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A review by jujubean
Unromance by Erin Connor
funny
medium-paced
3.5
It’s a super-meta rom-com. Like, each chapter begins with a quick description of a rom-com trope/cliché… and then proceeds to bring it to life.
She’s a romance author who doesn’t believe in love anymore; he’s a hopeless-romantic. So that’s why they embark on a mission to live out tropes — for her to be inspired and for him to be… less hopeless, I guess?
I was worried it would be gimmicky but it worked. I loved the references to other rom-coms and all the tropes… considering how familiar I am with the genre, I feel like I got every one.
I think it was about 20% too long. Like, 75% of the way in, it felt like it was wrapping up… but it wasn’t. Anyway, I enjoyed it overall. It may not have gone super-deep, but it was fun. Definitely an author worth reading again.
She’s a romance author who doesn’t believe in love anymore; he’s a hopeless-romantic. So that’s why they embark on a mission to live out tropes — for her to be inspired and for him to be… less hopeless, I guess?
I was worried it would be gimmicky but it worked. I loved the references to other rom-coms and all the tropes… considering how familiar I am with the genre, I feel like I got every one.
I think it was about 20% too long. Like, 75% of the way in, it felt like it was wrapping up… but it wasn’t. Anyway, I enjoyed it overall. It may not have gone super-deep, but it was fun. Definitely an author worth reading again.