This irritation is spurred by the antagonism between them, which has an undercurrent of frustrated attraction.

It only makes matters worse when Dominic gets to talk on air almost immediately, something Shay has been dreaming about since playacting with her father. Of course, it’s twice as irritating that he’s incredibly tall and unfairly handsome. After ten years of hard work and earning her way, she’s frustrated as she feels Dominic undermining her at every turn. Dominic is the new station darling, particularly favored by their boss, Kent, and it makes Shay absolutely nuts. He’s fresh out of graduate school, flush with success and full of the kind of hot air only a first-class education can provide. An internship at her local public radio station, PPR, helped pull Shay out of her grief, and find a purpose – and ten years later, Shay is producing her own show, content with her work… until Dominic Yun gets hired. It’s also a big part of the bond she had with her father, who died when she was in her late teens. Shay Goldstein lives and breathes public radio – she loves connecting with people and telling their stories. I initially picked it up because I love fake-dating tropes and podcasts, and I was not disappointed. It’s an amazing rivals-to-lovers romance, with some serious depth and intense emotional range. The Ex Talk is a contemporary romance about a woman on the brink of thirty, trying to figure out how to fulfil her career aspirations without killing one of her unfairly hot coworkers or being way too dishonest. One of CNN and PopSugar's Best Books of January Their spiky dynamic is an instant hit, and soon 'The Ex Talk' is climbing the charts.īut when Shay and Dominic start to fall for each other, is this the start of something amazing. Each armed with their own disastrous relationship stories, Shay and Dominic are the perfect co-hosts - even if it does come with a little tension. When the station needs a new concept, Shay proposes 'The Ex Talk', where two exes give relationship advice live on air. But lately she's been clashing with her new colleague, Dominic Yun - who's fresh off a journalism course and convinced he knows everything about radio. Shay Goldstein has worked at her Seattle radio station for nearly a decade. 'This was steamy! And funny and feminist' 5* Reader Review 'A very funny book' New York Times Book Review just such a fun romantic story of enemies to lovers' 5* Reader Review The Ex Talk just crashed its way onto my forever-rec pile' CHRISTINA LAUREN, author of The Unhoneymooners 'A glimmering, sharp, and delightfully feminist rom com. THE FUNNY AND SEXY ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS TIKTOK SENSATION

The ex talk by rachel lynn solomon