I could read a million books set in the publishing industry. There is something so meta about the setting that it makes me feel all warm and cozy inside! Can't wait to get a paper copy of this book when it comes out!

Lanie has to work with her agency’s star author in order to get the authors newest sensation published and to get her promotion. It turns out this author (Lanie’s personal hero) isn’t exactly as portrayed.

This is such a sweet novel! Just when I started to wish for more interaction between the MCs it began to happen. I wish we were able to learn more about Noah and his personality, as well as watch Noah and Lanie’s friendship develop, but I loved the detail in the final chapter about how they met.

I adored this book! It was really more of a love story than a romance, but I loved the writing, the setting, and the characters. This "enemies" to lovers story is warm and full of heart. It deals with some serious issues, but also has plenty of lighter moments, and I was full of happy tears by the end. Thanks to Netgalley and Putnam for the advance digital copy.

Summary: Lanie loves love which is good because she works as an assistant editor for the biggest name in the Romance novel Noa Callaway. Noa Callaway’s novels are what drew Lanie to become an editor and she follows the rules of the romance author’s books like a creed so when she is promoted to Nao’s sole editor she is thrilled to work with the hermit and diva herself until she finally meets the author in person and realizes Nao is not a fabulous middle-aged women Noa Callaway is Noah Ross a 34-year-old white man, an attractive man to be sure but that doesn't matter because Lanie is engaged Noah is a diva and is four-month past his deadline with writer's block. So with Lanie’s Promotion riding on Noah’s next book, the two set out into New York City to find inspiration for his next book.

Thoughts: Adorable! This is super cute I adore both Noah and Lanie the two of them together were super precious. Noah’s backstory was a 10/10 I love how he grew up and that he had a bunny and precious apartment. I Noah gets a 10/10 I like that he didn’t have any conflict with Lanie apart from the misgendering issue and I love that he wanted to be able to write under his name and how he handle the situation, as far as grand gestures go his gets a 10/10 too. As he should as a romance writer. I adored Lanie and her little friend group as well, I do think she was a tad dramatic about the misgendering so I'm glad she gets over it quickly. Even her Fiance I liked him but I m glad there was no love triangle. This book is super cute and exceeded my expectations! it makes me want to go to NYC and get brunch and get a romantic boyfriend of my own!

Overall, I really enjoyed this novel! The characters are likeable and I love how the relationship develops. Honestly would have given 5 stars, but I felt like the ending came too fast and was abrupt. I was left wanting more!

I already know I’m going to be begging my friends to read this book when it comes out! Lanie is a editor at a popular publishing company and has been recently promoted. She is so excited to take over with one of her favorite authors….. until she finally meets that author. Meeting this author makes her reevaluate all of her decisions from her adult life and decide if they were the right choices for her. Lanie finally decides to make choices for HERSELF and I loved that. The ending felt a little rushed but overall it was a fun read that kept me on my toes.

I've been a fan of Lauren Kate's YA series for years and was excited to get the chance to read her newest adult romance. And what a delightful, fun, sweet romance it is! Lanie is an editor at a romance publishing company who finds herself tasked with getting the newest novel by their best selling author up and running. When secrets are revealed, Lanie has to re-think seven years of friendship and help find some inspiration for her author, while finding inspiration for herself. I really enjoyed the story and loved the way the novel was woven in. It was a light and fun read with some heart and depth and exactly want I wanted to read in a cold and blustery day. Thank you netgalley for this arc in exchange for my honest opinion.

Thank you to @netgalley @putnambooks and @laurenkatebooks for this eARC in exchange of my honest review.

Lanie has it all - she’s engaged to her dream man, she’s a successful romance editor, and she’s got amazing friends. That is, until she finds out who her favorite writer - the mysterious Noa Callaway - truly is. Her discovery makes her question her life choices and sends her on an adventure of self-discovery.

I read this book in one second. It was funny, sweet, and really well written. It’s definitely your typical romance, but one that will keep you entertained!

This one gets 4⭐️’s from me!

Wow, what an amazing read! I’m about to begin a 21 day fast. I won’t just be fasting from foods, but also ebooks. Trust me, I have a 2 books a day habit. Whether you are about to embark on a transformative something, like me, or are coming to the end of something, I can’t image a more perfect read. It’s beautiful in its telling, sincere in its emotion, and equal parts aching and joyous in all the right places.

I’ve never read this author before. This lack feels like a disservice to myself. Lines like, “My mother suffers from the same disease. It’s heartbreak in slow motion,” are what made this read next level. As someone who reads over 300 books each year, please believe me when I say, By Any Other Name by Lauren Kate is a rare gem. It’s a beautiful story, filled with enduring friendships, career woes, perfect loves that weren’t, and a heart’s happiness packaged in unexpected wrapping. I’m floored. I double dog dare you not to fall in love with By Any Other Name!

Based on the book's description I was expecting a cute, friends to lover rom com. For me at least that is not how this book read. Lanie is an editorial assistant at a small publishing company that represents one of the country's hottest selling contemporary romance authors. This author, a recluse whom no one from the publishing house ever sees, is months late on her newest book. Lanie is promoted to be the author's editor and told to make this next book happen. Here comes the enemies to lover rom com twist. Noa, the female bestselling author, is really a male named Noah. At this point Lanie, the supposedly professional editor, falls apart, is sort of rude and demanding and honestly, not very believable. As a contemporary fiction book it would be OK but marketed as a romance book it doesn’t work. I have not read this author before and I know romance is not her typical genre. I didn’t find the writing to be a problem. More so the plot and lack of chemistry between the characters.

By Any Other Name is a classic enemies-to-lovers contemporary romantic comedy set in New York City. Main character Lanie finds herself becoming the editor for the infamous romance best-seller author Noa Callaway. Unbeknownst to a few in the publishing world, Noa is a man - Noah Ross. Determined to help Noah with his writer’s block and not lose her job, Lanie develops a plan for them to work together on his next novel.

This was a cute rom-com, but I think the story would have been so much better with having Noah’s perspective and not so one-sided. At times, it seemed very predictable. Thank you to NetGalley for providing a digital ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Group Putnam for an e-book copy of BY ANY OTHER NAME to review.

I read this book in two sittings. I would have stayed up all night reading it but I had taken two Benadryls for a sinus infection. I loved this book. The premise is interesting because it's set in the publishing world and that may not be everybody's cup of tea.

However, if you have picked up this book to read, then you are a fan of romance fiction. And this is a good one. I enjoy books set in publishing because of all the behind-the-scenes intel.

Lanie finds herself becoming THE editor for the infamous romance best-seller Noa Calloway. She needs to help Noa with her writer's block. Lanie, who is realizing her engagement isn't meant to be, is a true fan of Noa's. Unbeknownst to only a few in the publishing world, Noa is a man.

Determined to help Noa break the block while helping her keep her job, Lanie and Noah have to come together to get. this. novel. written!

I've read one of Lauren's young adult books years ago and I remember loving the way she can encapsulate the feelings of the characters falling in love. She's done it, yet again, in BY ANY OTHER NAME.

Set in New York City, I love how both Lanie and Noah are into books, poetry, the city and want to flourish in their careers. They are the anti-millenials that I needed right now. I also loved the book-within-a-book trope.

I rate BY ANY OTHER NAME five stars out of five.

By Any Other Name is advertised as an enemies-to-lovers, contemporary rom-com, as well as a women's fiction, that follows the romance between editor and author

as a book that is one of my "most anticipated reads of 2022", it has unfortunately failed my expectations...

I'm going to be completely honest when i say that throughout the whole book i was bored and uninterested. up until 44% the heroine was engaged to another man, whom she knew she didn't want to make sacrifices for, yet strung him along because he ticked of her "list". regarding the romance with the hero, i felt absolutely nothing. for the little bit of romance that was supposedly there, it was incredibly dull and basically non-existent

i just didn't connect with any of the characters,  i didn't care about what was going on in their lives and i didn't find anything funny?!

i guess the only very small part i enjoyed was when it surrounded the story of Edward and Elizabeth

if you don't mind the lack of romance, please don't let my review deter you from reading this book

*𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳, 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘌𝘕𝘎𝘜𝘐𝘕 𝘎𝘙𝘖𝘜𝘗 𝘗𝘶𝘵𝘯𝘢𝘮, 𝘎.𝘗. 𝘗𝘶𝘵𝘯𝘢𝘮'𝘴 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘤 𝘪𝘯-𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸*

The concept of this book is great and refreshingly fun. It just seems chapter after chapter you are left wondering why the book is both too long and not long enough since each scene isn't really thought out and it feels like this is not the first book in the series like I must be missing something ??

3.5 stars for this short & sweet piece of women's fiction by Lauren Kate!

Laine is a book editor who got into publishing thanks to her love of the prolific love stories told by Noa Calloway. But when her boss decides not to return from maternity leave and she takes over the sole job of editing Noa's next book, she realizes that Noa is not the interesting woman she's been emailing with for seven years but in fact a smoldering thirty-something man named Noah Ross --- who is four months late on the deadline for *his* next book.

As she tries to draw inspiration from her surprise author, she begins to think about her own love story and how she wants it to be written.

I really enjoyed this book but couldn't help feeling like it was missing a little "oomf". I was hoping for a little more romanic tension between Laine and Noah --- their relationship felt more like an excellent friendship. I also would have loved to see another 50 pages to wrap this up -- I felt like it ended very abruptly just when I wanted to see how they would handle the ramifications of Noa's last book.

I received this free ARC of By Any Other Name from NetGalley and this is my honest review. The story follows our MCs- an author and editor through the ups and downs of writing a book. There is one glaring difference though, the editor has thought she was corresponding and building a friendship with a sister-in-arms, a woman who got her on the very basic of levels. Lanie is quite stunned to find out her romance guru is in fact a man. What follows in the aftermath is having to rethink her views on her life path, career, and a different path towards love. The characters both struggle with real life problems- aging/ sick parent, death of a parent during childhood, wanting to understand your heritage, true love vs. a settling kind of love for fear of finding something better….I wanted this story to keep going and going long after I turned the last page. This is the epitome of the perfect love story and a glimpse into the writing process to boot! You will not be disappointed in devoting an entire day to diving into this love affair!

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC of this novel.
This is a very sweet book. If you want something that’s lighthearted and a good afternoon treat, this is the one. I wish we could’ve spent more time with Lanie and Noah as a couple, but I did enjoy the ending as well as the cast of characters. You’ll get to know New York through the characters as they go about their lives. In all, this is a lovely read!

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By Any Other Name by Lauren Kate
Tags: Slow Burn Romance; Mistaken Identity; Epistolary Element

“…romance about an editor, her bestselling author, and one life changing secret.”

Having never read any books by this author before I was going in blind – I was initially attracted first by the cover (I am a sucker for cover art) and title, and then hooked by an intriguing premise. Luckily for me, this translated to a charming and heartwarming book that I adored. It somehow managed to check a lot of boxes for me (some of which I couldn’t even easily put into words) of what I delight in finding in a book.

Highlights for me:

• Although the story was billed as an enemies to lovers (a trope I adore), it didn’t read that way to me in the traditional sense. For me it was more of a combination of friends to lovers meets mistaken identity via a You’ve Got Mail meets Cyrano vibe ? I’m not sure if that makes sense, but like I said, I was really into it.

• I absolutely adored the Central Park, Gapstow Bridge bits – I won’t spoil anything but I was so happy with a few things about this bit. I could picture it so clearly in my mind, and very much long to visit after reading about it.

• I very much enjoyed the “meet cute(s)” of Noah and Lanie – each felt perfect to me. There are three bits in particular I could point to on this – if you’ve read I’ll just say initial, unveiling, and finale.

• The whole idea of finding the story inspiration and the moment when the story idea is captured – just heartfelt sigh moment for me.

• I also loved the epistolary elements and the story within a story angle (this in particular, does not always work for me) but honestly I desperately wanted more – I wanted to read that story and Chapter 1 = all the feels.

• Finally, last but definitely not least – in addition to a truly relatable and intriguing leading couple. I loved both of the mains and was intrigued by each story – I liked that Noah was a bit of a mystery that unraveled slowly as the story built and that we got a bit of a journey of discovery for Lanie. I also loved the secondary cast of characters – I think BD tops the list as being hilarious and eccentric, but I also really enjoyed Meg and Rufus and wanted more of them as well.

Nitpicks / Wishes:

Not too many, but as with any read, I had a few things that didn’t sit as well / work as well for me personally –

• The gender emphasis / focus – on the one hand I kind of understood it, it also bugged me. If I found out one of my favorite romance authors (who I thought was female) was in fact male, it wouldn’t really mean anything to me personally 🤷‍♀️I didn’t like the whole possibly being ‘cancelled’ bit. I also kind of felt like it was a little unresolved for me…

• The motorcycle piece – again a personal nitpick. I’m not interested in or a fan of motorcycles. I have some personal feelings that aren’t great about them, so it wasn’t a dealbreaker by any means but just didn’t do anything for me.

Overall, I found this story to be extremely enjoyable, I whisked through it and I didn’t want it to end. I actually found myself hoping for an epilogue (which I don’t always like) for a glimpse into what the future might hold for Noah and Lanie. Definitely one I will buy and read again.

All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own and freely offered. Thank you to Netgalley and Penguin Group Putnam for the opportunity to read an early copy!

This was a quick, cute read. Lanie reminds me in many ways of myself. She has her list of ninety nine things she wants in her SO, I had my list of fifty things. We both tried to define love by those lists and got it wrong the first time. I loved seeing her growth throughout the book, along with the character and romantic development of the LI. I really liked the overall message of the book and can’t wait to read Lauren Kate explore more adult romances. It’s almost poetic how I was reading her YA books a decade ago and falling for her characters and here I am, doing the same again.

I’m unsure of how I feel about Noa’s identity in the bigger scheme of things, but I’m willing to suspend my moral debate for this story (I don’t want to think of what that says about me).

"By Any Other Name", by Lauren Kate, has a fairly cute storyline: Lanie has been promoted to book editor for the highly popular author Noa Calloway. However, there is one small problem: no one has actually met Calloway. She is considered eccentric and reclusive. That's not a problem for Lanie, as she begins testing and emailing the author and developing a long-distance friendship. However, when Lanie finally meets this reclusive author and discovers "she" is actually Noah Ross, she is stunned. Can she continue to work with him despite his subterfuge? And how will she balance her work life and her romantic life?

I felt that Lanie's vitriol toward Noah was a little over the top, and the ending was resolved too quickly. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. All opinions are my own.