Review: Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon

on January 2022
Genres: Adult Fiction
Pages: 352
Format: eBook
Source: Publisher
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Ari Abrams has always been fascinated by the weather, and she loves almost everything about her job as a TV meteorologist. Her boss, legendary Seattle weatherwoman Torrance Hale, is too distracted by her tempestuous relationship with her ex-husband, the station’s news director, to give Ari the mentorship she wants. Ari, who runs on sunshine and optimism, is at her wits’ end. The only person who seems to understand how she feels is sweet but reserved sports reporter Russell Barringer.

In the aftermath of a disastrous holiday party, Ari and Russell decide to team up to solve their bosses’ relationship issues. Between secret gifts and double dates, they start nudging their bosses back together. But their well-meaning meddling backfires when the real chemistry builds between Ari and Russell.

Working closely with Russell means allowing him to get to know parts of herself that Ari keeps hidden from everyone. Will he be able to embrace her dark clouds as well as her clear skies?

A TV meteorologist and a sports reporter scheme to reunite their divorced bosses with unforecasted results in this charming romantic comedy from the author of The Ex Talk.

Ari Abrams is a really great character. Solomon does a wonderful job accurately portraying someone with mental illness without it being preachy. It was refreshing to see a character who had a complicated and challenging road and showed the everyday struggles and insecurities she faced everyday. I also really really really liked how successful Ari is. I feel like a lot of books lean on the main female character being kind of a mess (therefore her transformation being more drastic) and it was lovely to see Ari driven and successful already. I like that about her personality and it played really well into the image she portrayed to others and her overall character.

Russell is adorable. I have no problem picturing him in my mind, his shirt and beard and the warmness of his personality. It was easy to see them come together as a couple, and how each of their problems weighed heavily on them.

And of course there’s the parent trap-like plot that puts them together. I loved the film Set It Up on Netflix so I was totally interested in reading this book, besides Solomon being a wonderful writer (Today, Tonight, Tomorrow one of her YA book is one of my favorite books). The story is very entertaining as you watch Russell and Ari’s bosses, a divorced couple who still work together, attach, separate and re-attach again while Russell and Ari’s relationship develops along side it.

Solomon has no problem adding romance and heart to her stories, diving in to Russell’s family life and Ari’s mental health. I really like the emotional layers underneath this story that adds a sturdy weight to the story that isn’t found in other books of this genre.

Weather Girl is overall a fun and romantic book that grabs your attention and doesn’t let you go. And there’s more to this story than a romance between two people, but also acceptance, forgiveness and maybe loving yourself.