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I book hasn’t made me feel so many things in a long time. I read it so fast and couldn’t wait to have some time to seat and read. I love it so much. It’s so well written and I feel so connected to it.

Listen, I rarely post reviews but Sussman’s writing is out of this world. I have goosebumps just thinking of how incredibly beautifully crafted each sentence was in this book. There was absolutely NOTHING i didn’t LOVE in “Funny You Should Ask”. Gabe is so authentic, clever, humble, funny and sexy. Chani is the perfect protagonist. She’s a gift that keeps on giving. Her name alone is so epic. Look, I could spend my whole day talking about how much I adored this book but it still wouldn’t be enough praise. You MUST purchase this book now. I’m going on Goodreads right now to sing her praise because I want more books like this from Sussman forever.

On devine vraiment de l'alchimie entre les 2 personnages principaux, ils ont attachants, leur histoire aussi.J'adore la page de couverture!

So this is one of the biggest things about this book. It has a happy ending, therefore it's indeed a romance rather than woman's fiction. And I say that because I love the Hollywood famous/nobody trope. It's my jam. But when they sell the book as ideal for readers and fans of The Idea of You I just MUST read it, devour it to be more exact. But all the way through I'm dreading the end...Anyways this was a good book. So why only 4 stars instead of 5? Because I'm stingy with my 5 stars (only for books that will stay with me long after I have put them down). Why won't this one? It was very very close to the 5 stars. But the end, albeit a happy one, made me feel cheated of the gory details that was just brushed past, as if never existed.The book goes back and forth between past and present plus articles talking about the famous hero or the heroines achievement as a writer. I enjoyed that until I got to 70% of the book and thought "Where's the big problem we must fix to get to the HEA?" then I started to think "can we hurry up a little, we won't have enough time to fix it and I want my HEA". Do you know when we've got to the problem that needs fixing? At around 95%of the book. Then the heroine deals with her doubts in one chapter and boom! The end (with another article to reassure us of their HEA) and absolutely zero fixing. I actually wanted to see the struggle with her career - the unavoidable backlash. Him helping her through it. Them growing stronger together, etc. Then the article to reassure us. Just a few more chapter really. Then it would have gotten the 5 stars from me.But none of that is to say that I didn't like the book or don't recommend. I highly recommend. This author will definitely join my favourite list.My complaint is that after writing amazingly flawed characters, making you fall in love with them and all their flaws and root for them. She skims past the biggest hurdle for their relationship and I felt cheated because I know she would have written it brilliantly - like the rest of the book.And bloody Jeremy! Could he be more jealous and insecure? I hope all creatives out there have the opposite of a Jeremy in their lives - because it's hard enough putting yourself out there and dealing with rejection and criticism and trolls. We don't need a Jeremy in our lives to add to our pain when being vulnerable and sharing with the world what we've created! We need distance between our art and the negativity of the world (so it first crush our spirit and we lose touch with our Muse).Ellisa is a great author who created a beautiful and imperfect world populated with flawed and rich characters (just like in real life). It actually makes you believe it could be real life! Might be someone's real life? Anyway, read it, devour it and enjoy it. A little heartburn *wink* but remember there's a HEA! *phew*