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Roland Rogers Isn't Dead Yet
Roland Rogers Isn't Dead Yet | Samantha Allen
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It's the gig of a lifetime for this ghostwriter, except there's a catch: the client, a closeted A-list actor finally ready to come out in his memoir, is an actual ghost. Adam Gallagher has knocked on thousands of doors. An ex-Mormon and almost-famous memoirist, he is used to sharing his life story with strangers. But this day, this house, is different. For it belongs to none other than Roland Rogers: Hollywood Hunk, and soon to be author. Roland has a story to tell, a decades-old secret to spill, and he's decided that Adam is just the guy to help him do it. Except there's a problem. Roland Rogers is dead. Not in the metaphysical realm--if he focuses, he can summon enough energy to communicate via the kitchen speaker--but certainly in the physical, and he needs Adam to pen his story before his body is found frozen beneath the avalanche of snow that squashed it. That means one month, a hundred thousand words, no breaks. Ghostwriting is hard enough, let alone when you're dealing with a real ghost, and so it isn't long before Roland's idea of what his book should be clashes with Adam's vision for what it could be.But the clock is ticking, the ice melting. And as more truths are told, both men soon discover that this experience is less of a coming out, and more of a coming home . . . The sophomore novel from the beloved author of Patricia Wants to Cuddle, Roland Rogers Isn't Dead Yet is a witty and electric new rom-com for fans of Ashley Poston and Casey McQuiston.
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TheKidUpstairs
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I loved Patricia Wants to Cuddle, so when @Reggie reviewed this one I needed it. It was just the right rom com-ish read before I dive into Booker territory! Like with Patricia, Allen serves up a quirky premise and delivers depth and heart. Adam is hired to ghost write a memoir for megawatt Movie Star Roland Rogers, but when he arrives at Rogers' LA mansion, he discovers the star is, in fact, dead and haunting his own home and electronic devices.

TheKidUpstairs Roland wants to share his true self with the world, but Adam faces a time crunch to finish the book before the movie star's body is discovered. The set up sounds a bit goofy, but Allen uses it to give her characters space to reach a level of vulnerability with each other on a short time frame, allowing genuine connections to build as they explore each others truths and frustrations. And the ending feels genuine, right, and satisfying. 2w
Reggie Great review, every time i see a donut I think of this book. 2w
TheKidUpstairs @Reggie right?! Especially the bright pink sprinkle ones! 2w
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Loved this queer romance. Adam, a writer whose fame is waning after his gay exMormon Memoir came out 12 years ago gets summoned to ghostwrite the memoir of super mega popular star of the Crash movies, Roland Rogers. When he gets to Roland‘s house he finds Roland‘s ghost and his body is somewhere under an avalanche. So he‘s ghostwriting for a ghost. It sounds wacky but the strength of Allen‘s writing to take something bizarro and make it work👇🏼

Reggie is nothing less than amazing. There were little stories she had her characters tell and I felt like I just knew them. I knew them. They weren‘t people she had written but people I knew. One more time, lol. I KNEW them. Anyways, Allen‘s the one that wrote the bigfoot-reality dating show mashup years ago. I‘ll read anything she writes now. Pick! 🏳️‍🌈 3w
TheKidUpstairs I loved Patricia Wants to Cuddle, definitely stacking this one! @monalyisha did you see this? I know you loved Patricia, too! 3w
Reggie @TheKidUpstairs She‘s really a good writer at bringing the humanity in the midst of kooky. 3w
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