I liked quite a bit about 'Writers & Lovers' and one thing author Lily King gets right is grief, grieving, the sometimes fugue state many survivors go through until things finally seem less sad.

Casey, the main character, is grieving the loss of her mother and doing time waiting tables at an upscale restaurant in Harvard Square. Casey's in her early 30s, trying to survive with the menial work of waiting tables while also slowly plugging away at her writing. That she has two different potential love interests in a successful older novelist named Oscar and a young man named Silas who is more similar to Casey in age and struggles.

This one snuck up on me. I can't say there was a whole lot of big plot points, but I found Casey, a 31-year-old woman who has watched most of her friend group get married and start families, to be an appealing protagonist. Points also as she is still the only member of her writing group still working on her craft.