mckinseyf 's review for:

Keep This Off the Record by Arden Joy

DID NOT FINISH: 69%

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I never rate books I haven't finished; instead I put them down and chalk it up to "not for me" or "maybe another time," but oh my god this is SO BAD!!

At first it was just boring and poorly edited, then it became ridiculous and wildly unrealistic (not in a fun romcom way but in a stupid way. Seriously, why would a major national news network spend a month on some reality show wedding for a random associate producer who's only been working there for 2-3 years, and his nobody girlfriend. There's no way that would go viral or even be considered after like 2012.). Also, I'm 70% of the way in and the "romance" is just now starting to appear. I'm fine with slow burns and developing characters and relationships, but the author hasn't even been doing that! She's been spending all this time on a side couple and Abby's friends. And they're not evening compelling or funny or memorable! 

This has been a gigantic waste of time. Easily the worst book I've read in recent memory. And I read a lot of mediocre and silly books.