If you’re looking for a new book to read then keep reading my Tropesick by Lauren Okie book review to see if this romance book is something you’d like to add to read next.
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Author
Lauren Okie currently lives in Los Angeles area and is a USA Today bestselling author who writes messy, hard-fought love stories. As well as Tropesick, she’s also written The Best Worst Thing.
Plot
Katie Caruso is a completely normal twenty-five-year-old girl. At least, for the past eight years, she’s tried to be. She likes glitter and sequins and flirting with cute boys at New York City bars. She’s also a ghostwriter for Meredith Bradford, the bestselling romance novelist of all time. But then Tyler McNally walks back into Katie’s life, and that bedazzled facade crumbles at her platform-sneakered feet.
Katie and Tyler haven’t seen or spoken to each other since the overdose death of Katie’s older brother, a standout MLB pitching prospect. Tyler was her brother’s best friend, and Katie—naturally—was the girl next door. But now, Tyler is a sleeve-tattooed, Ivy League-educated aspiring literary fiction novelist, nine years sober . . . and Katie’s writing partner for the summer.
As genre conventions require, Katie and Tyler soon find themselves removed from Manhattan and instead writing their love story in “forced proximity” at Meredith’s isolated Southampton home. As the summer unfolds, the tropes Katie and Tyler have written into their novel begin to play out in their own lives. Call it destiny, fate, or magic. It’s clear their love story is unfinished. This time, though, they’ll fight for their happy ending.
My Review
Lauren Okie is a new to me author, however, I’ve seen a lot of people talk about how they really enjoyed Tropesick so I was so excited to listen to this audiobook. I wasn’t too sure what to expect out of this book but I wasn’t expecting it to be a contender for my favourite book of the year. This book had me in tears, and yelling at the audiobook narrators because I was so immersed in this story and the characters. I absolutely did not see the plot twists coming which can be hard to do in a romance book so I was glad that this was a complete shock to me. I loved the second chance aspect of this book and the looks into Katie and Tyler’s past together. I loved seeing how they’ve grown from their traumas and still haven’t forgotten each other. I know this is a book that will stick with me and because of that I’ll probably commit to reading everything and anything Lauren Okie ever writes. It’s safe to say, I adored this book and easily rate it 5/5 stars. If you like second chance, brother’s best friend, and workplace romances then you’ll love this book.
And that’s the end of my Tropesick by Lauren Okie book review. If you read this book let me know in the comments and if you loved it as much as I did. If you’re looking for other books to read check out these reviews: Our Perfect Storm, The Bad Boyfriend Curse, and Power Play.
