Cayouette, B: Tell Me How You Really Feel

Tell Me How You Really Feel by Betty Cayouette is a hate-to-love romance and the story of Maeve and Finn.   Maeve is the heart behind the Tell Me How You Really podcast, and she started it in college with her best friend Finn. I loved how their podcast highlighted relationships from different angles and it's very honest, open and sex positive and I would totally listen to something like this. Maeve wants to help people and therefore also got her psychology degree and I loved how she was very self-reflective and dealing with her own issues. I also liked how this story and Maeve talk about feminist issues like the gender pay gap or having to work extra hard to gain any recognition.   Finn is a nepo baby and he comes from a wealthy family and his mother is a famous actress. He has also starred in a few movies and knows the high society world very well. Finn is like a golden boy whom you can only like, and he must learn to go his own way and not to take his privileged position for granted. I also loved his parents, especially his mom who was so encouraging.   These two met in college and you follow them over several years and I really enjoyed seeing some chapters from the past. I listen to podcasts myself and it was so interesting to see a behind the scenes of that as well. Maeve and Finn are very different people, and the story is a roller coaster of emotions, and they go from hate to love while it’s also a second chance romance. You get to know them so well over the course of the book and they aren’t only a great team but make a stunning couple as well and I was totally rooting for them. Also, the cover showing the Met Gala scene is just iconic.   Tell Me How You Really Feel is such a really great romcom and I adored Maeve and Finn’s story. 4,5 stars.   (Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with an arc.)