✨Im Literary Anxious✨

𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲🕒: 2 minutes

𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿:  Meghan Quinn✍🏻𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲:  12 Hours🎧

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲:🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿(𝘀): Samantha Brentmoor (MFC), Teddy Hamilton (MMC), Shane East (Narrator)
𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: 10/10
𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: 10/10
𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲: 10/10
𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁: Interconnected Standalone
𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲: HAE
𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲: Dual POV/Duet Narration + Full Cast

🌲Enemies to Lovers
🕷️Twin Ramblers
🍿Small Town Romance
🌲Drama King MMC
🕷️His Enemy’s Niece
🍿Projectile Carbonated Beverages
🌲Master Plan… That Absolutely Bombs
🕷️Questionable Popcorn Usage
🍿Meeting the In-laws (But Make it “Kill Me Now”)
🌲Cinnamon Roll MMC

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲. 

But first, the necessary PSA: this book is not for you if…

• Secondhand embarrassment makes you physically combust
• Rambling triggers your fight-or-flight
• You cannot suspend disbelief and embrace chaos
• Cringe humor is your nemesis
• Awkward characters give you the ick
   

However, if you—like me—live for the cringe, embrace awkward gremlins as your people, consider banter a love language, and cannot resist enemies-to-lovers shenanigans… buckle up, buttercup. This book was made in a lab specifically for us.

This was my first Meghan Quinn book and I am now officially feral for her romcoms. I was maybe 10% in when I texted my friend saying, “This is the most perfectly ridiculous thing I’ve ever read.” And I meant it with my whole chest.
 

🎧 About the audiobook

Listen, I adore Samantha Brentmoor and Teddy Hamilton in general, but adding Shane East as the omniscient narrator? Sir. SIR.

The full cast makes the absurdity hit at Olympic levels. This is genuinely one of those rare cases where audio elevates the entire experience.
 

💙 Characters I Will Protect With My Life

Atlas — my beloved dramatic, awkward, emotionally constipated chaos muppet.

Was he childish? Yes.

Did he have the range to single-handedly perform an entire middle school play? Also yes.

Was he memorable and wonderful because of it? Absolutely.
 

Betty — equally rambly, equally awkward, and the perfect match for Atlas’ high-octane nonsense. Their scene with Storee and Cole?

“Are they the same person?”

“Yes.”

They were 100% correct in their observation. 

🎨 The Crayon Drawing (AKA: Sir, Why???)

The second that thing appeared on the (metaphorical) page, I knew it would come back to haunt him. AND YET HE KEPT IT. IN HIS GLOVE BOX. WHY.
 

🥲 The Dwight of It All

A few notes:

A) The moment I saw the name Dwight, my brain auto-loaded Rainn Wilson. Confusing, 10/10 not the right voice.

B) This man held a grudge for years without a single conversation. And two of his reasons? Absolutely unhinged.

The moral here? Communicate. Or risk getting dragged around by your shirt collar by the town mayor like a child being marched to timeout.
 

🍿 Final Popcorn Warning

If you adore popcorn garland and don’t want it forever associated with that scene… proceed with caution. Like, “hazmat suit” caution. 😅

If loving this much cringe, chaos, and cinnamon-roll energy is wrong, I don’t want to be right. Happy holidays to me, I guess.