Book Review - By The Book by Jasmine Guillory - #HolidayReading Fuerteventura

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Title: By The Book

Author: Jasmine Guillory

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Studio Press

Publication Date: 21st July 2022 

Rating: 4 Stars

Sometimes to truly know a person, you have to read between the lines.

Isabelle is completely lost. When she first began her career in publishing after college, she did not expect to be twenty-five, still living at home, and one of the few Black employees at her publishing house. Overworked and underpaid, constantly torn between speaking up or stifling herself, Izzy thinks there must be more to this publishing life. So when she overhears her boss complaining about a beastly high-profile author who has failed to deliver his long-awaited manuscript, Isabelle sees an opportunity to finally get the promotion she deserves.

All she has to do is go to the author's Santa Barbara mansion and give him a pep talk or three. How hard could it be?

But Izzy quickly finds out she is in over her head. Beau Towers is not some celebrity lightweight writing a tell-all memoir. He is jaded and withdrawn and - it turns out - just as lost as Izzy. But despite his standoffishness, Izzy needs Beau to deliver, and with her encouragement, his story begins to spill onto the page. They soon discover they have more in common than either of them expected, and as their deadline nears, Izzy and Beau begin to realize there may be something there that wasn't there before.

Best-selling author Jasmine Guillory's reimagining of a beloved fairy tale is a romantic triumph of love and acceptance and learning that sometimes to truly know a person you have to read between the lines.

Incredibly enjoyable book, set between New York and California, about an editorial assistant who is being overlooked at work, and a jaded celebrity who is very overdue on his memoir manuscript. 

At the point Izzy volunteers to see if she can meet Beau in person and see if she can coax a book out of him, the story really gets going. 

I loved the descriptions of Beaus' place, and the rather fabulous dialogue between Beau and Izzy. 

As we get to know Beau more, we learn just why he has been struggling with telling his story, which just endeared him to me even more. 

This was a quick and easy fun read, and I loved the surfing lessons. 

Thank you to Studio Press and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.