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A review by laura_cs
Going Off Script by Jen Wilde
4.0
I received an ARC of this title from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Go big or go home. And since going home is the last thing Bex Phillips wants to do, she's going to have to go big in LA. And, boy, does she.
Growing up poor and spending her school-days being bullied, Bex arrives in LA to be an intern on her favorite television show, Silver Falls, and is excited to start work and live in the glamorous city. This is to be her beginning as a script writer for television, her dream job. However, her first day leaves a lot to be desired as her boss is a royal jerk who can't get her name right. To prove her worth, she writes her own script and gives it to her boss... who presents it as his own work. At first timid and uncertain, Bex starts to take steps to owning her work and standing up to her boss when he rewrites her queer character as straight. For once in her life, Bex isn't going down without a fight. Fortunately, she's got help. To include the cute YouTube sensation and newest guest actress on the show, Shrupty.
Set in Hollywood hot on the heels of the Me Too Movement, "Going Off Script" is a fantastic, addicting story with wonderful characters, an amazing story, and the fluffiest of romances. "Going Off Script" is a story about taking control of your future, owning your past, and fighting for justice at every step of the way, especially in a world where diversity representation is hard-won and too many use their power for evil instead of good.
An added bonus: while you will definitely fall head over heels in love with new characters, fans of Wilde's other novels will be thrilled to see cameos from characters from the novels "Queens of Geek" and "The Brightsiders".
Go big or go home. And since going home is the last thing Bex Phillips wants to do, she's going to have to go big in LA. And, boy, does she.
Growing up poor and spending her school-days being bullied, Bex arrives in LA to be an intern on her favorite television show, Silver Falls, and is excited to start work and live in the glamorous city. This is to be her beginning as a script writer for television, her dream job. However, her first day leaves a lot to be desired as her boss is a royal jerk who can't get her name right. To prove her worth, she writes her own script and gives it to her boss... who presents it as his own work. At first timid and uncertain, Bex starts to take steps to owning her work and standing up to her boss when he rewrites her queer character as straight. For once in her life, Bex isn't going down without a fight. Fortunately, she's got help. To include the cute YouTube sensation and newest guest actress on the show, Shrupty.
Set in Hollywood hot on the heels of the Me Too Movement, "Going Off Script" is a fantastic, addicting story with wonderful characters, an amazing story, and the fluffiest of romances. "Going Off Script" is a story about taking control of your future, owning your past, and fighting for justice at every step of the way, especially in a world where diversity representation is hard-won and too many use their power for evil instead of good.
An added bonus: while you will definitely fall head over heels in love with new characters, fans of Wilde's other novels will be thrilled to see cameos from characters from the novels "Queens of Geek" and "The Brightsiders".