Good Morning, Love
A Novel
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Publisher Description
For fans of My (Not So) Perfect Life and Jasmine Guillory’s While We Were Dating, a disarmingly fun debut novel follows Carlisa Henton as her life comes undone after a chance meeting with a rising pop star.
Carlisa “Carli” Henton is a musician and songwriter hoping to follow in her father’s musical footsteps. But, biding her time until she makes it big in the music industry, she works as a junior account manager at a big-name media company to cover her New York City rent. Carli meticulously balances her work with her musical endeavors as a songwriter—until a chance meeting with rising star Tau Anderson sends her calculated world into a frenzy. Their worlds collide and quickly blur the strict lines Carli has drawn between her business and her personal life, throwing Carli’s reputation—and her burgeoning songwriting career—into question.
A smart, timely, energizing romance, Good Morning, Love shows us what the glamorous New York’s music scene is really like and takes us into the lives of a rising but somewhat troubled R&B star and a promising protégé who knows her job better than she knows herself.
With fresh and honest prose, Good Morning, Love examines the uncertainty of being a new professional looking to chase a dream while also trying to survive in a world that’s not always kind to ambitious women.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Music exec Coleman takes readers behind the scenes of the business in her insightful but uneven debut. Since college, aspiring songwriter Carli Henton has been working as an account manager at Garter Media in N.Y.C.; she's good at her job but her heart isn't really in the business of promoting musicians when she'd rather be writing for them. A budding flirtation with a prominent client immediately opens doors for Carli, but it presents her with a conundrum. She's previously vowed not to date anyone in the industry, after having witnessed her musician father refuse to settle down through years of touring and fame. Coleman does a nice job developing Carli and her friend group, with her best friend and roommate Talia at the center, all of whom balance their Christian faith with a hip lifestyle complete with boozy brunches, and Carli herself is deliciously self-aware. The second half of the novel, however, contains multiple missteps, including a family mystery plot that feels unnecessary and disjointed, as well as an unsatisfying ending. Readers looking for a perceptive take on the contemporary music business will enjoy Coleman's insights, but those looking for a rewarding emotional arc might want to skip this track.
