Fine, funny but cliched. This is an American story of two exes navigating unexpectedly working together on a trip around Europe. The gradual reveal of how their relationship ended is done quite well.

So I felt this book started off a bit slow and a little weak and it took me a long time to really get engrossed in it. I was really struggling to know how many stars to give this book. However the last quarter of the book I felt was much better it got a lot stronger and actually quite emotional the ending was pretty nice too.

I really hate to give books low ratings, but I struggled to finish this one.

First I have to say that I love bookish books, and the premise sounded too cute to resist, plus the enemies to lovers and forced proximity tropes are right up my street, but I just couldn't get behind Andie as a character (did anyone else think immediately of How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days?). I found her wholly unlikable, and at times so incredibly awful to Jack, and the other people in her life, that it was quite inexcusable. I don't like it when characters/authors (or people generally) use grief as an excuse for bad behaviour. You should still be expected to treat people with kindness and consideration, it's not enjoyable to read about a character who lacks any self awareness and mistreats the other characters throughout the entirety of the book. I found her immature, selfish and childish, which was in contrast to her job and the level of self importance she tried to convey.

I also didn't like that she spent the majority of the book painting Jack as this horrible person, when really she was the one acting horribly (this tension and the 'thing that happened between them years prior' is drawn out far too long, unnecessarily). This is also a pacing issue, and I felt like the book could have been much shorter, and it probably should have been edited down, particularly to get rid of Andie's endless pontificating and wallowing.

Again, I really do hate to give low ratings to books but I can't say I'd recommend this to anyone.

This started out with do much promise but I found it hard to connect and like the main character. In saying that it was an enjoyable read with a nice easy plot so I think it would make for a good holiday read .

Bad Publicity is a lot of fun! As a publicist myself it was fun to read about a publicist character and an (unrealistic) event tour with an author. It’s lighthearted and doesn’t take itself too seriously but it’s not the best romance I’ve ever read.

This was a really great rom com - i was invested in the characters, it had a great plot and strong storytelling, and it was very hard to put down. Andie works for a publishing company and has to accompany successful author Jack on his next book promotion tour. The problem? Andie and Jack have a history from university, and now Andie can’t bear to be around him.
I overall really enjoy this book and would recommend to anyone wanting a joyful romance

I enjoyed this story and found it easy to read. The story line was promising and reading about the book tour was great. If I’m honest, I didn’t love the main character - she did over repeat certain bits and was quite selfish and I almost had lost interest in what happened in Edinburgh by the time we actually found out what happened in Edinburgh. Sometimes you can overegg the pudding! But it was eminently readable and I did like it enough to finish , I think I’d give it 3.5 stars if I could.

Two exes, one month on tour, what could possibly go wrong??

The book follows the journey of publisher Andie and author Jack, who are on a book tour throughout Europe - they have history together and have to try and put their feelings aside and work together

This is an uplifting take on publisher navigating her way through grief while living in NYC, thousands of miles away from family. The grief definitely added some moving scenes through the book, have some tissues just in case!! Really enjoyed getting to know these characters

Tropes:
Slow burn
Book about books
Enemies to lovers
Forced proximity
Workplace romance

An enjoyable will they won’t they romance novel which charts a work trip where ex-lovers are forced to get along while a book is promoted in NY, London, Berlin, Paris and Dublin. The crescendo of the story comes when they finally talk about what split them apart.

I really enjoyed this novel. A lovely, enemies to lovers romance story, admittedly full of cliches but enjoyable regardless. A perfect beach read. Lovely characters.

I absolutely loved this book !!! Enemies-to-lovers and slow tension is my favourite trope.

I loved Jack (the MMC) and Andie (the FMC). Sarah…. not so much - but what are best friends for, hehe !! Andie’s story follows her through her grief journey and at some points it was so hard to read as it is SO relatable. I loved how Bianca portrayed this in such an amazing way.

Bianca’s writing is so good, it is so easy to follow and so vivid. It’s so easy to imagine the story play out.

The only thing I wished for was a better ending and I didn’t like the miscommunication trope (but that is just my personal preference) !!! </3

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Bianca’s team for sending me this arc !!!

Gillam’s Bad Publicity vividly depicts a book tour in such a fun way that it truly makes you want to travel. The slow burn between Jack and Andie feels natural and nice. This workplace romance feels like it definitely should be adapted into a film. It is easy to picture Leo Woodall as Jack (not exactly sure why). Overall, it was a very pleasant read. Great job, Bianca. Thank you NetGalley UK and Bianca’s team for the arc.

The story is well written and has elements that deal with grief and how this impacts relationships that demonstrates how deep rooted traumatic events can be. I didn’t really connect with Andie as the main female lead, she came across as very selfish and hated on Jack an unnecessary amount. I understand they had a disagreement but that was five years ago and the hatred is very one sided. I liked that Jack’s side of the story is finally revealed to the reader, but this took a while to get there. I liked Jack’s character and I would have liked to see more of his character pov and how his feelings for Andie developed as a mature adult rather than a university student. The forced proximity of the book tour was promising but nothing really happens, it’s mainly Andie moaning and being horrible to Jack for no real reason aside from something that happened years ago. I did find the inclusion of swear words to be unnecessary and didn’t add anything to characters or the narrative, but that’s a personal preference. I think swearing should be used for impact.

Overall, this is well written and crafted but lacked high stakes or building chemistry that I would have expected from a slow burn / enemies to lovers romance.

Great novel about Andie, a publicist who ends up going on a European book tour with none other than her ex who broke her heart. I enjoyed Andie's feisty nature which at times made me laugh and Jack who could be misunderstood for not being tactful does have some funny moments. All in all, a heartwarming read, thanks to Net Galley for the advanced copy.

I love enemy to lovers and the tension between Andie and Jack. I found it a great fun read. The main story line was brilliant and I couldn’t put it down.

This book had so much tension between the Main Characters from the off, which I enjoyed, as it then kept me entranced throughout the story. Bianca's writing of these characters was such a delight to read, and it was such a good Enemies to Lovers Story, which is one of my favourite tropes.

Initially set in New York and follows Andie who is a Senior Publicist for a Publishing House, who has been given the task of going on an European Book Tour with one of their Authors. Slight problem is that it is Jack Carlston, who destroyed her in so many ways at University in Edinburgh 5 years ago and doesn't want anything to do with him.

Despite her hatred for Jack she decides to go on the book tour, and it is while they are visiting these locations, things start to change between them, with Andie beginning to see Jack in a different light.
And when secrets and feelings begin to be revealed it is from this that maybe Andie has been wrong about Jack all this time, and although Andie tries to push Jack away due to the guilt she feels, Jack is undeterred and will do whatever it takes to change her mind.

This was such an enjoyable read, with various plot twists that come upon you and also the way that Jack is trying to show Andie that he isn't the man that she thinks he is, is delightful. Also the grief she is still feeling for the death of a loved one really hit home and I must admit at these points it brought a tear to my eye, as it made me think of a close loved one that I have lost in recent years.

❤️Second Chance
❤️Enemies to Lovers
❤️Close Proximity
❤️Work Colleagues
❤️Minimal Spice
❤️Set from FMC POV

Trigger Warning: There is a part of the story where the main characters encounter forms of physical and verbal abuse, so be aware of this.

I love an enemies to lovers romance and novels set in the publishing world so this one caught my attention straight away. Andie is a book publicist and Jack a young hot author and they are thrown together during a European book tour. It turns out, of course, that they have history. I loved the descriptions of the book tour and was rooting for them to overcome their differences and fall in love. It's quite tropey but sometimes that's exactly what you need - this one does what it says on the tin and is very enjoyable.

Who loves and enemies to lovers romance? Well this is ideal for you. I loved it and it was a real difference to other books I’ve been reading at the time (my choice) and this was such a fun read.

I really enjoyed this book despite it kinda featuring miscommunication (which I normally don’t enjoy at all). I think for me some of the travelling descriptions could’ve been cut and I would’ve liked more talking between andie and Jack as some of their convos felt rushed. I felt like Andies journey with the grief of her loss of her dad was so close to home and felt real and raw. The romance side, I liked the forced proximity and second chance romance tropes but I feel like I could’ve seen a bit more? I don’t think we saw enough of jacks personality, there was a plot about his dad that doesn’t get resolved and I felt like Andie did forgive him too quickly! Overall, enjoyable and would recommend!

This had soooo much promise and I’m really sad it didn’t quite hit the mark 😔 like others said the rudeness of the main female lead wasn’t explained until I’d already decided I was bored of her and her attitude. The actions and descriptions felt very, I hate to say it but very year 10 descriptive writing homework. There just lacked depth and it seemed super basic. I hate giving negative reviews it makes me feel so guilty but it just didn’t do it for me. Sorry 💜