Would like to meet by Rachel Winters

From the Book Blurb:

In this charming, feel-good debut novel, a cynical assistant at a screenwriting agency must reenact the meet-cute scenes from classic romantic comedy movies in order to help her #1 client get his scriptwriting mojo back--but can a real-life meet-cute be in store for someone who doesn't believe in happily ever after?

After seven years as an assistant, 29-year-old Evie Summers is ready to finally get the promotion she deserves. But now the TV and film agency she's been running behind the scenes is in trouble, and Evie will lose her job unless she can convince the agency's biggest and most arrogant client, Ezra Chester, to finish writing the script for a Hollywood romantic comedy.

The catch? Ezra is suffering from writer's block--and he'll only put pen to paper if singleton Evie can prove to him that you can fall in love like they do in the movies. With the future of the agency in jeopardy, Evie embarks on a mission to meet a man the way Sally met Harry or Hugh Grant met Julia Roberts.

But in the course of testing out the meet-cute scenes from classic romantic comedies IRL, not only will Evie encounter one humiliating situation after another, but she'll have to confront the romantic past that soured her on love. In a novel as hilarious as it is heartwarming, debut author Rachel Winters proves that sometimes real life is better than the movies--and that the best kind of meet-cutes happen when you least expect them.

My thoughts:
 A thoroughly enjoyable rom-com about...the process of creating a rom-com. If romantic comedies happen to be one of your favourite genres, you are bound to recognize the familiar tropes and supporting characters (a group of best friends including a gay BFF, an adorable widower with an unusually bright child, an incompetent boss, a grumpy client with impossible demands,  two love interests to keep you watching (or rather reading in this case) until the very end, and a heroine who needs to remember her dreams and go and fight for them.
I really liked Evie, the 29 year old assistant at a screenwriting agency, overworked, underpaid and  long overdue promotion. In order to save her agency from a financial disaster, Evie needs to persuade their famous, but so arrogant client Ezra Chester to finish the rom-com script he had been working on before he developed a writing block. Evie's task is to re-enact classic meet-cutes in real life and report the dialogue to Ezra. Here comes a string of embarrassing and hilarious scenes that make up the protagonist's journey to self-discovery and meeting her own true love.
Great concept, entertaining dialogue (there's nothing I love more than a bit of banter), fun characters- definitely recommended.

Thank you to Edelweiss and G.P.Putnam's Sons for the ARC provided in exchange for an honest opinion.