Week 8 Review: The True Love Experiment

From Goodreads:

Sparks fly when a romance novelist and a documentary filmmaker join forces to craft the perfect Hollywood love story and take both of their careers to the next level—but only if they can keep the chemistry between them from taking the whole thing off script.

Felicity "Fizzy" Chen is lost. Sure, she's got an incredible career as a beloved romance novelist with a slew of bestsellers under her belt, but when she's asked to give a commencement address, it hits her: she hasn't been practicing what she's preached.

Fizzy hasn't ever really been in love. Lust? Definitely. But that swoon-worthy, can't-stop-thinking-about-him, all-encompassing feeling? Nope. Nothing. What happens when the optimism she's spent her career encouraging in readers starts to feel like a lie?

Connor Prince, documentary filmmaker and single father, loves his work in large part because it allows him to live near his daughter. But when his profit-minded boss orders him to create a reality TV show, putting his job on the line, Connor is out of his element. Desperate to find his romantic lead, a chance run-in with an exasperated Fizzy offers Connor the perfect solution. What if he could show the queen of romance herself falling head-over-heels for all the world to see? Fizzy gives him a hard pass—unless he agrees to her list of demands. When he says yes, and production on The True Love Experiment begins, Connor wonders if that perfect match will ever be in the cue cards for him, too.

The True Love Experiment is the book fans have been waiting for ever since Fizzy's debut in The Soulmate Equation. But when the lights come on and all eyes are on her, it turns out the happily ever after Fizzy had all but given up on might lie just behind the camera.

My Review:
I loved this book so much. I knew I would, I love Christina Lauren's writing, it sounded excellent, and I loved The Soulmate Equation, and I really enjoyed Fizzy. So that she got her own story, her own romance, that was just fantastic!

There's an author's note that talks about how this is about their love of romance novels, and their defense of romance novels. Which is valid, they're looked down upon, for being for women, for having a happy ending. None of these things means that the book is lesser than any other. Snottish, elitist views, go away! 

I adored Fizzy in The Soulmate Equation. She's not afraid to speak her mind and she's so much fun. She's a romance author, but she's never experienced true, head over heels in love, and the writer's block is very real. So when she's offered the chance to be on this show, by someone who looks down on her genre, well, she jumps at the chance! What better method of educating somebody?  

Getting to know Connor, as he was realizing his own assumptions, as he was spending this time with Fizzy, it was so fantastic! Their story, with their unique complications and troubles, well, I was worried for one thing happening, but it worked out, and I was so happy for the two of them!

Loved reading this book, and I can't wait to read more by Christina Lauren! 

Author: Christina Lauren 
Read: February 18th, 2023
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: I love their writing and it sounded really great, and it's a SAC 2023 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Gallery Books 
Expected Publication: May 16th 2023

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars