Synopsis:
Sally Thorne’s Rosie and the Dreamboat is part of The Improbable Meet-Cute, irresistibly romantic stories about finding love when and where you least expect it. They can be read or listened to in one sitting. Let’s make a date of it.
Rosie Whittaker and her sister are up for some Galentine’s pampering at a day spa. Getting locked inside a flotation tank is so Rosie. Enter a firefighter hero determined to pry this luckless pearl out of her high-tech shell. All Rosie has to go on is a dreamy voice and a flirty sense of humor. Remain calm, Rosie. This could be what you’ve been waiting for. Is this the man she’s waited for her whole life?
Review:
Rosie and the Dreamboat wasn’t outright terrible and for that reason, I’ll be giving it a solid three star rating. This rating is based on pure vibes. I love an audiobook that is pretty much pure dialogue, it’s the best way to form a connection between the characters.
I think the romance would have been better, for all of these audio novellas, if they’d narrated them in duet. It’s the best and only way to perform romance convincingly. Hearing the narrator switch between their voices really takes me out of the moment.
Rosie and Leo did have great banter though. It’s massively cringeworthy but I expect nothing less from a romance book set around Valentine’s day. One particular moment I loved was Rosie talking about her past trauma, which makes her being stuck in this pod all the worse, it’s one of the more sincere moments in this series. Leo’s reaction was great, “May I have his full name and date of birth?” Leo asks sweetly. “Social security, too, if possible? I need to commit a murder, please.”
I do like that they fell for each other without seeing what the other person looks like. Rosie gets many hints that Leo is very attractive, but it didn’t feel like that held any weight in their connection. This “meet cute” was a very fun twist on love at first sight, albeit a bit ridiculous.
This is by no means a masterpiece, it’s incredibly difficult to write a brilliant story in such a short amount of time. However, I did find Rosie and the Dreamboat very entertaining. If you go into this story expecting something a little weird and pretty shallow on actual plot or character development, it’s fun.
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