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ALC provided by One Night Stand Studios

Author: Juliana Smith 

Narrators: Ava Erickson and Connor Crais

Thank you, @onenightstandstudios for the ALC.

Flora Anderson is living the dream. Well, sorta. She’s barely scraping by, living in an apartment in Brooklyn with a roommate she barely sees and seeing her big break as an illustrator slip through her fingers. She’s been hired to draw for a notorious cantankerous author who rejects every single drawing she submits as ‘too happy’. She needs to be darker, moodier, which is everything she’s not. A chance encounter with a muffin ‘thief’ will change her drawings and her life. 

Fletcher Harding is a writer. He writes articles and he has to write about romance, something he feels highly unqualified for. So, he strikes a deal with the girl whose muffin he ‘stole’ and who, by sheer coincidence or divine intervention, is his friend’s roommate. 

Two-person book club meetings and outings in NYC in the snow will bring Flora and Fletcher (who can never have a ‘ship name, unfortunately) to find out about each other and there are secrets that can shake their budding relationship.

I absolutely loved this book! From NYC in the fall settings, to the wonderful characters, it’s a sweet ode to finding your person, to being loyal to friends after they’re gone.

The structure of the book is also interesting: it’s almost entirely told in first person in Flora’s POV with snippets at the end of the chapters in FLetcher’s, letting us in on his feelings. That makes for interesting narration too. Ava Erickson portrays a delightful Flora, who thinks she’s ‘too much’ but who just can’t help being bubbly and sweet. She is also perfect as all the other female characters. Connor Crais voices the most green flag hero I’ve seen in a while – he’s smitten and he carries a secret out of loyalty. He also voices all the other make characters brilliantly. 

I was completely smitten myself with their journey! It’s an incredibly romantic and touching story that I highly recommend!

Note: closed door romance

Rep: FMC’s sister is deaf

Content notes: death of a loved one (off page), cheating and gaslighting (not MCs), grief