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This book was absolutely adorable and I couldn’t get enough of it.

Sophie is a romance novelist, but she’s never been in love and once a slightly embarrassing video of her surfaces on TikTok she comes up with a great idea to help with her writers block.

Does she end up finding love? Read it and find out. Trust me, it’s worth it. There are also some pretty steamy scenes 🥵

There’s even plot twists that weren’t anything I was expecting and it kept me on my toes. I find books that have that drama factor, just makes it that more interesting to read.

I think it’s cool how she mentions her first book in her second book and they’re characters in this world… her sister and sisters husband so I’m interested to see how that book will be.

Kudos to Erin because I loved this book! I can’t wait to read anymore books that she’ll write in the future.

Thank you to NetGalley, Harlequin Trade Publishing and Canary Street Press for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Overall, it was okay. A good beach read if you are looking for some spicier moments and modern drama.

I really wanted to love this book. It had a good enough plot idea - a romance writer who has never been in love meets with their exes to figure out what has gone wrong. A funny idea, and a great trope. However, the characters fell flat for me and I felt that there were some extra embellishments that didn’t really add a ton of value to the story. But maybe I feel that because I wasn’t fully bought in.

I would be interested in reading Poppy’s story though, so I will continue to follow the author!

Such a cute and dynamic story. It really explored the complexities of families and friendships who have gone through hard times and come out stronger. A little spicy but I would definitely recommend. I didn't realize it was the second in a series but totally not necessary to read the previous book to get the full experience.

Sophie needs to finish her manuscript or her publisher will yank her advance payment and she'll be at career stage zero all over again. Sure, she's wrote one bestseller, but as her deadline approaches she finds her own inability to love or acknowledge it altogether is keeping the 'happily ever after' locked behind writer's block.

Inspired by the confidence she gains from her hottie-former-teen-star-crush-neighbor-landlord, shes going to interview her past partners and work her way through what went wrong. Though, in some cases, breakups were the exact thing she needed. Its all part of what twists a plot together to make a life. Sophie has quite a bit of life to sort through to get to her own happy ending.

What 'Plot Twist' does best is give Sophie & Dash (see aforementioned hottie) time to themselves. They each have toxic relationships and stellar supportive friends that shape them on page as you go. I loved reading Sophie & her sister, and Dash & his sponsor. These individual moments for our couple contributed to the drama but also how they apply other social epiphanies to building a new relationship.

Can I give extra points for the name drop of several bucket list LA area bookstores? I can and I will. Have some points!

You'll love reading 'Plot Twist' for its journey. Sophie & Dash both find it hard to see happiness while they're hurting. But finding someone worthy of trust, and taking a chance can be the start of something they never expected to have - love.

Interesting story from Erin La Rosa. I enjoyed the characters and plot of Plot Twist but it missed the build of her last book. Dash’s and Sophie’s story was cute but felt like there were holes in the development of their relationship. I really liked the overall storyline, but wanted more realistic build. I do hope Poppy has a story to come! Alcoholism and family dysfunction were handled with care.

Such a sweet and cute read! I couldn't stop grinning! The main characters are easy to love and root for. I especially loved the vulnerable moments Sophie and Dash had in the book. Moments, where Sophie revisit her exes, were a little annoying and frustrating. I enjoyed how Sophie realized she wasn't the best partner in her past relationships. Sadly her exes would treat her horribly as she tries to make amends which kinda overshadowed the experience for me. Maybe it's my toxic trait to think Sophie could do no wrong.
I don't think the title matches the book well. There were no moments in the book that really surprised me that the title feels a little mismatched.
This is my second book by Erin La Rosa and I have enjoyed "Plot Twist" twice as much. I look forward to the author's future works.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Harlequin publishing and NetGalley. Thank you and the Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

This is the first book I read by this author. I was attracted by the cover of the book. It had everything I love in a romantic comedy; best friend's grumpy brother, neighbors, close proximity. I loved the premise of the novel and the characters. I loved how realistic and relatable the main characters' are individually, especially the struggle with alcoholism, or finding love. However, I felt there was no relationship connection between the 2 main characters, that "spark".
Overall, I would still definitely recommend this book. It was still a cute fun read.

I enjoyed this sweet and sexy romance, which included hints of necessary angst and tackled sensitive subjects such as alcoholism and dysfunctional family relationships, just as much as the author's previous book. The forced proximity and friends-to-lovers tropes were also well-executed.

The main heroine, Sophie Lyon, is a romance writer suffering from writer's block with only six weeks left to finish her new book for her contract. Her lack of love life has killed her passion, so she decides to face her past by meeting with her exes to understand what went wrong in her relationships. She plans to document her meetings on social media, which helps her become a TikTok sensation.

Her landlord, Dash Montrose, who was once a teen heartthrob, offers to help her during her romance journey. This plan may also benefit Dash, who has long fought with alcoholism. Coming from Hollywood royalty, he intends to stay out of scandals, but he can't help being attracted to Sophie, leading them to become friends with benefits. Their chemistry is palpable, but they both like each other more than they can admit. Sophie has never fallen for someone before and is confused about her feelings, while Dash deals with heavier issues and feels he's not good enough for her. Can they fight against their insecurities to ride into the sunset for their HEA?

The cover is dreamy, and the love story is appealing. I enjoyed this book and look forward to reading more Erin La Rosa romances in the near future.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for sharing this digital reviewer copy with me in exchange for my honest thoughts.

Sophie is a romance writer with one book under her belt and a deadline for book two loomimg. Dash is Sophie's best friend's brother. He's also an actor who she's had a crush on since a teen and her landlord. There's a lot going on. They don't communicate until a drunken night earns Sophie some social media notoriety and a visit from Dash. What starts as a short conversation turns into a friendship that gets a bit more complicated.

I loved the dynamic between Sophie and Dash, but sometimes struggled with Sophie's indecision. That was the point, though. Commitment and Sophie were not friends. Some of the side characters could have used more development.

A fun read! I plan to go back to read book one in the series.

Thanks to NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for the ARC of this book for an honest review.

I thought the cover and title were cute, and I know the publisher is pretty much the OG of romance, so my expectations were high. And they were not met.

The characters just felt so shallow. It's hard to find a character drinking, oversharing, and puking on their landlord appealing (and he's surprisingly chill about being puked on, which... ugh). Any book that deals with celebrities and fame tends to feel unrealistic, including this one, but the descriptions of a romance writer's deadline dilemma felt equally off. And there is sooo much about TikTok, which is going to date this book.

Thanks to the publishers and Netgalley for the opportunity to read a temporary digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is the first book I have read by Erin La Rosa and it will not be the last! This is a sweet read, with spice thrown in!

It features Sophia who is a romance author who has never said I love you and Dash, her handsome neighbor who is a former teen actor and recovering alcoholic.

Will Sophia ever be able to say those three little words? What part does Dash play into all of this!? Read this to find out!!

Thanks to NetGalley for the arc copy!!

The cute cover and book description is what drew me to want to read this romance novel. Once I started, however, I just could NOT get into it or even care about the characters. Sophie drove me absolutely CRAZY at how immature and insufferable she is. I just did not like her at all. I’m not sure WHY the author wrote it this way, but if I heard one more time about Dash talking about Sophie’s apparently snaggle canine tooth, I was going to LOSE it. What the heck was up with that tooth reference over and over? To show Sophie was flawed? That’s was easy to do without the repetitive tooth reference.

I don’t mind a spicy book, but the descriptors of the spicy scenes just were a turn off. It had clunky dialogue and unnecessary crude descriptors that just made me want to turn the page and skip the scenes.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I love TikTok and I’ve read a few newer releases which referenced TikToks or involved characters discussing TikToks. I feel like using the social media platform as such a large part of the storyline will leave this book dated in a few years. It’s like someone 20 years ago setting the romance around MySpace. How relatable is that now???

I have not read anything else by this author to compare, but if reads like a first book published. It just feels like it needs more editing and some rewrites to make it less cringeworthy to me.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Publishers for the chance to read this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

**I want to start by being fully transparent; I received this as an ARC from publisher and NetGalley BUT that does NOT sway my feelings/opinions at all. This is a fully unbiased review formed from my own thoughts after reading. Thank you NetGalley and publisher for allowing me this eARC copy**

Obsessed with their story

I absolutely adored this rom-com. There was so much great representation and real issues that came up throughout the book.

Sophie rents from Dash and happens to be his sister’s bff. She’s an author and lost her creative juices and made a big public mistake. She embarks on a mission to find out what went wrong with her past relationships (kind of reminded me of Scott Pilgrim??) and found love right beside her.

Thank you so much to Harlequin Trade Publishing and NetGalley for the ARC!

I will be honest, the cover is what attracted me to this cute book!! The book follows Sophie Lyon who had a little luck with her first book, however, she is struggling to make her second book happen and has been given 6 weeks to get it done or lose her contract. Her problem is, she can’t write a happily ever after for her characters when her own luck in love has been not so good. After a video of her going viral, drunk and proclaiming that love isn’t real, she knows she’s ruined any chances of finishing her book.

While Dash, her best friends brother as well as her landlord, isn’t looking for something serious, Sophie is. Dash comes from a famous family and has his own struggles with sobriety. Throughout the book, their relationship grows closer and they both realize they’re better together. Sophie never felt cared for in her previous relationships, and I love how she’s pansexual- and with Dash, she’s able to be herself.

This is my first book by Erin La Rosa and it was sweet and an amazing read!! I would definitely recommend this book if you’re looking for a cute and quick romance story.

In case of trigger warnings, there are mentions of sobriety/alcoholism.

Thank you NetGalley and Harlequin for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my review!!

I loved this book so much! I really didn’t know what it was about when I started reading it, but I quickly was obsessed! The characters are well developed, and I couldn’t help but love them all!

First let me thank netgalley, Canary Street Press and Erin La Rosa for the opportunity of receiving an eARC.

The book cover was the one that caught my attention. A girl with a book next to a guy with tattoos. I’m sold.

“The truth is that I am in love, but the person I love is dealing with a lot of personal things they have to work out. And as much as I’d like to be with them, I’m giving them the space they need. I don’t know if we’ll be together at the end. But I do know that I have my happily ever after, because I love them, and that’s all I need.”

The book revolves around Sophie and Dash. Sophie is an author and dash is actor from a well known family. His famous brother is the top actor. So he is famous more famous that Sophie.

Let’s say Sophie and Dash like each other but because of the best friend that happens to be the sister they never allowed those feelings to get out that’s it until Sophie goes famous on tiktok.

Let’s the games begin. You will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed reading the book. Friends to lovers type of story.

Obsessed with Dash and Sophie! Erin’s writing really does it for me and this book was no different than her first. I could not stop turning pages from the moment I started because she has a great way of writing banter! This book was funny, emotional, witty, and overall such a heartfelt romance. Not only did this book have a little forbidden trope but it also had neighbors trope, bff brother, and childhood celeb tropes involved that made this a 5 star for me! Omg how can I forget a one bed trope!!

Dash’s story in dealing with his alcoholism was written with care in my opinion and could be hard for some folks to read so please read with caution.

I feel like romance readers will be able to relate to Sophie’s character so much as she goes on the tour of the ex’s to find out why none of her past relationships have worked.

I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did!

A cute rom com for any rom com lover where a former child star with a famous family and a struggling romance author cross paths.

I did like the main characters and found both Dash and Sophie to be unique and interesting. I like that Dash’s story and complicated relationship with sobriety highlights the difficult journey battling addiction is. It’s not easy to talk about, but I found his story to be handled gently and empathetically, especially in regards to the isolation that addiction can cause regarding relationships and friendships. Sophie was a fun and gentle soul of a character who was adorable and so supportive of Dash. I really liked how well they respected each other and how despite having their own conflicts and issues with communication, they were very supportive and clear with each other for the most part. I also really liked having a main character with a pacemaker as us younger generations with heart issues are often overlooked and underrepresented. I also really liked that Sophie was pansexual and how it really shaped her story. It was nice having some positive representation!

As for the writing, while it was good and kept me interested for a lot of the book, there’s still a lot of editing that needs to be done. The story itself felt rather tropey and felt like the tropes took precedence in development over the plot and characters. There’s also a heavy TikTok influence and while I don’t mind pop culture references, it has to be done right and it felt a little cringey at times, even if it played a large role in the story. The side characters were okay but I didn’t really get invested in any of them as they felt rather underdeveloped and very much side characters.

Overall, it was a cute story with unique main characters, but it was just okay and rather unremarkable to me. The representation is what stood out to me the most, but I do wish the story itself would’ve been stronger and more captivating. After some more intensive editing, the flow of things should improve as well.

Erin La Rosa did it again! I loved the other book in this series and loved this book as well! The relationship between the main characters were amazing, and it was great to see the female main character that was so vulnerable and transparent about the issues she was facing. It was also great to see a main male character struggling with his own problems but not letting that bleed negatively into the relationship. This was great for alcoholism awareness and it brought light to the potential lives of child actors. This book was amazing and I can’t wait to purchase it in store for my collection!