{"id":27981,"date":"2022-01-27T09:35:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T14:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=27981"},"modified":"2022-10-16T12:24:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T12:24:49","slug":"review-the-roughest-draft-by-emily-wibberley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/27\/review-the-roughest-draft-by-emily-wibberley\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberley"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-27981\" data-postid=\"27981\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-27981 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_bbbcac8 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner gutter-narrow col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_49667e8 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_7036296 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/the-roughest-draft-emily-wibberley.jpg?resize=300%2C449&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-29020\" title=\"the-roughest-draft-emily-wibberley\" alt=\"the-roughest-draft-emily-wibberley\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/the-roughest-draft-emily-wibberley.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/the-roughest-draft-emily-wibberley.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/the-roughest-draft-emily-wibberley.jpg?resize=400%2C598&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_a1982ef customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>They were cowriting literary darlings until they hit a plot hole that turned their lives upside down.<\/b><\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Three years ago, Katrina Freeling and Nathan Van Huysen were the brightest literary stars on the horizon, their cowritten book topping bestseller lists. But on the heels of their greatest success, they ended their partnership on bad terms, for reasons neither would divulge to the public. They haven&#8217;t spoken since, and never planned to, except they have one final book due on contract.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Facing crossroads in their personal and professional lives, they&#8217;re forced to reunite. The last thing they ever thought they&#8217;d do again is hole up in the tiny Florida town where they wrote their previous book, trying to finish a new manuscript quickly and painlessly. Working through the reasons they&#8217;ve hated each other for the past three years isn&#8217;t easy, especially not while writing a romantic novel.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">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.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_23787e9 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_2d1ea91  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25881 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png?resize=296%2C72\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong><br \/>Release Date:<\/strong> Jan 25, 2022<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $9.99<\/p><hr \/><p><br \/><br \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>All the kicks in the feels in this one.<\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is my first book by this duo and I imagine because this may be the first of their books to be categorized as an adult romance. It almost borderlines the romance edge, but since it meets the requirement (HEA\/HFN) I\u2019ll let it stand in the contemporary romance category. The main plot is the subsequent coming together of two authors whose co-writing experience produced the most amazing literary fiction, until they fell apart.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What I liked, all the feels. Main characters <strong>Katrina<\/strong> and <strong>Nathan<\/strong> put me through the ringer with their tumultuous past and present. From Katrina\u2019s anxiety in regard to writing and achieving her dreams to Nathan\u2019s frustration at not being able to be his best in his career without Katrina. These two spar repeatedly over and over, as they work through their frustrations and attraction towards another.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is a lot of muck to unpack and relationships to mend in this story as well, which plays to the interesting parts of human nature. How sometimes we\u2019ll cut ties with people and leave them wondering where they went wrong without ever having a conversation. Only to realize years later the possible slight may have been interpreted incorrectly or come from a place of good intention.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What held me back? The time jumps. This story constantly goes from present to past and back again. While it\u2019s necessary for the story the authors are telling I found it to be a little too much for me. Only a few authors can get away with this back and forth and have me not getting tripped up by it. In this case, as we got past fifty percent and we\u2019re still jumping, I noticed it would pull me out of the story. Made me almost want to skip those pieces and just get to the here and now. Again, this is all personal. For those of you who love a good back and forth, this is the perfect book for you.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, the read was enough to ensnare me. I stayed up far too late into the wee hours desperate to know if Nathan and Katrina would ever forgive each other and embrace a future where they could both write books to popular acclaim and be together. If you enjoy <em><strong>Kate Clayborn<\/strong><\/em> this one might be the book for you.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Landra<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_eb0616c customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3IHJgY1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3o5GmEF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-roughest-draft-emily-wibberley\/1139361232?ean=9780593201947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/the-roughest-draft-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Emily_Wibberley_The_Roughest_Draft?id=YSYrEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They were cowriting literary darlings until they hit a plot hole that turned their lives upside down.Three years ago, Katrina Freeling and Nathan Van Huysen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,112,128,48],"tags":[152,216,217,404,405],"class_list":["post-27981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-berkley","category-landra","category-penguin-group","category-reviews","tag-4-stars","tag-contemporary","tag-contemporary-romance","tag-recommend","tag-recommended-reads"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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But on the heels of their greatest success, they ended their partnership on bad terms, for reasons neither would divulge to the public. They haven't spoken since, and never planned to, except they have one final book due on contract.<br \/><br \/>Facing crossroads in their personal and professional lives, they're forced to reunite. The last thing they ever thought they'd do again is hole up in the tiny Florida town where they wrote their previous book, trying to finish a new manuscript quickly and painlessly. Working through the reasons they've hated each other for the past three years isn't easy, especially not while writing a romantic novel.<br \/><br \/>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.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong><br \/>Release Date:<\/strong> Jan 25, 2022<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $9.99<\/p><hr \/><p><br \/><br \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>All the kicks in the feels in this one.<\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is my first book by this duo and I imagine because this may be the first of their books to be categorized as an adult romance. It almost borderlines the romance edge, but since it meets the requirement (HEA\/HFN) I\u2019ll let it stand in the contemporary romance category. The main plot is the subsequent coming together of two authors whose co-writing experience produced the most amazing literary fiction, until they fell apart.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What I liked, all the feels. Main characters <strong>Katrina<\/strong> and <strong>Nathan<\/strong> put me through the ringer with their tumultuous past and present. From Katrina\u2019s anxiety in regard to writing and achieving her dreams to Nathan\u2019s frustration at not being able to be his best in his career without Katrina. These two spar repeatedly over and over, as they work through their frustrations and attraction towards another.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is a lot of muck to unpack and relationships to mend in this story as well, which plays to the interesting parts of human nature. How sometimes we\u2019ll cut ties with people and leave them wondering where they went wrong without ever having a conversation. Only to realize years later the possible slight may have been interpreted incorrectly or come from a place of good intention.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What held me back? The time jumps. This story constantly goes from present to past and back again. While it\u2019s necessary for the story the authors are telling I found it to be a little too much for me. Only a few authors can get away with this back and forth and have me not getting tripped up by it. In this case, as we got past fifty percent and we\u2019re still jumping, I noticed it would pull me out of the story. Made me almost want to skip those pieces and just get to the here and now. Again, this is all personal. For those of you who love a good back and forth, this is the perfect book for you.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, the read was enough to ensnare me. I stayed up far too late into the wee hours desperate to know if Nathan and Katrina would ever forgive each other and embrace a future where they could both write books to popular acclaim and be together. If you enjoy <em><strong>Kate Clayborn<\/strong><\/em> this one might be the book for you.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Landra<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3IHJgY1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3o5GmEF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-roughest-draft-emily-wibberley\/1139361232?ean=9780593201947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/the-roughest-draft-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Emily_Wibberley_The_Roughest_Draft?id=YSYrEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27981"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29245,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27981\/revisions\/29245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}