Thank you Netgalley, Sourcebooks, and Jackson Pierce for the gifted ARC of this book.

Vivi Snow, America's sweetheart, is looking for a new drummer to take on her world tour because hers fractured his elbow. Remy Young decides to take the gig even though he comes from a completely different world than Vivi. Vivi is a pop princess who writes her songs about all the different breakups she's had with her multiple boyfriends. Remy and his brother failed at stardom and now play gigs at local joints. To Remy, this is just another paycheck.

After an unfortunate event ends up having Remy and Vivi stuck together for hours, Remy realizes Vivi isn't exactly who the media makes her out to be. When Vivi asks Remy for help writing her next song, Remy says yes. Through each version of the song that they write, they realize it's a different way to write a love letter. Soon Remy begins to think that he is going to end up as one of the exes in Vivi's song. Then a gossip blog threatens to break everything they've created together.

This story is told from Remy's pov. It alternates between the story of Remy and Vivi in the present and the story of Remy and Val in the past. Both stories are integral to Remy's growth as a character. While the title of this book makes you think that it's a romance novel, that's not only what you'll get. It's a story about two brothers who escape from a bad life growing up, who depend on each other and who must learn how to live without each other. It's also a story of two friends writing a song together who realize through music that their feelings run much deeper than friendship. The author takes the love, pain, and struggles that these characters go through and allows them to express it through music. This was a heartfelt, sweet, tender book that will leave you wanting to put on a record, cd, or whatever form of music you listen to.

When Remy, an LA studio drummer, is tapped at the last minute to serve as the drummer for Vivi Swan on her nationwide tour, he sees it as a way to make some quick cash and to boost his résumé. Swan, a Taylor Swift-esque figure, maintains her distance from her backing band, backup singers, and dancers, but, when a mixup places her alone on the bus with Remy early in the tour, they begin to form a connection.

This slow burn is told from a single POV, but, while you typically get the female perspective in a single POV romance, this one is told entirely from Remy’s perspective. The flashbacks to his fundamental Christian childhood and to the experiences that bonded him to his brother provide depth for his character and depict what he could lose if he pursues a relationship with Vivi.

I enjoyed watching Remy and Vivi slide into a songwriting partnership, a friendship, and ultimately a romance. I appreciated the details that Pearce includes when the characters foray into the various cities on the tour. The title tie-in is clever, and romance lovers will enjoy the grand gestures at the end.

Personally, I was not a huge fan of how the conflict is resolved in the story. My issue was not with Remy and Vivi but with how they deal with some of the other parties involved.

This one is a good pick for fans of musician, workplace, proximity, and closed door / fade-to-black romances.

Content Warnings: drug use, addiction, isolation, religious fundamentalism, controlling family, estranged family, chronic illness, cheating, mentions of prostitution

I received an advance copy from Sourcebooks Casablanca and NetGalley. All review opinions are my own.

great romance about a pop star and a drummer who end up writing a love letter in 6 different ways to each other. Maybe its me is the song and it changes over time. loved that they finally found romance with each other. I liked that they got to know one another while on tour.

This book surprised me in a lot of ways, mostly because I went into this read expecting your classic formulaic rom-com but what I received was something much more gut-punching than that. I'm very impressed by the writing and the depth of feeling that went into crafting these characters. Remy was a personal favorite for me, and I loved his temperament and character voice.

Crossing my fingers that this could be a BOTM pick for July???

This book was provided by Netgally and SOURCEBOOKS Casablanca for an honest review. All of the thoughts and opinions are my own.

If you love Taylor Swift this is a book for you. Seriously. Imagine if Joe was he new drummer instead of an actor and tere you have it. A reimagend romance between the two.
If you are not her fan, I'd still read it just for fun.
It was an interesting read but ultimately not really resonating with me. It felt at times very juvenile (and it's not the fade to black that's making it so) and the miscommunication trope is heeeeaaaavy here. The romance felt kind of disjointed and rushed even tho they took their time.
Overall I nice book but not for me.
Unfortunately 2 stars.

I really enjoyed this book. The characters and story was very well put together for the most part. There were a few places it fell flat but could be overlooked as a whole.

The plotline was a bit predictable but I’ve read a lot of romance and I tend to be able to predict how something is going to go.

Overall cute story!

I really enjoyed the reading experience of life on the road as a musician, I loved the characters, and I really enjoyed the writing, but there were some things that felt a little empty or unresolved to me and that’s leaving me in a tough place to review. I truly enjoyed the book and would recommend it as a fun read, but I wanted to understand more from Vivi’s perspective and the religious family background felt a little forced for the sake of drama. If you’d removed that aspect altogether, I’m not sure what would have truly been different. The brothers’ connection could have been just as strong and I felt like I was left with more questions than answers. 3.5 stars.

What a unique romance book!

Now, this book was a surprise, in a good way! It's very unconventional in the writing style and subject matter. It's point of view is the male MC, Remy, and we see this relationship that gets developed between him and Vivi throughout this book.

Remy is a total sweetheart and I love him! This book is definitely different because of the different styles it has and I honestly had no idea it was a band/tour kind of book!

Love the cover btw!

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for the earc in return for an honest review.

Vivi's character and the details of concert made me think of Taylor Swift often. There are many details about what happens behind the concerts and celebrities lives. All the characters are so pure at heart. Remy felt so sweet like he is incapable to hurt anyone.

But, to be honest, this is very long for a simple love story. Very slow-paced. I am not sure if it is because of writing or the way the story is narrated.

Other than that, I loved the story and would recommend to the readers who would like a light love story.

Thank you Netgalley and the publishers for the ARC

in Six Ways to Write a Love Letter, session drummer Remy Young is tapped to fill in on pop star Vivi Swan's latest tour, kicking off an excellent slow burn friends to lovers romance. The story is told entirely from Remy's point of view, an interesting choice given that the character Vivi Swan is based on Taylor Swift -- not getting her point of view in the story may bother some readers, but I liked the way it contributed to her pop-star mystique and demonstrated the walled-off qualities of her persona. The love story is interspersed with vignettes of Remy's youth with his charismatic and talented brother Val in their extremely repressive religious upbringing and their escape through music, adding a lot of complexity to Remy's characterization. Thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for the opportunity to read this!

One of the most interesting parts of this book is that it was entirely third person Remy's POV. I have yet to see another M/F romance book that uses exclusively the male main characters point of view, so kudos to Pearce for that. At the same time, I found myself wishing for Vivi's POV, as the plot line was based on Remy discovering that there is more to Vivi then meets the eye (imagine a beautiful, talented woman is multifaceted *cue the eyeroll*). The book then was not as compelling as I wished it would be. The third act drama was obvious that I was a bit bored by that point. At the same time, I found that the resolution was quicker than I typically like.

Remy Young is a session drummer. He's no stranger to relative fame, as his band, frontlined by his brother, had a hit single before being dropped by their label. Now, he works in the studios, playing drums in recording sessions and occasionally helping produce songs. 

When pop artist Vivi Sawn (America's sweetheart, glaringly inspired by Taylor Swift) needs an "emergency" drummer for the American leg of her tour, he doesn't think twice. They need the money - his brother has been creatively blocked since coming back from rehab and Remy is terrified he will start using again. So, he'll go, play, and stay away from any drama that surrounds the "break-up songs princess". When a bus mix-up and a paparazzi chase throws them together alone for hours, he's surprised to find out that she's nothing like her public persona. She ends up showing him a "baby song" and asks him to help her polish it. He can't pass it up for professional reasons (yeah, right...) And soon the song is not a break-up song and every variation of it is a subtle love letter. But Vivi's fame will soon put their budding love story to the test...

Although the blurb and the cover all point to a a lighthearted rom com, this is not the case. This book is a delicate love letter to making music. Also a book about how fame can turn your life into a gilded cage. The way the romance blooms between these two reminds me of Jane Austen: furtive glances, a slight touch of the hand, an intoxicating smell of vanilla. It's definitely  closed door and it has a lingering YA feeling all over, but it's kinda lovely. 

Having said that, there are a few things that I wish were different:

 The third act conflict: it was so obvious that you were just expecting WHEN that was going to happen, and when it happened I really didn't understand how passive and forgiving to "the culprit" Remy  was!

Vivi's "grand gesture": I needed more. Six months and just that???

This is me, a very personal preference: I needed an extra chapter in the end or a more developed "epilogue". The news tidbits at the end were cute but I needed more development. 

It's also interesting that this is told in 3rd person POV, but entirely through Remy's. 

All in all a lovely story. 

Possible triggers: MMC ran away from home to escape an extremely religious household. 

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.  Thank you Sourcebooks Casablanca and NetGalley for the advanced copy.

It wasn’t lighthearted as I was expecting but still enjoyed it. I love reading books with pop-star on it because it reminds me of daisy jones and the six. I also learned that this book was based on Taylor Swift and loved it even more!! I’m a sucker for slow burn friends-to-lovers trope so it wasn’t shocking that this book made me interested.

So much changes for Remy when Vivi hires him to play drums for her band. In a twist from the usual in this genre, Remy tell the story of his difficult childhood, his brother Val's struggles, and his own evolution into a songwriter in love with the pop star. Vivi isn't what he expected when he signed on, something he discovers pretty quickly. Their relationship grows as they write song after love song together. Fame though, has its costs, notably the intrusion of publicity, social media, and well, oh so much. Can Remy and Vivi have a life together off the road? I liked this as much for the insight into touring as for the love story. Thanks to netgalley for the ARC. A good read.

3.25 stars ⭐️ Thank you NetGalley for this ebook in exchange for an honest review!

This was a nice story! It was an easy read and had a nice writing style. I really liked Remy and Vivi’s story and how we saw them start out professionally to spending more time together to lovers.
I have to say, the beginning of the story felt a little slow to me and the pacing felt off in other parts of the story. I also am not the biggest fan of the cheating trope so I was a little disinterested when I read about Vivi cheating.
The whole premise was nice though! I enjoyed reading about them going on tour and going to different countries. It definitely helped me realize that celebrities are just people.
Overall a nice read!

welll, i really wanted to enjoy this book. but alas, i did not. it just didn't do it for me and i wish i would have loved it. thank you so much to netgalley for letting me read this one early!! i am always grateful!!!

When Remy Young gets the chance to tour with America's Sweetheart, superstar Vivi Swan, he jumps at the opportunity. And after a bus mixup causes them to spend a few hours together, all of his preconceived notions about her are challenged. Maybe she is a pop princess who writes breakup songs about everyone she dates. But maybe he doesn't care and wants to get to know her better. This story is sweet and deals with surprisingly deep topics. Remy deals with his own family trauma throughout the story, as part of the story explains his escape from his ultra-religious family and his brother's struggle with substance abuse. But it is also light and fluffy at times. While I enjoyed the book, I struggled with a few things. Vivi Swan is not so loosely based on Taylor Swift (she writes breakup songs, has a song about interrupting a wedding, and wears a signature red lipstick), which is fun because I love Taylor Swift, but it sometimes relies a little too much on the real Taylor Swift without creating character development for the fictional Vivi Swan. Also, there are some pacing issues in the book, backstories that don't seem to tie into the story are given a significant focus, and the time Remy spends bonding with the band is highlighted, but the story of how Vivi and Remy's relationship grows is quickly glossed over and rushed through. While all of the writing is great, it just seems like the focus is often misplaced from the plot. Even though I did struggle with the pacing, I did enjoy the book. It is always fun to see the superstar fall for a regular guy, and the setting of a world tour made it even more exciting! Overall, it was a really fun read!

I’ve received this e-book via NetGalley in exchange for a honest review. I would like to acknowledge everyone involved in allowing me early access. I’m extremely grateful! All opinions are my own.

5 very easy to give stars ⭐️

Loved it from beginning to end!!

Remy and Vivi are both in the music industry, although in complete different positions in life. I really liked the setting of the book - I felt it was very well characterized even to the small details, which we get access to through Vivi’s personality.

The female main character, Vivi, is definitely very Taylor Swift inspired. I don’t usually follow Taylor’s career, but I didn’t had a problem with the inspiration. I feel it might be a good bonus for the fans out there. As for the male main character, Remy, I liked the strong relationship he has with his brother, in a “we against the world” kind of way. I like seeing descriptions of strong siblings’ relationships in fiction and this one was gold. Additionally, although the book is told in the 3rd person, we have a major focus of the male character’s side of the story, which I highly appreciated, as contemporary romance tends to focus on females. This one felt refreshing in this sense.

I was very surprised to appreciate this much a slow burn. Don’t get me wrong, the fact is I don’t usually go to slow burn as I like faster paced stories, but the slow burn here works wonders, as the characters are getting to know one another. I really liked the pacing!! The chapters are short, and manage to keep the reader interested throughout the book. We get small glimpses of the brother’s past in some chapters, which I enjoyed as I tend to like this use of different times for narration.

Which kept me hooked until the end was, in fact, the many layers of the story and the fact that none of these characters is perfect. There were times I wanted to shake them up in order to make them see the truth 😂 but in reality I felt it to be realistic, as we, as imperfect humans, will also make mistakes in life.

Finally, I loved the point where the title just clicked and made sense! Definitely love these moments 😍

This review will also be available on my Goodreads account and later on in my Instagram profile.

<i>Six ways to write a love letter</i> is about the drummer Remy Young who gets to tour six weeks with the famous singer Vivi Swan, because her drummer fell while skateboarding. She’s America’s Sweetheart and Remy comes from a local band where he plays with his brother and more.

I found the story to be a bit slow, and therefore I did not enjoy reading it as much as I hoped I would. While I did hope the story would catch up, and make me want to read more, I noticed that I skipped a lot of pages, and just read a lot of the dialogue instead. It was around 39% of the book where I wanted to give up, but decided to skim the rest.

But! Even though this book wasn’t the one for me, don’t let my 2-star rating distract you from picking up this book. If you love musician romances or romances in general I think this book would suit you.

I wanted the story to be different - I wanted a lighthearted Taylor Swift story - but what the author delivered was actually something far more nuanced and considered. And significantly darker too. There are tiggers in this story -and gratuitous use of flashbacks for exposition purposes, but there were also some lovely, raw moments in the book that shone. The characters weren’t romcom material - they are troubled and messed up, but also relatable I think because we get the story from the male characters POV. I really liked this story.