Review: THE EX TALK

The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Shay has been a producer at her public radio station since graduating college. To save herself from a staff cut, she proposes a new show idea: a relationship advice show hosted by exes. And who better to host than Shay and her colleague/rival, Dominic Yun?

Oh, wait, did I mention Shay and Dominic aren’t actually exes?

Despite the fact that they’re deceiving their listeners (and many of their colleagues), THE EX TALK is an immediate success…and Shay and Dominic might be starting to have feelings for one another…what could possibly go wrong?

Rachel Lynn Solomon’s adult debut, THE EX TALK, is everything I love in a romcom. It plays with the fake dating AND enemies-to-lovers tropes, set against the backdrop of a public radio station. Our protagonists communicate clearly and well. The banter is top-notch, the swoon is SO SWOONY, and the subplots (Shay’s relationships with her family and best friend) are well-developed. Also, Shay’s crazy rescue dog, Steve Rogers. Just you wait.

I also love how Rachel turns some archetypes upside down, particularly the age/experience levels of our leads. Shay is five years older than Dominic and the more sexually experienced of the two, which is something I haven’t seen often in adult fiction.

Trust me, you want to read this one in January!

Thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing for the e-ARC!

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