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Fly with Me

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I went into this book with no expectations, fully expecting just a standard romance book. However, what I got was not only an incredibly fun, sweet, sapphic romance, but a powerful story about the struggles of letting go of a loved one.

Right off the bat I felt very connected to all of the characters in the story. They made me laugh and cry and I was incredibly invested in them and their lives. I’m also a huge sucker for a Grumpy/cynical x Sunshine trope and this author absolutely delivered on that with Stella and Olive.

I don’t think I fully have the words to do this book justice but what I can say is that I think everyone should read it. I loved everything about this book and I can’t wait to read more from this author!

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I received this book for free for an honest unbiased review from Netgalley.

I wish more books were this well written. Characters were witty and the setting fantastic.

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Cute story with strong themes of mental health and grief but still told in a way that is tremendously moving. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the free advance copy.

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I truly enjoyed this book and how it connected emotional/mental health to not just one, but both our main characters. You get fake dating, you get different reasons of being afraid of things in life, you get revelations. You also get misogyny in a heavily male lead industry and it’s extremely relatable. I loved that we got to really go on a journey with Stella and Olive. Nothing ever seemed forced.

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I read this one in a day. I could not put it down. Loved this opposites attract couple and the one day in Disney was enough to win the entire novel for me! This one isn’t all sunshine and roses as there are real issues but I really loved these characters.
Thank you #griffin and #NetGalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review

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This is a delight of a book, by a gem of a human, and if it's not on your TBR yet you need to change that ASAP.

The meet-cute is completely original, with flying-phobic ER nurse Olive Murphy meeting pilot, Stella Soriano, while helping a passenger with a medical emergency. The event goes viral and Olive is thrust into the spotlight. Combine all that with some fake dating (my favorite trope), opposites attract, a trip to Disney, and family drama, and you've got yourself a steamy, swoony romance in the making.

Seriously, this book gave me all the feels. It had me chuckling one moment and tearing up the next. I can't wait to read more from Andie!

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This book was a cute fun read but it also handled the heavier topics such as grief very well. The characters are likable. Part of the books where a bit boring and hard to read but overall I enjoyed it.

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I really enjoyed this book! I think it was so much more then just a sapphic romance. The discussions of grief, family, sexism + homophobia are so important! The characters were relatable + the banter was top notch! Can't wait to read more by this author!

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Fly with Me by Andie Burke is a fun read focusing on Olive and Stella and how they find their way together. This book had a good story and appealing characters and all in all was a good read.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Fly with Me is available now.

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I really loved the description and cover.. I was let down unfortunately. There was nothing in the book I liked in my opinion. I was bored the whole time. I wanted to DNF this around 50 pages but I kept going hoping that it would pick up but it did not unfortunately.. this wasn’t for me but others may enjoy it..

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I LOVED this book-- it's so heartfelt and sweet and funny. The characters were flawed but likeable. I felt very seen by these messy, neurotic queer girls!

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Thanks to St Martin's Press and Netgalley for this advanced copy.

This book really tugged at my heartstrings, especially as it got towards the end, and definitely had me in my feels. Olive and Stella's story is so sweet while also dealing with such incredible sadness and at times I really felt for them as they tried to navigate their ridiculous "fake" relationship on top of their long-term caregiving and drama. But in the end, I loved the absurd premise of the beginning and how the author took that and grew the characters to a place of understanding.

My only complaint was that it felt like there were too many subplots bouncing around this book and when they all came to a head in the third act it felt like too much piling on. I think one less would have served the plot fine; maybe cut the heinous ex? I don't know, it felt like a lot at points and there was plenty to go around plotwise.

Regardless, I loved this and can't wait to read more from Burke.

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A cute Sapphic read! If you want a fun, cute sapphic romance, you've come to the right place. This book grabbed my attention from the beginning. I really liked it!

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DNF at 50%. The pace of this one was just too slow for me, and although both of the main characters were very likeable on their own, I didn’t care if or how they wound up together. The chemistry was lacking to say the least.

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I tried on multiple occasions to read this book since I have been following the author for a long time. Unfortunately, I was unable to connect with the main character, even with me being a nurse. It was impossible to not want to slap her in the face.

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Unfortunately on the last flight I took, there was no medical emergency requiring a diversion that led to me meeting a hot pilot that offered to drive me to my destination, who I would subsequently run into at a later time and offer to fake date for reasons that don’t make complete sense but end up leading to me falling in love…

Luckily for Olive, that is exactly what happened to her in Fly With Me! This was a very sweet story of two people struggling with family and emotional baggage, but manage to overcome it when they realize they are better together. Stella and Olive were so good together!

There were some medico-legal issues surrounding Olive’s brother that didn’t make sense buuut those issues were a central part to Olive’s conflict with her family and did help build her character.

I’ll definitely be reading more from Burke in the future!

Thank you NetGalley and Griffin for this arc!

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I enjoyed starting this book but it wasn't enough to keep me reading. I really wanted to like it. It very well may be me and not the book. I think it needed a little more unique aspects...I felt I've read it many times even though I really liked the two main characters.

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DNF, I'm over halfway and the should we, we shouldn't have the fake dating situation is annoying me. By now we should be committing to the fake dating and having fun lol. The ex-girlfriend coming back still is also annoying me.

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It was an AMAZING book!! I loved it and would 200% read again! The character development is so good, I really felt like I was there with them in the story

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This was my first book by this author and I enjoyed it. I am looking forward to reading more books from her.

I really liked both Olive and Stella's characters. It took me a little while to get invested in the story since I don't read books in third person POV very often, but once I got the hang of it again, I was interested in seeing where their story would go.

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