Eva Kitt is a journalist turned interviewer of B-list celebrities on her talk show Sausage Talk. Eva’s college ex, Riley Cooper, has become a social media personality for deconstructing toxic masculinity and teaching men how to be good partners. Eva knows the truth the about him. She knows that it’s all an act. Eva goes viral when she makes the impromptu decision to call him out. Eva is then forced to confront Rylie on an episode of Sausage Talk. During the episode, Riley offers Eva deal. He wants her to allow him to take her on dates to make up for his poor behavior then debrief the dates on his podcast to show he’s changed. Eva agrees to advance her career with the bonus of showing that he hasn’t changed at all. Will this second chance show Eva that maybe this boy has changed into the man that she needs?

Mazey Eddings has written a book that is entertaining and full of social commentary. This book has a fun and witty romantic relationship for readers to follow. Eva is a hard to crack woman who is out for herself. Riley is a good natured guy who just wants to prove that he can do better. Together they are full of banter and chemistry that cannot be denied. The romance is full and satisfying in this book. Additionally, there is a host of fully fleshed out side characters to enjoy. The side characters add to the social commentary in this book. Overall, this book is a good read with heart.

The characters could be more fleshed out. They often start to fell one dimensional. Eva is a hard to crack woman who doesn’t take any shit. She acts like a bitch and she likes being that way. However, that is her personality for the vast majority of the book. She doesn’t have any softness until almost the end. It would have been nice to see dimension to her character before the end. There’s a large number of side characters in this book that don’t feel fully developed. The antagonists in the book don’t appear to have much motivations. They just do things that are bad for the protagonists. The characters just need more thought and their decisions to be more fully developed.

This book includes a lot of social commentary. It covers issues of feminism to LGBTQ rights to racism. All of these issues are important and worth being addressed. The problem lies in how they are addressed. It starts to feel like it’s being shoved down the readers throat. It’s good to cover some things, but the entire book is trying to make commentary about something. It is very heavy handed, and it takes the reader out of the story. Eddings has a voice that is important to be heard, but it could be done with a little bit more subtlety.

This book was a quick and enjoyable read. The romance was fun and fresh with the addition of podcasts and interviews. The romance is full of fun and witty banter. I would recommend this book for anyone that likes a romantic comedy with more serious elements, or anyone that likes enemies to friends to lovers.