Book Review: Everybody’s Favorite Guy by Katherine Center
A short story from one of my favorite romance authors, check out my full review of Everybody’s Favorite Guy by Katherine Center below!
Book Information
Lily is forced to go on a trip with her childhood crush (who also irreparably destroyed their friendship) to spread her dad’s and his dad’s ashes at their favorite mountain cottage with both of their mothers as well. But when Walker crashes the car (and their mothers decide to stay in a hotel instead of driving through the snow), which forces him and Lily to walk to the snowy cabin, things from their past begin to surface. Lily is less than thrilled to bring up one of the worst times of her life, but could she have been wrong about everything? Or is Walker still the same guy who broke her heart all those years ago?
Review | Heidi Dischler
A short and sweet romance that was the perfect interlude between a pensive and inspirational story about life (Life: A Love Story by Elizabeth Berg) and a dystopian with LOTS of action and slow-burning romance (The Verdant Cage by Jess Lourey). Katherine Center’s short short love story was honestly the perfect palate cleanser to move between so many genres.
So, as far as the story goes, everything definitely made sense. The heroine of the story is extremely similar to Center’s normal character type for her main female leads (nerdy, kinda spastic, and totally doesn’t believe in herself). Lily fit the role perfectly, if not a little too-perfectly if I’m being honest. I think her and Walker’s stories were pretty well developed considering how short the story was (I’m pretty sure the audiobook was only an hour and a half long). They have both lost their fathers. Their mothers are obviously trying to set them up. Walker was the jock type in school. Lily was the nerd that everyone made fun of. It’s the original rom-com formula and it worked for the most part.
Honestly the writing is just as good as any of her books, but I think a lot of the reason why it doesn’t have higher ratings is because it’s just so short. Which, obviously, right? I wanted more from Walker and Lily and felt like she accepted his apology way too easily (again, there really isn’t much room for more growth). Other than that, though, I still really enjoyed this short story from a top favorite romance author of mine.
Overall, this short story has the perfect setup, but feels rushed for obvious reasons. I do enjoy reading more from this author, so this is the perfect buffer for me until I start reading The Shippers by Katherine Center.
Source: Amazon Prime Reading
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