OUR REVIEW:
Ellen O'Clover is a new to me author and I'm so glad I tried her latest novel, If Not You. I typically enjoy my romances to have a dual narrator because I'm always fascinated by the other main character's perspective on things, I didn't feel like I was missing anything by there not being one in this novel. Mattie's perspective on their ongoing feud was enough to keep me engaged and interested (though I would've loved to know what Campbell was thinking). It's through her eyes, insecurities, past, and present that we come to understand the hows and whys to their beef. While a lot of the novel is focused on them battling it out to win a huge contract for their team and business, much of what we learn is that the source of Mattie's pain and insecurity has to do with her upbringing (doesn't it nearly always?!) and those wounds were deep and long lasting. Through a series of unexpected events, Campbell and Mattie make a seemingly impossible thing happen and both of them discover that a future with each other and a future filled with love isn't impossible. A solid 4 star read for me.
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SYNOPSIS:
Five years of history. Four weeks on the road. Two rival copywriters learning love is the hardest sell of all.
Mattie French has always known how to tell a good story. It’s why she stopped at nothing to land her dream career as a copywriter at a scrappy independent advertising agency. In fact, if it weren’t for one person, Mattie would probably be the most-talked-about rising star in town.
Campbell Porter is a senior copywriter at Chicago’s slickest agency. Absurdly talented, incredibly aware of it, and the bane of Mattie’s existence since they were interns together, Campbell is always just…there, with his golden-boy smirk and the familiar gaze that never fails to taunt her across a crowded room.
Mattie would love nothing more than to avoid Campbell forever. But when their agencies are pitted against each other to compete for a luxury resort account, it’s her chance to prove she can beat him—and earn the promotion she covets.
During the month of travel required for the pitch, Mattie and Campbell are thrown together as fierce competitors and, slowly, as unexpected witnesses to each other’s hidden wounds and softest parts. As their trip barrels toward its final pitch, Mattie is forced to confront the increasingly obvious the story she’s crafted for her and Campbell over the years might need a new ending.
Mattie French has always known how to tell a good story. It’s why she stopped at nothing to land her dream career as a copywriter at a scrappy independent advertising agency. In fact, if it weren’t for one person, Mattie would probably be the most-talked-about rising star in town.
Campbell Porter is a senior copywriter at Chicago’s slickest agency. Absurdly talented, incredibly aware of it, and the bane of Mattie’s existence since they were interns together, Campbell is always just…there, with his golden-boy smirk and the familiar gaze that never fails to taunt her across a crowded room.
Mattie would love nothing more than to avoid Campbell forever. But when their agencies are pitted against each other to compete for a luxury resort account, it’s her chance to prove she can beat him—and earn the promotion she covets.
During the month of travel required for the pitch, Mattie and Campbell are thrown together as fierce competitors and, slowly, as unexpected witnesses to each other’s hidden wounds and softest parts. As their trip barrels toward its final pitch, Mattie is forced to confront the increasingly obvious the story she’s crafted for her and Campbell over the years might need a new ending.
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