This book is the definition of giving you all the feels. I adored every character in this story, and could honestly have used more of them :). The premise of this book is very clever, and it definitely needs to actually be made into a rom-com. The build up of the relationship is masterful, and I found myself not able to put this book down until I finished it. I love every Katherine Center book, and this one is no exception. Thank you to NetGalley and to the published for the e-galley!

Katherine Center is an auto-buy author for me, so I was so excited to read The Rom-Commers. This one hooked me from the beginning and was hard to put down. As with all of her books, I fell in love with the main characters. I related to Emma in many ways. I rarely stay up late reading, but this one kept me up late clicking the button on my kindle. I laughed in parts, I cried in parts. It was a beautiful, heart hug of a book--which is definitely something you expect with a Katherine Center read. Her books just keep getting better!

"Here's another thing I accidentally figured out: happiness is always better with a little bit of sadness."

"There it is. The whole trick to life. Be aggressively, loudly, unapologetically grateful."

Don't judge this one by its cover--the book has so much depth. I do miss her old covers--How to Walk Away, Things you Save in a Fire. Bring those styles back!

I truly cannot say enough good things about The Rom-Commers. Katherine Center is genuinely just good at what she does. If you’re a fan, this book will not disappoint.

Emma is a very talented writer who is still looking for her big break. She knows everything there is about romantic comedies and dreams of one day writing a blockbuster hit.

Her best friend (and talent agent) calls her with this amazing opportunity. However, the opportunity may not be all that it appears to be. Emma must wrestle with the prospect of leaving Texas and her disabled father to pursue her dreams in California.


I genuinely don’t want to spoil much of the book because it is so good. If you like romantic comedies (there is no spice in this book), I urge you to give The Rom-Commers a shot.

I truly cannot say enough good things about this book. It was flawless to me and will absolutely be in my favorite books of the year, if not my all time favorites! Katherine Center is my favorite romance author and The Rom-Commers just cemented that in further. When I got an email with a link to read it early it went straight to the top of my TBR and I started it immediately. As usual, I fell in love with the characters and their banter. It was sprinkled with magic in true KC fashion and was such a feel good story with a happily ever after. Every KC book I read I think “this is my new favorite” and they somehow just keep getting better. Now I can’t wait to get my physical copy with the beautiful pink sprayed edges! If you haven’t read a Katherine Center book yet, what are you waiting for?! Absolutely pick up a copy of this one when it hits shelves this June!

Thank you so much to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for my early digital copy for my honest thoughts and review!

Katherine Center does it again! The Rom-Commers is filled with lovable, real characters. You can't help but cheer on Emma or fall in love with Charlie! Katherine Center is so good at writing the real life emotions, down to every nuance. The Rom-Commers made me laugh, and cry, and fall in love!

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Genre: Romance
Recommend:✅

If I had to describe “The Rom-Commers” in one word it would be “Swoony”! This one had me absolutely swooning from the first page to the last word. Emma is a failed screenwriter taking care of her ill father and Charlie is a successful Hollywood who happen to share an agent. When their agent throws them together to fix a rom-com script that Charlie started, sparks immediately fly.

Charlie and Emma are really an opposites attract story but they’re both so great on their own, which I loved. Their banter was SO GOOD and there are so many stomach-drop lines from Charlie and had me, again, swooning!

Katherine Center just keeps getting better and better with each novel. And obviously, if you love rom-coms, this is just a treasure trove of references from all my favorite movies.

You’ll love this book if you love:
✅Rom-Coms (duh)
✅Great Banter
✅Hollywood Stories

Considering The Bodyguard by Katherine Center was one of my favorite reads of 2022, I was really looking forward to reading The Rom-Commers. However, I found myself not connecting with the main character. In fact, her indecisiveness throughout the first half of the book made me despise her. From then on, I could not see the connection between the two main characters. Plus, I thought Charlie was a huge dick to her throughout it and I could not root for them. I am so gutted this book didn’t work for me.

Many thanks to Netgalley & St. Martin’s Press for the arc in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
Most people I know who love Katherine Center and know her books will not be disappointed by this one. I have read all of them and have enjoyed every one for its own unique story and this one is no exception. These two main characters where meant to meet and they were meant to fall in love with each other despite each one trying to put up walls for their own reasons. The banter was really funny, they clearly had chemistry from the beginning and you get a really clear picture of each characters journey and what led them to this moment in their lives. There were a few moments that I felt frustrated by because if they would have only communicated better the Happily ever after would have come sooner but we each have our own journey I suppose.

Since I read “The Bodyguard” by Katherine Center I was like I have to read more of what this author has, so ofc when I saw this on NetGalley I had to request and I’m so glad I did because I loved this book. Katherine has become one of my favourite romance authors and this book was just amazing. Loved it so much and gonna be thinking about it for so long <3

Thanks Netgalley for allowing me to read this book. Emma feels like she us walking on a cloud. She gets to work with a writer who wrote a book about romance. The only issue is that the writer does not believe in romance. I cant wait to read her next book.

I love love LOVE Katherine Center books. They’re always so beautiful and never fail to make me laugh. I can’t wait for the next one!

This book was amazing and I devoured it! It has everything you could want, humor, cute characters and much more! The chemistry between Charlie and Emma came off the pages! I highly reccomend this book! You’ll love, you’ll cry, you’ll fall in love!!

Nothing but 5 stars for my queen!

Katherine Center takes us on a journey through Hollywood with her latest romance. Our heroine, Emma, is her father's full time caretaker and an aspiring writer. Thanks to an unexpected opportunity, she is offered a job re-writing a rom-com script by her favorite, Oscar-winning, screenwriter Charlie Yates. She moves to LA and into Charlie's mansion to infuse passion and heart back into his writing.

What makes Center an incredible writer is how much she sincerely believes in love. She readily presents all of its facets and complexities: sacrifice, fear, duty, silliness. "Rom Commers" is yet another excellent iteration of the storytelling I've come to cherish in her books. This is so sweet and tender with perfect comedic timing. Emma and Charlie go through a lot of growth, and I would love to read a sequel of their love story. Thank you Katherine for gifting us these beautiful stories.

I loved this newest katherine center novel. It was the cutest storyline between grump and sunshine. Very good banter between the new main characters.

If you love rom-coms, this is absolutely a 5-star, must-read book! It will leave you feeling all ooey-gooey and warm inside.

The characters absolutely leapt off the page, and in my mind, they are 100% real people that exist somewhere in California & Texas. They have depth, and backstories, and just layers and layers of history and personality and their own individual trauma.

Why only 3 stars? This is just my personal preference, honestly. I generally am not a rom-com person unless there is top notch banter, which is why I lean towards the enemies-to-lovers and sunshine/grumpy tropes more often than not, because there's usually better banter between the characters (I like more "com" than "rom"). This book definitely had it's moments! (The FMC, Emma, is the comic relief for sure!)

This is the first book I've read by Katherine Center, and it definitely won't be the last even though it's not typically my genre. That just goes to show you have vivid of a writer Katherine Center is, to get someone wanting to read outside their normal genre!

Katherine Center was my second favorite author; I've read all her books. After reading The Rom-Commers I can comfortably say that Katherine Center is my favorite author. The Rom-Commers is a joyous book about two screenwriters who come together to work on a project, each with their own motivation for doing so. As they struggle through the growing pains of learning to work as a team, they develop real feelings for one another.

I never want to post spoilers, but this book is all about the predictable arc of a romantic comedy and the imperative that after all of the struggle the leads end up happy together, so I don't think it's a spoiler to say that this novel has a delightful happy ending in which the two screenwriters do indeed end up happy together. It's the journey to the end that was so fresh and surprising. I laughed out loud several times.

I am not a rom-com reader generally, so if you are already a rom-com reader I definitely recommend this book. I also recommend it to someone looking for something that manages to be both light and meaningful. I especially recommend it for anyone who needs to be reminded to believe in love.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing an advanced copy of this book for my review.

Thanks to Netgalley & St. Martin's Press for access to this E-ARC! Love this book so much! Very fast-paced & love the romance!! One of my favorite authors!

This was the cutest romcom I've read in a while. I loved the characters banter and although I would've loved to have more scenes where they were actually together I felt the drama of keeping them apart felt more realistic. It had the best amount of sadness, funniness, and love storyline that's really did it for me. Easy 5 stars for Katherine Center and only took me 24 hours to read.

I love love love Katherine Center. She writes in a way that I don’t feel like I’m reading a book, but talking to friends.

4.5 stars
Some things are just too good to be true, and for Emma, the opportunity to work with her idol, screenwriter Charlie is just that. Except that this is a romance novel, so we know from the beginning that things will work out okay and the way that they should.

After putting her life on hold for 10 years to care for her father, Emma allows herself to be pushed out of her comfort zone and go after her dreams. In helping Charlie rewrite what’s supposed to be a rom-com, but is quite horrible, she has the opportunity to educate him (and the reader) about the essential elements of a romance as well as the inherent validity of the genre. Center does this gently and beautifully, crafting a novel that serves as both instruction and entertainment.

For those of us already immersed in the genre, it’s a rewarding story of growth, trust, and love. For those who dismiss romance as fluff, she effectively presents the case for why it’s as legitimate as any other kind of storytelling. This is a book you can feel comfortable sharing with just about anyone you know.