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Isn't It Obvious?

Rachel Runya Katz

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“I’m obsessed with everything Rachel Runya Katz writes.” — Rachel Lynn Solomon, New York Times bestselling author

After a meet-disaster, a podcaster and her producer fall in love over email without realizing they know (and hate) each other in real life.

When high school librarian Yael’s secret podcast starts to take off, she decides to hire Kevin, a remote freelance editor/producer so she can manage juggling her mental health, day job, and the queer teen book club she’s been hosting at school after hours. To maintain her anonymity, they communicate strictly via email and Kevin only knows her by her podcast persona, Elle.

Little does Yael know that Kevin, who in real life goes by his middle name, Ravi, is the same man she tore apart for climbing out of her bedroom window after a one night stand with her roommate, Charlie. And she certainly never expects him to show up to volunteer at her book club.

In person, Yael and Ravi clash until their sparks turn into something more. Over email, Elle and Kevin are starting to fall hard when they decide to keep things strictly professional. But when Ravi discovers the truth, will keeping it a secret mean the end of everything he’s built with Yael/Elle? And what happens when she finds out? Will they fall twice as hard, or cut ties in more ways than one?

Rachel Runya Katz’s Isn’t It Obvious? is a sharp, funny romance about loving the whole person and finally taking a chance on love.

“This kind of hidden identity story is my absolute favorite, and I am on my KNEES with gratitude that Katz wrote one just for me. I adored every toe-tingling moment...” — Alicia Thompson, USA Today bestselling author of The Art of Catching Feelings

“Smart, sexy, and sincere... Yael and Kevin’s banter-filled interactions in person will have readers giggling and kicking their feet!” — Samantha Markum, USA Today Bestselling Author of Love, Off the Record

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"It makes trusting myself to enjoy the high of a day like today like a normal person kind of difficult... It's not like ... like I'm not functional. It just makes things hard for me, sometimes."(Yael)\ \ "It seems like you associate a certain kind of happiness with pain... so it makes sense that you'd be wary of it." (Ravi)\ \ \ \ GENRE: Romance\ \ RATING: 3.75/5\ \ FORMAT: eBook\ \ Tropes: Hidden Identity, Epistolary Romance, Forced Proximity, Workplace Romance, Enemies to lovers\ \ Review: \ \ This was a cute, wholesome book! I really enjoy Romance books in which we get both of our MCs falling in life online and meeting in real life and this did not disappoint.\ \ I really enjoyed getting to know both Yael and Ravi and watching how they got to know each other as Elle & Kevin vs Yael & Ravi as well. My favourite POV in Romance books are Dual and I love that we get an insight into both Ravi and Yael's lives. I also really loved getting to see Ravi interact with his family and getting to know Mia\ \ Also, Isn't It Obvious has Bipolar representation, which I loved! I think this was handled really well and we got to see it through Yael in different ways, with Yael talking about her med's effect and the focus on how it impacts her self-esteem, which was very relatable.\ \ What fell a bit short for me is that I felt we jumped from emails to real life interaction quite quickly and the way they get together overall. I think we get a lot of amazing things throughout the book, like getting to know both Yael and Ravi individually, understanding who they are and how their lives were shaped. We also get to see them with their families and friends and watch them learn to be vulnerable with each other in some things.\ \ What I felt we didnt get is watching the transition of them falling in love in real life. We see how Elle and Kevin build their relationship online but I think I didnt feel how this was built in real life with Yael and Ravi. I did understand WHY this was the case and it played out well to the story but it did impact how connected I felt to their story when they eventually find out who they are in real life and it all comes together.\ \ All in all, I enjoyed Isn't it Obvious and I am excited to read more by Rachel Runya Katz.\ \ Join for free or login](https://cozysabie.binderybooks.com/item/mEwRAN7n86jAkZFONooc/)

Epistolary Romance, Book Club & Hidden Identities: Isn't it Obvious? by Rachel Runya Katz

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