What ensues is a whirlwind of truths and lies as Shay and Dominic learn to open up to one another while still keeping their secret from almost everyone else. Neither of them are especially keen on lying to their audience about their supposed prior romance, but The Ex Talk may be their only opportunity to keep their jobs. In short, Shay and Dominic are sparring coworkers at the Seattle Public Radio station, and the station’s newest idea features the pair pretending to be exes to cohost a show about romantic relationships.
I think Dominic best describes this book late in the novel: “It’s your typical coworkers turned enemies turned fake exes turned cohosts turned real romantic partners kind of love story.” I promise it’s not really as complicated as it sounds. It’s a perfect balance of snarky and sweet, and I zipped through the book because I just couldn’t leave Shay and Dominic’s story unfinished. The Ex Talk features a fun enemies-to-lovers romance and a unique setting in a public radio station as well as discussions of deeper topics such as race, sexism, loss, and expectations in relationships. There’s just something about the initial animosity, the inevitable “oh, no, I’m falling for them” moment, and the happy and hard-earned ending that makes me smile like an idiot.īetween the dreary weather and the chaotic start to the new year, I was looking for a more light-hearted read that would help lift my spirits, and Rachel Lynn Solomon’s latest novel, The Ex Talk, came out at the perfect time. Although there are many different tropes used in rom-coms, one of my favorites is enemies-to-lovers. Yes, they’re predictable yes, they’re often overly-dramatic, but you know there’s going to be a happy ending, and there are actually quite a few ways to get there, as the breadth of the genre suggests. Over the past two years, I’ve found myself really enjoying romantic comedy novels. You can see, now, why I didn’t lose my virginity until I was in college.” “Were they even still popular when you were a kid?” I was one of those people who thought they’d be worth a lot someday. But Kristina wasn’t into them, so she gave them to me, and for some reason, I loved them. “They were really excited about this one.
Some of our relatives in Korea gave them to my sister Kristina as gifts when they visited.” He points to a blue bear with the Korean flag printed all over it. “How did this happen? How does one acquire this many Beanie Babies?”
“It’s a sickness,” Dominic says, hanging his head. And these shelves-they look like they were built for the express purpose of Beanie Baby storage. Bears and birds and monkeys and lions and lizards in every color, all with their trademark red tags still intact. I gaze up at them: shelves upon shelves, each of them with their own personal bubble of space, some of them in collector’s boxes. The Ex Talk By: Rachel Lynn Solomon Release Date: JanuRating: 5/5 beakers
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