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Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan is cute contemporary romance, and her adult debut. I listened to the audiobook, which clocks in at just under seven hours and is narrated by Hillary Huber.
"As long as I can keep getting men to leave me I'll be a huge success. Shouldn't be a problem."
Nora Hamilton is a 39-year-old recently divorced writer with two kids who crafts screenplays for The Romance Channel. Her script about her clunker of a marriage is currently being filmed for the big screen, a major step in her career. It's also being filmed on-location at her 100-plus-year-old home. Leo Vance, a former Sexiest Man Alive, is cast as her too-good-to-work ex-husband. The day after shooting wrapped and everyone left, Nora finds him on her front porch with a bottle of alcohol and a request to stay for an extra week for $7,000.
This was really cute! I mostly read this all in one sitting, and it was quite enjoyable. I feel like you don't often see kids having a big role in rom-coms, but Nora's two children really shine here. The narrator did a great job, and was very entertaining. Sexy scenes are closed-door.
If you are not a big fan of the miscommunication trope, or if you can't suspend disbelief in your novels, this book may not be for you.
That being said, I really loved the author's writing. Her prose was layered and her characters run deep. I felt like I really got to know her small, upstate New York town.
I think this book presses the very important idea that you don't need a romantic partner to be whole.
Tropes in this book include: miscommunication, "out of their league," single mom, heroine over 35, closed-door
CW: mentions of parent death from cancer
"As long as I can keep getting men to leave me I'll be a huge success. Shouldn't be a problem."
Nora Hamilton is a 39-year-old recently divorced writer with two kids who crafts screenplays for The Romance Channel. Her script about her clunker of a marriage is currently being filmed for the big screen, a major step in her career. It's also being filmed on-location at her 100-plus-year-old home. Leo Vance, a former Sexiest Man Alive, is cast as her too-good-to-work ex-husband. The day after shooting wrapped and everyone left, Nora finds him on her front porch with a bottle of alcohol and a request to stay for an extra week for $7,000.
This was really cute! I mostly read this all in one sitting, and it was quite enjoyable. I feel like you don't often see kids having a big role in rom-coms, but Nora's two children really shine here. The narrator did a great job, and was very entertaining. Sexy scenes are closed-door.
If you are not a big fan of the miscommunication trope, or if you can't suspend disbelief in your novels, this book may not be for you.
That being said, I really loved the author's writing. Her prose was layered and her characters run deep. I felt like I really got to know her small, upstate New York town.
I think this book presses the very important idea that you don't need a romantic partner to be whole.
Tropes in this book include: miscommunication, "out of their league," single mom, heroine over 35, closed-door
CW: mentions of parent death from cancer
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent and Cancer