I liked but didn't love The Roxy Letters. It took me a while to get into the story, but I'm glad I saw it through. Unique, funny and light, which is the kind of book everyone needs every once in a while!

3.75 stars rounded up! The Roxy Letters is a sweet little funny read. Roxy and her crew are relatable characters with wit and grit. The storyline took a little getting into but it picked up and had me hooked to the end.

You guys this was the most heartwarming amazing love story ever. I felt like as I read I was doing everything in the book as it was described it was so much fun. And hilarious as well at times! I had many emotions!

I was given a copy of The Roxy Letters to read and review.

This is not my normal genre’ but I did love Bridget Jones years ago so figured I’d give this a try as I saw many comparisons from others.

It wasn’t a horrible read by any means. It just barely kept my interest and to be honest Roxy drove me nuts. I did push myself to finish it and liked it ok. Yeah, just ok. It’s no Bridget Jones but was overall enjoyable after I pushed myself to keep reading. It def got better as it went along or perhaps Roxy just grew on me. 🤷‍♀️

⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3 stars as I do think others that are more into this genre’ would like it more than I did.

Thanks to NetGalley as always (and publisher and author) for the early copy in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

THREE- I pushed myself so hard and my disappointment about not being able to find a good romance book not only cuddles my heart but also embraces my soul with its sarcasm, humor and great characterization even they consisted of all romcom clichés, is resuming because this book is another tick on my list titled: “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for”( List name based of U2’s song which is definitely expression of my heartbreaking!) STARS!

First of all, I like Bridget Jones, not because of the character! I always found Bridget way too much naïve, silly, incisive and Mark is pretentious, stubborn, prideful but I was always big fan of Helen Fielding’s smart writing. On this book thankfully Roxy was not too silly or naïve, stupid but she’s way too much forcing her to be looked intelligent with her over exaggerated and repeating jokes.

If I didn’t chose and receive this book for a wholehearted, honest review, I could stop in the middle because if you wanted to write something witty and humorous like Jones’s diary, you shouldn’t write a retelling taken place in Texas and something suffering from lack of romance with a couple hardly to be rooted for!

The cover also resembles Bridget Jones’ diary’s cover which made me think maybe instead of copying the same concept, an original one could be found and added a little Bridget Jones and other romcom characteristic elements. Finding small pieces from other stories could help you to love the book but again trying too hard to write the same concept at the wrong structure could be resulted in failure.

I didn’t care to read their happy endings and the concept to narrate the story via letters to ex didn’t work for me, too. Heroine could tell her story from the first hand which will be more natural, genuine and helpful for us to connect with her.


I enjoyed reading her story at some parts but I didn’t enjoy reading her LOVE STORY. Maybe it could be served as a women fiction instead of romcom or chic-lit which would work better for anyone and I could give more stars when it comes to evaluate it.

Still I’m so thankful to NetGalley and Simon&Schuster to provide me this ARC COPY in exchange my honest review and opinions.

This was a quirky, fun read in an epistolary style that was easy to breeze through. I enjoyed Roxy's snark, even if she didn't always seem like someone I'd want to befriend in real life. The letters are funny and different, and her experiences working retail are rather relatable. I found it hard to connect with Roxy entirely but her voice was still compelling enough to keep me interested.

I had high hopes for this book based on the cover art (which seemed to be referencing Lolita) and the comparisons to Bridget Jones's Diary. There were a lot of interesting elements, and it was a pretty quick read. Ultimately, though, it fell a bit flat for me. Roxy's letters are full of scolding and criticism for pretty much everyone and everything, kind of like an unhappy teenager. But she's also angry at Austin's gentrification, kind of a like a grumpy... not-twenty-something. The insider's view of Whole Foods will resonate with anyone who's worked retail, though!

If I had started reading this book and it hadn't been a galley, I probably would have put it down after the first chapter -- I was pretty sure the tone wasn't for me, and Roxy seemed to be the kind of character who would drive me bananas (spoiler: she was). But the thing is, I kept reading since I wanted to be able to give an accurate review, and by the end of the book she had grown on me?? And her wacky friends had, too? And I wanted to know how she would resolve all the zany hijinks she'd gotten into?

I think one way this book suffered was that it seemed like it was trying too hard to be Bridget Jones's Diary, but in Austin. Roxy referenced BJD more than once, so this seemed pretty clear to me. The whole book is told through Roxy's letters to her ex-boyfriend (that she stops giving to him pretty much immediately, so it's basically her diary instead), and I really liked this setup, but I would have enjoyed it more if Roxy had her own voice from the beginning -- it felt like she was always trying so hard to be witty.

Some of the plot elements were pretty predictable, but that's not necessarily a complaint (I knew what to expect as soon as I read the description). But those zany hijinks, y'all -- they were so off the wall sometimes! Again, if it hadn't been a galley, I would have said, okay, this is ridiculous and I'm putting this book down. But I definitely felt more along for the ride by the end of the book, so your mileage may vary.

The love story was cute, but felt like an afterthought, which is both a) good because it felt like this was Roxy's story, not Roxy's love story and b) bad because I really didn't care if she got together with the guy at the end (and the twists, and the hijinks...).

Mostly, my feeling throughout this book was that Roxy seemed too old (25) to be getting up to the sorts of mischief she does in this book. But then I thought about it and realized that working a part-time job at a grocery store, trying to make new friends and figure out dating, and making a ton of stupid mistakes was true for several of my friends/acquaintances at 25 (I was in grad school, which was its own foolishness) so maybe it's not so far off after all. I expect that will be a complaint from older readers, though.

Anyway: overall verdict is that this book is all over the place but ends up being weirdly endearing.

I mean, it's not often that a book leaves me speechless, but I am really not sure what to say after finishing The Roxy Letters. I can point out so many things that I didn't like (writing letters to the ex-boyfriend/roommate really didn't make since after 1/3 of the book passed, the entire OM thing, just to name a few...), yet I finished this book really quickly-I couldn't put it down! The ending, while all together unrealistic, was funny and heartwarming, and, well, I don't know. If you don't mind a little raunchiness with your women's fiction, it might be worth giving this book a try!

I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion.

What a fun and funny read, just the ticket for a detour from my more serious reading. How unique to find a love hate relationship with
place in a youngster author written in diary form. I really hated my six months in Austin and heat hell. I would list it as a top ugly unliveable city....any
time is best spent in the suitably uppity Harry Ransom archives but you probably couldn’t get food delivered there. I’ll be looking for more from this author in the future. good that there are some Roxy like heroines on the page in our sold out to tech culture.

An epistolary novel told one-sidedly (at least as far as I got). Foxy is writing to her ex-boyfriend cum current roommate who she rarely sees and leaves long meandering letters. Ultimately, I’m calling this one with a DNF (did not finish). I just didn’t care about either character and didn’t want to read on.

This novel is an absolute must read!!! The Roxy Letters is a humor filled, women’s fiction novel that had me at hello!! I read that The Roxy Letters is Bridget Jone’s Diary meets Where’s You Go, Bernadette, which I 100% agree with, but I also got an Empire Records vibe as well!! I got so attached to the entire cast of characters and I felt Mary Pauline Lowry did an awesome with bringing everyone in this book full circle! I love Mary Pauline Lowry’s the writing style, I found the storyline was entertaining and quirky (in the best possible way)! After I finished The Roxy Letters, I sat to gathered my thoughts on this book and the thought that kept circling around in my mind was that I already really miss these characters—that to me is a sure-fire sign of a fantastic novel! I highly recommend this 5 star read!!