A rom-com compared to the likes of Becky Albertalli and Casey McQuiston, where Sam helps her best friend and ex, Christian, to get the girl he has a crush on and Sam realizes she is not straight and also has feelings for the same girl, sounds like a book that is right up my alley.

However, I'm DNF'ing at 22% for a couple different reasons.

The first being that when Christian tries to talk to Ros before asking Sam for help, Ros tells him she isn't interested in a friendship with him. Personally, I am not interested in reading about a boy who disregards someone's boundaries to convince her to give him a chance.

The second is that the writing isn't clicking with me. It doesn't draw me in or compel me to pick up the book to continue reading.

None of this is to say this book can't be great! It's just unfortunately not for me. I do think it has potential, and if Ros hadn't shut Christian down immediately, I would probably give it a little bit further to make a decision.

I did not make it far enough to accurately note CWs or rep.

This is a strong debut and a touching read. It focuses on Sam and Christian, two popular students at their high school. The two used to date, but now are just good friends. When Christian falls hard for Ros Shrew, another students at their school who he seems to have little in common with, Sam agrees to help Christian woo Ros, by taking over his social media and texts -- and even whispering in his ear when Christian and Ros are together. Their efforts are going accordingly to plan, but they did not anticipate on thing -- Sam falling for Ros herself.

Alternating between the points of view of the three main characters, we see how Sam, Christian, and Ros explore their feelings, all while navigating life as juniors and complicated home lives.

I enjoyed this one. Recommended!

This debut story with LGBT characters was ok to say the most. I think maybe I just wasn't the right reader for this story. But for me the plot/story didn't take off until around 60% and the characters just didn't click with me at all.

This was a super fun and quick read and I would highly recommend to anyone who is a fan of high school, contemporary romance with lgbtq+ rep! It starts off a bit slow but starts to pick up in the middle getting more fast paced as it goes on. One thing I really appreciated about the storytelling in this book is that we get to learn more about the main characters while they are interacting and learning about each other. It made for a really fun and genuine reading experience. If you are a fan of tension-filled, rivals to lovers, romances with multiple povs and lots of lqbtq+ rep, this is a great book for you!

2.5 rounded up.

Firstly, thank you to Macmillan for giving me a review copy of this book.

Let me start with the things I liked about this book:
1) Casual Bisexuality: although I love the coming of age feeling YA has to it, when it comes to LGBTQ+ contemporary they're often coming out stories (AND I LOVE THOSE DON'T GET ME WRONG) but it was nice to have a breath of fresh air in which the story was about the characters just existing. Sam just existed and it was nice.
2) the ending: it finished in a satisfying way that made sense for the characters and the story at hand.
3) Christian: he was by far the most distinguished and interesting character in the novel. He had the most depth to his character and I feel he could have been the leading narrator in the book & it would have made it a load better.

Okay here's the rest of my review.
I had high expectations for this book, to say the least. However, it took me forever to read it and I never truly felt attached to the story in any way. Sure the novel has a plot, but even when I was halfway through I felt as if nothing of substance had really occurred. Out of our three narrators, I was only really capable of having one point of view feel unique and personable (Christian). Ros & Sam almost feel like two sides of the same coin and I really struggled to see how their friendship formed, as it didn't actually begin to happen until the second half. The multi-POV approach subtracted from the reading experience because I felt like the same thing kept happening in another voice, again and again.
Overall, I believe the novel lacked structure and that I had too high of expectations. Or simply, it wasn't for me. I can see someone enjoying this as a flip-through read, but I really wanted this to make me feel something and it didn't. It wasn't until I was 80% in that I began to feel involved, but by then it was too late to overshadow my qualms.

DNF’ed 10% of the way through. I love a good messy romcom, but between the idolization of Emma Watson and the admiration of Babson (of all colleges), I just can’t finish it. Only positive reviews go up for The Wellesley News, so I won’t be writing a full review for this one. Thank you to the publisher for the chance to read this book!

Thank you NetGalley for providing me with a digital ARC!

Love Somebody is a YA rom-com about Sam, a charismatic actress, Christian, a popular but nice soccer player and Ros, one of the smartest people at school.
Christian falls for Ros at first sight and Sam plans ways to get them together but what she doesn’t plan are the feelings that start to develop for her new friend.

I really enjoyed this book! It had one of my favorite tropes where the girl and boy are pining for the same person. I thought the characters were very lovable and I liked their character development. I would definitely recommend this to anyone and it’s now one of my favorites!

DNF at 9%

I wanted to read this book because the premise sounded similar to The Half of It, a movie I adore and have watched so many times. But I think I may be too old for this particular brand of YA because Sam likes to create dating profiles just to get people’s numbers then ghost and block them, and that does not endear me to her in a very particular way. I think this has a lot of promise and I’m sure others will love this, but for me it just did not click.

Some if my students will love this but it just missed the the mark a bit for me. There were some cute moments but I was just hoping for more

Full review will be up on pop-culturalist.com closer to pub date. A popular highschool girl, her ex-boyfrined turned best friend, and the girl they both like. This is perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli or Casey McQuiston.

I received this book for free for an honest review from netgalley #netgalley

Oh young love! So fun. A great read.

DNF at 21%.
There was really nothing good about this book. The characters where annoying. The plot non existent. Are you telling me that I had to go through that torture for just a bad review of a HIGH SCHOOL PLAY!!!!

The romance of the story was okay and the main plotline is mediocre. I enjoyed some of the side characters and subplots mroe than the main storylines, but overall just found this book kind of bland.

I went into this book thinking I was going to really like it because I like Cyrano de Bergerac-inspired stories. While the romance aspect of the book was okay I was not really into it as much as I thought I would be. I found myself being more interested in the subplots involving Christians dysfunctional family and Sams absent mother than the romance itself. I found myself wishing that there was more time allocated to dealing with those interpersonal issues rather than the messy romance that played out.