Read if you enjoy:
✨ Office romance
✨ Fake dating
✨ Dual POV
✨ Friends to lovers

@julietieuwrites has done it again. I read The Donut Trap from this author last year and had such a great time, that I was so excited to get to Circling Back to You.

It has so many tropes that I am a sucker for. You will always get me with friends to lovers and an office romance.

The writing and story drew me in and had me rooting for Cadence and Matt.

If you haven't picked this one up yet, go ahead and do yourself a favor and run to your favorite bookstore now!

Circling to You are so endearing! modern romance at the office? Please, yes! The novel itself was a lot of fun and a great example of a modern romance that you shouldn't miss. Asian representation and discussion of culture and familial values were also present. Although I thought Matt's character was more engaging, Cadence had a strong sense of empowerment that I liked.

Cute and quick read overall. romanticism at work. fake dating. The characters were written well.

Circling Back to You is so charming! An Asian American contemporary workplace romance? Yes please! It's everything you wanted too, in the middle of—ehm—rise of Asian main character paired with white love interest, this romance book have an Asian American heroine and an Asian American hero/love interest! It's already a big point plus for me. The book itself was very fun, and a very solid contemporary romance that you wouldn't want to miss.

I'm always ready for a friends to lovers, work place romance like Circling Back to You. Cadence and Matt are both feeling the pressure from their traditional families to settle down and focus less on work - and neither of them plan to do that. Friends at work, they are sent on a business trip and a fake dating scheme is concocted (because those are always a good idea, right?) to appease the parents. But as always happens with fake dating, emotions become involved.

This one was a solid romance. There was Asian representation along with discussion of cultural, family values. Matt was more interesting of a character for sure, but Cadence had the boss woman energy going that I appreciate. Overall, I enjoyed the read but it isn't one I'm likely to remember for a long time and want to circle back to (see what I did there??).

I have read this author before though and fully intend to continue reading her work. A 3 star read is not a bad read by any means.

**Thank you to Avon and Netgalley for an early copy in exchange for an honest review**

I’m overwhelmed with galleys, and this one was published months ago, so I’m going to have to skip it:(

This was a really fun workplace romance—I enjoyed the two different POVs, and the intersection of family and work was well-developed and nuanced. Another fun romance by Tieu!

This was definitely a cute read, but it fell a little flat for me. The romance felt a bit underdeveloped and I just didn't really feel the chemistry between Cadence and Matt as much as I would've liked to.

Cute, fast read. Office romance. Fake Dating. Characters were well written. I enjoyed it very much. Fun interactions and a fast read.

This felt like a very surface level office/friends to lovers romance to me. There didn’t seem to be much conflict or reason that the two characters should not have been together. I did like the different cultural representations and the family dynamics, but the relationship between Matt and Cadence seemed a little lackluster.

Thank you to NetGalley, Avon and Harper Voyager/Avon, and Julie Tieu for the e-arc of Circling Back to You in exchange for an honest review.

Circling Back to You was a cute office romance with fake dating and friends-to-lovers thrown in as well. There is some family drama (and some family drama that didn't need to be, isn't that always the case though?) but overall it was a light read. While I liked this one, it was one of those romances that I forgot about almost as soon as I was done reading it. For some reason it just didn't stick with me and probably won't be on my list to reread, which is odd, since I adored The Donut Trap... I'd give this 3.5 stars, but it just doesn't have the extra oomph to bump it up to a 4 star for me.

Thank you net galley for the arc. This was a light read. Workplace romance meets friends to lovers . The beginning was a little slow for me but I’m glad I picked it back up. Cadence and Matt are on a work trip and are near both of their families and have to do a little bit of fake dating. I love how this book doesn’t feel unrealistic like most romance books.

This was really cute. I'm white so rep wise I can't comment on it but that being said I can comment on other things like tropes! Work place romance, fake dating and friends to lovers all in one is a perfect combo. I am a huge sucker for fake dating and this did a decent job with it. If you're looking for a light and fluffy feel good romance try this.

I absolutely LOVED Julie Tieu's first book, THE DONUT TRAP, so I was disappointed to find out that CIRCLING BACK TO YOU just didn't hit the same for me. Maybe it's because of the office setting, or maybe I wasn't feeling yet another fake dating book at the moment, but I just couldn't get into it. I'm really excited to see what Julie has in store, though!

Circling Back To You was a very cute office romance. It was a quick read and I really enjoyed the way it was written and the characters. I will be purchasing this for the library.

This was such a fun read! I loved the relationship between Matt and Cadence. I loved that the way Matt broke through her rough exterior and became her best friend. I loved the way Cadence's relationship with her family grew and developed. It was such a fun read!! I also really loved that conflict made sense, didnt stress me out and was resolved in a great way.

Sweet story about work friends who become lovers and the issues involved. Fun interactions and a fast read.

I honestly don’t know what to write for the review. I didn’t like it but I didn’t hate it. Honestly, it’s just not my cup of tea😕

As a Filipino-American, I was so excited going into this book because the love interest is also Filipino-American! I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and the biggest thing I loved and enjoyed aside from the romance between the two main characters is how their culture and heritage played a big role in their individual identities as well as how they interacted and bonded with each other. That's something that's really important to me personally and to my upbringing and it made me so happy to see that translated in this book! It was so fun and interesting and validating to see these characters navigate their identities and their relationships between each other and their families.

Matt and Cadence are coworkers at a realty firm and have excellent chemistry and flirty vibes from the beginning. Everyone at their work ships them, suspects something is going on already, and have dubbed Matt Cadence’s work husband. Matt is a bit clueless at times but mostly it’s endearing. Cadence is confident and professional which at times can be an obstacle for her personal life. However I really liked that she was a badass at her job and career was important to her. I liked Matt and Cadence’s professional and personal partnership. There was good banter, different family dynamics and a glimpse into different cultural traditions. There’s also a sub plot with Cadence and her family dealing (or not dealing) with the grief of her mother’s death. I enjoyed reading how that all played out too. Although I related way more to Matt’s family of nosy busybodies who have multiple group chats and full family events every other weekend. Overall this was very cute and another solid novel from Julie Tieu!

I love this troupe! Fake dating turned real dating is always a favorite. I think every good relationship starts with a solid friendship, or it should, so it wasn't a surprise that Cadence and Matt found themselves in this "predicament". Not to mention, I was raised in a real estate family so this one was right up my alley!

I love Julie Tieu's writing - it always gets me laughing and falling in love with her characters!