Book Review: On The Plus Side - Jenny L Howe

"Everly Winters is perfectly happy to navigate life like a good neutral paint color: appreciated but unnoticed. That’s why she’s still a receptionist instead of exploring a career in art, why she lurks but never posts on the forums for her favorite makeover show, On the Plus Side, and why she’s crushing so hard on her forever-unattainable co-worker. When no one notices you, they can’t reject you or insist you’re too much. This plan is working perfectly until someone secretly nominates Everly for the next season of On the Plus Side. Overwhelmed by the show’s extremely extroverted hosts and how much time she’ll have to spend on screen, she finds comfort in a surprising friendship with the grumpy but kind cameraman, Logan. Soon Everly realizes that he’s someone she doesn’t mind being noticed by. In fact, she might even like it. But when their growing connection is caught on camera, it sends the show’s ratings into a frenzy. Learning to embrace all of herself on national TV is hard enough; can Everly risk heartbreak with the whole world watching?"

Read Date - May 2024

Length - 333 pages

Genre - Romance, Contemporary, Chick Lit

Rating - 8/10

Notes - Wow, this was SUCH a good book. Usually there’s a lot of slow-burn’s and relationship drama’s, i forgot that sometimes a good book can be as simple as a love triangle met with a good “villain” to the narrative. On top of being a grumpy-meets-sunshine trope, it’s also based around fat people, which im extremely fond of. There are multiple point in this book where i found myself relating to every word, gripping onto everything they said. It was all me, just in book format. I loved the inclusion it brought without even speaking on it. I personally headcanon jazzy as a black woman since i dont remember it being mentioned, and i just imagine an indian and black host of the show. It just makes sense to me. This was a really REALLY good book