Funny Feelings

By Tarah Dewitt and Tarah DeWitt

Most anticipated by Book Riot, Her Campus, and San Diego Union Tribune!

When falling in love is the punchline…

Farley Jones is a loud, chaotic, and hilariously clever standup comedian on the way to stardom. The only thing she loves more than the rush of telling jokes in front of a revved-up audience is her hot older manager Meyer, though he doesn’t have a clue. Keeping her feelings hidden from him is agony (a tragedy, even—in lieu of flowers, please send cash...) but Meyer has been Farley’s closest and most treasured friend, not to mention vital to the trajectory of her career. She can’t risk ruining their relationship by telling him how she truly feels. After all, who else would have the patience to put up with a hot mess like her?

A former standup star himself, single father Meyer Harrigan left the stage years ago in order to focus on raising his deaf daughter Hazel. Farley has been everything to them since she came into their lives three years ago, and despite his grumpiness, his protectiveness over Hazel, and his disdain for public attention, Meyer will do anything to make her standup dreams come true.

When the biggest opportunity of Farley’s career comes along and forces the pair to fake-date in order to stir up publicity, it doesn't take long for their act to bring all those other funny feelings out into the open. Like most matters of the heart, it quickly begins to feel like anything but a joke.

Touching on the creative spirit and all that comes with sharing that gift, Tarah DeWitt's Funny Feelings is a swoony story about friendship, love, and looking for the laugh in life.

"Cozy, tender, sexy, hilarious – I adored every word.” —Rachel Lynn Solomon, New York Times bestselling author of The Ex Talk

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Published Oct 17, 2023

320 pages

Average rating: 7.49

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tarabhandari
tarabhandari
6/10 stars
I thought this book was super cute, I love the comedy aspect of it. It was definitely a fluff kind of read perfect for the Summer. I think I’m just not the biggest fan of friends/coworkers to lovers. I did love the single dad trope, though !!! 3 ⭐️
JL Reads
JL Reads
6/10 stars
A super cute book about comedians who fake date and of course fall in love. Full of witty jokes and banter, a little predictable. A dual time line and dual POVs, but easy to follow. Meyer sounds like an absolute dream and Farley is clever and hilarious. Book #75 of 2025
hillary_scholz
hillary_scholz
8/10 stars
Very cute and funny, friends to lovers story.
Jenny
Jenny
8/10 stars
This book is so damn cute. I liked Farley and Meyers together and the addition of Meyer’s daughter Hazel added some sweet kid moments. I felt that why they spent years as friends instead of telling each other their feelings actually made a sense for once. I feel like in a lot of friends to lovers the author has to almost turn the reason why the friends aren’t communicating their feelings for each other into a pretzel for it to be even slightly believable or make the people so dumb it hurts to read. In this case the reason was clear and made sense.

This was a nice light read. I had fun and sometimes that’s exactly what you need in a book.

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