Not Like the Movies

Not Like the Movies by Kerry Winfrey, 320 pages

Nearing her 30th birthday, Chloe is working at a neighborhood coffee shop, taking night classes, living in the apartment over her best friend's uncle's garage, and dealing with the day-to-day care of her father, who's in the early stages of Alzheimer's. In other words, she has a lot on her plate, even without helping her best friend prepare for her wedding next month or dealing with the rom-com movie that's coming out that her best friend wrote about Chloe and her boss Nick. But Chloe is determined that she can do it all, without help or sleep. Sure thing, the cracks start showing as she attempts to juggle it all and fend off a relationship with Nick, despite the fact that there are some SERIOUS sparks flying there.

It's honestly great to read a romance novel about an anxiety-ridden worrier, especially where not everything's fixed by love at the end. And there's definitely a Gilmore Girls Luke-and-Lorelai (but with Sookie's baking skills) feel to the whole book that appealed to me too. But for a book titled Not Like the Movies, it sure is a romantic comedy in book form, which is definitely not a bad thing.