A review by katelynnelawson
Once More With Feeling by Elissa Sussman

emotional funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

This was a solid follow up to the author’s debut, and while it’s also a second chance celebrity romance, the vibes are very different. Told from Kathleen’s POV, we see flashbacks to a teenage theater summer camp with her best friend Harriet and crush, Cal, to her days as a pop star performing alongside her boy band boyfriend (who is in the same band as Cal), to an adulthood reunion when she’s cast in Cal’s Broadway directorial debut. This is a solid friends to lovers to enemies to lovers read with lots of slow burn and pining and a little spice. I did feel Sussman’s writing was better in her first - lots of “said” dialogue tags which I can find grating. But I sped through this and was emotionally pulled! Fun, sexy, and emotional with somewhat unlikeable characters which is definitely my jam.
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