Book Review: The Breakup Tour - Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka

"A rising-star musician has a second chance at love with an old flame she remembers all too well in this swoony romance from the acclaimed authors of The Roughest Draft . Riley Wynn went from a promising singer-songwriter to a superstar overnight, thanks to her breakup song concept album and its unforgettable lead single. When Riley’s ex-husband claims the hit song is about him, she does something she hasn’t in ten years and calls Max Harcourt, her college boyfriend and the real inspiration for the song of the summer. Max hasn’t spoken to Riley since their relationship ended. He’s content with managing the retirement home his family owns, but it’s not the life he dreamed of filled with music. When Riley asks him to go public as her songwriting muse, he agrees on one he’ll join her in her band on tour. As they perform across the country, Max and Riley start to realize that while they hit some wrong notes in the past, their future could hold incredible things. And their rekindled relationship will either last forever or go down in flames."

Read Date - April 2024

Length - 352 pages

Genre - Romance, Contemporary, Music

Rating - 8/10

Notes - Where do i even begin? the opening note gives credit to swifties and taylor swift so the premise of the book put me off a little bit, i’m not gonna lie. It felt a little on the nose to be writing break up stories about a character loosely inspired by Taylor. Despite this, it’s the execution that really brings it home for me. The writers did it fabulously and left me constantly wanting to read more and get further along in the book. I absolutely adored all the talk of music and poetry, and specifically love that all the songs were included at the end of the book. I think the relationship displayed was really really cute and the intimate scene were written with such poetic touch that it left me enthralled. I really liked this book!