Hiya, bookish peeps!
It’s me again with another blog tour! Who am I even? Today I’m featuring another contemporary, grumpy/sunshine, and best friend’s brother tropes of a romcom called “Plot Twist” by Erin La Rosa, the author of “For Butter or Worse,” one of my favorite reads in 2022. Read ahead to see what I think about this new release, will ya?
PLOT TWIST
Author: Erin La Rosa
ISBN: 9781335458117
Publication Date: November 14th, 2023
Publisher: Canary Street Press, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers
18.99 US | 23.99 CAN
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About the Book
Readers who love books about books will fall for Erin La Rosa’s latest rom com—a friends (with benefits)-to-lovers story about a romance author who’s never been in love, and needs to find out why before her next manuscript is due! For fans of BY THE BOOK and BOOK LOVERS.
Romance author Sophie Lyon’s ironic secret just went viral: she’s never been in love. Though her debut novel made readers swoon, Sophie’s having trouble getting her new characters to happily-ever-after, and she blames it on her own uninspired love life. With a manuscript deadline looming, Sophie makes an ambitious plan to overcome her writer’s block: reunite with her exes to learn why she’s never fallen in love—and document it all for her millions of new online followers. Which also means facing her ex-girlfriend Carla, the one person Sophie could have loved.
Luckily, Sophie’s reclusive landlord, Dash Montrose—a former teen heartthrob—has social media all figured out and offers to help. But he doesn’t mention that he’s an anonymous online crafter, a hobby that helps him maintain his sobriety. No one knows about his complicated relationship with alcohol and he intends to keep it that way. His family is Hollywood royalty, so Dash has to steer clear of scandal.
As Sophie and Dash grow closer, they discover a heat between them that rivals Dash’s pottery kiln. But Sophie needs to figure out who she is outside her relationships, and Dash isn’t sure he’s stable enough for the commitment she deserves. So Sophie suggests what any good romance author would: a friends-with-benefits arrangement. Surely a casual relationship won’t cause any trouble…
My Review
***Actual Rating: 3/5 meh stars***
When I saw Erin La Rosa had a brand-new book out in the wild this year, I picked it up immediately without a second thought since her previous book, For Butter or Worse, was such a huge delight to enjoy. To my slight disappointment, I wish I could say the same about Plot Twist but I honestly could not. The overall plot design for this book was actually not too bad, but I struggled with several major parts of the story. For one, the whole story was told in third person’s POV, giving me a hard time picturing the protagonists or experiencing whatever they were going through while flipping the pages. Secondly, the insanely amount of proportion of the story focused on Tiktok and all those Tiktok references irked me so much that I found myself putting down the book several times in the first half of it. I meant, if Tiktok served as maybe just a platform for the main characters for whatever reason they needed for the story to progress, then fine, I thought I could deal with that as it would be totally understandable and the whole plot made sense. However, apparently both the protagonists heavily relied on Tiktok to get themselves out in the online world and also as a way to let off some steam, I supposed? All of those mentions didn’t necessarily add spice to the romance that was undoubtedly brewing between the lovebirds, in my opinion, and I would really hope the story could feature more on the character development or at least, the storyline improvement. Thankfully, there was a somewhat happy and satisfying ending so that made up to my reading experience a little. Lastly, just because this book wasn’t for me didn’t mean it wouldn’t be your cup of tea, so if you were still interested in the synopsis and would like to read it, please go ahead! I hoped you’d enjoy it way more than I did.
***Thanks to the publisher and the author for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.***
About the Author
ERIN LA ROSA is a writer living in Los Angeles. As a writer for BuzzFeed, she frequently writes about the perils and triumphs of being a redhead. Before BuzzFeed, Erin worked for the comedy websites Funny or Die and MadAtoms, as well as E!s Fashion Police, Wetpaint, and Ecorazzi. Erin has appeared on CNN, Headline News, Jimmy Kimmel, and The Today Show on behalf of BuzzFeed. She is the author of Womanskills and The Big Redhead Book.
Author Website: https://www.erinlarosacreative.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erinlarosalit/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/erin.larosa
Twitter: https://twitter.com/erinlarosalit
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@erinlarosawrites
Thanks for stopping by, beautiful friends! I hope you like this tour and enjoy this book more than I did. Erin La Rosa’s writing is still something to behold so I’d probably give her future books a second chance. Happy reading!
Until next time,
Jasmine 🙂
Life of a Simple Reader 