The Rom-Commers

Two writers work together to make a terrible rom-com better and find themselves living a rom-com of their own.

This had some very likeable moments but didn't quite hit for me. It felt kind of like the rough draft of the script they were working on. Everyone seems like they could deeply benefit from some therapy. People say some absolutely terrible things to each other, some of which never really get addressed or apologized for.

The timeline jumps ahead in spots which isn't always an issue, but one jump covers multiple weeks of them living together and getting to know each other. I think I needed to see that to truly feel like I was rooting for this relationship.

I won't personally read this again but I would recommend it to a friend. There are some heartfelt depictions of grief and the reality of being a caretaker. There are cute moments where the caretaker gets to be taken care of for once. But there's also a lot of ugly words being exchanged between characters that pull this a little bit too far past bittersweet for me.