This is a Cute little romance for the modern young woman!!! The main character is adorable and realistic. I want to keep rooting for her as she tries to get her life together. I would like a little more main character development toward the beginning. Overall, this was a great read for chilling by the pool.

Struggled to finish this. I was excited by the blurb and the cover but the book itself just didn’t do it for me. The characters were undeveloped and the main character was extremely unlikeable.

Mixed Signals is a cute, light-hearted, angsty at times, a bit silly, quick read. If you're looking for a romance novel that will be quick to read, resembling other comedy romantic films out there this might just be your cup of tea.

I was looking forward to reading this book as the cover especially caught my eye, it's one that I would guarantee would make me want to buy it in any bookstore. The blurb, as well, called out to me with the meet-cute, fate playing with the two characters. Unfortunately I couldn't connect with Julie.
While I don't have an issue with continuing to read a novel even if the main character isn't my cup of tea. However, apart from Nico, who sounded like a saint! honestly the perfect love interest, no one else in the book caught my eye. I went into this thinking I would love it but it was too silly and Julie's reactions were too abrupt at times for me. Not to mention some of the relationships seemed borderline toxic and I didn't appreciate the little bits of fat shaming in the book. Overall, it was a fine read, there were many instances of the book I enjoyed but many little things prevented me from enjoying it fully.

This book is likely to be polarizing. It’s a cute concept with a cute cover design, there’s decent chemistry between the two main characters. However, it’s likely to be triggering for anyone with body image issues. For this reason, I cannot see myself recommending it.

*Spoiler Alert*

Julie Laurich is a corporate banker, so love at first sight isn't something she really believes in. Besides, she's still reeling from the out-of-the-blue breakup with her fiance. So when Laurie gets stuck in traffic and locks eyes with the beautiful man in the truck, a change of heart might be in order. In a chance of fate, Julie crosses paths with the man from the truck and the possibility of a rebound is placed at her feet. Until Nico Farfalla opens his mouth and proves he's a not-so-nice-guy.

Yet Julie can't help her unyielding attraction to Nico despite her on-again off-again distain for him. And Nico can't be swayed away from her either despite her constantly pushing him away. But as their paths continue to cross, Julie realizes she was wrong about the beautifully rude truck guy. And when an opportunity for a job promotion in a new state gets in the way of a budding relationship, Julie must put aside her pride and decide what it is she truly wants.

I'm such a hopeless romantic that the simplest of meet-cutes will suck me in. Locking eyes with a gorgeous man in traffic? Sign me up! The prospect of falling for someone at first sight, promptly losing that person, then crossing paths with them again is an adorable premise for the book. The problem was the execution in Mixed Signals. Right off the bat we are barraged by Julie's best friend, Liz, telling her that if she wants to be worthy of a rebound with someone as gorgeous as truck guy then Julie has to "chisel up." The undertones of the book was filled with body shaming and abusive ideology of body image. There's a reason todays society has such a skewed view of a persons worth based on their body shape and weight. It's a perpetuating problem with media, and Mixed Signals is quite the instigator. It wouldn't have been an issue if at the end of the book Julie had decided she was worthy of a man exactly the way she was--but that's not the way it went. Rather than reading a cute, light contemporary rom-com, I went away feeling worse about myself DESPITE my knowing my worth is not based on my weight-- something I struggle with daily.

There wasn't a single character I liked in this book--aside from Nico, although there's nothing special to write home about in his case. Every other character in the book was a bully in some form. I want to believe that Julie is the terrible character she is because of the abusive relationships she has in her life, but at some point a person has to take accountability for their actions--which Julie never does. To judge a person so harshly by eavesdropping in on a conversation that was taken so out of context, and then bullying that person because of the way you've decided they are was infuriating to read.

What I liked:
-Literally nothing (I'm sorry, I really tried to think of something)

What I didn't like:
-Body Shaming
-Abusive relationships
-Immature, self-absorbed main character

I'm giving Mixed Signals by Mia Heintzelman one star. Thank you to the publisher and to Netgalley for granting me this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Really fun and quick read! It was a story that reminded me of the class Christina Lauren books. It also helped my ease my craving for a juicy romance with drama. The title of the book seemed fitting for the story. It was originally what drew me in. The cover design was something that also drew me to the book because it was so similar to the usual Romance I read.

Great start but didn't follow through, kept falling asleep during kindle narration.Managed to finish the book, barely. Didn't like Julie much but Nico was a patient,loving and sweet man that didn't deserve to have to deal with Julie.The real star of this book was Julie's friend Liz,wish there was more about her.Not likely to read any more books by this author.

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Thank you Netgalley and Levi Lynn Books for this ARC.

Mixed Signals is the perfect weekend read. A quick and light romance with enough depth to keep you reading.

Julie’s character development was well written with an interesting dynamic with every character she interacted with, from Patrick to Celeste, to Sophia, her mom, and even Nico. All unique interactions that added to her character as a whole.

Nico is definitely book boyfriend material and enough reason on his own to pick up and read this book.

Unfortunately some parts of the book felt rather choppy and abrupt. The setting of Vegas also felt meaningless and could have been leveraged much more.

Overall, not a bad read.

Sorry, this one didn't do it for me.
Just couldn't get with the characters and that made it difficult to power through this book.

*Thank you to the publisher and to Netgalley for granting me this eARC in exchange for an honest review*

Mixed Signals is a cute start to the series. Julie is a believable character who’s just recently suffered a breakup and her best friend, Liz, is trying to get her back in the game.

Nico is a friend of a friend who seems to be perfect for Julie but she’s resistant to let him in.

Heintzelman has written a cute story about second chances and being willing to put oneself out there and the prospect of finding love

Such a cute cover and premise. I did find the character a bit unlikable and struggled to find a connection to the characters. I love when I get pulled into the story and this one didn’t pull me in as much as I hoped.

Julie's been dumped and is struggling to get over the love of her life. She is struggling with the expectations of family, friends, and her own hopes and dreams. But.... She's kind of a mess. When she sees a random hit dude in a truck, cue fantasies and a string of disasters that bring them together and push them apart.

This was a one-day read, so it moved pretty quickly if that's what you're looking to read next. It felt like reading a slaptick comedy movie a la Bridesmaids. To be fair, those just aren't my kind of movies, so I might not be the target audience. The book heavily hinted at deeper themes, but to me none of them quite landed. Julie is struggling with having gained weight, but it is treated with way more fat shaming than support. There is grief at the previous loss of a family member, the ache to start a family of her own, and the complications of her remaining family, but none took the kind of deep dive I was hoping they would. I am glad that by the end the protagonist was able to recognize her previous relationship was crap. Unfortunately I needed the character to get her drama together or talk to someone about it... and to maybe address some of the other crappy relationships in her life head on, beyond just the ex (and a very believable creeper in a bar). If we're going to go into these issues, I wanted them to be less superficially treated, because the bones are there for this book to have been more satisfying for me.

There's chemistry between the leads, but it felt a little too high school in terms of emotional intelligence so I was hoping for more. Then again, as mentioned earlier, I finished it in a day. So while I quickly realized I could never be friends with any of these characters, I did read about them.

Advance reader copy provided by netgalley for review.

This... was really not my cup of tea and I'm pretty disappointed because the blurb sounded good, that cover is really cute, and who doesn't love a sweet romance about fate and tangled lines? But, no. I struggled to get through this and skimmed through the majority of it because we all know I hate to DNF, especially when it's an ARC. I could see the potential in this, but honestly, the story and the characters were so sorely underdeveloped I ended up feeling zero connection to any of it. The writing was also all over the place, which made it even more difficult to get into the story, though what I enjoyed the least was the main character, Julie Laurich.

Julie grated on my nerves. She was unbearably rude, selfish and completely self-absorbed. Her character found everything irritating and she lost her shit, going from 0-100 in the blink of an eye, so frequently and over nothing that it was just stupid. I absolutely couldn't stand her attitude at all. I understand what it's like to be defensive and to want to protect your own heart, but Julie's character had absolutely zero reason to blow every little thing out of proportion, especially when it came to Nico. None of it made sense to me, and if she did have a reason, it wasn't clearly articulated in the story. If I met someone like her IRL, I would likely run in the opposite direction, fast!

Thanks to NetGalley and publishers Levi Lynn Books for the free copy in exchange for an honest review. This review will be posted to my blog closer to the date of publication.

While I was excited for this book prior to starting it, I had a very rough time truly enjoying the book. I could not connect with the main character at all. I actually did not care for any of the characters in the story, but its hard to like a book when the main character leaves such a bad taste in your mouth. I have heard great things about the author so I am hoping to check out one of her other novels in the future.

What an aptly titles book: Mixed Signals garnered Mixed Feelings in me about what I thought of the novel.

If you’re looking for a light hearted book, easy to flip through without devoting too much time and energy and don’t mind underdeveloped characters, then this is for you.

For me, however, I hated Julie, the main character. I hated the fat shaming. I hated her best friend. The relationships in her life were toxic. I can deal with this if characters are developed further. But this wasn’t. This book seemed to throw bits down and expected you to make what you could of it.

I liked the premise; I enjoyed the revenge body idea - who hasn’t broken up with someone and decided to revamp their hair or wardrobe? I just thought it could be a little more sensitive and bypass the body shaming our main characters goes through. Who’s best friend would tell them to go to the gym because they’ve got fat, and allow them to be measured in front of an audience and then screamed at until they accepted they were angry with themselves for allowing themselves to become so disgusting? Urgh. It just puts me on edge.

I liked that Nico and Julie kept running into each other. I thought that was well done.

Overall I wouldn’t recommend this book. It made me more angry than happy and when I open a book like this I just want to feel better, not worse.

I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions in this review are my own.

I am trying to be more intentional about reading books from authors of color so I was really excited to read this. It definitely seemed right up my alley. It is a very light and easy read. However, I had a hard time liking the characters and that made it difficult to connect with the characters. The beginning of the story was great and I thought the rest would be like that but it wasn’t. It was difficult to even finish. I would not recommend.

Mixed Signals is my first book by this author. And even thought this is first book in a series I would not be continuing this series.
I would say this is light, chick lit read...perfect for summer read. But I found it at times very boring and hard to continue. I couldn't connect with the characters. They were annoying, without depth and overall toxic to each other. I loved the beginning of the story and plot line was very promising sadly actual book was not for me.
Not my type of read even a lighter one.

This was my first book from this author so I wasn't sure what to expect. From the summary, I thought this would be a great book. Great storyline and I love books where enemies fall in love and become lovers. This novel is about Julie and Nico.

I disliked Julie from the start; she was a walking disaster. Liz, her best friend, is mean. She tells Julie to get back to her ex she needs to exercise and get a makeover (insert eye roll). I just couldn't get into the stories that were told, they seemed so far fetched and the judgments that Julie jumped to when overhearing conversations about Nico was just stupid. I was mad at her for being so naïve. LOL Not sure why Nico would still be interested in Julie after how she treated him, with the mixed signals (that's for sure!) throughout the book. It was a light read and a little too superficial to truly enjoy it.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.
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This is Julie and Nico‘s book, Julie is a corporate banker when she gets stuck in traffic the man of her dreams just happens to be right next to her in a sexy black truck ,he would just be the perfect rebound that is until he opens his mouth! Julie doesn’t even know him but she knows she already hates him and because the universe is blind to all the warning signs sexy Niko just keeps happened to pop up in all the places that she’s at but soon Julie discovers he’s not what she thought he was oh he still hot but he’s not a jerk like she thought he was !LOL this book was definitely ok it was funny and a light read no major drama and angst happens it’s just a nice even keel book, it has some steam to it but not too much if you like a nice light read this one’s for you! Thank you netgalley and the publishers for sharing this book with me!

I received this book from NetGalley for a honest review.

Seeing a hot guy in traffic is the best and worst thing that can happen, especially when you never see them again or talk to them. Rip all hot guys in passing. ;(
I liked this book a lot and thought it was funny. I do wish Julie would have been a little more easy going with Nico but I’m glad they actually go together. Seemed like she needed to sort through her stuff in order to move on and I’m so happy she did. Also that sex scene caught me by surprise lol. Her ex is trash and I do wish Nico would have beatbox him up lol

If uh the author is seeing this, can we get a book from Nico’s pov :p