After all, they hadn’t spoken in four years and hadn’t just cut each other out of their lives, but other people as well. Their fall out was built up as this huge thing and you could really see the grudge in the first chapters. While this novel was medium to fast paced, I found myself a little bit frustrated with our characters at times, which made me stop every now and then. How much of it mirrored their feelings for each other? How much is just pure fiction? I love the intrigue and layers these questions create in your mind as you get drawn more and more into their world.
The characters, Katrina and Nathan, put so much of themselves in their writing and you cannot help but wonder if the authors did the same. However, having read the acknowledgments section as well as being informed by my friend Marie (who has reviewed the book as well, which you can check out here) that they’re married in real life made this whole book feel very meta.
Going in, I knew very little about the author duo. Right from the bat, I have to say that it felt smart, quick-witted and consisted of some really beautiful prose. *I was provided with an eARC by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!*ĬW: mention of depression, anxiety, sexual contentĮven though I know that Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka wrote several YA contemporaries together before, The Roughest Draft was my first experience with their writing and it was their first foray into the adult romance genre.
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