Would Like to Meet

by Rachel Winters

Can you fall in love like they do in the movies?

It's Evie Summers's job to find out. Because if she can't convince her film agency's biggest client, Ezra Chester, to write the romantic-comedy screenplay he owes producers, her career will be over. The catch? He thinks rom-coms are unrealistic--and he'll only put pen to paper if Evie shows him that it's possible to meet a man in real life the way it happens on the big screen.

Cynical Evie might not believe in happily ever after, but she'll do what it takes to save the job that's been her lifeline . . . even if it means reenacting iconic rom-com scenes in public. Spilling orange juice on a cute stranger? No problem. Leaving her number in books all over London to see who calls? Done. With a little help from her well-meaning friends--and Ben and Anette, the adorable father-daughter duo who keep witnessing her humiliations--Evie is determined to prove she can meet a man the way Sally met Harry. But can a workaholic who's given up on love find a meet-cute of her very own?

• ISBN10: 0525542310
• ISBN13: 9780525542315
• Publish Date: 3 December 2019 (first published 26 November 2019)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: G P Putnam's Sons
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 368
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780525542315

Reviews

[mrs_mander_reads]

I loved this. Even though I had some ideas about how the plot would move, I still enjoyed this. A perfect light read.

[jojo_k]

I should've dnf'ed last March when I wasn't connecting with the story line supposedly cutesy humorous mishaps. But, I can only take so much meet cute scenes and melodrama without any good love interest buildup.

[Sam@WLABB]

You know who loves rom-coms? This girl! So, obviously I would adore a book, which was essentially a love letter to all the rom-coms I have loved before.

Evie had been putting in her time as an assistant, patiently awaiting the opportunity to move on to junior agent, and it seemed as though that opportunity had presented itself in the form of Ezra Chester. He was one of the agency's most lauded screenwriters, but they were having difficulty getting romanic comedy he promised from him. Evie's task was to push Ezra to finish the screenplay, but it would come at a price. She would have to engage in multiple meet-cutes as she pursued true love. Though she felt it was impossible, she agreed, and it may have been one of her best decisions yet.

Seriously, a book filled with meet-cutes. What a wonderful thing! And, in true rom-com fashion, they were not just fun and sweet, they were quite hilarious. Watching Evie push through all these painful encounters provided me with lots of laughter, but I also liked how these events added to her life.

Once an aspiring screenwriter, Evie lost her spark after a bit of biting criticism and the death of her greatest supporter, her dad. She had resigned herself to a life as an aspiring agent, but these meet-cutes reactivated that passion in her, and it was great to see her writing again.

These meet-cutes not only had her returning to something she loved, but they also helped her form a friendship with a wonderful widow, Ben, and his precious daughter, Annette. Kids can be hit or miss for me in a book, but I found Annette to be a great addition to this cast. Her brutal honesty and amateur matchmaking added to this tribute to romantic comedies, and also reminded me of another cute kid, who stole me heart (think, Sleepless in Seattle).

Ben was also wonderful. He was doing his best as a single dad, while still dealing with his wife's untimely death. The friendship that developed between him and Evie was lovely, and I greatly enjoyed each and every one of their encounters.

The cast definitely stood out in this book, and not only did it have dad and the cute kid, it also had a fantastic quirky group of friends, who I would welcome as my own. This quartet was not only an endless source of amusement, but I could also feel the love among them. They had history, and I loved getting to peek into Evie's past as she pushed forward.

This was an adorable and fun rom-com with a ton of heart, which provided me with lots of laughs and a bunch of warm-fuzzies too. I hope to read more from Winters in the near future.

*ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.

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