Sophie Sullivan's delightful new book How to Love Your Neighbor will appeal to fans of romantic comedies. Both Grace and Noah are likeable in their own ways. Grace is a soon to be interior designer who inherits her grandparents' house next to Noah. Noah has long wanted to purchase the adjacent property to create his dream home and yard. Once they meet, fireworks ensue as the two have competing visions of their perfect place. The banter between the leads is very enjoyable, and the romance is slow enough that reader's believe their long lasting happy end. I will be looking for more from Sullivan, and would recommend How to Love Your Neighbor to any fan of sweet contemporary romance. A fun romp for 2022.

Thank you Netgalley and St Martin’s Griffin for the eARC!

I really loved Ten Rules for Faking It last year and was really looking forward to How to Love Your Neighbor. I really liked Grace’s character but struggled with the drama between her and Noah. The enemies to lovers angle just felt really forced and silly. And then it went from enemies to insta-love and that also felt a little off.

All in all this was a cute, light read and I enjoyed it. I’m looking forward to continuing the series. My favorite parts were when Everly made appearances because I adored her character so much! The home renovation angle was super fun as I love renovation/real estate shows!

How to Love Your Neighbor is out 1/18/22!

3.5/5 stars


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I was excited when NetGalley approved me for Sophie Sullivan's second book which goes along with her first book, Ten Rules for Faking It. While you do not need to read these in order, there are some repeat characters from Noah's family.

This is a situation of next door neighbors who clearly do not see eye-to-eye become antagonistic towards each other and throw in an HGTV-type story.

This is a fun fast book that has some chemistry but won't make your mom blush. It was refreshing that Sullivan didn't feel like she had to cave to the current trends and have explicit sex scenes.

Sullivan does tackle some heavier topics at the same time like parental abandonment and parental deception.

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley. All thoughts & opinions are my own.

I loved this book! It had a little bit of everything that I love - enemies to lovers, witty banter, home renovations, and an adorable rich guy falls for normal girl trope! Not only was this incredibly fun to read but it had quite a bit of substance that sometimes rom coms don't have!

The main character, Grace, is an interior design student who inherits a fixer upper house from her grandparents. Right away I was into that because anything HGTV style is a win for me. Grace is a loveable character who is kind of a jack of all trades. She is so sweet and full of life. She seems to become easy friends with just about anyone.

Noah is the sexy, rich next door neighbor. They quickly become enemies and the hilarious banter ensues! If that wasn't enough, he is OF COURSE remodeling his fancy home. 2 for 2 for the home renos! The relationship that happens between Grace and Noah had a smile on my face from start to finish.

Overall, I loved everything about this book. I will be reading Sophie Sullivan's other books now without a doubt!

Real estate- especially beach real estate- can make people nuts. This sprightly novel about Grace and Noah, two people hoping for fresh starts in houses next to one another hits a lot of tropes but is filled with cheer, humor, and occasionally more serious threads. Grace is in her mid-20s and her grandparents' beach house is meant to be her chance after a life spent doing odd jobs to keep her head above water. Noah, who comes from wealth, has turned his back on his family because he doesn't like their business tactics but doesn't seem to realize that he's being a bully to Grace because he wants her property. Of course these two will find a way to each other, with the help of some loyal friends but how they get there, that's what makes this a good read. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. Good storytelling and engaging characters.

Thank you so much for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest thoughts.

Genre: Contemporary Romance
Pub Date: January 18, 2022
Star Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

This book was an engaging romance read, and for the most part, I enjoyed it. It was. quick read, and I felt like the plot was well-laid out and easy to follow. One problem I did have, though, is I didn't really like either main character. I didn't understand why the main female character hated the male lead almost from the beginning and then magically didn't later on. I felt like the plot was a bit unrealistic, which sometimes comes with romances...but I just didn't whole buy into this story from the beginning.

I did like that this book was fast paced (for the most part) and was. quick, fun read. I wasn't that invested in the outcome, though, and I like to be invested in my romances...it's the mark of great characters! I would still recommend this one if someone was looking for a quick, easy read, though.

Rating: Loved It, 4.5 stars

This book was such a fun time! It's a grump-sunshine, enemies to lovers, neighbor love story. There is fun flirting and bets and then a reality show aspect gets added to the mix. Just a grand time, and I completely devoured this book.

I liked the characters and found their chemistry believable. It is not very steamy at all, just fade to black type scenes, but it was very sweet and fun to read. I laughed out loud a lot at the beginning of the book. It sort of slowed down once the characters got together, but I didn't mind. Even the twist/falling out portion that happens in every romance book was super sweet and resolved quickly.

I had a great time with this book and recommend if you're looking for a sweet and fun love story.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an eARC of this book. How to Love Your Neighbor releases on 1/18/22.

Enemies to Lovers but add a grumpy and sexy real estate developer and add in an eccentric, beautiful, and talented interior designer. Love it or Leave it but there is sexual tension. Honestly, HGTV needs to start making movies like this.

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How to Love Your neighbor is the follow up to Ten Rules for Faking it (both books can stand alone, but same universe) This was a fun read! I didn’t love it quite as much as Ten Rules, but definitely still a good romance read. (Thank you to @smpromance for the eARC!)

After I finished this one, my first thought was “This is what I wanted The Honey Don’t List by CLo to be.” I was very nervous at first going in because I don’t have a stellar record of loving enemies to lovers, but this was an adorable/it worked for me enemies to lovers. The banter between Grace and Noah was 💯. The conflict was not a miscommunication issue which is always refreshing, and the whole cast of supporting characters was enjoyable (and I honestly want more from them. Hopefully some of them will get their own books!)

The biggest drawback to me was it felt repetitive at times, and I found I just wanted more from the story overall.

This was a fun romance read. It is mostly fade to black, so a good option if you don’t love open door romances. I also highly recommend if you spend any time watching HGTV 😂.

I was lukewarm with Sullivan’s first book, so when I agreed to review this, I hoped maybe it was a fluke. Sadly, it was not a fluke, and it’s clear this author isn’t right for me. I didn’t like Noah. He was chauvinistic and shocked that Grace had even an ounce of talent. Because surely, someone must have helped her. Are people so stuck in the 50s that it’s hard to believe a woman can... do things? We’re supposed to think that someone with that way of thinking is an excellent person underneath? It didn’t work for me.

Grace’s inner monologue is the best thing going on here because she’s very funny. I also think she has a lot of unique insight into the world. Then Sullivan (kind of) built up tension with Grace and Noah and then skipped right over the juicy bits, which I guess some people prefer. But I didn’t understand the point of building sexual tensions to just be like, okay, so they did it, now use your imagination. Ultimately, it was a slow crawl to the finish, leaving me feeling lukewarm about the entire book. Thank you, St. Martin’s, for sending this along.

A side note: As an avid reviewer, I know books I receive still go through a final round of editing before release day. Mostly, there might be a stray spelling mistake here and there, but not so with this book. The spelling and grammar mistakes rapidly piled up. In one instance, they’re calling the magazine Home and Heart magazine, and in the next, they call it Heart Homes magazine. Then Noah thinks, “like one of those animals in the game Whac-A-Mole.” One of those animals? Do you mean... a mole, as implied in its name? The book was so utterly sloppy with things like that, it was offputting.

One of my anticipated 2022 releases!

Enemies to lovers but with an instant spark on first meeting
Next door neighbor
Working on a project together

Grace Travis, a design student, and Noah Jensen, a real estate developer, have sparks that I find believable. I thought they were adorable and fun together before discovering they were neighbors, with Noah trying to buy Grace's property. After that, I enjoy the flirty banter between them as they contend over their property issues. I also like how remorseful they are as they come to know and understand each other, realize their preconceptions, and understand they have similar parental problems. While the book's first half is really engaging, I feel like the latter half felt flat and unexciting up until that bit with Grace's mother.

This book has closed-door scenes if it's something that you prefer with your romance. All in all, it's a sweet book I recommend to someone looking for something light and sweet with some home renovation involved!

Thank you, NetGalley, St. Martin's Press, and the author for the advanced e-ARC.

Just a great weekend read to get you through a slump. I find myself laughing at the antics throughout and wishing I had a cute neighbor next door to start a war with.

I received an ARC copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This isn't for me. Listen, I love me some romance. I consume it greedily when I can. I come to rely on its "formulaic" approach as a way to soothe my anxiety because I can rely on romances. They are comforting and dependable. They are also fun and intriguing, or at least they are supposed to be.

The biggest crime of this book is that it's boring. I am all about enemies to lovers but the antagonism was not there. I didn't see the sparks, I didn't see the desire in their body language. The supposed chemistry is just not there, the dialogue was clunky and I am having a hard time connecting with Noah or Grace. I just found it hard to care in general.

Actual Rating: 3.5 Stars

Thank you to NetGalley for sending me an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a cute rivalry romance between Grace and Noah. Grace is currently finishing up interior design degree and inherits her grandparents little house on the beach. She moves in and wants renovate it but Noah (her neighbour and a real estate developer) wants to buy her house to expand his plans. Grace refuses to sell but Noah continues to push which leads to a feud between them that had me laughing out loud at times.

Noah is a sexy and grumpy neighbour and Grace is a strong, smart, resourceful and independent woman. This is Dual POV and I really enjoyed Noah’s chapters to see how his feelings developed for Grace. Both Grace and Noah have family issues (toxic relationships with a parent) which I can relate to.

I wouldn’t say it was a true enemies to lovers as their rivalry wasn’t very heated and they didn’t hate each other. Overall, I enjoyed this cute, light hearted rivalry romance.

*This is a closed door romance*

My favourite quotes (which may be different in the final edition):

“Family isn’t what you were born with. Well, that’s not all it is. It’s what you want it to be.”

“You have the most incredible eyes. The only thing prettier is your mouth. Especially when you smile. When you smile at me, I feel that high I only get when I go for a great run or hit a particularly good wave.”

'How to Love Your Neighbor' will stay with me a long time. The relationship between Grace and Noah is fraught with all kinds of real life problems, heartbreaking ones. As they struggle to overcome their issues any successes are all the more joyous because of their difficulties. I especially appreciated that intimacies were private so that the love story could be appreciated. I'm going to go back and purchase the first book in the series, and I look forward to more.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. The opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.

How To Love Your Neighbor by Sophie Sullivan was a delightful, charming enemies-to-lovers romance. The story was humorous & heartwarming with a huge cast of lovable characters. I particularly enjoyed the witty banter between the main characters and loved watching this slow-burn romance develop. If you’re looking for a heartfelt romance that will leave you smiling, look no further.

Huge thank you to St. Martin’s Press for the gifted arc.

How to Love Your Neighbor by Sophie Sullivan is more about learning to love yourself. Loving yourself despite pasts that make it hard to believe you deserve the best. Loving yourself enough to know that those people in your life who SHOW you love are your people. Loving yourself enough to open yourself up to the possibility of pain in order to find the beauty of the future. Loving yourself enough to believe you deserve all of the success, love, faith and loyalty. I enjoyed the banter and chemistry between Grace and Noah. The design part was a bonus that had me thinking of changes to my own home. Giving yourself permission to protect yourself and allow others to protect you can bring only the best of change. This would be a great beach read (because, beach houses).

This was a really cute story that I found many connections to within my own life. The relationship between Grace and Tammy being the most relatable thing I have read in a long time. As disheartening as it was to watch a character I really liked go through that I found it extremely enduring as a reader to watch her come out the other side. Grace is a lovely MC with so much depth and just the right amount of sass, and Noah was definitely the perfect counterpart to her. Their banter was really fun and I found myself laughing out loud quite a few times, because it was real and really added to the development of their relationship.

How to Love Your Neighbor by Sophie Sullivan is a sweet and funny romantic comedy that was enjoyable. It took me a little while to get into this one but the characters were extremely likable and the writing was really well done. I would definitely try another book by this author.
I think many will enjoy this light read!

Thank you to NetGalley and St Martins Press for the opportunity to read this book for an honest review.

How to love your neighbor by Sophie Sullivan
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Release day is 1/18/22
Tropes- Grumpy/Sunshine, Enemies to friends to lovers, boy next door, found family, Dual POV

What’s special- House renovation and paint scene

“We need to stop trying to prove ourselves to people that aren’t even paying attention.”

I really enjoyed Grace and Noah’s story. I haven’t read a book where house renovation is involved so this was very unique in that aspect. There’s nothing I would change. I loved this so much. Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read this via e-arc. This is my honest review.