My main reason for thinking that these scenes didn’t work in this book is because I don’t think the sexual tension between Katrina and Nathan was built up enough. And if the explicit scenes were necessary then I think I would’ve preferred them either earlier in the book or as a fade to black. I don’t think these scenes worked for this book. On a spice level, I’d have to say it’s very vanilla. But maybe that just ties into the problem I had with the pacing.Īnother thing that didn’t work for me was the explicit scenes.
Although the flashbacks were effective, I can’t help but feel like they should’ve ended earlier in the book. This carries on until the second to last chapter. The book flips back and forth between past and present day. One of those things was how the major conflict between these two characters was left to be resolved until the very last chapters of the book. I thought the book was good, though there were some things that I, personally, wasn’t feeling. It’s about two co-writers, Katrina Freeling and Nathan Van-Huysen, who after falling out are forced back together to write one more book. Unlike their other books that I’ve read, “The Roughest Draft” was their dive into the Adult Romance genre.
While passion and prose push them closer together in the Florida heat, Katrina and Nathan will learn that relationships, like writing, sometimes take a few rough drafts before they get it right.Īchingly romantic, The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka is an intimate will-they-won't-they love story.Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka books are some of my favorites, so I was excited to step into “The Roughest Draft.” Working through the reasons they've hated each other for the past three years isn't easy, especially not while writing a romantic novel. They haven't spoken since, and never planned to, except they have one final book due on contract.įorced to reunite they hole up in the tiny Florida town where they wrote their previous book, trying to finish a new manuscript quickly and painlessly. But on the heels of their greatest success, they ended their partnership on bad terms. Three years ago, Katrina Freeling and Nathan Van Huysen were the brightest literary stars on the horizon, their cowritten book topping bestseller lists. contemporary romance at its best!” Lyssa Kay Adams, author of Isn’t It Bromantic? 'This novel is that rare piece of writing that needs no editing, haunts your sleep, and leaves you wishing it was longer when you turn the last page.' - Jodi Picoult, author of Wish You Were Here Sometimes the best stories start with The Roughest Draft.
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