Must Love Books by Shauna Robinson

Summary

This story belongs to Nora Hughes who is an editorial assistant at Parson Press. She thought she had the dream job of reading books and editing them and helping make them better. Alas, that was far from the truth. Nora was stuck in the job doing only administrative and secretarial work and with a salary that could not even pay her rent.

A chance meeting leads her to bestselling author Andrew Santos and their relationship builds and Nora begins to think she could make gold out of this opportunity.

My Review

I picked this book believing it was a romantic comedy. But romance is a very small theme in this story which primarily focuses on the process of publishing and books in general. It also deals with themes like suicide, mental depression, and loneliness.

While I did enjoy parts of the book I skimmed through long pages of publishing information that I found a bit dull, frankly. Also, the book was not dialogue-oriented, which are generally the books I enjoy more.

But the way Shauna Robinson has busted the myth of a dream job and how things don’t work that way job-wise have been plotted very well. How one could feel trapped in a job that they always dreamt of having and that job choices evolve as we experience work, has been shown quite well.

Final Verdict

Overall I think it is a good one-time read and a light one.

Who Should Read This

I would recommend it to readers looking for stories related to publishing or books or writers in general.