As a fellow rom com fanatic, I thoroughly enjoyed the premise of this. Annie is a Nora Ephron superfan writing a rom com of her own and hoping to break into the film industry. But when she gets a job on a film set in her neighborhood, she clashes with the hot, sarcastic lead actor, Drew. What would Meg Ryan do?

Great premise and very likeable characters. I found the plot moved a little too quickly — over a matter of two weeks, people dated around, fell in love, uncovered family secrets, and realized truths about themselves. The speed at which all this happened might have been an intentional nod to the rom coms that clearly served as inspiration, but I think a slower pace would have helped the relationship between Annie and Drew to feel even more developed and appealing.

This book was absolutely adorable!!! Annie, our beloved MC, is OBSESSED with rom-coms and this book was the perfect example of that.

Annie, I admit, started off a little annoying. Her head was a bit too far into the clouds and she was unjustly rude to Drew. I honestly wanted to shake her a few times and be like “WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?!” BUT she came around and I ended up loving her character. Her relationships with her friends, uncle, and his friends were so real and genuine that they made my heart so happy. She’s loyal and genuinely loves them to the depths of her soul. Such a great quality to have.

Drew was perfect from the first encounter. I liked his witty banter with Annie because his humor is exactly like mine and my family’s humor. He was super sweet and I loved the touches of jealousy he had. I even liked the way he handled the issue at the end.

This book was well thought out and well written. It reads exactly like a rom com would read so definitely go into it with that in your mind. It has the usual cheesiness we find in movies like You’ve Got Mail and Sleepless in Seattle as well as the heart and soul of those movies. If you like either of those you will definitely like this book. I will say one complaint I had was that it could have used a better epilogue. I know it said that rom coms usually leave the future to the viewers imagination, but I still left this one just a little disappointed. I know the epilogue given was a glimpse into what happens beyond, but for me, it just wasn’t enough. I wouldn’t let that stop you from reading it though.

I highly recommend this one!

I just started this book and I already want to review it. Kerry Winfrey is funny. Laugh out loud funny. I feel like quoting the first 4% of the book. And she’s brilliant because she knows, Just Wright is one of the most underrated and wonderful rom coms. ( Although I’m trying to forget she feels the same way about 27 dresses..Anyone can make a mistake!) .

Now that I’ve finished the book, I love her writing even more. The book is a poignant, sweet, funny love story that is perfect. Characters I loved, a perfect romantic plot, and writing that was funny, but spot on. Now I’m on a mission to read her other novels, and can’t wait for the sequel with Chloe’s romance.

I love Tom Hanks and rom coms and when I saw the title of this one, I knew I had to read it. We follow Annie Cassidy as she navigates her small but happy life in Ohio, literally waiting for the love of her life to find her while she writes her own rom com screen play. When a movie is set to film in her town, she’s nervous but thrilled and everything goes from there. This got a little bogged down in “but he’s NOT EXACTLY LIKE Tom Hanks” moments but was really cute and funny all the way through for sure!