The Ex Talk

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An NPR's Best Book of 2021
A Buzzfeed Best Romances of 2021
A Cosmopolitan Best Romance of 2021
A LibraryReads Pick!
One of CNN and PopSugar's Best Books of January

Shay Goldstein has worked at her Seattle radio station for nearly a decade. But lately she's been clashing with her new colleague, Dominic Yun - who's fresh off a journalism course and convinced he knows everything about radio.

When the station needs a new concept, Shay proposes 'The Ex Talk', where two exes give relationship advice live on air. Given they already despise each other, Shay and Dominic are the perfect co-hosts.

Their spiky dynamic is an instant hit, and soon 'The Ex Talk' is climbing the charts.

But when Shay and Dominic start to fall for each other, is this the start of something amazing - or the end of their careers?

'More than lives up to the hype' PopSugar
'A glimmering, sharp, and delightfully feminist rom com.The Ex Talk just crashed its way onto my forever-rec pile' Christina Lauren, author of The Unhoneymooners
'A very funny book' New York Times Book Review

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Critics Review

A very funny book... Rom-coms need tears the way bread dough needs salt, and here the mixture strikes a perfect balance between sweet and savory
New York Times Book Review
A glimmering, sharp, and delightfully feminist rom com.The Ex Talk just crashed its way onto my forever-rec pile
Christina Lauren, bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners
More than lives up to the hype
PopSugar
The Ex Talk delivers. This book is quick, spicy, and sweet
Shondaland
The Ex Talk is so many things: a banter-packed laugh-out-loud rom-com, a meditation on how grief shapes our lives and our love, an ode to the joys of public radio and podcasting, and an all-around exquisite romance . . . we'll call it a breath of fresh air
Entertainment Weekly
The Ex Talk is an expertly crafted contemporary romance as well as a passionate love letter to public radio. With a crisp and affectionate attention to detail, Rachel Lynn Solomon breaths life across her pages that's so relatable you could sink right in
Rosie Danan, author of The Roommate
Forget fake dating ... fake exes is where it's at! The Ex Talk has all the public radio nerdiness that you didn't know was missing from your life. An absolute delight of a read!
Jen DeLuca, author of Well Met
This book gave me genuine butterflies. I fell in love with Shay and Dominic falling in love
Sarah Hogle, author of You Deserve Each Other
Delightfully romantic and emotionally uplifting
Kirkus (starred review)
The transition from enemies to lovers is handled with wit and humour which puts an unexpected twist on the fake relationship trope
Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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