4.5 Stars

Luca was happy because he was alone and knew exactly what he wanted. Everything was great until a frying pan ruined it. 

The story comes in the third-person POV. 

Don’t bother with the blurb. The teeny first chapter sets the stage. Go with the flow and see where it takes you. 

I wouldn’t call this laugh-out-loud funny, but it was more like a handful of chuckles and smirks along the way kind. Humor is subjective, so how well this story works depends on how much you enjoy this style of humor. It is satirical, dry, ironic, and teasing. Relatable but also exaggerated. 

While I do empathize with Lucas a lot, my favorite is Linda. I mean, how can I not like her? She is the only other character named. The rest of the cast goes by identifiers that suit them well. 

The pacing is a bit on the slower side, but the tempo doesn’t slack. The writing is intelligent and witty without being OTT. 

To summarize, The Answer Is No is something a good portion of readers will possibly relate to an extent. The other kind might be a wee bit annoyed, but… calm down, extroverts. Go find someone else to annoy! 

Thank you, NetGalley and Amazon Original Stories, for eARC. This review is voluntary and contains my honest opinion about the book. 

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