One to Watch: A Novel
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Real love . . . as seen on TV. A plus-size bachelorette brings a fresh look to a reality show in this razor-sharp, "divinely witty" (Entertainment Weekly) debut. "Effortlessly fun and clever . . . I found the tension impeccable . . . and that made my reading experience incredibly propulsive. Read it in a day and a half."--Emily Henry, #1 bestselling author of Beach Read and The People We Meet on VacationNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Time - NPR - Marie Claire - Mashable Bea Schumacher is a devastatingly stylish plus-size fashion blogger who has amazing friends, a devoted family, legions of Insta followers--and a massively broken heart. Like the rest of America, Bea indulges in her weekly obsession: the hit reality show Main Squeeze. The fantasy dates! The kiss-off rejections! The surprising amount of guys named Chad! But Bea is sick and tired of the lack of body diversity on the show. Since when is being a size zero a prerequisite for getting engaged on television? Just when Bea has sworn off dating altogether, she gets an intriguing call: Main Squeeze wants her to be its next star, surrounded by men vying for her affections. Bea agrees, on one condition--under no circumstances will she actually fall in love. She's in this to supercharge her career, subvert harmful beauty standards, inspire women across America, and get a free hot air balloon ride. That's it. But when the cameras start rolling, Bea realizes things are more complicated than she anticipated. She's in a whirlwind of sumptuous couture, Internet culture wars, sexy suitors, and an opportunity (or two, or five) to find messy, real-life love in the midst of a made-for-TV fairy tale. In this joyful, wickedly observant debut, Bea has to decide whether it might just be worth trusting these men--and herself--for a chance to live happily ever after.
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This one just... didn't do it for me. I was so excited to get a cute plus-size romance but... Honestly, I think the bachelorette-esque reality show set up but the fact that there were so many romances it made it kind of hard to root for our leading man. I genuinely didn't see the chemistry or connection they supposedly shared - all of their first interactions were genuinely shitty and it just didn't work for me that the narrator kept saying over ...read more
This was such a fun book! Exactly what I needed. I listened and read an just loved the style of writing. I felt like I was actually watching The Bachelorette back when I belonged to a fantasy league.
I walked into this thinking it would be much more body positive than it was. It was written with a fun voice and had a wonderful premise, but I struggled to connect with any of the characters, including the heroine. While I am thrilled to see 1) a plus-sized heroine 2) POC love interests 3) an asexual character 4) a non-binary character, 5) a gay character, the characters didn't feel real and felt more like a checklist than real, organic characte...read more
This book was ADORABLE. It’s a very fast read and OMG it was so good! A plus size lead, a genderqueer kid, an asexual person, a black guy. So much goodness and diversity without it feeling extractive or tokenizing. I laughed, I cried, I related. I want more!!
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