Just Stab Me Now

De: Jill Bearup

Narrado por: Jill Bearup

A desperate mother. A dubious escort. And a deranged author who won’t leave them alone. Caroline Lindley is determined that her new romance novel will be her best one yet. Fantasy! Formal gowns! Fencing! And, of course, a twentysomething heroine to star in an enemies-to-lovers plot with all of Caroline’s favourite tropes.

But Lady Rosamund Hawkhurst is a thirty-six-year-old widow with two children, her sole focus is facilitating a peace treaty between her adopted nation and her homeland, and she flatly refuses to take the correct approach to there being only one bed. What’s an author to do?

Based on her popular Fantasy Heroine YouTube Shorts series, Jill Bearup’s debut novel brings us the best of worlds both meta- and medieval-inspired. Terry Pratchett aficionados will enjoy the political intrigue paired with convivial, tongue-in-cheek satire. And then there's the slow-burn, fade-to-black romance too…

If you loved Stranger Than Fiction and The Princess Bride, you will soon find yourself cheering on enemies-to-BFFs Rosamund and Caroline as together they learn what it means to be the hero of your own story.

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Perfectly chosen narrator

I found Jill Bearup's YouTube channel because of the video series that became this book. I am so glad the series was fleshed out into this book. I like my romance novels to be an adventure first and a romance second, so this book was right up my alley. The frosting on top was the meta-humor of an author struggling with her characters and with the real wolrd.
Despite all the technical difficulties Jill worked through to narrate her own book, I am grateful she persevered. No one could have done the narration better. 🥰

must read!!

of you haven't watched the YouTube series This book is based off of I have no to pod way of explaining the plot of this bookm if you have watched the YouTube series it is all that with even more tender and humorous details.

Phenomenal Characters

The reader, who also happens to be the author, does a marvelous job bringing the characters to life. Each has their own accent and personality and it is easy to tell who is speaking in each scene. That helps immensely in this medium, and makes following the plot much more enjoyable. The story is fantastic as well. We all love a good trope, don’t we? Absolutely recommend this story, no matter how you get it — audio, paperback, digital, or borrowed from a friend. It’s worth every moment.

I like author reading it

I am glad it was read by the author I was worried that it wouldn't have been what I expected from YouTube but it was

loved the heroine, who flat out refused to be stupid

I haven't read a more sensible heroine in quite some time and it was refreshing. I loved her attitude and quite frankly her age. I loved the slow burn the fade to black. I loved everything about it. Thank you Elizabeth Wheatley for the recommendation!

first new book I've read And finished And loved in months

Jill Bearup is AMAZING!

Great book, great read! Thanks Jill. And cheese! Cheese is a basic human need. I love Jill. And cheese.

loved it!

I loved the shorts on YouTube and loved the audio book. The story is refreshing and I'm glad she turned it into a book. I hope she continues writing.

So fun!

I loved this book. It will definitely be a repeat listen for me. I look forward to listening to it again!

a delight the whole way

It gave me the feelings I wanted the book version of “The Princess Bride” to do only more so. This book brought me more happiness than I could have expected. I can’t believe it’s a debut novel. Very very well done!!

Exactly What I Wanted From This Book

As a viewer of Jill's YouTube channel, I was very happy when I recognized the dialogue and events of the story which came directly from the videos that firsted birthed this story. Very well done.