Talk Bookish To Me by Kate Bromley – Harlequin Summer Blog Tour Review

Posted 1 June, 2021 by Heather in Blog, Blog Tour, Book Review, Heather, Heather Book Review / 0 Comments

After reading a couple of dark and heavy thrillers, Talk Bookish To Me was a welcome breath of fresh air. Delving into Kara’s life, fulling engaging me from page one as she struggled to overcome writer’s block and be there for her best friend’s wedding, I could totally sympathize and understand. Light and airy with comedy when needed but also packing in so much emotion, I highly recommend this book to romance as well as women’s fiction lovers.

Kara’s several months out of a break up, just not finding her ex that interesting or exciting, even though they were a good fit on paper. She’s a romance author having published seven books already, but she’s having a very hard time getting this new book of historical romance in by her deadline. She’s uninspired and can’t make herself work, distracted with bridesmaid duties. But at a party a week before the wedding, her best friend wants to introduce her to a childhood friend of her fiancee’s–and it turns out to be Kara’s college boyfriend who broke her heart before she broke it off. Will Kara let Ryan back into her life since neither of them have gotten over their break up ten years before? Or will the be doomed to even try?

There is so much hurt, bad feelings, and distrust between Ryan and Kara. But their chemistry is undeniable. Ryan is supportive of Kara’s career and Kara herself, which was a cleansing breath of fresh air. A few things were predictable, but it didn’t take away any of my enjoyment of their story. The secondary characters were a bit quirky, very supportive, but also unique. I love witty, sarcastic banter, and Talk Bookish To Me was full of all that and more.

I give Talk Bookish To Me a 4.5 out of 5. Set in New York and Italy, I always love getting to know a place through a book–and this gave me a little bit of an escape from my Midwestern suburb. This was an entertaining enemies-to-friends-to-lovers, with a bit of family drama put in for good measure. Neither Kara nor Ryan have any idea what the other has been through for the last ten years, so I enjoyed reading the assumptions and misunderstandings come full circle. This was a quick, entertaining romance that is perfect for an afternoon under the sun.

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About Kate Bromley

KATE BROMLEY lives in New York City with her husband, son, and her somewhat excessive collection of romance novels (It’s not hoarding if it’s books, right?). She was a preschool teacher for seven years and is now focusing full-time on combining her two great passions – writing swoon-worthy love stories and making people laugh. Talk Bookish to Me is her first novel.

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I'm a PhD chemist who loves sarcasm, music, and books-paranormal, mystery, thriller, suspense, horror, and romance. Most of my free time is spent at the martial arts studio these days--whether practicing Combat Hapkido or reading books while watching my son's Taekwondo classes, or even working up a sweat with Kickboxing for fun. Goodreads