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Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon

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ems_rxlibrary's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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emmysforeverbooked's review

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I loved this book so much. It was such an easy, light read for me and the cast was so loveable. Ari reminded me a lot of myself, between the depression and the loving the weather, I saw a lot of myself in her.

I loved how much representation there was spread throughout this book. The main character's depression rep, the love interest's plus size rep, the Jewish rep, the MC's brother's gay rep, multiple characters from multiple cultural backgrounds, there was so much rep and it's very hard to find all of that in one book. I really enjoyed learning more about the Jewish culture specifically, it was really fascinating to me to read about!

Overall, I think if you like Emily Henry or just rom-coms in general, this is a book for you!

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The only reason this is lower than 4 stars for me is because there was a third act breakup. I will never understand the point of those, they always make me angry and sad. So that's why this is so low. Oh, and the proposal at someone else's wedding, that made me cringe fr.

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abbypeekreads's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This novel surprised me in so many ways, but mainly in that I was not expecting to become as attached to it as I did. There’s so much to love about this story on the surface—the Parent Trap vibes, the sweet work friendship-turned-relationship between Ari and Russell, the shenanigans that ensue when they attempt to reunified their divorced bosses. But there’s so much more to discover beneath the surface of those things too, things like mental health and body image and love. Things that make this story so special and important, and it spoke to my heart in such a meaningful and touching way. So much so that I know I’ll be carrying this one with me for a long, long time.

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babudarabu's review

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emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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marisabenn's review

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

What a beautiful surprise! I wasn't even in a reading slump, but I feel like this cured me of one. Was it perfect? No, there were some editing errors and a few weirdly inserted paragraphs. But I have never felt more SEEN by a book in my life.

My depression story and Ari's are remarkably similar. The symptoms, recognition, fears, and realities have all been felt by me. I related to her wholeheartedly.

AND RUSS!!! Holy shit, Russsss. I need to find more books with a sweet and reserved MMC who adores his partner ASAP. Bonus points if they are a single dad and/or do not have a six pack.

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kirareadssometimes's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

So sweet and charming all while being set in the PNW. I really loved the plus size representation in this book. It was the first time I really connected with the fat character. And it was a man. Also good mental health rep that I think can apply to so many people. Even people without depression

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kelly_e's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Title: Weather Girl
Author: Rachel Lynn Solomon
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Rating: 3.0
Pub Date: January 11, 2022

T H R E E • W O R D S

Cozy • Feel-Good • Predictable

📖 S Y N O P S I S

Ari has always been fascinated by the weather, so working as a TV meteorologist is like living the dream. Unfortunately for Ari, her boss, the legendary Torrance Hale, is too preoccupied to mentor her properly. Russel, the sports report seems to be the only one who understands how she feels.

Following a disastrous holiday party, Ari and Russell team up to solve their bosses’ relationship issues. Between secret gifts and double dates, they start nudging their bosses back together. But their well-meaning meddling backfires when the real chemistry builds between Ari and Russell.

💭 T H O U G H T S

Weather Girl was one of my most anticipated releases of 2022, given the sweet premise and knowing there would be a mental health aspect. To say my hopes were high would definitely be an understatement. And unfortunately, it didn't live up to my expectations.

What I like:
• the representation. This book has excellent representation of mental illness, plus size portrayal, single parent, and a Jewish main character.
• the unique jobs. I loved that Rachel used such unique jobs as the basis for the story. An added bonus that the idea of a romance between a weather girl and a sportscaster seems fitting.
• the cover. Probably one of my favourite covers of the year.

What I didn't like:
• the romance. I get the romance isn't meant to be the main focus, yet the chemistry between the two main characters didn't feel all that believable.
• underdeveloped plot points. Some aspects of the plot were just left unexplored, which didn't feel quite right, even though this book already tackles a lot.

At the end of the day this was quick read with a cute plot, yet could have been better. For me, there was just something missing or maybe it's the fact it tried to do too much opposed to focusing on developing several aspects more broadly. I'm still glad I read it for the living with function depression aspect alone.

📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• fans of The Ex Talk
• readers looking for mental illness representation

🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S

"The people who love us the most have the power to hurt us the most, too."

"If anything could confirm that weather isn’t small talk, it’s this. Weather connects us. A shared experience, even when we aren’t in the same place."

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beckyyreadss's review

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Thank you to Michael Joseph Penguin Publishing for sending this book in exchange for an honest review. This book made me laugh, cry and just fall in love with both MCs.

Ari Abrams has always been fascinated by the weather, and she loves almost everything about her job as a TV meteorologist. Her boss, legendary Seattle weatherwoman Torrance Hale, is too distracted by her tempestuous relationship with her ex-husband, the station’s news director, to give Ari the mentorship she wants, Ari, who runs on sunshine and optimism, is at her wits’ end. The only person who seems to understand how she feels is sweet but reserved sports reporter Russell Barringer. In the aftermath of a disastrous holiday party, Ari and Russell decide to team up to solve their bosses’ relationship issues. Between secret gifts and double dates, they start nudging their bosses back together. But their well-meaning meddling backfires when the real chemistry builds between Ari and Russell. Working closely with Russell means allowing him to get to know parts of herself that Ari keeps hidden from everyone. Will he be able to embrace her dark clouds as well as her clear skies?

I would say I tried to not love this book as much as I did but I was lying. I went into this book thinking it would be along the same lines as the Ex-Talk and that it was going to be cute and light rom-com. Boy I was wrong, and I am so glad I was. The representation of depression and therapy in this book is done PERFECTLY and to Rachel Lynn Solomon, I thank you for that deeply. I loved and related to Ari so much it hurt my heart. The way she felt about herself during the 80% in this book and the way she manages to handle her depression and still seem so full of life and in love gives me a bit of hope for my personal journey.

Now Russell, if anyone hurts him, I will commit a bloody murder, and no one will know it was me. Russell was someone I wanted to hurt for 100% of this book and he was just so adorable and sweet and such a gentleman. I love the fact that he was a bigger guy. I haven’t read a lot of books where the love interest is a bigger person and slightly insecure and I just loved him more for it. This was also the first book I read that was the single parent trope and I surprisingly enjoyed it and it fit so well in this book and I will also die for Elodie (just saying).

The tension between Ari and Russell nearly made my heart burst. I absolutely loved all the idea they had set up for their bosses and ended up having to do. (The couple massage and Ari’s inner thoughts had me cackling). The whole company retreat trip had me giggling like a schoolgirl. It was so funny, so cute, just UGHHH. The spice in this book as well. I just want someone like Russell in my life – golden retriever energy outside and then in the bedroom, it was like he flips a switch, and I bloody loved it.

I love the general storyline of trying to make work better by doing The Parent Trap to your bosses and the twist that comes with it and how they were both ranting at the Christmas party as they are both Jewish (which I also loved the rep of). I loved the family dynamics of both MCs but Alex, Javier and the twins deserve their own book. I want another book like this but for Alex and Javier. Overall, I have nothing bad to say about this book except I wanted it to be like 30000 pages and would have loved to see the epilogue like 10 years down the line.

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emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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claudia_bow's review

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

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