Review: The True Love Experiment

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Felicity “Fizzy” Chen is lost. Sure, she’s got an incredible career as a beloved romance novelist with a slew of bestsellers under her belt, but when she’s asked to give a commencement address, it hits her: she hasn’t been practicing what she’s preached.

Fizzy hasn’t ever really been in love. Lust? Definitely. But that swoon-worthy, can’t-stop-thinking-about-him, all-encompassing feeling? Nope. Nothing. What happens when the optimism she’s spent her career encouraging in readers starts to feel like a lie?

Connor Prince, documentary filmmaker and single father, loves his work but when his profit-minded boss orders him to create a reality TV show, putting his job on the line, Connor is out of his element. Desperate to find his romantic lead, a chance run-in with an exasperated Fizzy offers Connor the perfect solution. What if he could show the queen of romance herself falling head-over-heels for all the world to see? Fizzy gives him a hard pass—unless he agrees to her list of demands. When he says yes, and production on The True Love Experiment begins, Connor wonders if that perfect match will ever be in the cue cards for him, too.

Genre: contemporary romance

Publication date: May 2023

Mature content: yes

Review: I really wanted to like The True Love Experiment. I've read some amazing books by these authors and I was expecting this one to fall in line with the others. 

Unfortunately, it didn't really work that way. The idea behind the story was interesting, but the characters were terrible, especially Fizzy. I couldn't bring myself to like or connect with her right from the first pages, and on it went until the end. Connor was a little bit better, but not by much. There were one or two funny moments, but the all the rest seemed forced or uninspired. 

I finished reading The True Love Experiment because I don't like to leave any book unfinished, but it was a struggle and I did skim a few pages here and there, so I can't bring myself to recommend it in any way.

Happy readings otherwise!

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