Not in My Book A Novel

Not in My Book by Katie Holt is a hate-to-love romance about two writers in New York. This is Rosie and Aiden‘s story.   I absolutely love the concept of this book and Rosie and Aiden are both aspiring writers who study together at NYU. They are in a course together and criticize and tear apart each other‘s work. Their banter is top tier and sometimes over the top and therefore they are forced to work together in order to continue their class.   Rosie is from Tennessee, and she came to New York to follow her dream of becoming a romance novelist. I absolutely loved how she saw the best in people and how she is looking for her own hea. She is also half-Peruvian, and I really liked seeing more of that culture.   Aiden is the opposite in a lot of ways, and he is focused on literary fiction and looks down on the romance genre. I liked how the book dealt with the stereotypes romance readers and writers are faced with and during the story he is willing to learn more about it. This aspect was done so well and even for that fact alone everyone should pick up this amazing book.   I also loved how you get to see glimpses of the book they're writing together and it was perfectly woven into their story. To collaborate, they need to get to know each other and become friends at first. The romance was absolute perfection and from their dates and first kiss and it turned into so much more. One of my favorite scenes was when they went to the Strand bookstore and picked out books for each other and I swooned so much. Sometimes the line between hate and love is very slim and I loved how this story showed that and blurred this line to create this masterpiece of a romance.   Overall, Not in My Book is a love letter to romance books and I’m completely obsessed with Rosie and Aiden‘s book and more than highly recommend it. 5 stars.   (ARC kindly provided in exchange for a review.)

Ich hab das Buch an einem Nachmittag durchgelesen und konnte es nicht weglegen. Schon ab Seite 1 war ich extrem hooked. Es ist sehr romantisch, etwas Stereotype aber witzig, sexy und echt süß. Für alle, die wie ich finden, dass modern romances zu viel Smut beinhaltet: hier ist genau die richtige Menge an genau der richtigen Stelle. Ganz große Empfehlung für alle, die etwas leichtes angenehmes lesen, und die ganze Zeit lächeln wollen.

I am to stunned to speak… This is an absolute romance masterpiece!! I loved everything about this book. It’s the perfect read after a long day or when you just want to escape reality and completely lose yourself in a story. Please, someone make this a movie. Thank you. ・Characters: Aiden… what a man. He would do anything for her – even act mean if it helps her write her best work. And Rosie? She’s the definition of a hopeless romantic. They fit together so perfectly. The yearning and tension between them is killing me… in the best possible way. ・Story: I love how we’re writing a book within a book. And the fact that we get to read the chapters our characters write?? AHHH, I need that book as a real book, you know? It’s super heartwarming and so original. ・Writing style: Perfect. Super easy, natural, and flowy to read.

Ich fasse es einfach nicht und bin geschockt, dass es das erste Buch von der Autorin ist und dann direkt auch so ein Treffer!!! Wow! Ich konnte es nicht aus der Hand legen. :) Rosie und Aiden sind einfach so realistisch geschriebene Charaktere. Man konnte eigentlich nur mit ihnen fühlen und für sie jubeln! Charakterentwicklung top, Storyline top und Schreibstil einfach aus dieser Welt ! So ein fesselndes Buch hab ich lange nicht mehr gelesen. Hier war alles mit dabei, Enemies To Lovers, Forced Proximity und so viel Tension!!!Ich bin schon auf ein nächstes Buch von ihr gespannt! Absolute Empfehlung!

First of all, I would like to say thank you for the review copy, which was provided to me by the publisher. This fact does not in any way affect my personal opinion of this book. This post contains advertising and the rights for the book belong to the publisher. Of course, is this only my personal opinion of the book and just because I give this rating to the book doesn’t mean, that everyone will have that opinion. The cover of „Not in my book“ caught my eye first. Then, I read the synopsis and was hooked. I love me a good enemies to lovers and academic rivals? Also, books as a central theme?! Ehhmm yes – give me that! I read this romance book almost in one go (your girl needs to sleep), and I enjoyed my time. I loved that we got snippets from the book that they needed to write together. The banter was good and made me laugh sometimes. Yesss, some of the stuff wasn’t surprising, but it was executed well. I also want to give a shoutout to a specific writing scene, which was veryy hot and maybe I learned a bit about myself there. I could see myself reading this book again and it will go onto my „romance I recommend“ mental shelf. Conclusion I really enjoyed this one!!