Katie Caruso is a completely normal twenty-five-year-old girl. At least, for the past eight years, she’s tried to be. She likes glitter and sequins and flirting with cute boys at New York City bars. She’s also a ghostwriter for Meredith Bradford, the bestselling romance novelist of all time. But then Tyler McNally walks back into Katie’s life, and that bedazzled facade crumbles at her platform-sneakered feet.
Katie and Tyler haven’t seen or spoken to each other since the overdose death of Katie’s older brother, a standout MLB pitching prospect. Tyler was her brother’s best friend, and Katie—naturally—was the girl next door. But now, Tyler is a sleeve-tattooed, Ivy League–educated aspiring literary fiction novelist, nine years sober . . . and Katie’s writing partner for the summer.
As genre conventions require, Katie and Tyler soon find themselves removed from Manhattan and instead writing their love story in “forced proximity” at Meredith’s isolated Southampton home. As the summer unfolds, the tropes Katie and Tyler have written into their novel begin to play out in their own lives. Call it destiny, fate, or magic itself: it’s clear their love story isn’t finished. This time, though, they’ll work through the pain that tore them apart—and fight for their happy ending. (Synopsis courtesy of Amazon.)
This is my first Lauren Okie read and it definitely won’t be my last.
I was immediately hooked when I read this synopsis of this story and really couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. I have found as the years go by that I love a romance that is more deeply layered with more going on with the characters than just a love story and this book delivered that ten fold.
You get to meet Katie and Tyler, two childhood friends that come together to ghostwrite a story and while there is light and laughter, there is also more seriousness and darkness. I think this type of love story is so relatable, so real, and vulnerable. I found myself frustrated with the characters at times and also so proud of them in others which is…well…life.
I don’t want to give too much away. You obviously know you get a bunch of tropes. You know you get a love story. There are things you don’t see coming, characters that you’ll miss dearly, and one side character who is going to steal your heart. I loved the dual POV as well as the dual timeline. I also loved the book within a book vibes!
This is the perfect summer romance and one where you’ll be gripped until the very end!
Thanks to William Morrow for the book in exchange for an honest review. Purchase Tropesick here.
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