The Extra
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"Packed with outrageous drama, family turmoil, and the tease of a love triangle, THE EXTRA sweeps the reader into the tumultuous life of a soap opera set." -Kelly Siskind, author of New Orleans Rush Gabby Mays wishes she had her future figured out, like her gorgeous roommate Anna-Marie, who has just landed a role on the hit soap opera Passion Medical. Gabby would give anything to find a career she's half as passionate about as Anna-Marie is about acting--and a love life that isn't comprised of nights with a party-sized bag of Doritos and her Netflix account. When Gabby becomes a recurring extra on Passion Medical, she finds a job she's surprisingly great at. Even better, her old crush and ex-boss--the sexy, sweet Will Bowen--is writing the scripts, allowing Gabby lots of quality flirting time at the craft services table. But between feuding divas, fake Emmys, and Gabby's growing concern that Will might not see her as anything more than a friend, her life on set is quickly becoming a drama worthy of the soaps. "Delightful, spunky, and deliciously well-written" -Bestselling Author Jen Greyson The Extra is a stand-alone romance novel with PG-13 rated content , no cliffhanger, and a swoon-worthy happily-ever-after.
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The Extra is a 3-book series with 7 primary works first released in 2019 with contributions by Megan Walker and Janci Patterson.
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This was an Audible Plus title which is a quick and light romance story which made a great palate cleanser to follow up binge reading an 8 book fantasy series back-to-back. It follows Gabby who is considered by her family and friends to be quite flighty and fickle, she's not got her future figured out, not in a long-term relationship, bouncing from job-to-job. Her roommate is an actor that's just starting to find success with a recurring role on a long-running soap opera and encourages Gabby to give working as a recurring extra on her show. This brings Gabby into contact with hot actors, high-strung divas, starving writers and more drama off screen than on-screen. It's fun, it's an easy read, there is a great cast of well-defined characters. I called this a romance, as that's what it was sort of advertising itself as and it LOOKS like a romantic comedy, with the styling of the art and the synopsis, but I wasn't really all that invested in the romance parts of the plot. I would have been perfectly satisfied if Gabby ended the story still single. This didn't really let the rest of the book down to much as the sort of ‘coming-of-age', self-growth parts of the narrative and the entertainment of the characters and their conflicts was enough to carry it, and I wonder if it might have actually been even better if the authors had chosen to downplay the romance more and make it more of a woman's fiction, finding herself focused book instead.
I gave this book 3.5/5 stars. There are other books set in this same universe and I wouldn't rule reading or listening to those out, but I'm not particularly compelled to either.
