She moves to Los Angeles with her grandmother and soon discovers it is harder than she thought to get a job without the typical pretty face… And while she gets a job in the end writing for a different show, this is not what her dream is. She was raised by her grandmother and now that she has grown up, she is determined to make it as a screenwriter in Hollywood. Ruth Saunders was left without parents and with terrible scars on her face and body after an accident when she was a little girl. If you are into contemporary romance, you might like this novel by Jennifer Weiner, who knows? But if you don’t, it’s best to stay far away from The Next Best Thing. Unfortunately, the tremendous amount of cliches, boring characters and bad storyline in general just make me think I’ve wasted my time reading this book. Still I struggled and had to literally force myself to finish this book, crossing my fingers things would get better later on. Sure, a contemporary romance novel isn’t exactly my cup of tea in most cases and the problem with this book could have been me.
Which ended up being closer to my next worst nightmare than anything else. I guess that didn’t work out the way I planned… Instead of getting a nice surprise and a refreshing read, I got The Next Best Thing. I had promised myself to start using my TBR jar again as soon as I finished the Bookish Bingo challenge. I was going to enjoy it for as long as it lasted.” “You don’t get perfect-but I was going to grab this happiness and hold it as tightly as I could. 2023 Netgalley And Edelweiss Reading Challenge.2017 Netgalley And Edelweiss Reading Challenge.
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