How to End a Love Story by Yulin KuangMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Helen Zhang had a troubled childhood after her younger sister Michelle committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving car driven by one of the students at their school. Now a successful novelist, she has written a YA angsty series set in a boarding school. Now her series is being made into a TV series and she has been flown from New York to California to sit in with the screenwriters as they adapt her novels. Helen has always been a nerd and an over-achiever, she had very few friends at school and even now, thirteen years later, she only has a couple of close friends, although she worries that her recent success may have alienated even them. To add to her woes, Helen is struggling to find new ideas for her YA series and can't seem to start anything new.
Grant Shephard is a Hollywood screenwriter with movie star looks whose life was drastically altered when his car hit and killed Michelle Zhang when he was just a teenager. While everyone agrees it wasn't his fault, ever since then he has suffered from crippling anxiety attacks.
It was inevitable that Grant should be the second screenwriter for Helen's TV series, despite her attempts to get rid of him Grant insists on staying. Right from the start they butt heads on everything, Grant is the team member that everyone likes, he's charming and thoughtful whereas Helen finds it difficult to express her opinions without sounding rude, as a solitary writer she finds the collective hive mind of the writer's room alien.
Yet despite the antagonism sparks start to fly ... but what hope is there for Helen and Grant when her parents still haven't forgiven him for Michelle's death?
I liked this but I didn't love it and I found the effusive reviews from other authors to be a bit puzzling TBH.
I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley for an honest review.
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