Book of the Day

From the review

Charming, with one stretch where the charm idles. Borison's romantic comedy sets two Baltimore weather forecasters against each other, and the fun starts with how thoroughly they've already failed to get along. Jackson Clark does radio, where schedules and routine keep him steady. Delilah Stewart works in television and improvises for a living. Their stations share a parking lot, their history is a string of small disasters, and her parking hasn't helped. Then a historic snowstorm bears down on the city, and the two of them get sent out to cover it together. What keeps the story moving is a bargain. Delilah wants respect as a real journalist, and Jackson can help her earn it. Jackson has forgotten how to loosen up, and she can help with that. It's a smart engine, because each of them wants something that has nothing to do with the other person, at least at first. The banter does the heavy lifting early, and the slide from rivals to friends feels believable instead of rushed. Yes, there's a one-bed mishap on the trip. Borison plays the trope with affection and gets real mileage out of it. Jackson is the anxious, rule-loving one, and he's also the one who falls first, which is a pleasure to watch: a man who plans everything, undone by a woman who plans nothing. The stretches where they forecast together on air are some of the funniest in the book.