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I like to go into books blind, but the title and cover of this one felt like a promise. Now, that’s on me, for setting my expectations based on my own uninformed assumptions, but where I was expecting a story that piled on the tropes and turned them on their head, or combined them in new and profound ways to weave an unforgettable story…I can’t deny that I was a little let down.
A forced-proximity second-chance fiasco.
Katie and Tyler have a history, and did not leave on good terms. When they meet again as adults and are forced to work on a ghostwriting project together for one of the world’s most popular authors, they both have to grit their teeth and bear it. For awhile, anyway — because as they struggle through the story, they realize there is still something there, and that just maybe it’s been long enough to risk it again.
Of the two, Tyler was my favorite. He had some real drama to bite into, and I appreciated his journey. Katie had some painful history, but there wasn’t enough internal stuff there for me to get real invested. It was mostly the romance and the ghost of their shared history.
For me it felt like a fairly typical commercial romance…I wasn’t blown away by any particular element, and the twist at the end, while surprising, seemed to solve a little too much at once, if you know what I mean.
If you are deep into the romance-sphere right now and eat up the tropes listed on the cover, I’m sure you’ll enjoy this book. I think I’m just ready for a little more bite to my romance.
Note:: I received an early copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
Details
Title:: Tropesick
Author:: Lauren Okie
Genre:: Romance
Publisher:: Avon
Length:: 416 pages
Published:: June 16th, 2026
The Litertarian Rating:: 3-Stars
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