Wednesday, February 16, 2022

The Ex Talk Review

Author: Rachel Lynn Solomon
Genre: Rom Com
Publisher: Berkley
Release Date: Jan. 26, 2021
Order Link: Amazon

4 Truthful Hearts
Special thanks to Berkley Publishing for a copy of this book.

Public radio co-hosts navigate mixed signals in Rachel Lynn Solomon's sparkling romantic comedy debut.

Review:
Long time radio producer Shay Goldstein has a thorn in her side, and his name is Dominic Yun - her fresh out of school with a masters and know-it-all-attitude colleague and nemesis.  Neither of them misses a chance to foil the other in any way possible.  They both panic when they receive the news that the radio station is making cutbacks and they'll have to work together on Shay's newly proposed podcast or lose their job.  The podcast, the Ex-Talk, is a show about two exes delivering relationship advice live on air including all the back and forth banter and answering call-in questions from the radio audience.  Forced to fake a relationship, Shay and Dominic find themselves lying to an audience that has fallen in love with them as an ex-couple.  The podcast is a huge hit, quickly climbing to the top of the charts.  They've become everyone's ex-sweethearts.  As the show progresses, Shay and Dominic find themselves in the unique position of falling out-of-hate and in-to-love.  And of course, they must keep it hidden from their audience.  What will happen if their secret surfaces?

The Ex-Talk is a unique, sometimes funny, sometimes heartwarming rom-com.  I quickly fell for this couple that wasn't a couple until they were a couple.  Solomon does a fantastic job building tension between the two characters as the story progresses at a steady pace.  Readers will laugh out loud as these two characters match wits both on-air and off.  Quirky, sexy and heart warming, The Ex-Talk is an excellent way to spend an afternoon reading.  Highly recommended to fans of Rom-Com and enemies-to -lovers stories.

Synopsis:
Shay Goldstein has been a producer at her Seattle public radio station for nearly a decade, and she can't imagine working anywhere else. But lately it's been a constant clash between her and her newest colleague, Dominic Yun, who's fresh off a journalism master's program and convinced he knows everything about public radio.

When the struggling station needs a new concept, Shay proposes a show that her boss green-lights with excitement. On The Ex Talk, two exes will deliver relationship advice live, on air. Their boss decides Shay and Dominic are the perfect co-hosts, given how much they already despise each other. Neither loves the idea of lying to listeners, but it's this or unemployment. Their audience gets invested fast, and it's not long before The Ex Talk becomes a must-listen in Seattle and climbs podcast charts.

As the show gets bigger, so does their deception, especially when Shay and Dominic start to fall for each other. In an industry that values truth, getting caught could mean the end of more than just their careers.
 

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