Not in My Book
A Novel
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4.1 • 10 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
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Rosie writes romance novels and listens to Taylor Swift on loop. Aiden is a literary fiction writer who doesn't believe in happy endings. They're about to write a book together—what could go wrong?
The Hating Game meets Beach Read in this sexy and hilarious enemies-to-lovers romance from a debut Peruvian-Tennessean voice.
Rosie, an idealistic and passionate Peruvian American, leaves her Tennessee hometown to pursue her dream of making it in New York as a writer. But her plan is derailed when she ends up in class with her archnemesis and ex-crush, Aiden Huntington—an obnoxious, surly, and gorgeous literary fiction writer who doesn’t have much patience for the romance genre or for Rosie.
Rosie and Aiden regularly go to verbal battle in workshop until their professor reaches her breaking point. She allows them to stay in her class on one condition: they must cowrite a novel that blends their genres.
The reluctant writing duo can’t help but put pieces of themselves into their accidentally steamy novel, and their manuscript-in-progress provides an outlet for them to confess their feelings—and explore their attraction toward each other.
When Rosie and Aiden find themselves competing against each other for a potentially career-changing opportunity, the flames of old rivalry reignite, and their once-in-a-lifetime love story is once again at risk of being shelved—unless they can find a way to end the book on their own terms.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Holt's uneven debut revolves around the now familiar trope of a literary fiction writer forced to work with a romance writer. Peruvian American Rosie Maxwell has come a long way from her small-town Tennessean roots and is living her dream at NYU's MFA program in creative writing. She feels closer to becoming a published romance writer every semester. The only fly in the ointment is Aiden Huntington, her workshop partner, former crush, and current academic rival. Aiden snobbishly turns his nose up at the concept of happily ever after, and his and Rosie's daily verbal sparring keeps upending class. Frustrated, their professor gives them an ultimatum: they must learn to work together by cowriting a genre-blended novel or they'll both be kicked out of the program. Excerpts from the slow-burning love story they cocreate reveal their changing feelings for each other as, through working together, they learn they have more in common than either expected. This meta element is fun, but the over-the-top enemies-to-lovers antics, and especially Rosie's heightened emotions, come across as immature. Readers will have better luck with Beach Read by Emily Henry.
Customer Reviews
5 stars
i dont even know where to begin with this book. easily one of my new all time favorite reads. i cant believe this is her first book, i will be waiting on the edge of my seat for more from her. this book had me crying by the end of it. such a beautiful and well written story. cover to cover it is perfect!