A review by mandikaye
The Plot Twist by Eleanor Goymer

4.0

This was such a fun, cozy read—like a warm cup of tea with just a hint of workplace chaos. I love easy romances, and if there’s a book about books (or, in this case, writers writing books), I’m immediately in. 

Allie is a romance author teetering on the edge of burnout and low-key losing faith in love. Miles is a crime writer who hasn’t put out anything in years. Their editor (new publisher? Publishing overlord? I’m still not 100% clear) is steamrolling through staff like it’s their villain origin story, so Allie and Miles team up and genre-swap for fun and survival. He helps her rediscover the spark of love (thanks to his own long, happy marriage), and she feeds him twisty crime plots to get his creative mojo back. 

Enter Will: a catering guy at a publishing event who is, frankly, dreamboat material. Their connection is instant but grounded—no instalove nonsense here—and he’s so wonderfully decent that you can’t help but root for him. Yes, there’s a touch of conflict (it is a romance, after all), but it’s small potatoes in the grand scheme of things and handled like emotionally competent adults (gasp). 

If you like books about writers, quiet love stories, and characters who actually talk to each other, this one will go down easy. 

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for this honest review—more genre-swapping writer friends, please!