Romance • 2026
It’s Different This Time
By Joss Richard • ★★★★
I’m a fall loving theatre nerd from LA who works in entertainment, so this book felt close to home. It’s a rekindled flames romance that had me swooning, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s a great cozy romance to kick off fall.
That said, it was a pretty unrealistic romance, and I didn’t expect the most well written or thought out book. Who randomly gifts old tenants a $6M brownstone? In my dreams! And don’t we all daydream about rekindling an old romance because we knew they were “the one”? There’s a reason it’s just a daydream. It all felt too unrealistic.
The cherry on top was not one, but two mentions of Broadway season tickets. Outside of the nonprofits, there’s no such thing. Commercial NYC theatre doesn’t do season tickets.
Lastly, June sabotaged both herself and her relationship for no reason. There wasn’t enough character development to warrant her running away (twice), and if she’s going to run, at least give her fear some substance. I struggled to root for her.
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