Meet Me in the Margins is a delightful and heartwarming read that will appeal to fans of contemporary romance. The story follows Savannah Cade, a nonfiction editor who is struggling to make ends meet. When she gets a chance to edit a manuscript by a famous author, she jumps at the chance. But as she gets to know the author, she begins to realize that there is more to her story than meets the eye.
Savannah is a complex and well-developed character. She is intelligent and hardworking, but she is also struggling with her own insecurities. She is afraid to let anyone in, but she is also drawn to the author. The author is also a well-developed character. She is strong and independent, but she is also struggling with her own demons.
Meet Me in the Margins is cute and heartwarming but I wanted to like it more than I actually did. I def had potential

Mellisa Ferguson is going into the "auto buy" author category for me!

Savannah Cade is about to live out her wildest dream: the magazine she wants to work for for is looking for a manuscript that she has ghost written. Her issue? She's working for a competitor magazine. Going back to find the manuscript she hid one adventurous night, she discovers that someone has written notes in the margin about their reactions. Soon, Savannah starts a back and forth message exchange with the mysterious note writer that leads her to have more than just friend feelings. Will she be able to figure out who is helping her get her writing into pubishing stage?

I loved Meet Me in the Margins and was captivated from the first page. I recommend this novel to anyone who enjoys romance books without the spice portion.

I loved this one! So freaking cute. I’m a sucker for anything to do with authors. Highly recommend to romance lovers

Cute enjoyable read. Weird family relationship dynamic that's never really explored. But the story was enough to keep reading past the odd ex-boyfriend now the sister's fiancé plotline.

Thank you Netgalley for my free copy in exchange for an honest review.

Meet Me in the Margins is a contemporary romance novel by Melissa Fergusson that follows the story of Savannah who is an assistant acquisition editor and an aspiring rom-com author who works for Pennington Pub that only publishes smart non-fiction. Savannah hides her manuscript in the secret ARC room and is shocked when she gets a mystery editor who helps her with her novel. While the story was cute and had some charming moments, it lacked the oomph that I am looking for in a good rom-com.

While the premise is promising, the story falls short in terms of character development. Will's character, in particular, was not developed enough, and I found it difficult to root for him as the love interest. Savannah's character was more fleshed out, but even she felt somewhat one-dimensional at times.

The first two parts of the book were slow and lacked the necessary tension and conflict, but the end was better and tied up loose ends nicely. The book had a sweet and satisfying ending, which is a redeeming quality for the story.

It was an enjoyable but forgettable rom-com.

BOOK REVIEW

BOOK: Meet Me in the Margins
AUTHOR: Melissa Ferguson
FORMAT: eBook
RATING: DNF (did not finish)

MY THOUGHTS

I started this book and found that I had a lot of difficulty connecting to the story. I did not finish it, not for lack of quality of the book but more so that I felt it was a “right book wrong time” situation where I wasn’t in the right mindset for this one at this time! Hopefully will be picking it back up in the future!

This book was such a cute and fun read! I loved the publishing world aspect to it and I loved reading about the romance. Definitely read this book!

This is a charming romantic comedy set in the book publishing world in Nashville, Tennessee. Enjoyed the chapter that described some librarians attending a book conference and going a little crazy trying to snag all the ARCs and book swag. I’ve definitely been there, done that! The author kept me guessing about the mystery book editor until the end of the book. Thank you to #NetGalley for this ARC to read and review.

the ultimate rom com and i had so much fun! and it centered around book! my jam if i must be honest. the romance was so cute and the characters were adorable together. recommend

Very predictable and cliche story with a few cute moments. The thing that bothered me the most is that this book proves that romance writers have absolutely no idea what literary fiction is and do no justice to writing about it.

I really enjoyed this book. I liked how there was a book nook aka the arc room hidden. I think that's everyone's dream these days if you love to read. Savannah leaves her book in the arc room and comes back to there being notes in the margins. Her company isn't for any spice. This is a book romance literally. It was a easy read. Kept my attention. I have definitely recommended this book to people. #meetmeinthemargins # netgallery

This was a very predictable, slow burn story. While there wasn’t an air of mystery to the mystery editor, the story was cute nonetheless. I liked the idea of having a hidden room to retreat to, even if this wasn’t an accurate depiction of a publishing house.

Tinha tudo para ser um livro que eu iria adorar, afinal, um livro sobre livros - li recebido de eARC do Netgalley. . Por isso, fui na curiosidade ler a obra, achando que seria o meu tipo.
De fato, a história tem certo bom humor, mas a protagonista, e depois o interesse romântico, não me prenderam, o que fez com que a leitura fosse mais arrastada, infelizmente.
Não tenho grandes problemas com coisas previsíveis e clichês, mas a forma como foram contadas na narrativa, não me fizeram ficar empolgada - como geralmente acontece.
Outra coisa que me incomodou durante a leitura, foi a descrição e associação relativas a corpos e suas formas, com um certo idealismo bem prejudicial.
Esse tipo de coisa, fez não gostar tanto da narrativa (o estilo de escrita da autora não foi pra mim também), e houve certa expectativa da minha parte; e sabemos que expectativas prejudicam a experiência de leitura.
Em suma, foi uma leitura mediana, só não acho que foi pra mim. Li resenhas boas a respeito e acredito muito que toda experiência de leitura é pessoal - o que eu não curti tanto, talvez seja exatamente a leitura que precise naquele momento.

Very cute take on a "forbidden" mystery romance. As a librarian, I love reading books that have references to publishing or author's writing.

Definitely worth a read!

What a fun book! The characters were great, as was the story. It is an easy fast read, and a feel good book.
Thank you to netgalley, the publisher and mostly the author for the chance to read this great advanced copy.

A very sweet closed door romance set in the publishing world. I love books that talk about books! There were funny books, and awkward moments. A fun read!

Savannah is an editor and wannabe romance author. The problem is her publishing house hates commercial fiction, so she writes in a secret hideaway she’s found at work. This hideaway is great until someone else finds it, reads her work, and leaves notes in the margins. The notes are helpful though, and she and her mystery editor also start having short conversations on the pages. But will she ever meet this mystery editor and will he be as great as the real life guy she’s also falling for? This novel was predictable but fun. The trope of unknown identity a la You’ve Got Mail, for film buffs, or Bennett’s Alex Approximately for YA lovers, is a great one, and the execution is good here. The main romance plot line is also good. The qualms with book lie in the family drama. Savannah’s sister is absolutely insufferable, and the sister’s whole plot line was extremely cringey. Also, on a much smaller note, another issue with this book is librarians being made into caricatures who exist only for free copies of books; it’s unrealistic and a little insulting. Ultimately though, this was a quick, clean,

Meet Me in the Margins follows the story of Savannah as she works to finish preparing her first romance novel to submit to a well know editor. Along the way she gets some helpful critiques from a fellow coworker/ mysterious editor. One of my favorite things about this book is the back and forth banter between Savannah and her mysterious editor turned love interest that takes place in the margins of her manuscript ( hence the title!). I also enjoyed seeing the relationship between Savannah and her sister play out throughout the novel. Melissa Ferguson does a great job making me laugh with her writing, and I love that she keeps the romance fun and flirty but clean. The only thing that would have been great to see in the book would have been Will's point of view. I ended up loving this book so much that I ordered a physical copy as soon as I read an e-ARC from NetGalley!

Thank you NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I almost made it to the end of this one. I did not like this book for many reasons but the main reason being the protagonist. I could not understand how in the world she could still be friends, let alone live with her sister and be friends with her ex. Just no. She is such a smart woman yet so insecure and indecisive. I thought I might like this book because I was an English major and there is a lot of word play but for this type of contemporary romance, it just doesn't work. I don't like the weak female lead. The storyline was also so predictable from way too early on. This book was just not for me and one of my favorite genres is contemporary romance.

They compared this to You've Got Mail and they were right. It had me hooked from the beginning. As someone who is picky about romance novels, this one was enjoyable from start to finish.