I’ve become too much of a cynical realist for romance books. But how does Gabe feel? He probably doesn’t even remember that weekend, right? Chani has spent the last ten years trying to forget that weekend with Gabe and suppress the feelings she shouldn’t have for him. Following the interview, everyone wants to know: “did the writer and the actor sleep together?” Jump to ten years later, after divorce, rehab, a failing acting career and a writing career defined by the interview, the two reunite for a second interview. Get Funny You Should Ask from The Ripped Bodice | Bookshop.Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman is a dual timeline book that follows then twenty-something writer Chani Horowitz as she profiles Hollywood’s newest “IT boy,” Gabe Parker, where she ends up spending a whirlwind of a weekend with the new James Bond star. And one fairly steamy scene toward the end.ĬW: alcoholism/rehab death of a parent at age 10 sexism in Hollywood & journalism homophobia (actor loses out on a job because he’s gay, eventually comes out on his own terms).Įlissa Sussman will be in conversation with Kate Spencer at Chevalier Books (in-store, not virtual) in LA on April 12 at 7 p.m. While it’s contemporary fiction with a romance in it, romance readers should know you do get a HEA. And/or the voiceyness of Kate Spencer’s In a New York Minute.
Pick this one up if you liked the celeb/normie elements of Robinne Lee’s The Idea of You. If you read LaineyGossip (or Go Fug Yourself) on the regular, Funny You Should Ask should be on your TBR. And l loved that Sussman intersperses Chani’s POV with articles reporting/speculating on what went down. Snappy prose and great banter make for a fast read. Ten years later, now divorced Chani who has two books under her belt, is asked to interview him again. Then, the celeb profile she writes about him goes viral, essentially making both their careers. They hit it off and the initial interview extends into an invite to a movie premiere and more. His career is about to break big as he’s slated to be the next James Bond. Chani Horowitz is a 26-year-old writer when she first meets Gabe Parker.
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