In both timelines, one of the main characters, Kat or Nathan, are in a relationship (Nathan is married in the past but divorced in the present, and Kat is single in the past, but engaged in the present). The Roughest Draft has some major plot points that might not work for a traditional romance reader. Was this a little distracting because it caused my brain to wonder how much Wibberly and Siegemund-Broka were writing from experience? Am I human? (The answer to both is yes, obviously.) And on top of that, Kat and Nathan are writing a book about a divorce while trying to come to terms with their feelings about each other. While I was reading, one of the most frequent thoughts I had was “this book is so meta!” This is because The Roughest Draft is about a woman and man writing duo, written by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka, a woman and man writing duo. The book is dual timeline: their friendship in the past, and the story of them getting together in the present. However, they have one book left on their contract, and their publisher is pushing for it to get done, so they plan to stay together in the Florida house where they had written their last super successful book, and write their final book over the course of two months. The Roughest Draft is about Kat and Nathan, who had a writing partnership and friendship which ended suddenly after publishing a bestselling book four years prior to the events of the story for unexplained reasons. As I mulled it over in my head, I realized that it wasn’t really what I had expected going in, and while the unexpected aspects might be problematic for some romance readers, I absolutely loved this book. It has taken me some time to write this review for The Roughest Draft. The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka

The roughest draft by emily wibberley