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    Ebook374 pages5 hours

    Unscripted

    By Natalie Aaron and Marla Schwartz

    3.5/5

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    As a producer on a reality dating show, Abby Edwards knows that true love is a myth. Her career and her friends are all she needs. Right?

    When her screenwriter ex makes a hit movie based on their relationship, Abby's faults are projected on screens across the country. Suddenly the fact that her job depends on orchestrating hot tub hook-ups doesn't seem so impressive.

    Her friends rally to help. Zoë thinks she needs to meet a guy. Stephanie suggests an attitude adjustment. Nancy wants her to get in touch with her inner Goddess. Abby knows they mean well, but she prefers to focus on her work. Unfortunately, she's already embarrassed herself in front of her new boss, Will Harper, who she would find totally crush-worthy if he weren't so irritating.

    Abby's about to be reminded that life doesn't follow a scriptand good things happen when you least expect it...

    97,000 words
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCarina Press
    Release dateJul 15, 2013
    ISBN9781426897184
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    • 3/5
      UNSCRIPTED isn’t a romance novel. It would be better to describe it as a show-biz novel with romantic elements. Both of the authors have worked in television, and in reality TV in particular, and the authenticity comes through. Abbey’s grueling work schedule, her camaraderie with her colleagues and her love-hate relationship with the shows she works on are described in vivid detail.

      This isn’t a book full of hairpin twists and turns, but Abbey faces challenges in three areas of her life: career, friendship, and romance. Career-wise, she’s advanced to the point where she needs to make a major leap forward or give up and find a different line of work. Meanwhile, her ex-boyfriend is succeeding as a screenwriter, with a blockbuster movie based partly on their relationship playing in theaters to rave reviews. Abbey doesn’t want to be jealous of this ex of hers (which his a pleasantly mature attitude for her to take), his success highlights her own failures.

      Friend-wise, she’s got a few friends, each one with distinct pluses and negatives, and Abbey has to keep those relationships healthy. She has one friend who makes some dubious decisions and Abbey has to decide whether or not to stick by her. Another friend is going through a major life shift, and Abbey needs to put her own worries aside to support her friend. A third friend is positive and encouraging but a little eccentric, and Abbey needs to decide whether to let the eccentricities drive them apart.

      The friend elements are all nicely done. I was pretty impressed by how realistic the conflicts that Abbey experiences are – there are moments when I thought, with each friend, “Argh, drop her!” and then other moments when Abbey would find a way to bridge the divide and I’d think, “Good girl, Abbey, keep the friendship strong!”

      Both with work and friends, Abbey gets into a lot of complicated interpersonal situations where she really gets the chance to shine. At work, she’s deft and dedicated. With her friends, she’s mature. I really liked her.

      The romance is actually the weakest and least satisfactory element of this book, which is strange from a Carina title. I wasn’t even sure who Abbey’s love interest was until about a quarter of the way into the book, and it’s well past the halfway point before she really has a conversation with him. For most of the book, Abbey’s relationship with Will is distant and professional. The pace picks up at the end…kind of…but they just don’t interact all that much, and I never had much of a handle on who Will was or what he wanted.

      So I can’t recommend this title to anyone looking for a good romance (though you might try JUST THE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE by Julie James or THE UNIDENTIFIED REDHEAD for a celebrity/normal person romance) but for a fun novel and a great inside view of the entertainment industry, it’s a good pick.