind the dialogues of fictional characters, the powerful and purely intense attraction they feel for each other made me hyperventilate and sigh for thousand times! This book is a composition the author played by the strings of our emotional cords to present us the sweetest harmony! At...
this book really said "communication? we don't know her!"
A book for lovers ❤️….and for lovers of books! ❤️I was ENTHRALLED from page 1! I have always been fascinated by author collaborations. How exactly does that work? Does one author write as one character, and the co-author pen the other? This collaboration by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka (a married couple) sheds light on that subject, in the most tantalizing way…💕Katrina Freeling and Nathan Van Huysen were the romance genre's co-writing literary darlings, topping the bestseller lists...
Oh… my God?I wanted to write a coherent review but I’m a little speechless. I mean… what? How was this so good? Did we know this was an amazing book? Did everyone just forget to tell me?I obviously love a writers-in-love trope, but HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW I WOULD HIGHLIGHT THIS ENTIRE BOOK??? The writing is spectacular, just heartfelt and emotional and incredibly specific to feelings we’ve all felt but maybe haven’t quite found the words to describe.In this story, Katrina and Nathan were co-w...
This was.... ooof. Disappointing is an understatement. Review to come after I've had a real good think. CW: divorce, emotional cheating
This is a Romance. This is a romance between two writers that has a lot between them. This book as several flashbacks through out it. I have to say I did not like how the flashbacks was put in. It was hard for me to go from present day where they are writing a book together, and then go to past where they where writing their first book together. The setting was the same and they where doing they same thing, so it was hard to keep the two timelines apart. I love the present timeline, but I really...
This is probably my favorite out of the few romance books I’ve read. I love reading about writers or anything connected to books and reading. This was so cute I absolutely adored it.Katrina Freeling and Nathan Van Huysen were quite the literary duo three years ago. Despite best seller lists and all their success, their partnership ended on bad terms. Even though they have one more collaboration in their contracts, they refuse to speak to each other and will not divulge what broke up their union....
3 stars I truly love Emily Wibberly and Austin Siegemund- Broka’s writing style. Their YA books are some of my absolute favorites. Unfortunately, this one didn’t quite work for me. It was something about the flashbacks and the actual conflict of the book. Katrina and Nathan wrote a best seller years ago and had a falling out. Something happened and we don’t know what. It seemed like they would never write again, especially since Katrina had ‘retired’ but they are. We get scenes into the past t...
i started to read the reviews before i went to write my own and i have got. to. stop. doing. that.because i really, unabashedly, enjoyed this book. i hardly read the blurb and knew nothing of this author duo's YA titles so i went in with absolutely no expectations and honestly i'm glad for that. if i could guess, i would bet that the majority of the middling reviews for this book expected the summer romcom that the cover (and the blurb which i have now read lol) promised. but it really wasn't th...
add this to emily henrys ‘beach read’ and colleen hoovers ‘november 9’ and you have the holy trinity.i dont know what it is, but there is something about romance stories about authors using their writing as an outlet/parallel for their feelings. its such a niche trope but man, it gets me every time. while i didnt quite find this as adorable as ‘beach read’ or as swoon-worth as ‘november 9,’ this still ticks all the boxes when it comes to romance and passion, tension and angst, heart and
✨A rough draft indeed.✨Read this review if a. you’re thinking about reading this book or b. if you read and despised this book and need someone to understand the tumultuous thing your soul turned into after reading it. Also please read this review because it took me one (1) Lord of the Rings movie to complete. Two DVDs worth. This book robbed me of all happiness. Alms for the poor. Please give me alms.This review is split up into different sections based on what I think you’d want to know about
i've returned to my worst habits (using ebooks to count the number of words repeatedly used).just going to say, for now: no book needs to use the word gentle 43 times.review to come / 3 stars----------------romance quest resumes NOW----------------a couple that writes books together...writing a romance novel about a couple that writes books together...i wonder where the inspiration for this came from(thanks netgalley for the copy)
Katrina Freeling and Nathan Van Huysen, literary darlings, whose books topped the best sellers list. Their books flew off the shelves. If they wrote it - readers wanted to read it! Until they had a falling out and parted ways. They never divulged why they ended their writing partnership. No one knew why they would walk away from their success. Both planned to NEVER speak to the other again! Nathan had some harsh words about Katrina and burned all their bridges.But there is a final book written i...
I feel like the marketing of this book is what led to its mixed reviews. I've seen this book shelved next to romcoms, and its cover makes it seem like you're picking up a lighthearted romance. But that's not what this is. I would categorize it more as contemporary fiction than romance, hinting at literary at times. If you liked Love and Other Words and Beach Read, you might enjoy The Roughest Draft. Despite being a fan of both those books, The Roughest Draft still felt a little short for me. I s...
The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka is a standalone contemporary romance novel. The story in this one is told by changing the point of view between the characters and alternating the current timeline with one from the past.Katrina Freeling and Nathan Van Huysen had found success together after they had cowritten a book together but their working relationship had ended abruptly leaving the world wondering what had happened. Katrina had given up writing and Nathan wasn...
I had been looking forward to reading this one for awhile and was very excited to start it! I got declined for an ARC :( so ordered a copy for myself once it came out. The storyline sounded interesting and I love the cover. But sadly, this one didn’t live up to my expectations. It was a decent read, but there’s nothing special about it or anything that stands out, it’s very forgettable. It was a slow burn, too slow sometimes, and it didn’t seem to go anywhere very fast. Overall, I would say it i...
3.5 Stars!! Lack of communication makes me a little bit miffed!THE ROUGHEST DRAFT by EMILY WIBBERLEY and AUSTIN SIEGEMUND-BROKA was a really nice story and one that kept me reading. I was immediately drawn into this one and really enjoyed the premise of two authors trying to write a book together. I really liked what this author duo did with this book. It was a little bit different and the chemistry for me shined through their relationship to the fictional characters on the page.The present stor...
I enjoyed the aspect of two authors writing a book together, but it wasn't enough for me to really like this one. The story is told from the alternating POVs of Katrina and Nathan, and toggles between present and four years ago. I didn't find the back story interesting enough to add much to the storyline though. Overall this was ok, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I'd expected.
couldn't you both have just gone to couples therapyRep: Chinese American side character