Not That Kind of Ever After: A Novel
Mar 2023 · Sold by St. Martin's Griffin
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Fairytale meets feminism in Luci Adams's Not That Kind of Ever After, a frothy adventure of one woman’s journey to claim happily ever after in times of serial dating, swiping right, and the quest to find your soulmate.
Bella Marble’s life isn’t what she imagined. Instead of an author, she’s a receptionist at a small press. Instead of happily married, she’s single, and her lovey-dovey parents are divorcing. And to top it off, her best friend of twenty-nine years, Ellie Mathews, is moving out and marrying the heinously boring Mark. (He’s not worthy of her. No one could be). Bella feels rudderless, only slightly soothed by time spent with Ellie’s (not hot) brother, (he’s not hot) Marty (okay, he’s hot. But he’s also the aggravating brother she never had—right)?
When Marty recommends Bella stop looking for “the one” and just have fun, Bella finds a new, empowered side of herself. But when she posts a fairy-tale retelling of a disastrous one night stand on a storytelling app, all of a sudden, Bella has become @B.Enchanted. And she’s gone viral.
Now, Bella’s in a fight with Ellie, her new roommates are so, deeply, weird, and the pressure is mounting to find new fairy tales to write about—but she’s got to live them first.
“As side splittingly hilarious as it is empowering and emotional, Not That Kind of Ever After is a sparkling debut.”--Helena Hunting, bestselling author
Bella Marble’s life isn’t what she imagined. Instead of an author, she’s a receptionist at a small press. Instead of happily married, she’s single, and her lovey-dovey parents are divorcing. And to top it off, her best friend of twenty-nine years, Ellie Mathews, is moving out and marrying the heinously boring Mark. (He’s not worthy of her. No one could be). Bella feels rudderless, only slightly soothed by time spent with Ellie’s (not hot) brother, (he’s not hot) Marty (okay, he’s hot. But he’s also the aggravating brother she never had—right)?
When Marty recommends Bella stop looking for “the one” and just have fun, Bella finds a new, empowered side of herself. But when she posts a fairy-tale retelling of a disastrous one night stand on a storytelling app, all of a sudden, Bella has become @B.Enchanted. And she’s gone viral.
Now, Bella’s in a fight with Ellie, her new roommates are so, deeply, weird, and the pressure is mounting to find new fairy tales to write about—but she’s got to live them first.
“As side splittingly hilarious as it is empowering and emotional, Not That Kind of Ever After is a sparkling debut.”--Helena Hunting, bestselling author
Fairytale meets feminism in Luci Adams's Not That Kind of Ever After, a frothy adventure of one woman’s journey to claim happily ever after in times of serial dating, swiping right, and the quest to find your soulmate.
Bella Marble’s life isn’t what she imagined. Instead of an author, she’s a re...
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Mary Jo Toth
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March 14, 2023
Bella is a lost. Her friends are moving forward and as she approaches 30, she’s figuring out that where she thought she would be at this point in her life hasn’t happened. This is a true turning point for her as her best friend moves out to life with her fiancé, she realizes she won’t get to have the same late night chats. Her original dream to be an author hasn’t happened. She stares at the blank document and inspiration isn’t there. But then, she has a pretty weird date and suddenly inspiratio
Moon Fox
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March 14, 2023
I thought this book was so-so at best. It does have some funny moments but mostly I thought it was just pretty much blah. It didn't help that I wasn't a fan of Bella's. She just came across as childish to me. Sadly, for me, this book was just disappointing. This is my unbiased, unsolicited review.
Deb Diem
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March 14, 2023
Not That Kind Of Ever After is an entertaining contemporary romance by Luci Adams. Ms. Adams has provided readers with a well-written book with lots of fun characters. Bella works as a receptionist but has dreams of being an author. This story was humorous but I think it was a bit angsty and repetitious. Bella's actions are a little juvenile for an adult and come to think of it, self-centered and spoiled. Will Bella wake up and become the adult writer she wants to be?
About the author
Luci Adams (she/her) started out working in tax before moving into copywriting, creating social posts for Apple Music, and assisting with Amazon and BBC productions at Working Title Television. She now works as an analyst at The Guardian by day and writes uproariously funny and inventive rom coms by night. Not That Kind of Ever After is her debut novel.
Luci Adams (she/her) started out working in tax before moving into copywriting, creating social posts for Apple Music, and assisting with Amazon and BBC productions at Working Title Television. She now works as an analyst at The Guardian by day and writes uproariously funny and inventive rom coms...
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