Never Ever Getting Back Together follows Maya and Skye, ex-girlfriends of Jordy - a now semi famous guy due to the fact that his sister married a royal. Maya, who dated Jordy for two years, agreed to join with only one thing in mind: revenge. The flaw in her plan? She didn't expect to meet Skye, the girl that Jordy cheated on her with, and to find that not only did Skye not know she was the other woman, but that also - sparks would fly between them when Maya met her. This is a story of love and friendship and how far you're willing to go - or not - for someone you love.

From the perfect Taylor homage in the title to the Bachelor references, I was hooked right from the start. This is a hysterical take on the Bachelor and it me laugh AND pulled at my heartstrings - two things I love to see in a book. This is my favorite of Goncalves' books so far! The love story between Maya and Skye and watching their relationship grow made it impossible to put this one down. I loved the conversations about bisexuality and the Queer rep and I can always trust Goncalves to delve into the subject in a real and honest way.

A huge thank you to NetGalley and Wednesday Books for this eARC in exchange for my honest review!!

Maya wasn’t expecting her ex to contact her since they haven’t been together for two years, or that it would be a dating show for a second chance at love.

She plans on going to seek revenge and show the world the kind of cheating womanizer he is. When he orchestrates her to room with the woman he cheated on her with Skye she was angry. However the more they get to know each other the more their feelings start to grow.

The reality show was a fun setting, the antics and dates were hilarious, the cheating ex was a total jerk and deserved so much more revenge, and the relationship with Maya and Skye was sweet.

My only criticism is that the age was a little off for me. Being 18 I just couldn’t believe the romances being that deep especially Maya since she was 16 when they dated. I wish there were more mid 20’s for it to be a bit more believable. Otherwise it was a fun, closed door romance with bi-representation.

This was a fantastic, fun read that I swept right through. I love a good growing up story, and this fits into that category (at least in my mind). A fun read to share with others!

I'm usually not a fan of Sophie Gonzalez, but when I received this ARC, I knew I had to read it. I love the Swift references, and loved the plot, but it wasn't anything special in the rom-com scene. Poor publishing time too, because I feel like there are so many good queer holiday rom-com books coming out recently.

I loved the premise of the story (contestants on a reality dating show falling for each other), but I just found the age of the characters to be implausible. It seems unlikely that a show would cast teenagers for a "second chance romance" show, and their decisions and actions seemed too mature for people just out of high school. It was enjoyable enough, I just had a really hard time getting past that fact.

This was such a cute, fun and refreshing young adult romance.

Maya was humiliated years ago by her high profile ex boyfriend when he cheated on her and then made it appear as if she was a crazy ex girlfriend. She's finally moving forward when she's contacted to participate in a show where her ex, Jordy is meeting many of his former girlfriends to see if he missed something along the way with one of them. Basically it's like The Bachelor only the contestants are former girlfriends. Maya agrees to it because she believes she can prove to the public that Jordy isn't the nice guy everyone believes. What Maya doesn't count on is having to share the show with another of Jordy's girlfriends - - Skye - - the one he cheated on her with. She can't stand Skye at first and then she finds that she's drawn to her.

There are many twists and turns as Maya tries to salvage her image along the way. She makes friends and enemies. It's a fun storyline and an easy read.

AUDIOBOOK: The narration was wonderful. I thought it lent itself to the story and made it even more enjoyable for me. Some stories work better in audio that others. This one definitely works well. 4 stars

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC. I voluntarily chose to read and review it and the opinions contained within are my own.

Thanks NetGalley!

I was really excited for this book, i loved the cover and the story was great though it could have been more developed. Overall an enjoyable read.

Rounded up from 3.5-3.75 stars

I love books that have a dating show premise and the premise of this one is one that I would absolutely watch! Exes coming on a show to date their ex for a second chance romance, but they fall in love with one another instead!

Maya and Skye were great MCs and I did enjoy seeing their respective arcs. The rest of the girls were great, but I wish we got to know them more outside of being Jordy's exes. But Jordy was the perfect villain throughout. And I wish we would have gotten a bit more at the end with the fallout Jordy had to face and more of Maya and Skye figuring things out.

I want to preface this by saying that I love YA but it was hard to envision the characters barely being 18+ and wish they would have been even just a few years older.

This was an absolutely delightful take on the reality-TV dating show. I love a good Hallmark-movie style faux-European country too. I think all of the female characters had distinct personalities and I enjoyed that they weren't "perfect". Perfect for rom-com fans, and anyone who has ever binge-watched "The Bachelor".

I received an ARC copy from St Martins Press and Wednesday books. Thank you! All thought are my own.

This book right here sucked me in. I was half way through the book in a day. Maya and Skye are the main characters that have a point of view in this book. Maya and Skye are both ex's to the Jordy Miller. Who has become popular due to his sister dating royalty. A realty tv series called Second-Chance Romance which is essentially like the bachelor only the "bachelor" has like 6 of their ex's come on the show and they try to rekindle the love they once had. Maya decides she is only going on the show to get revenge. She knows that Jordy cheated on her with Skye (another contestant). They both are enemies at the beginning because each of them believe the other is in the wrong. However, just as men sometimes do...they forget that women talk. They were able to understand where their miscommunication was at, now they just want to bring revenge on Jordy. Will they succeed? Will someone still find love? This is must read for those who love the realty tv drama. I mostly just loved the girl power.

Read if you enjoy:
Enemies to lovers
LGBTQ+ Representation
Girl Power
The Bachelor/bachelorette

Content: heavy profanity, heavy make outs, gaslighting, cheating, lies

4 stars - Love love loved my first ever Sophie Gonzales novel! Maya and Skye were loveable characters, and I really enjoyed how this wasn’t just a book about women hating on each other - they all grew and evolved so much throughout, which was incredible to read. On the other hand, Jordy is probably the villain of the year!!! He was awful in literally every way❤️

The only thing that I didn’t love about this book was the age of the characters - it is a YA novel, so the characters being 18-19 makes sense, but it just seemed illogical that Jordy could’ve had so many girlfriends in that short period of time. Probably because he’s a jackass, but still!!! It took me out of the story a bit every time I read their ages.

3.5 / 5 stars

** I received this as an E-ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review, Thank you!**

This book gives off great the bachelor vibes. I had a great time with the overall story and had a fun time reading the romance, however the romance just wasn't my favorite. I found that sometimes their romance just didn't seem believable. We also don't need to talk about Jordy as I have nothing good to say about him ( which is the point I guess). I love the revenge on an ex vibes also here though, I am absolutely a petty betty so I lived for that aspect. Overall it was an okay book for me but would still recommend giving it a read because it is very entertaining.

Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzalez is a fun young adult rom com featuring a bunch of familiar tropes: enemies to lovers, second chance romance, and a little miscommunication.

Maya and Skye are invited to star on a reality dating show to try and win back their ex, Jordy, along with four other girls he’s dated. I loved the whole set up and how ridiculous it was, with everything not being entirely unscripted. Jordy was the typical contestant, looking for exposure more than love and using. the girls as props to make himself look good. Maya and Skye started out being catty to each other after being gaslit by Jordy, but the way their relationship slowly evolved was so sweet and adorable and I loved every minute of it.

I also enjoyed the revenge plot, but hated how it consumed Maya to the point that she almost threw everything away and that made me exasperated with her. But of course, I got the ending I was expecting and then some and it was so very satisfying.

This book is so funny and adorable! I loved the premise. A rom com that takes place on a reality show?! Perfect! The dialogue was witty, the twists were surprising. The characters made me want to cheer. All in all- a very fun time reading!

Maya goes on a reality dating show where all the bachelorettes are former girlfriends of the bachelor. I liked the idea of this twist, but the execution was not great.

While reading this book, I hoped for something- anything unpredictable or interesting to happen. The problem is, what the author thought was a smart twist was so, so predictable and could have been interesting and well done, but it was not.

If you want a good dating reality show book, go read One to Watch, The Charm Offensive, or If the Shoe Fits instead.

Thank you to Netgalley for the advance copy for review.

Thank you to Wednesday Books and NetGalley for the ARC of this novel. I am not a fan of reality TV as I like to escape into other realms but I enjoy the conceit of this. People are well-aware of the artificiality of reality TV now and seeing more of it was fun. The romance between Skye and Maya was very sweet and as expected, everyone has some issues to overcome in life to come together in the end. Jordy is just a bad person but a good character for how manipulative he is and I was loving his comeuppance in the end. A really sweet and enjoyable LGBTQ+ novel that follows the romance formula and executes it very well.

For someone who barely watches television at all and never watches reality TV, this was an interesting book to read. I know this isn't the only "behind the scenes" take on reality shows - fiction or non-fiction. Given how terribly awful they are for the participants and how much is manipulated to entertain the audience, I still don't get the appeal. To each their own. The book was great though! Reality show shenanigans as a backdrop for a sweet sapphic romance was a great setup. Jordy is the perfect jerk ex-boyfriend (amplified!!!) and Maya and Skye are likable, complex characters.

I hate love triangles in books... though this one was more of a love heptagon with a&&hole Jordy and six of his ex-girlfriends. I'm also not a big fan of enemies-to-lovers (we got a twofer here with this book). These plot devices worked nicely in this book without being over the top or groan-worthy. In the end, Maya and Skye fall for each other and manage to open the eyes of the other four girls to what a total dirtbag Jordy is. Will they ever get the ultimate revenge though and expose the real Jordy to the world? Every time they think they have a way, something interferes. Most notably, Jordy's royal connections. His sister married a prince of a small (fictional) European country and they have a lot of power to keep anything that would cast them in a negative light out of the spotlight - including the true nature of Princess Samantha's brother. You'll have to read the book to find out whether or not they succeed and whether or not Maya and Skye find their own happily ever after with each other. This is an entertaining YA romance, especially for fans of reality shows, like The Bachelor.

I honestly wanted to love this book but I just couldn’t. I tried and tried to pick it up and keep reading but I found numerous problems with the story and writing.

1. The characters are just SO unlikeable. I don’t know if I’ve ever read a book where I didn’t like any of the main characters. I had such high hopes but I found them emotionally immature and not just because they are young.

2 I found several things just fundamentally unbelievable. I couldn’t get past the made up setting - why not at least anchor to a real country?? The premise of the dating show on top of the country that does t exist was just too much.

3. While I’ve loved other books this author has written, I was just not impressed with the writing in this book. It didn’t pull me in or invest me in the plot. It was easy to walk away from this book.

I appreciate receiving this ARC.

Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales is a fun revenge story set against the backdrop of a reality TV competition. It follows two young women, Maya and Skye, both of whom share a now famous ex-boyfriend, Jordy.

Basking in his newfound fame, Jordy has invited Maya, Skye and a host of other former girlfriends to appear on a reality TV show with him. The reality show is called Second Chance Romance and as you can imagine based on that title, the idea is that the young women would compete against each other for a second chance at romance with Jordy.

I'll admit that at first I scoffed at the premise of the show -- I mean, maybe I'm jaded but why would you want to compete to date someone that you had already broken up with once, especially since it sounds like Jordy cheated on half the women he invited to the show. It seemed pretty farfetched. But once it was revealed that Maya's motivation was specifically to seek revenge because Jordy had cheated on her, that juicy plot twist was enough to hook me. I became even more hooked by the story when the ladies arrived on set, and Maya and Skye were told they would be rooming together. Why? Because apparently when Jordy cheated on Maya, it was with Skye. Talk about tension!

I found the competition itself to be a bit weird and I absolutely loathed everything about Jordy, but what kept me reading was the unexpected evolution of the relationship between Maya and Skye as they get to know each other better and have a real heart-to-heart about what happened with Jordy and decide to team up to expose him. I loved their teaming up and I also loved how other contestants also stepped up to support them as they each figured out that Jordy was not the catch he seems to think he is. I also loved that Maya and Skye realize that the two of them have more chemistry with each other than either of them ever had with Jordy. That was such a fun and refreshing twist to the story.

Equal parts drama and humor and filled with characters you'll love and characters you'll love to hate, Never Ever Getting Back Together is sure to please any romance reader who enjoys a good revenge story with a twist.

I had so much fun reading this book!! The drama, the love triangle, and the side characters made this one entertaining read! Maya and Skye were perfect! Their mutual ex was a terrible human and I’m so happy with the ending! Perrie is my favorite side character. This sapphic revenge romance is definitely worth the read. Thank you to the publisher and to NetGalley for the opportunity to read in exchange for a review!