As told in podcast excerpts and Margo's point of view, this is a fun enemies-to-lovers romance. Margo is attending her best friend and podcast co-host's all-expenses-paid Catalina Island wedding courtesy of their sponsors as maid of honor. The best man is Declan, her nemesis. While attending wedding events, Margo has to handle her emotions regarding her concerns with the podcast's future, her relationship with her best friend, and her developing feelings for Declan. She breaks Declan's trust to attempt to save the podcast, but would they ever be able to make it past that? It makes Margo realize there is more to life than the podcast and that not everything needs to be planned to the last detail.

Margo and Jo run a viral podcast giving advice on how to hook up without catching feeling, but when Jo surprises her by deciding to get married, Margo is left to figure out how to keep her disappointed listeners happy.

Margo is not only getting married, but she has taken up one of the podcast sponsor’s offer to host an all-expenses paid wedding trip. On the trip Margo comes up with the idea to keep their podcast listeners happy she will complete a social experiment: break all her own dating rules to prove the rules are there for a reason, and she has found the man for the job, her school nemesis and best man to the groom, Declan Walsh.

This was a cute story. I really liked Margo as a character, she was spunky and fun. The romance between Margo and Declan had some definite spice and really good banter. I didn’t love the past experiences between Margo and Declan, I didn’t feel like it was enough to hold a grudge on the guy for so long, and I felt it dragged a bit of the storyline in the beginning, but once the story got moving it was cute.

If you are looking for a cute & fun beach read for summer, add this one to the list.

Thank you NetGalley & St. Martin’s Griffin for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

<b>Seven Rules For Breaking Hearts written by Kristyn J. Miller? Why would you want to break anyone's heart?</b> I really wanted to love this debut novel, but it just wasn't my cup of tea. I found myself forcing myself to actually finish this book, it kept putting me to sleep, I just couldn't find a connection to the characters. The banter was so witty and hilarious, but it wasn't enough for me to love this book. I felt like the characters were a bit childish, but they also annoyed me. I know so many people enjoyed this book, and I wanted to simply because it was so summery, but it just wasn't for me. I wanted so badly to DNF this book, but I just kept moving along ever so slowly. Did I love anything about this book? Yes, I absolutely adored the cover and the enemies-to-lovers trope. I won't dwell on not loving this book more, but I am a bummed because I was so excited to get my hands on this summer read. I don't know if it was the concept or the characters that bored me, but I felt myself yawning with every single turning page. Don't let this review stop you from picking up this book, these are just my opinions only, you may love this story.

THANK YOU TO NETGALLEY AND ST. MARTIN'S PRESS FOR AN ARC OF THIS BOOK IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW!!!!!!!

Margo Anderson has sworn off commitment completely. Margo and her best friend Jo are successful social media influencers, they run a podcast together where they feature rules for hooking up without catching feelings. Jo surprises Margo by deciding to get married and taking up an offer to host an all expenses paid wedding trip to Catalina Island, California. When Jo announces her wedding, Margo and Jo's podcast go up in shambles and they have the whole internet to answer to, since they did make a podcast solely to help out others to hook up without catching feelings, but Jo goes out and does exactly that? I wanted to like Margo, she had potential, but she focused so much on things that happened in the past, instead of looking forward, like a dude you didn't like in high school won't be the same person he was ten plus years ago. Margo simply let the past control her future. Declan was such a sweetheart, I don't understand why Margo let how he acted in high school decide their future, until she actually does catch feelings for Declan when she swore she never would simply because he was so annoying over ten years ago.

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TO MY RANTING TED TALK💜.

Cute, clever, and sexy too Seven rules for breaking hearts is a delight to read.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Margo and her best friend, Jo are successful podcasters and Instagram influencers. They do a podcast about hooking up but with no entanglements. Then, Jo breaks all the rules and decides to get married. Margo is the maid of honor, of course. But the best man is her nemesis from high school, Declan. He is much better looking than Margo remembers but she will never forget how awful he was to her in high school….or will she?!?!

These characters are a hoot and heat up the pages nicely. Declan is an old fashioned nerd and Margo is a tech savvy podcaster. These two do not seem to have much in common except for a past! Margo has a beef against Declan. She remembers it all very well, all the high school pranks! But, honestly, Declan doesn’t exactly remember it the way Margo does. So, there is quite a bit of miscommunication…up until there is not and then sparks fly!

I needed this escape. This hit me at just the right time. I needed a book which took me away with ease. And this one fit the bill!

Need a cute rom-com for the vacation…THIS IS IT! Grab your copy today!

I received this novel from the publisher for a honest review.

Amazing. I loved this book. I have not been reading a lot of contemporary romances and this caught my attention and never lost it. I devoured this in an afternoon!

a cute and charming romance, i enjoyed this read

thank you to netgalley and to the publisher for this review copy.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for providing me with a free e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Margo and her best friend Jo host a successful podcast that highlights rules for women to follow to avoid catching feelings and to enjoy the single life. However, Margo’s world is quickly thrown off kilter when Jo gets engaged and decides to take up a sponsors offer to pay for Jo’s wedding trip on Catalina Island. With everything changing, Margo decides this is the perfect opportunity to break all her dating rules; and the groom’s best friend seems to be the perfect man for this experiment.
Seven Rules for Breaking Hearts is a cute beachy read that is perfect for the summer. Overall, this was a fun read, and a successful debut novel!

I didn’t enjoy the writing show of this book.
It seemed like it would be a good story but I just couldn’t get past the writing.

I’m sure other people would enjoy this though!!

This book has a cute premise: a podcaster who praises the single life falls for the love of her life, and her cohost is left holding the bag...until she falls too. I hated Margo at first, but her character arc is incredible. She really turns her outlook around and becomes much more likeable by the end of the book. Declan was a sweetheart, though, and fun to read about the whole way through.

This is a fun wedding-themed read perfect for summertime!

Margo and her best friend Jocelyn have made a career out of their podcast detailing rules to follow to stay single. Suddenly Jocelyn is engaged and the basis for their podcast is thrown out the window. Margo decides to reengage the podcast audience by seeing what happens if she ignores all the rules for two weeks. She decides her high school nemesis is the perfect test subject since they will be spending lots of time together prepping for the wedding in the next two weeks and she is sure she will never catch feelings for him. As you can probably guess, things don't go according to plan at all.

This book is "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" meets "The Unhoneymooners" and I could not love that combination more. It's funny, sweet, charming, heartbreaking, and everything in between. I love how real these characters are and while I didn't relate to the celebrity aspect at all, their emotions behind it were so relatable. Highly recommend this one!

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the ARC of this book.

Margo and her best friend, Jo, have a podcast all about how to be a single female enjoying sex without the hassle of a commitment, but things go awry when Jo falls in love and plans her wedding. Of course, the best man turns out to be the guy who made fun of Margo and played horrible pranks on her in high school, but high school was a long time ago and they say there is a fine line between love and hate. Funny plot, witty banter, ample angst and tons of sweet romance. It was a fun read and I am thrilled that I stumbled across this book! I will definitely be looking for more books from this author as her creative characters and fun plot made my day more enjoyable.

All rom com books have the same plot line.
Enemies to lovers
I enjoyed it. But didn't really like any of the characters. If that makes sense.

Seven Rules is a fun summer romcom that will make a cute beach read. I really enjoyed the premise - Margo and her best friend Jo host a podcast about their seven rules for hooking up without catching feelings, but then *gasp* Jo meets the love of her life and is now getting married. In an attempt to keep the podcast alive, Margo says goodbye to the rules so she can see what happens! Add in her high school nemesis, Declan, and some fantastic forced proximity and the steam heats up fast. I think this is a fun premise, but the execution fell a little short.

Since the book and the following romance takes place over the span of two weeks, it feels rushed in the development of the relationship. It also took me awhile to actually like Margo - I don't think I was rooting for her until maybe halfway through our so. There was also just some extreme immaturity at times across the board and it was very frustrating to watch happen at times. But in the end I was happy for Margo and Declan and enjoyed the humorous parts of this book best!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy. All opinions are my own.

Totally predictable but still really enjoyable read about two people who don’t quite see eye to eye on a lot of things. Margo aka Go from the successful dating podcast has had her life upheaval by her podcasting partner and best friend Jo getting married and breaking the rules. Now Margo and the rest of the wedding party travel to Catalina Island for the wedding and festivities but the only problem is the best man aka Declan her high school nemesis. The more time Margo and Declan spend together they begin to enjoy each other’s company and dare I say it have fun. What happens is that Margo learns that the rules are sometimes meant to be broken but other times they shouldn’t be especially when others are involved.

I really liked the inclusion of the mix media throughput the story between the texts, emails, podcasts and twitter feeds. I always like when books include them cause I feel like it brings more authenticity to the characters and the story.


Thank you @stmartinspress and @netgalley for this eARC in exchange for my honest feedback.

I actually really loved this book. I think mainly because of Declan. It’s nice to see a book where the guy falls first and helps a girl see love is worth it. Different than the usual romances out there lately. I also liked that Margo went on a bit of a self journey. I found her to be very annoying in the start but by the end you could see her growth. The ending of the book was so sweet. A solid romance.

Hmmm... I had trouble rating this one, but ultimately decided on giving 3-stars still because I liked the writing AND did, in fact, finish it despite my qualms. Truthfully, I found the FMC to be annoying at at times because she was constantly hyper-fixated on both what NOT to do in social/romantic situations (versus just... doing the thing/reacting like a normal human lol) AND on moments in her life [sometimes concerning others] that happened years prior (read: like in high school), without ever really stopping to consider that people do and can grow/change. While the premise itself is certainly fun (and I do love the forced proximity + E2L tropes), it's also nothing new under the sun per se, thus making this romcom a bit forgettable to me.

I couldn’t get over this one!! It was super adorable and not too cheesy. I really loved Margo’s character and how she grew throughout the book. Declan might just be one of my new book boyfriends. Such a cute book!!

I really enjoyed this book! The main characters were amazing and there was so much growth for Margo. The love story was amazing. Declan sounds like a dream! Jo was the best side character. 10/10 obsessed!

Unfortunately, this one was just not working for me, and I ended up DNFing at around the 65% mark.

To start with what did work: I liked the podcast element of this story. It’s not something I’ve seen a lot in books, particularly romance ones. It was interesting to see and it touched on the idea of how sharing everything on something like a podcast can make it feel like everyone has intimate knowledge about you.

However, the things that didn’t work for me were essentially the kisses of death: the main character and the romance. All of the characters, but especially our protagonist Margot, were not particularly likeable. Margot came off as immature and somewhat selfish throughout the story, and it didn’t seem like she was headed towards any significant character development when I stopped reading.

Then the romance. There was nothing glaringly wrong with it, there just wasn’t enough history or chemistry between the characters for me to care at all about their budding romance. The progression of said romance was also too slow to keep me even slightly invested.

Overall, I’m happy with my decision to not force myself to finish this one, because I simply wasn’t enjoying myself. I think there are better options out there if you’re looking for a summer-y romance or one revolving around a wedding.