“I don’t know what I believe in as far as a higher power, Fee, but I know that I now believe that rainstorms always precede something amazing because you came into our lives on the tail end of one.”
Genre: Romance
Actual Rating: 5 stars
Spicy Meter: 3 fire emojis
Content Warnings: Discusses parental death, dysfunctional and unsupportive parents, bullying, and ableism. Describes a panic attack. Contains explicit sexual content.
“Funny Feelings” follows Farley (Fee) Jones, a standup comedian, and her manager, Meyer Harrigan, a retired comedian who had absolutely stepped out of the spotlight due to personal reasons—but that was until he met Fee. Seeing her talent, but most of all, looking at her compassion, Meyer takes her on and is set to having her succeed… even if that may mean fake dating her for a while, just to create some buzz around a tour Fee might potentially be an opener for.
Fake dating, double pining, and found family all wrapped up in a stand up comedy setting? Sign me up. I can’t believe I didn’t read this book sooner, as this niche read was specifically catered for me.
Objectively speaking there isn’t a third act break up in “Funny Feelings”, yet I was most literally sobbing with this read. With just one book, Tarah Dewitt has pretty much become an instant-buy author for me. With humor and grace and a little slow burn, Dewitt has built a world where you can feel nothing but sympathy for her characters. I cannot wait to keep going down her backlog books.
If you like stand up comedy and that good, ol’ fake dating trope, grab “Funny Feelings” immediately, it is exactly what you’re looking for.
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