I grew up with Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi in my life, therefore I love Meg Cabot. It really is that simple, okay. Team Princess Diaries for life. Books and movies.
At BookCon 2019, I ended up getting to briefly meet Meg while getting an ARC of her new romance series signed, and I was a total nervous fangirl about it. I enjoyed No Judgements and its sequel, No Offense, so seeing that the Little Bridge Island series was continuing with No Words made me very happy. This one might be my favorite thus far.
Friends, No Words is enemy WRITERS to lovers… at a book festival.
I don’t know that there is a better romance trope out there now. Sorry to ruin your life like that, but it’s Meg’s fault. Blame her, not me. I’m just the messenger.
No Words takes us back to Little Bridge Island along with Jo Wright. She’s the author of a popular children’s book series and takes the gig at a book festival for the money. She hasn’t been able to churn out book #27 in her series due to writer’s block stemming from bestselling author Will Price demeaning her work and the category of kid lit in general. She takes it harder than an adult probably should, but hey, she thought they were friends.
While on the plane to the festival, Jo finds out Will will be there too, despite her agent promising the contrary. She runs into him much faster than anticipated and gets pretty worked up about it. Jo tries to duck him, but turns out, the wildly successful author is the benefactor of the whole dang festival and is very hands on. Like, bus driving, panel moderating, and hosting events in his home and on his boat, levels of hands on. She cannot escape him.
And that’s how Jo comes to learn there is a lot more to Will than she ever knew. Dawww. Writer love!
No Words is an enjoyable, easy read. I polished it off in just a couple hours, which I really needed in that moment. The spice level is pretty low for an adult romance book, so if you’re skittish about that stuff, you don’t have much to worry about on this one. It’s more chemistry and banter-based tension than physicality.
You also don’t need to read the first two books (and novella) to understand what’s going on. A couple side characters in this are the main characters in the previous books, but they are mostly referenced in passing. It is safe as a standalone, in my opinion. However, I still recommend the whole series just because it’s an easy, entertaining read.
I’m kinda sad No Words is coming out in the fall instead of the summer since it’s set on an island and it makes me want to read on the beach, but it is set in January, so it’s a weird combination of seasons in my brain.
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