I absolutely adored this book!

Courtney Walsh has become a must read author for me with her ability to create loveable characters, swoony romance, and well-crafted and engaging storylines.

I loved Rosie and her journey of self discovery, and the sweet romance between Booker and Rosie was delightfully swoony. However, what made this story truly shine was the cast of endearingly colorful side characters. The whole ensemble brought a smile to my face. This book was a joy to read from beginning to end.

I had the opportunity to listen to the audiobook after reading this and it did not disappoint!

The narrator truly brought this story to life. Her delivery was emotive and engaging, her pacing was spot on, and I found myself able to get lost in the story while listening.

I highly recommend this book in either format!

*Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas Nelson Fiction for the ARC and to NetGalley and Thomas Nelson & Zondervan Fiction Audio for the ALC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This one was so sweet 🌸

I loved how Courtney built a world for us. The side characters all were built up really beautifully well—especially Arthur! I loved the humor and the sweet tones to this book. It was beautiful! The themes of being vulnerable, chasing dreams, and being fearless were lovely, too.

I just wish we had more of BOOKER HAYES! He’s a sweet cinnamon roll of a man and I loved him, but I just wanted more depth to their love story.

Also the ENDING! I loved that ending, made me squeal 🥰

Oh Courtney Walsh... you did it again and why am I even surprised??? What a wonderful, sweet story that I am so sad now that it is over!

Everything's Coming Up Rosie follows our star, Rosie (Ro to her friends). She is a struggling actor who left home to make it big in New York, but she's afraid to tell all her people back home just how hard this acting life is - especially when her group of friends all seem to have life together and are thriving! So, she applies to many jobs, so many and so quickly that she doesn't read the job descriptions very well. Suddenly she finds herself accepting a position to join the creative team for the production of Cinderella!...... However, it isn't at all what she expects. But, it quite possibly could be the best thing that ever happens to her.

This story is full of laughter, charm, and with just enough depth of emotions that it easily gets a 5 star rating! Courtney Walsh knows how to give us the people we need through her cast of characters. All of them are so lovable, so believable, and so relatable!

A big thank you to NetGalley and Thomas Nelson for this ebook. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Thanks for letting me read this boo, I really enjoyed it and I love her books and I cant tell you how much I love them.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this book. a sweet and wholesome book! So fun to see Rosie grow and become more full of life.

Like every other Courtney Walsh book I've read, I enjoyed every moment in this story. Rosie and Booker were adorable and the cast of octogenarians surrounding them only made the entire story that much better.

I loved watching Rosie come into her own alongside Dylan, Daisy, Arthur, Bertie, and all the other side characters participating in the the play.

This is a perfect read for the summer, especially if you love the theater, romances that go deeper, and an amazing cast of characters.


*Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas Nelson Fiction for the complimentary copy of this book. All opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

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Booker might just take the cake for the title "book boyfriend". I loved this book so much. The ending ?!?!?!? it gets all the stars! Courtney Walsh is ;perfect!

Once again, Courtney wrote a book that has my heart. 💜 The depth of Rosie’s character (AND the side characters) is insane. Rosie thinks she’s a failure and can’t seem to tell anyone how she feels. She spirals within her own head a lot…BUT…Booker. 😍 He is the most patient, wonderful, caring MMC I’ve read in awhile. He has his own self doubt that he doesn’t want to share…except eventually with Rosie. They are perfect for one another and I wish this book never ende. They 3rd act “conflict” was believable and yet not crushing for me as the reader.

I received an ARC from NetGalley and this is my honest opinion.

I was kind of in a book slump and this book definitely picked me up. Fun loving characters who learn a lot about themselves and the ones they grow to love. Throw in an awesome Door County setting and a retirement community and you will be chuckling all the way through this book. The romance from friends to more won’t disappoint either. Booker and Rosie are perfect for each other.

Loved this Rom-Com and this Author and can’t wait to read more!

Rosie Waterman feels like a failure. Her dream has always been to be an actor, but the only acting she is doing is acting like things are great in her life. When she loses her apartment and thinks she's going to have to move back in with her parents, she takes the only job on the hoirzen even though she doesn't even remember applying for it. The job is nothing like she expected. It is so much more. Rosie's embarking on a journey of self-discovery and she is going to have to make a major decision at the end of the summer.

This is a sweet story about self-discovery, relationships and dreams and while I enjoyed the story, I walked away thinking that the characters could have been more developed. For instance, while this book isn't characterized as a romance, there is romance in it, but I found myself wondering what it even was that they liked about each other because their interactions were limited. I didn't feel like any character including Rosie was fully developed and while a main theme of the story was about relationships, they weren't fully developed either.

I enjoy Courtney Walsh's books and I will continue to read them, but this one fell a little flat for me.

So cute! I love courtney walsh books and this did not disappoint. If you need a fun summer romance I highly recommend.

3.75⭐️
A fun take on a book combining broadway with a book.
Rosie is a struggling actress looking for work; her dreams of being on stage in New York aren’t working how she hoped so she is desperately applying for anything close to being on stage. Her luck seems to be changing when she is offered a job for the summer with a cottage to live in and she will producing her own show. Little does she know it is in a retirement community with the cast being the retired residents.

This book was full of laugh out loud moments, interesting characters and romance. I loved Rosie and Bookers relationship as well as Arthur’s character.

I did find the first half of the book a bit slow to get though but the second half was a lot better so overall 3.75⭐️

I'm not going to lie. I wasn't expecting much from this book, but I was shocked that I enjoyed it so much. I have read a few books by Catherine Walsh, and when I was applying for the ARC copy of Everything's Coming Up Rosie, I thought they were the same author. Obviously, that is not the case. I do have a few books on my TBR from Courtney Walsh, I just haven't gotten to them. I usually prefer a spicy book over closed door romance and, while I do read some, they are few and far between. However, I received this book to read and review, and, because Courtney has been on my TBR for a few months now with other books, I decided to give it a try.

Again, this is not my go-to type of book, so while I greatly enjoyed it, for me it's a one-and-done. It's a feel-good, light comedy. I loved Rosie's quirky and weird personality, and I was laughing out loud during so many moments that were funny and endearing. Sunset Hills Retirement Community felt like it was inspired by the movie Dirty Dancing. Not the plot or anything, but the location. I kept picturing Rosie, Daisy, Louise, and Booker moving around those camp-style cabin/cottages, and I was just waiting for someone to carry a watermelon.

Booker, man I fell for Booker immediately. I really enjoyed his easy-going flirting with Rosie. Daisy was a little wild and out there and I could just picture her in my mind during the bar scene where she was dancing. I loved how Dylan came out of her shell and moved past that angsty teenager to a caring young adult that just needed to be understood. The entire community that Rosie met and fell in love with at the retirement community was a perfect cast for both Cinderella and this book. The one that stole my heart was Arthur.

Oh, I definitely recommend this book for a quick read. It's quirky and funny and makes you feel all the feels...you'll want to kick your feet and be giddy.

Thank you to NetGalley for an opportunity to review this book.

Courtney Walah always writes fun, sweet novels. I quickly became invested in Roaie and dher work witj a small toen theater. The setting comes to life an shines in this novel. A fun read.

Has Courtney written something to rival the greatness of her book The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley? I think she may have. This was amazing.

This was a cosy read, full of heart and hilarity. This is a book about finding happiness wherever you are, facing your feelings, pivoting your dreams, and being willing to be open with others. Rosie learnt a truth in this story, that we're all a bit of a mess. Her emotional journey was raw and relatable.

Not even a quarter of the way in, I already loved Rosie so much. She is braver than I am and does things that I would never do (I'd much prefer to be a stage hand), but I found so many ways to relate to her emotionally. I loved her quirks, her quick banter, and the hilarious situations she got herself into.

I loved the way that Booker slowly made his way into Rosie's heart, encouraging her to open up. He was a wonderful MMC to have opposite Rosie. He had almost all the female characters in the book swooning over him, and for good reason!

You can see Courtney's love of theatre come through in this book. I loved all the funny antics of 'theatre people'. The cast of characters with big personalities made this book fuller and richer, but I won't say much about them because I don't want to ruin the surprise.

Tropes:
*finding happiness
*strangers to lovers
*following your dreams
*workplace romance
*honesty
*matchmaking grandmother
*found family
*single POV

Content warning: parental abandonment (past)
Romance level: 3 (kissing, light to moderate)

Thank you to Thomas Nelson and Courtney Walsh for a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

As I started this book, I wasn't sure if it was a good fit for me but as it continued, I was drawn into Rosie's story. She considers herself a failure, a down and out actor living in NYC, but playing positive and upbeat for her mom and friends. She takes a job in a small town Wisconsin theatre working with a creative team for the play Cinderella out of desperation. What she didn't pay attention to was it is for a retirement community and she IS the creative team and director with mostly volunteers. It was such a sweet read as Rosie grows and learns so much about herself from the people, a sense of closeness and community and even love with a hunky physical therapist for the community. This is a great read with an inspiring ending and a different Rosie.
I received a copy in exchange for an honest review. These are my thoughts.

If you want to feel like you’ve stepped into a funny romcom, Everything’s Coming Up Rosie is the book for you! It has the sweet vibes of summer, along with plenty of laughs.
Rosie doesn’t want her friends to know she’s not as successful at acting as they think. In fact, she’s pretty much a failure. Then, a dream job working in a summer theater pops in her inbox. Finally, a job that pays! When Rosie learns the job is actually working with elderly people in a retirement community, she nearly gives up. But maybe this summer detour will lead to a future she never expected.
I love Courtney Walsh, and knowing that she and her husband own a theater and produce shows (plays? musicals?) made this book even more special.
Not only is Everything’s Coming Up Rosie a feel-good summer novel, it is laugh out loud funny. Rosie is a delightful character who makes you wish she was real so you can be friends. I even found myself wishing I could move to the Sunnyside Retirement Community! The banter between Rosie and Booker is the best, and I love the low-angst romance. There are so many other great side characters, like Devon and Arthur, that remind us that everyone has a story, and it might not be what we expect.
Definitely add this book to your summer TBR if you like stories that make you feel happy while reminding you of the importance of chasing your dreams. It’s sure to be a new favorite!
I received a copy of this book through NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

Thank you, Netgalley and Thomas Nelson, for an Arc of this book in exchange for an honest review. This story was not what I was expecting in so many ways. I loved how Rosie developed and grew throughout this story. I loved that she built relationships between friends, her boyfriend, and the cast members of the play she is directing. I found Rosie's character so interesting. I found that her growth and development related to me so much as I read, which was so nice to feel connected to her character as she was figuring out her dream and how it might look different from what she expected. I also loved her relationship with Booker, he was there for her as she began to learn more about herself. Their relationship was so sweet, and I loved reading about it. I also loved her relationship with her friends and how they were all there for each other. I enjoyed the theatre portions of this story, and it was so interesting to read about. I genuinely loved this story and Courtney Walsh's writing in this book.

Anything that @courtneywalsh writes I’ll read! I love her writing style and I love that I can go into her stories knowing that there’s a HEA! I loved the character growth in this story and I loved the where Rosie works! 💛 watching her give her best efforts in this situation was so sweet and seeing her fall in love with her new work friends was amazing! 💛

Oh this book was amazing! The story is all about a girl named Rosie, an aspiring actor. When she hits rock bottom, she is surprised with a job offer she doesn’t expect. I think what I loved about this book so much was that I could see the authors experience seeping through the book. And it made it all the more enjoyable!

Favorite aspects:
- A muddy golf cart
- Unexpected friends
- Surprise mentor
- Cross Generational Connection
- Retirement community quirks
- Finding your dream and being willing to adjust the dream
- Romance that starts as friendship


Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the advance copy of this book. A review was not required.