Funny Guy

Name: Funny Guy
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Emma Barry
ISBN: 9798400115653

Author: Emma Barry

Narrator: Lucy Rivers, Teddy Hamilton

Unabridged: 8 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 05/16/2023

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Romantic Comedy

Synopsis

From the author of Chick Magnet comes a heartfelt friends-to-lovers story about what can happen when a funny guy and his childhood best friend are stuck together in a small New York City apartment.Sam can’t escape the smash hit “Lost Boy” because, well, he is the lost boy. His pop-singer ex immortalized him in a song about his childish ways, and now his comedy career is on the line.At least he still has Bree, his best friend and confidante. Bree has always been there for Sam, but she’s never revealed her biggest secret: she’s in love with him. To help herself move on, Bree applies for her dream job across the country—and doesn’t say a thing to Sam.But as Sam tries to resuscitate his career, he turns to Bree for support—and maybe more. In the confines of her tiny apartment, they share a different dynamic. A charged dynamic. But she’s his friend. He can’t be falling for her.Except he is.Are his feelings for Bree just funny business? Or is their smoldering attraction the real deal?

About Emma Barry

Emma Barry is a teacher, novelist, recovering academic, and former political staffer. She lives with her high school sweetheart and a menagerie of pets and children in Virginia, and she occasionally finds time to read and write. You can visit her on the web at www.authoremmabarry.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by b.andherbooks on June 01, 2023

gosh what a fun, sexy, and angsty romance for these two forever friends. HE is such an absolute disaster and mess, and i really loved seeing how Barry worked how these two forever friends finally got their HEA. An epic Howl's Moving Castle inspired tale (he is SUCH a Howl). I will definitely need to......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on February 17, 2023

Ahhhh this whole book is just *suffused* with yearning, and I loved it! Sam and Bree have been devoted best friends ever since they were kids, when their friendship got them both through abusive childhoods. Now they're both successful in their own fields in New York City, Bree as an urban planner and......more

Goodreads review by Jen (That's What I'm Talking About) on May 26, 2023

Sam and Bree have been best friends since kindergarten, and she’s been in love with him since they were 14. He’s now a famous comedian on a hit sketch show (think Saturday Night Live) known for aggressive comedy and asshole behavior. But his hard nature is an act to protect the boy beneath. So when......more

Goodreads review by nitya on July 03, 2023

The last friends to lovers book I read was a major letdown, so I thought to try it again with another book (this time NA) Happy to say that my faith in the trope has been restored 😌 (Also AA shout-out!!!) Content warning: sexual harassment (not main pairing), past abuse, sex scenes......more

Goodreads review by starryeyedjen on July 11, 2023

Meh. Listened to about 75% while I was cleaning over the weekend, but I'm just not feeling the pull to pick this back up, so I think I'm going to leave it here. Too many loans just came in at the library to force this one.........more

Quotes

“Lucy Rivers and Teddy Hamilton narrate the complicated friends-to-lovers story of Bree and Sam.… Hamilton…differentiates Bree and plays Sam's biting wit against his sweet affection for her.… As Bree decides between her unrequited love for Sam and moving away for a dream job, Rivers steps up her performance to skillfully express Bree's mix of anger and devotion. Part comedy, part therapy session, Funny Guy is definitely best on audio.” —AudioFile Magazine“It’s a tug-of-war that would be hard for a less adept writer to pull off, but Barry’s work has always thrived on this kind of interplay. She seems to be feeling her way to a new kind of structure here, one that’s organic and messy but still generates a vital catharsis.” —New York Times“This ingenious friends-to-lovers romance …[is] a fresh take on a favorite trope that perfectly marries humor and heartache.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)