A review by martachbc
Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

Solomon has carved herself a nice little niche of Seattle-based, media-centric workplace romances. The Ex Talk focused on radio, and with Weather Girl, we move into the exciting world of local news. 

๐•‹๐•™๐•– ๐•ก๐•๐• ๐•ฅ:: Ari Abrams is a weather girl who tries to prevent anything from raining on her parade. Her always-cheerful attitude resulted in her being dumped for not being real enough, but it helps her survive her toxic workplace, where her two bosses, who happened to be exes, are constantly at each otherโ€™s throats. She teams up with sportscaster Russell to reunite the wayward lovers in the hopes of making their professional lives better. But when she starts spending more time with Russell, she starts to wonder if romance might be in the cards for her too.

๐•„๐•ช ๐•ฅ๐•™๐• ๐•ฆ๐•˜๐•™๐•ฅ๐•ค: Donโ€™t hate me for saying this, but Weather Girl just fell a little flat for me! I think I struggled to buy the extremely unprofessional Parent Trap-ping of the bosses - normally I can overlook goofy plotlines in a romance, but it didnโ€™t click for me.

Overall everything just seemed a little nice but a little lackluster. Itโ€™s weird because thatโ€™s exactly what I did like about two other recent reads, The Suite Spot and Lease on Love. But I never felt drawn to pick up this book -  I was mostly reading it just to get through it.

I really do appreciate that Solomon brought into the mix a few elements we donโ€™t often see in romance: depression (because itโ€™s not sexy but itโ€™s real!) and a male lead who wasnโ€™t carved out of marble and who has his own body issues. Normalize it all! I think Solomon does a great job of normalizing these diverse elements without making it *the* story.

I would describe this as a good spring romance. Itโ€™s not necessarily a beach read, itโ€™s not the most fun thing in the world, but it works well for a rainy day. Fittingly, I guess! 
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