Jodi McAlister's Not Here to Make Friends

We're so excited for the third novel in the Marry Me, Juliet series by romance author and scholar, Jodi McAlister, Not Here to Make Friends, we're jumping on it early! Described as "a full-on villain romance novel, filled with lying, scheming and blazingly tumultuous sex" by The New York Times, we couldn't help but plan our next meeting around it. Jodi McAlister's Marry Me, Juliet series, which was inspired by The Bachelor/ette, is the creative accompaniment to her academic work which "critically interrogate[s] the way franchise constructs romance narratives." What better book to include in our discussion list?

We're doing things a little differently this time. We've moved our meeting to 1pm (British Summer Time) to accommodate 3 different time zones: British, US, and Australian. There's a certain someone who's planning to join us (barring unforeseen circumstances, of course) and we needed to make sure the meeting was not in the…