I'm not sure if it was a formatting issue or the intended presentation bit I found this book difficult to read. The text messages were hard to follow and really detracted from the story. I could not get involved with the story. There was a lack of chemistry between the main characters and the plot dragged at times. overall this book was a struggle.

I received an arc of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I love the idea of this book but it took me a while to get into it. I will definitely give it another try when I can get my hands on the audiobook!

I loved the writing style right from the start. It was engaging and entertaining. Plus, this book made me laugh, cry, squee, cheer, gasp, sigh, swoon, melt, fan myself, take deep calming breaths in order to move on, gave me goosebumps, made my breath hitch, made me read with misty eyes for like the whole final 15%, it just TOTALLY affected me. My emotions were all over the place and all of them were INTENSE! I utterly LOVED IT!!

Super cute book that will keep the reader entertained the whole way through the book. I really liked the main characters.

I was really excited for this one because I love seeing more representation of sex work and the different forms that can take, but this did not feel like a positive sex work representation, especially as Lark basically got into the sexting at the insistence of a friend. Definitely not for me.

Thanks Netgalley for allowing me to read this book! The title and this beautiful cover drew me in and i was excited to read this book! I will be recommending this book to others for readers advisory.

Where to start?

First issue with the book is the formatting choice to include pictures/screenshots of texting dialogues instead of stylized text blocks. The photos were a real pain to read on kindle (especially on a night setting) and I don't think I'd even want to have them on a physical copy.

I never believed that there was any chemistry or feelings between the two main characters, it was a huge disappointment.

3*

I really wanted to like this book more than I did. While the synopsis was really fun and the storyline intriguing, I just couldn't connect to the characters that well. I missed some sort of character development and found the conversations to fall flat sometimes. The spicy-ness level seems to be pretty high, since the texts are VERY explicit, but the actual scenes felt like those movies when they show them waking up together the next day. That was odd, given how explicit the written texts were. So 3 stars it is.

Thanks to NetGalley and Alcove Press for providing me with an ARC in return for an honest review.

This book had such a great premise that I was so so excited to read, but unfortunately, the main character was so horrible that it ruined the entire book for me. I found the book to be very entertaining for about the first 25%, I thought that it was hitting all of the right marks and was really really funny. But, unfortunately, this really felt like the main character just treated everyone in her life terribly. I also felt as if her and Toby just did not have any chemistry in the slightest. Perhaps this is just me, as I really hate the name Toby, but I just did not find him as an attractive lead at all. I think that the best part of this book was Teagan. She was absolutely amazing and hilarious, plus I have never seen ARO representation in a book before! Thank you to Alcove and Netgalley for a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I wanted to love this book so badly but I just couldn’t connect with the characters but the plot was still good!

TEXT APPEAL is a romcom about a woman in STEM named Lark that gets fired from her developer job, and turns to a job at a texting app afterwards. I wanted to love this story, but there just wasn’t enough plot for me to feel connected, and while I did appreciate the sex positivity which made for a spicy read, it just wasn’t enough yo make me love this story,

*many thanks to Alcove Press and Netgalley for the gifted copy for review

Intriguing plot, but it just didn’t hold my attention. The story as a whole left me wanting more.
I did like the premise of a woman in STEM and the authors writing so I will definitely be giving her another go in the future.

After a pushy dude injects an unsolicited d*ck pic her work presentation, Lark is fired from her developer job. She turns to a texting app to pay her bills. But when her longtime crush-slash-best-friend starts actually showing interest, she has to figure out how to break to him what she's ACTUALLY doing with her time.

This is a very sex-positive and sex-worker-positive book. There is a LOT of explicit conversation both in the texting and in conversation... but the sex scenes that ACTUALLY happen between characters are fluttering curtains and closed doors. It's... curious.

The book is fun, and spicy, and the characters are all fun. They're not, like, super developed and intricate characters. But they're fun. It really is just a spice filled chunk of life. There's a lot of "why do dudes do this?" commentary. (Looking at you unsoliciteds.)

The third act break up situation was so manufactured. The "surprise" moment was so not surprising, and I absolutely saw it coming. There were so many attempts by the "wrong" party to actually tell what was happening, but the "right" party didn't allow the space to have an actual conversation. I'm not saying it's easy to have a serious conversation, but adults actually do that on occasion, y'know.

This is definitely one of those books that you read just to get out of your own space for a while. So it's fun for taking your mind off life around you.

I received an Advanced Reader Copy via NetGalley in return for sharing my thoughts on this book. Thanks to the author and publisher for this opportunity!

OK I am having a hard time with this title. I hated that once again we have a female in STEM mistreated and then gets fired. For once can we have a MC fight for their rights! Moving forward I did love the whole sex/text work in the book and it felt empowering. However, the story did slow down a lot. I loved both the MC and the friends to lovers thing. Overall, I think it is a story I will remember but not one I’ll keep around to reread.

Finally ended up getting to this one (on audio from Libby for full disclosure) and I adored it! It was a very cute and fun premise with a lot of witty banter that was just so precious. I absolutely loved following Lark as she discovered her sexuality and fell in love.

I will say the third act breakup was a little frustrating because my my were we on a very high horse! But it all works out in the end as per usual!

This was a super fun women in STEM romcom with tons of banter, humor, and spice—a total delight and fun, fast read!

This book had a lot going for it - stem career and sex positive. However the romance was lacking chemistry. It was friends to lovers but it just felt more like friends to me.

Good not great. Some natural challenges with friends to lovers (very obvious signs missed, the torture of waiting for them to get together) and some overly wrought descriptions kinda killed the vibe.

I think this book had the potential of The Roommate by Rosie Danan but just didn’t go as hard.

I really tried with this book, but at nearly halfway through I just had no interest in it whatsoever. I feel like that is a decent attempt to give a rating.

i tried my hand at reading this book twice. But both times DNFed it. I somehow did not like the way the story was progressing.