Call Me Maybe - Cara Bastone

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Title: Call Me Maybe
Author: Cara Bastone
Genre: Chick-lit
Rating: 4.5/5
# pages: Audiobook ~6hrs
Date read: October 2021

Vera Hoffman has just days to make sure her website for her new Date-in-a-Box business launches. When the darn thing glitches, she calls her IT company and connects with Kal Kantola. An intense week of phone calls, DMs, voice messages, and texts ensue, and in between troubleshooting, these two start to develop feelings. But will their systems be compatible when they actually meet face-to-face?


Absolutely adorable, and good enough that I finished listening to it in just 3 days! I think it took me all of 2 minutes to be completely sold, and I pretty much listened to it at every chance I got - laughing out loud more than once, which got slightly embarrassing on the train. I loved Vera and Kal, and their phone conversations were pretty much the cutest thing ever.

So why only 4.5 stars rather than 5? I haaaaate misunderstandings that can be solved by simple communication. Granted, it's not as bad in this one as in some, and they were actually pretty believable, but still… why do so many authors think rom-coms need a conflict? They don't!! Books can be delightfully charming and wonderful comfort reads without them! Trust me! I've read them!

Ahrem... stepping off my soapbox now. Still a wonderful book, and a very strong contender to one of the best I've read this year.