Item: The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman
Rating: 3
Author: The Candid Cover

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Last updated on May 8, 2025

The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman is a cute and festive romance, and I found it so interesting how the book is written as though the main character is writing it.

The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman, Louise Plummer

Title: The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman
Author: Louise Plummer
Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library
Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult Fiction
Publication Date: October 6, 1997
Rating: three-stars

Summary (from Goodreads):

Hi, I'm Kate Bjorkman. What do you do if you've lived a real romance with a great guy and he loves you as much as you love him? Simple, I wrote a romance novel with help from THE ROMANCE WRITER'S PHRASE BOOK. Nothing is made up. I want truth and conflict even in romance. I'm betting you'll want the same.

The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman, Louise Plummer

The book tells the story of a girl who falls in love with her brother’s best friend, and it is still relatable despite being written in the 90s. I personally thought the book went a bit overboard as Kate tries to describe events happening in her life just as a cringey romance author would. The first few lines were funny, but once every paragraph is filled with bad descriptions and cheesy metaphors, the story becomes a cringey romance itself. I just wish there was a bit more to the plot than the main character writing her book.

About Louise Plummer

Louise Plummer is a noted author young-adult fiction and a retired associate professor of English for Brigham Young University. She lives in New York, New York with her writer/professor husband Tom. Together they have four sons.

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