I really love this author‘s books, but this one was a miss for me 😔 just didn‘t have the tone that her usual style does

Lost interest and got slightly confused while reading. It seemed to jump around and the plot kind of became an afterthought for me

Jean Meltzer‘s characters are so easy to fall for! Loved reading a book that blended sex positivity and religion. The chronic illness representation was also top notch. Overall a sweet story (pun wasn‘t intended but now it is!)

I‘m telling myself the only reason I bailed was because it was an audiobook. It was hard to feel the pull for this book, though I‘ll probably try again in the future. Had to bail

Felt the same as Lovelight Farms: difficult to catch on to and connect with. So many people with a lot to follow, and the skipping around plus flashbacks also got confusing

WTH!!!! I am completely creeped out right now! As someone who usually doesn‘t enjoy Colleen Hoover, I thought she excelled at the suspense and character work here. Verity was a rollercoaster, and you‘ll never really know the truth of what happened. All these characters were SO messed up and made questionable decisions. Also, I believe, an unreliable narrator (details under a spoiler review)

Tbh not my fav. Pointless people & not Christmassy at all! Clueless main character. But their friendship was cute & 🌶️ was ok! Not crazy about it

🙄 The main is so self centered and judgy that it made it difficult to enjoy the story. She finds out the big *news* and she immediately gets mad at Scott and kicks him out? For a secret that isn‘t his? It really wasn‘t healthy. They set boundaries and she would be the first to tease that they cross them, and then immediately pull back and say she didn‘t want this and victimize herself. Also just constantly talking bad about others. Not a fan

Was way more into the book when it focused on their fake relationship. Except the spice, which felt forced and awkward. I felt myself bored with the rest of it + really disliking Nina + her friends. So much that it made the story drag on and feel like one massive eye roll. Leo had some nice qualities (I really liked his focus on mental health) but otherwise, his family was my favorite part. Left a lot to be desired. The puns were on point tho!

About half way through so far & I‘m loving the chemistry & dates! However, if these two MF-ers say “I couldn‘t help but wonder what it meant” when the other shows affection ONE MORE TIME 🤬🤬🤬🤬 I‘m gonna call the book cops! How could you be so CLUELESS?! Miscommunication is not cute!!!

Couldn‘t get into it :( really wanted to give this one a try

Such a cute one!! I liked their friendship so much & seeing them both rise from the toxicity they had been exposed to was 👌🏼 they‘re practicing real communication?? Therapy?! A+

🩷🥹 swoooning! Had a few thoughts while reading (too much emphasis on her job, too many fights, oh these two *hate, hate* each other) but I loved them & every decision! It wasn‘t a typical enemies to lovers; there was actually substance + discord. They also didn‘t resolve their decades of arguments in one swoop. It felt real and honest and healthy! The clones were also really funny & cute

It was ok! I blitzed through most of it and had a hard time caring too much. I like how we got a slice of the loop, but how does the whole entire book take place in ONE DAY?! Also, thankful there were so many good people in their lives

🥹🥰 love!! Charlie + Bailey are absolutely perfect! I wish we got more information on Charlie & got to see his side of things deeper than we did. Also didn‘t like any of their friends 😂 but give me these two, with their banter, doing random stuff forever and I‘m sold

🤩 can I have 24,000 extra pages of their relationship please?? It stinks that they spent more of the book apart than together, but I reeealllly liked them! Also 👏🏼 love reading about men who are kind, respectful, & serious about sex! Plus, lots of diverse characters! A win for me

I gave Ginny Baird another try, and eeeh. This one as ok! I almost bailed but stuck through it because I liked the plot so much. It just wasn‘t given the spark it could‘ve had. Katie + Mateo‘s chemistry was told to us more than it was shown (and then they both acted like the other didn‘t like them?) so the writing just isn‘t my style! There were also a couple grammatical errors - don‘t know if it was just my version.

I actually liked this! Wasn‘t the biggest fan of icebreaker, and this book showed the author‘s style developing. It was a really sweet story with lovable chemistry from Russ and Aurora. The look into their mental health was treated beautifully, too!

🌶️ this book was MUCH spicier than expected! I loved their chemistry, fluff, and the story‘s sex-positive lens. I audibly LOL-ed during their first time because of the awkwardness. Fun overall!

Not for me. Their voices weren‘t my favorite. There were also too many characters I didn‘t feel inclined to like, and I got a bit lost

Oh gosh, this read like gossip from a journal, not an edited, published novel. I didn‘t know where to turn with the unlikable characters, and the choppy sentences were poorly written. And their arguments? How did it go from 0 to cutting her hair? That‘s so toxic and immature. I bailed; not for me

Nice! Had a pretty quick twist/resolution, but I absolutely loved the ending. Marie Lu does such a great job at weaving these stories together. Lighthearted, action packed. I just wonder where the rest of the band went? Weren‘t there more guys?

Didn‘t want this book to end! I loved how visual these authors were; I felt myself in the snowy, NYC streets and parties. Some plot points became irrelevant overtime and I wish it were longer and actually developed their complexity (Emma‘s chronic loneliness and desire to “fix” Nadine, Emma being considered childish, the grief around George‘s dad + Emma‘s mom, etc) there seemed to be so much more there. All in all, loved this story!

Not my style. I kept getting lost in the wording and the writing. Fake dating is TOTALLY my bag! But sadly, not this time :(

The years kept going and going and I didn‘t like the characters any more with each passing page. Ignoring “I‘m Jewish and I‘m here to make fish with muscles and chorizo,” bc sure. But it felt like I was reading scenes of things I liked (The Bear, Mindy Project) with people I really disliked 🙅🏻‍♀️ so not for me

I really enjoyed Jack + Elsie! The chemistry, the storyline, the no-nonsense. But then she kept bringing up the article this 30+ year old man wrote when he was 17?? And she kept doubting his feelings?? And everyone treated “hating theorists” like it was bigotry, not an academic opinion he clearly didn‘t feel (and said he didn‘t multiple times). A little frustrating. But I loved watching her gain confidence; these academia politics are VERY REAL!!

😍 Christina and Lauren write chemistry so well; I could feel it bounce off the page when these two met and talked and interacted. I really liked seeing them use mature communication and coping skills; there were times they were mad and the warfare was funny, but then they got to a point where they actually talked. And I think that made all the difference

I liked the flashbacks more than the present day, but the overall story was a fun one to follow. Very cute and predictable, and her fiancé was ??

😭😭😭😭😭😭🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡 crying! Beautiful, beautiful story! Recommend wholeheartedly

🤩💜 love stories about childhood frenemies & this one was really cute! She was kind of dumb for not seeing any signs when Holden was V (capital v) predictable. I liked their chemistry; the documentary stuff was just left unhandled? The Trevor plot line was really beautiful though

Cuuuuteeeee! There was a lot going on and the main was rude, but I liked it! I wish it focused more on their frenemies dynamic and the blooming relationship, but the times when it did were 👌🏼

🩷😭 I‘m in love!!! This was so beautiful. There were times I was bothered by Fizzy‘s objectification, and I wish it wasn‘t used as a “funny personality quirk.” But I LOVED Connor, and I loved their chemistry, and I loved this story! Christina Lauren books >

I liked it!! The chemistry between Cal & Kathleen was so well written and fun. And their bickering didn‘t feel excessive and toxic, but more like old friends with baggage. And watching them grow through this was great

I didn‘t enjoy Harriet as much as I wanted to. We only got to see her being a jealous, unsupportive friend and then suddenly supporting the relationship. So it‘s hard to see her as the loving bff that the book wanted to paint her as

It was cute!! A little hot and cold, which I dislike. And the whole discourse of “I don‘t need fancy things and I‘m so independent” is a little overplayed.

Oh my goodness, I gave Colleen Hoover one more chance (y‘all know how much I don‘t enjoy these books) and I couldn‘t do it. The writing is so immature and bland, and the story wasn‘t developing at the pace I was looking forward to. Couldn‘t finish; glazed over the ending and ? Confused.

Just didn‘t sit with me. Kind of all over

Fun!! I liked it & really felt the chemistry between them.

🥰🥰🥰🥰 SWOOOONING! Related SO MUCH to the main & this amazing story! Love love the fluff and fun

Happy tears 🩷 what a beautiful story, one I will sit with for some time and reflect on - a hard hitter. Wonderfully written and such a phenomenal message on love, forgiveness, and facing our vulnerabilities.

Kept me intrigued for a time but felt a little *too* hating game after a while, especially at/around the wedding. They were cute together though!

The writing style lost me pretty quickly, sadly! Had to bail. Was a cute concept that I wanted to like (rival reviewers) but it seemed discordant and just not my style.

🤩 HIGHLY CUTE! I loved this book! So sweet and 🧀 - their relationship developed so much in so few pages, and it was written in such a funny, exceptional way! Great OCD descriptions too!

Idk what to think of this; it read a lot like Wattpad. I liked their connection and how it grew throughout the story, but I don‘t like helpless main needing to be protected at all costs by the manly man via super destructive jealousy— and that‘s what a lot of this felt like! Plus, why did she hate him so much at first? The hot/cold seemed aggressive, not like the enemies-lovers trope.

Cute! It ended up moving fast towards the middle/end, which isn‘t really a bad thing. There was a great view of mental health and an awesome support of each other throughout. I liked their chemistry, too! A little cringe at times but they played it off well 😂

PASS. Sadly. I had a hard time with the main and zero energy to give her any patience. Really thought this was exactly the kind of book I was looking for!

So far I‘m skipping through most of the monologue and jumping to the dialogue. There‘a no gripping drama and what was expected to be the conflict is actually not? They were enemies for like 2 pages! They secretly started hooking up at the beginning of the book and it hasn‘t been an issue at all??

This book was way shorter than expected! I binged it in one sitting and it was fun to read. I liked how direct it was and how the characters wasted no time 🥰 so refreshing to see two healthy adults avoiding the intense and toxic up and downs

😍 I loved this book! So easy to binge, so imperfect, and so nicely written. I loved the dialogue, the chemistry, the wild rawness of it all. They weren‘t perfect, and I was annoyed at their stupidity a few times, but it was such a cute glimpse into a beautiful friendship that I will now hold dear and pretend is mine