Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

Good evening lovely book readers,

I hope you're doing well!

January, and the longest month of the year is almost done! A couple more days and we'll be in February.

Today will be reviewing another romance book: Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman.

"The walls are lined with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, so tall that there are some Beauty and the Beast-style rolling ladders to help readers get to the out-of-reach volumes."

Chani's POV, page 276 of Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

Then. Twenty-something writer Chani Horowitz is stuck. While her former MFA classmates are nabbing book deals, she's in the trenches writing puff pieces. Then she's hired to write a profile of movie star Gabe Parker. The Gabe Parker--her forever celebrity crush, the object of her fantasies, the background photo on her phone--who's also just been cast as the new James Bond. It's terrifying and thrilling all at once... yet if she can keep her cool and nail the piece, it could be a huge win. Gabe will get good press, and her career will skyrocket. But what comes next proves to be life-changing in ways Chani never saw coming, as the interview turns into a whirlwind weekend that has the tabloids buzzing.

Now. Ten years later, after a brutal divorce and a heavy dose of therapy, Chani is back in Los Angeles, laser-focused on one thing: her work. But she's still spent the better part of the last decade getting asked about her deeply personal Gabe Parker profile at every turn. No matter what new essay collection or viral editorial she's promoting, it always comes back to Gabe. So when his PR team requests that they reunite for a second interview, she wants to say no. She wants to pretend that she's forgotten about the time they spent together, years ago. But the truth is that those seventy-two hours are still crystal clear, etched in her memory. And so... he says yes.

Chani knows that facing Gabe again also means facing feelings she's tried so hard to push away. Alternating between their first meeting and their reunion a decade later, this deliciously irresistible novel will have you hanging on until the last word.

A restless young journalist with big dreams interviews a Hollywood heartthrob--and, ten years later, it's clear that their time together meant more than meets the eye in this sexy, engrossing adult debut novel.

This book deserves a 4.75 stars (out of five).

I loved the writing of the book and the storyline. The mix between what happened 10 years ago and now. It also kind of shows you how people evolve in 10 years time.

Though this book reminded me a bit of my all-time favourite, and number one on my list book: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

The fact it is kind of similar setting a reporter who basically writes about him, without mentioning (ever mentioning) what happened 10 years ago during her first piece of article of him, that made her career grown. And to see who is for both the people in this book their true love (similar to Evelyn).

So we get to basically revive that weekend of 10 years ago, and the weekend now.

I do really want to read another book from that author as she has a nice writing and it is a fast-read for me.

Love, Manon