Something to Talk About

This was the slowest of slow burns, which was a little frustrating when the reason for the slowness was mostly that the two main characters didn't just talk to each other - this wasn't really a problem for most of the book, but when Jo going to her nephew's baseball games and becoming friends with Emma's sister became a whole Thing that led to them not talking for a while, I got annoyed, because that doesn't seem like a thing that would be a big deal, and especially not if Jo had just mentioned it at first (also Emma's silent treatment over it was ridiculous). That's more of a pacing/plotting issue, and I don't want it to get away from the major takeaway on this book for me, which is that it was very well-written and a lot of fun. I really liked the characters and I was cheering for them to figure things out and get together.

(2020 summer romance bingo: debut novel. Could also work for “large piece of jewelry on cover,” ice cream, or possibly meddling matchmakers.)