This is a hit-or-miss novel for me. Some portions were enjoyable, while others were tedious. Even though it isn't, it felt like a slow-paced novel. Carli had the impression that she was all over the place. In fact, everyone felt all over the place. Tau is the type of person that will not accept no for an answer, and it shows. Carli, on the other hand, had no idea what she wanted from him. Tau had a special place in her heart, but with Dylan, she suspects there's something there, but he's quickly dismissed. For me, music industry romances are hit or miss, and this one felt a lot more like someone who works in the industry than a 50/50 mix of both.

Thank you NG for the advance copy. This is the first time reading anything by Ashley Coleman. For me it was hard to get into. It started slow and half way through I just couldn't get into the characters. It wasn't a romance book, which is what I thought it was. It did have alot of self reflection, and lessons on life.

"I wanted to write songs the whole world would sing." // Ashley M. Coleman

Carli and Tau meet through work - he's a rising R&B star and she's a media company account manager with aspirations to be a songwriter someday instead. But dating clients is against the rules. Insert romcom magic and big life choices. Def read this one if you love:

- Music and songwriting, especially R&B
- Main characters who love their moms
- Women supporting women

The ending felt rushed to me, but ultimately it was a fun and charming ride with lots of cute moments and chances taken on life and love. Definitely check it out when it comes out this June!

And thanks to @simonbooks and @netgalley for this early copy of Good Morning, Love!

Carli Henton is a musician to her core. With lifetime roots in the business, she spends her days as a junior account manager for a major media company and her evenings helping others make their music dreams a reality. Until she catches the eye of one of music's biggest names, suddenly she finds herself juggling love, her career, and elusive fame. Author Ashley M. Coleman has created a believable cast of characters and a fresh look at the New York music industry. A good read and worth picking up for those interested in the music industry.

Enjoyed the book and the plot but felt rushed at the end! Could have read 100 more pages to wrap things up!

I definitely don’t think this was a bad book but it just wasn’t for me. I personally wasn’t Tau’s biggest fan and because of that, I couldn’t get invested in the relationship (or the book). I also felt like the ending was a little too sudden. She got home and seemed super conflicted about what to do about LA and then I turned the page and she was there. I wasn’t expecting her decision to be made that soon and it kinda caught me off guard.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for the arc!!

I wanted to like this book so bad but I was so bored. A lot of the scenes needed to be described a bit more and there was an entire plotline I hated. The whole Dylan thing was unnecessary, why did they kiss? And then she had some type of feelings for him after that which were never fully talked about which made things confusing. Also the romance between was Tau and Carli was just underdeveloped in general.

I received an arc through netgalley

Thanks Netgalley for allowing me to read this book. Carlis hopes to make it big in the music industry like her father. She works for a company that is ok. She meets an up an comer singer at a concert when they start a casual relationship. This book stalled ina few places but I would recommend reading it.

The music biz seems like a life of glitz and glamour, but what happens behind the scenes? In Good Morning Love, we meet Carli, a junior account manager at a huge entertainment firm working her behind off to pay the bills so she can do what she really loves: write music. One of her assigned artists, Tau Anderson, slowly draws her away from her cushy job and closer to her dream. The tension between choosing hopes and security grows as Carli makes her choices and faces the consequences.

This story starts off focusing on Carli, a young adult tired of her job, and trying to figure out how to balance work and live. It begins a bit slowly, building up Carli’s world and the music industry. We read as Carli shuffles between work, church, and squeezing in time at the studio. Coleman paints a great picture of Carli’s life, one that many people (especially other twenty-somethings) will relate to.

The book picks up the pace when Tau comes into the picture. Both Carli and the reader are thrust into Tau’s orbit. The book starts to read a little like a modern-day fairy tale. Carli starts to have her full potential realized and we’re all rooting for her. The events that transpire seem realistic, but not like real life. Things seem to fall in line perfectly, exactly when they needed to.

While Carli seems to be a pretty well developed, Tau is a little…interesting. We’re first introduced to a playboy rapper who seems like a flirt. As he and Carli become better acquainted, he opens up and we get to see a more dynamic Tau. Still, I kept getting caught up on Tau’s speech. I understand that he’s a rapper in the music industry and going to use slang and talk differently (which I like!), but it seemed inconsistent, so when he did throw in certain words, they were a bit jarring.

Good Morning Love definitely gained traction as the story moved on. We’re met with a mini love triangle, a family secret, celebrity meet and greets and so much more. While some of these events serve to move along the plot, a couple of the B stories seem unnecessary, and even weaken the story to an extent. Instead of fleshing out a particular event, the conflicts rise and fall within a couple of chapters. I gained interest in the story as it moved along, but the parts that I would’ve really wanted to dive into all stacked up near the end. Because of that, it felt like the story ended a little abruptly.

Although the title is Good Morning Love, I don’t really consider this to be the romance novel I thought it was going into the story. That expectation skewed my initial perception of the story. After realizing what it for what it was, more of a day in the life, contemporary fiction novel, I could enjoy it more. I liked seeing Carli get to grow and chase her talents. This story will resonate with music lovers, twenty somethings figuring out life, and the people who dare to dream big.

3.5 rounded to 4

I received an ARC of this novel from NETGALLEY in exchange for my honest review.

Good Morning, Love follows our FMC, Carli, who is an singer/songwriter lining in New York City. By day she works as a junior account manager at a big-time company to pay bills until her dreams of becoming a successful songwriter become reality. Carli prides herself in balancing her professional life with her musical career until a meeting with a rising star, Tau Anderson, threatens to turn her life upside down.

I really enjoyed how this shows us the vibrant New York music scene. It’s not something you read about often and it’s clear that the author knows a lot about this profession, it was refreshing to learn a little bit about something I knew next to nothing about.

Very good POC and minority representation as well as religious/ spirituality rep.

I also enjoyed the big name drops of famous musicians such as Beyoncé, Bianca, Lauren hill etc. going back and forth from NYC & LA was really cool too.

It was really hard to get into in the beginning, I didn’t really start caring until 50% of the book. I really did not care for Tau in the start of their relationship, honestly I would have picked Dylan instead. The romance overall was very lackluster in my opinion.

I also had a problem getting into the dialogue. Sometimes lingo just does not work and it made getting into the characters that much harder.

Although this is a contemporary romance, it’s also all about self discovery, finding your place and in the world and taking a leap of faith in what makes you happy.

I would recommend this novel to anyone who has an interest is music, romance and following your dreams.

I was Excited about the cover and representation in the book. In practice I didn’t connect with the writing style so it was hard to really get invested in the story. Thank you for the chance to preview!

I thought the description of this book sounded interesting and was really hoping I’d like it, but it just wasn’t my favorite book. I thought it was difficult to stay engaged and identify with the characters and overall the book just moved too slow and wasn’t as interesting as I hoped. I do think a part of that has to do with it being set in the music industry and me having a harder time identifying with that, but I also thought the romance left something to be desired.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

Highly recommend!! This book is a definite page-turner! You'll be left thinking about the story long after you put the book down. First book to read by this author but definitely not my last!

This book was good. I found it really slow in the beginning and didn’t really get into it until about halfway. I really liked the life lessons this book taught about following your dreams and your heart. And how we have to make difficult choices sometimes in order to follow them. Oh and that people are snakes and you always need to be watching your back.

This story follows Carli, an aspiring songwriter who moves out to New York to pursue her dreams but has to work a serious job to make ends meet, which takes up a considerable amount of her time and puts a damper on her writing. She meets a pop star through her job, they hit it off. He helps her with her dreams… I can’t say they fall in love because I didn’t really connect with the characters and didn’t feel much of a connection between them either. I feel like maybe if it was written in dual POV, we could have felt more between the characters.

And the ending was a little anticlimactic… an epilogue about where she ended up and what she was doing and what happened with her and the love interest would have been nice. But I feel like it just… ended? I just felt like there was so much potential with little snippets of things mentioned in the book that ended up just being loose ends. The cultural and minority representation was great and the fact that the author addressed real life issues that occur daily and that need change was amazing. Overall I feel like it could have tied together a little bit differently but it wasn’t bad.

This book was a bit too slow for my liking. Though it should've been a quick read it felt like it dragged on. The writing style was not my favorite either. All in all, a 2.5 star read for me.

This was... fine? Until the end, which no spoilers but was NOT FINE.

In general, i couldn't get too deeply into these characters. I think the pacing was fine but the point of view was a little off for me? This might be my general issue with millennial fiction where i can't quite handle the antihero thing--but i can't even tell if people in this book were supposed to be antiheroes or if we were supposed to actually like them?

As i read it i was pretty neutral about it and there were some enjoyable parts, and i didn't consider DNFing it, but it didn't quite work for me!

Enter a new world of music, magic, and making your way in this world. A great read by Ashley Coleman. Though the subject and setting were new to me, the author's story helps to transport readers. The story ends a bit quickly, which I didn't like at first (I wanted to see were the main characters went!), but in the end, I appreciate the open-endedness.

Thanks NetGalley for this e-arc !


Good morning, love is a really good title. It’s what brought me in. Also the cover is so bright ! I love these colors. Carli finds herself in this book, I would be friends with Carli ! She goes into the music industry just like her father.

This is a really good book ! And would recommend it to anyone interested in woman’s romance/literature

I enjoyed this book. It felt a little slow for me at times, and maybe it was a little long? The characters were likable, but their thoughts and actions were pretty predictable. This was great for an easy read, especially if music is your passion. It was fun seeing the music industry from an insider’s perspective.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Carli Henton is a songwriter working at a media company doing PR when she meets Tau Anderson, an up and coming musician her company was hired to promote. Pulled in by Tau, the two begin to navigate what dating looks like in the face of constant media pressure.

This books is great for anyone wanting an inside look at the music industry. Through Carli's eyes, you get a really in depth view of what happens on the other side of a new music album.

For me, the romance fell a little flat however. If you like insistent alpha males in your books, this one would work really well for you. Tau's approach to getting Talia's interest was just too much for me though. If a girl says she can't date you, she can't date you. Consistently pursuing her after she turned him down really put me off Tau as a character.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the chance to review an advanced copy!