Man I like Rachel Lynn Solomon but I found this book lacked a bit of oomph for me. She has a niche, this is very true (are both leads Jewish residents of the Pacific Northwest? You are likely in a Solomon novel) and her writing is definitely engaging you.
If I look at my rankings of Solomon novels, I still rank Today Tonight Tomorrow at the top, followed by We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This, with this book and The Ex Talk sort of tied (although I find the plot of the latter a bit harder to believe). The obvious takeaway is that Solomon writes super captivating YA and less captivating A romance novels, and I can’t say I disagree? The open, engaging manner in which she writes her novels lends itself well to a younger set of protagonists, and makes her adults seem a bit awkwardly childish while dealing with serious topics (here, our heroine lives with depression for which she takes ongoing medication).
I can believe that someone has always wanted to be a weather person, although it does require a bit of suspension of disbelief to think that a local weather person would be well known enough to be recognized in the streets. Do people still watch local news? (or read local news, to be honest). But this is the Pacific Northwest, and in this land all is possible.
One note: Solomon tried to make this book a bit more than PG-13 than her prior books, which featured characters sometimes not old enough to get into R rated films. I applaud the effort–definitely found her writing very realistic 😀
