Happy day-after-pub-day to Never Ever Getting Back Together. I dare you to read that title without singing Taylor Swift!
This YA sapphic romance involves reality TV show Second-Chance Romance where Jordy, who has recently found fame, has five ex-girlfriends compete for his love. The two main characters, Maya and Skye, are two contestants who previously dated Jordy. There is some confusion about whether Jordy cheated on Maya with Skye or Jordy cheated on Skye with Maya. While clarification might help, Maya and Skye begin the competition as enemies.
My favorite quote: “The opposite of love isn’t hate. Not by a long shot. Hate and love are cousins. Possibly even siblings.”
I switched back and forth between ALC and ARC copies, and I finished it wrapped up in my favorite cozy blanket during a rainy cold afternoon. The audiobook alternates two narrators, both of which are great. Thank you to Wednesday Books, Macmillan Audio, and NetGalley for the advanced copies in exchange for my honest opinion. This was a fun read, but I read a lot of romance books and, while the premise had a lot of promise, this book isn’t one of my favorites. But I think it might be the right book for someone else, so if it sounds interesting to you, give it a try!

Never Ever Getting Back Together is the reality show turned revenge plot turned sapphic love story that we’ve all been craving. It’s like reading The Bachelor, but is super enjoyable if you hate the Bachelor.
Maya and Skye both deserved better, but they got Jordy. Now, a couple years later, Jordy is now a much beloved royalty-adjacent figure with fans everywhere due to his sister’s own royal love match. Due to his popularity, a film crew has decided to make him the star of Second-Chance Romance, a show where Jordy reunites with his exes in hopes that he can find love with someone who once cared for him before all the fame got in the way (cue gagging sounds).
What the world doesn’t know about Jordy is that he’s a liar and a cheater, and Maya wants nothing to do with the show at first. However, she and her sister realize this may be the perfect chance at revenge—out Jordy as the a-hole he is in front of the entire world by going on the show and letting him have it!
When Maya arrives in Chalonne, not only is she greeted by her nemesis, Jordy, but also Skye, the girl he cheated on Maya with! And now, Maya and Skye discover that they are more than just stuck in this mansion together, they’re also roommates. What Jordy didn’t count on was that they would be able to put aside their differences long enough to compare timelines and Skye finds out that Maya isn’t the crazy ex that Jordy had portrayed her as, and she’s actually a lovely person, if somewhat compulsive in ways that Skye is definitely not.
As Maya and Skye team up against their mutual enemy, they begin to feel like more than just friends, and high fives turn into hand holding and talking into something more intimate. As things progress with their revenge plot, so does their relationship. However, as they near the end of their window of time together, decisions need to be made. Is revenge really worth what may come next? And are they willing to give up what they have gained in pursuit of it?
Thank you to Netgalley, Wednesday Books (St. Martin’s Press), and Sophie Gonzales for the advanced copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley and Wednesday Books for the digital arc in exchange for my honest review.

This book was SUCH a fun YA take on a Bachelor-esque reality show!

A few years after their less-than-amicable break-up, Maya receives an invite to join a reality show to re-date her ex, Jordy Miller, for a second chance at love, alongside several of his other exes. Having been cheated on by Jordy and made out to be the villain in their love story, Maya sees this as an opportunity to get back at Jordy and show the world who he truly is under his charming facade. What she doesn’t expect is to be sharing a room with Skye, the woman that Jordy cheated on her with, and that this may be the best thing to happen to both of them.

This whirlwind sapphic revenge against a deplorable man-child is told in dual POV, so you get both Maya’s and Skye’s perspectives throughout the book. Both are unique in their voices, and their relationship falls under enemies to lovers. It is such a cute and fun book, and I laughed out loud so many times at Maya’s dry, sarcastic humor.

I do wish that the characters had been aged up just slightly. It felt off to have them all around 18 since, at times, it felt a little too mature to be a YA romance, and other times, it felt too young to be NA, so it lands somewhere in the middle, in my opinion. It also would have been nice if the female characters weren’t so stubbornly dead-set against one another throughout over such a despicable male. Still, it honestly felt fairly true to dating reality shows in the same vein.

Lastly, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention Jordy freaking Miller. Sophie Gonzales’s writing of this character was so perfectly executed that every time he was a two-faced, egotistical a****** or called one of his exes an “awesome chick,” I wanted karma to push him off a cliff. You may think that’s a strong emotion towards a fictional man, but trust me, you’ll feel the same, and he wholeheartedly deserves karma to be swift and merciless.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and would recommend it to anyone who is a fan of Bachelor-esque reality TV shows, revenge plot romance books, and forced proximity. A solid 4 stars.

A cute, fun, fast-paced read! Any book centered on women seeking revenge against the man who wronged them is always gonna be a win, especially if you throw in a sapphic twist. Skye and Maya were fun characters to root for, and I found their initial antagonism to be incredibly realistic and a great example of how miscommunication plays out and real life and works well in a story. The reality TV elements were great fun for any Bachelor fan (or former Bachelor fan as I am these days), especially when playing into how manufactured it all was (although I refuse to believe any producer worth their salt would let the girls start fighting before any filming began!!)

The largest issue with the book is that the concept does click really well with YA aged characters. I suspended my disbelief plenty fr the premise (which is fine and appropriate!) but in the back of mind I just wished the characters had all been aged up 5 years. A reality TV dating show about 18-20 year olds seems so unrealistic, and making the characters proper young adults rather than just out of high school would have given the story a little more depth (and frankly just made more sense with the premise). I saw the author say the Olivia Rodrigo/Sabrina Carpenter/Josh Bassett situation made her think more about relationships in this age range and how the media interacts and speculates about young kids, which is really neat but ultimately has nothing to do what played out in this book as the characters are only in the public eye properly for the final chapter (kind of) and epilogue.

I love YA and I think it's important to tell distinctly YA stories that don't need to be aged up. Unforunately, certain concepts just won't make as much sense when using teenage characters.

One of the best rom-coms I've read in a while. It has everything, enemies to friends, friends to lovers all set on a reality dating show with the biggest f-boy. A must read for sure and will be recommending to everyone!

This is the perfect book for everyone fancying enemy-to-lovers romances. And as a bonus: it’s all wrapped up in a reality show – complete with behind-the-scenes material. Entertainment is guaranteed, right? So, let’s invite all The Bachelor lovers out there too. I’m sure we can get a very interesting crowd together, just like the characters in the book.

A bunch of completely different young women are locked up together in a mansion for eight weeks, and everyone is trying to win back their shared ex-boyfriend, Jordy. What could possibly go wrong? Everything! With all the contrasting personalities and ultimate love goals, this adventure is full of emotions, just like a real reality show. And drama is inevitable. But that’s exactly the exciting part, isn’t it?

I thought this to be a fun and light read for cold winter nights. It isn’t very deep, but I didn’t expect it to be. What I did expect was that I would feel the chemistry between Maya and Skye more. Unfortunately, I did not. I didn’t sense that flame they tried to hide that ultimately would turn into an explosion at first contact. It was more like a flickering and personally quite disappointing.

After that setback, I just wanted to see how they could get their revenge on Jordy, which kept me going until the end. So that was fine. But definitely not a showrunner in a book meant to be focused on the enemy-to-lovers trope. I still enjoyed it.

In Never Ever Getting Back Together we follow Skye and Maya as they get a invited to go in a reality show to get a second chance at romance with their famous ex but even tho they both accept, the reasons for agreeing to participate are different for each girl. Skye is curious to see if the spark between her and Jordy, the ex in question, is still alive meanwhile Maya plans to take vengeance and expose him to the world after not only he cheated on her but also painted her to be a crazy stalker... What the girls don't expect is to fall for each other instead.
There were a few things I enjoyed about this book, the tension for the vengeance and how much of a bad person Jordy is was top tier. All the anticipation, if Maya would be able to execute her plan or not and to see him get worse every chapter had me biting my nails, I was so nervous. Jordy's chatacter was so well done that I kept feeling the urge to kick him up!
Other things I liked were the friendship between the girls that were participating in the reality and to see all the behinds of the show, as a reality tv enjoyer I loved that!
And then there were things I did not like at all... I don't think they were the majority but they were the most important so that took away a lot from my experience reading this book. What bothered me the most was our two main chatacters, they were bland, they had no personality at all and then they were also kinda insufferable so it was very annoying to read from the POV of two characters that I disliked deeply. The other thing I didn't enjoy at all was the romance, it went from hate to love so quickly that there was no development to that relationship, one day they wanted to fight each other and suddenly the next day they both felt the urge to kiss one another and spend their whole time together, it just made no sense. I never mind a little bit of insta-love as long as the chatacters have some chemistry (and are also well done) but the spark between the girls was nowhere to be seen, this was lacking in everything.
Overall, since the vengeance/Jordy plot was very big on it I enjoyed most of this book but the romance and both MCs left me very disappointed, at times making me want to DNF.
Thanks to NetGalley and Wednesday Books for the ARC.

... I will read anything that has even a vague reference to Tayor Swift in the title. I also enjoy this author so I wasn't surprised that I liked this book. It was a little bit predictable, however the concept was entertaining enough to keep me interested. This is perfect for fans of the Bachelor and queer romance.

This book really just took me for a ride. I loved the build up, the character development, and the writing. I would definitely read more from this author!

I’m sucha fan of reality tv shows as this one portrays. I really enjoyed the concept of the book; however I thought some parts did drag out a bit. I still recommend it overall I did enjoy!

- forced proximity
- “enemies” to lovers
- sapphic

I loved the rise of girl power amongst the women in the house the more we continued to dive in to the story. Maya is a bad ass 💕

Sophie Gonzales' latest revolves around a 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘳-esque reality show called 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, where Jordan, the brother of an American married into a fake European royal family, dates all of his exes to see which one he might want to rekindle a relationship with. The twist comes when Maya and Skye, two contestants vying for his affection, team up to take him down and end up falling for each other.

I enjoyed this book except for one thing - the characters are all pretty much teenagers. I know it's a YA novel, but it seemed weird for a bunch of 18-year-olds (who can drink because it's Europe) to be on this show. How did Jordan have so many relationships at such a young age? And I know (because it's what I do for a living) that people over 18 can sign their own releases to be on TV, but it still seems a little unrealistic that their parents just said, "See ya!" and let them fly off to this random country in Europe for six weeks. The cast could have all been in their early 20s, which would have made more sense.

📺𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆📺
𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗢𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 (yup, I'm singing the Taylor song now, too) gets a lot of the behind-the-scenes of reality TV right (hooray for characters actually getting mic'ed up!). My biggest problem was they paired Maya and Skye as roommates for the drama (Jordan cheated on Maya with Skye) but THEY DIDN'T EVER FILM THEM FIGHTING. There's no way there wouldn't have been cameras on those two at all times. They argue when they first move into their room - no cameras. They fight at the pool with the other women - no cameras. The whole point of reality TV is to create and capture drama so this didn't ring true at all.

This is still a fun, fast read, and I would totally watch 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 in real life.

Thanks to St. Martin's Press & Wednesday Books for the copy to review.

I love Sophie’s books so I was sad when I didn’t love this one. The concept is amazing and one that I would love to see happen in real life. Unfortunately the characters felt underdeveloped and too young for this premise. I think this would have benefited from being a new adult novel.

A quick, fun "enemies" to lovers romance. This book shows that there's more sides to every story and that jumping to conclusions doesn't help, especially when dealing with a narcissistic, lying ex-boyfriend. Maya and Skye's relationship starts off a bit off-kilter due to preconceived notions, but they quickly band together once they decide to get revenge on Jordy. Gonzales brings her usual humor to this novel, despite the serious topics of cheating, lying and manipulation.

3.75⭐
G for some YA goodness

Ummm, hi, when are we getting a queer version of the Bachelor with quasi royalty? Never? Well thank goodness Sophie Gonzales wrote this book then because this drama was way better than the ABC show!! Nothing makes me happier than seeing two women take down an awful man and fall in love at the same time.

This book was so much fun and I just loved the revenge journey for these two but also how much they grew as people. The characters all felt one dimensional and I'm still confused why these characters were eighteen vs early to mid twenties. If you love the Bachelor, Six the Musical or the American Royals series, you should definitely pick this up!

Thank you for my advance copy of this title, We are never getting back together is a story following 2 women on a dating show to court their ex boyfriend and possibly reignite the past flame. I was initially intrigued by the title being a huge T Swift fan and knew I needed to give this book a chance. Although I am not a fan of dating shows, I found this book easy to read and the characters well formed throughout the story. I did find the obsession with revenge a bit tiring as it was mentioned frequently but I feel like the story tied up well in the end. Overall I gave the book 4 stars for the likable characters and the witty title.

Maya is frustrated. It’s been over two years since her relationship with Jordy ended, and she is still seen as the bad guy. Just because his sister married a prince—an actual prince—and he joined an actual royal family, he has shown himself to be selfless, focusing on philanthropy. But Maya knows that his new image is all a lie. He is a deceitful, cheating jerk, and all she wants is for the world to see him as he really is.

And then fate called her.

Actually, it was a television producer named Gwendolyn. But it might as well be fate. The production company she works for is putting together a new reality show called Second-Chance Romance, and she wants Maya to be a contestant. The concept is that there is a person who invites their exes back, to see if there is still any romance there with any of the contestants. And for this season, they are featuring Jordy.

Maya’s first instinct is to hang up and lose Gwendolyn’s number. But as she thinks about it, she realizes that this may be her chance. She can finally make everyone see who he really is, that he was the liar and she was the one left heartbroken. He had cheated on her with a woman named Skye, and she has been waiting for two years to show the world the truth.

Skye is traveling when she gets the call from the producer. She is looking forward to seeing Jordy again, but she doesn’t want to run into his crazy ex. She didn’t want to let Jordy go, so she had told everyone that they were still together, even though they clearly were not. He had been with Skye. If that crazy Maya had just him go, there would have been no drama. Skye doesn’t think she’ll be there. I mean, if she was that delusional, they won’t invite her onto the show, right?

But of course they do. There are six women total, and they are all there to compete for time alone with Jordy. And of course, they put Maya and Skye together in one bedroom, with bunk beds. Right off the bat, they are fighting. Skye wants Maya to take her crazy elsewhere, and Maya just wants to be believed. But ultimately, they have to compete with four other women for Jordy’s attention.

As the days slip by, and the competitions pile up, the women start to see things a little differently. Maya comes to understand that Skye only knew what Jordy had told her. And Skye starts to see that maybe Maya hadn’t been a crazy, clingy ex. Maybe she had been telling the truth. And if that’s true, then maybe it’s time Skye and Maya team up to take him down.

But will they be able to do that with four other women competing for his love and a gaggle of producers and cameras around them? Or will they find themselves falling in love instead?

Never Ever Getting Back Together is Sophie Gonzales’s latest rom com, and it has everything a great love story needs. There is the jilted ex and the second chance, the reality show and the royal family. There are social media trolls, catty competitors, ball gowns, and steamy kisses. And there may just be a happily ever after to boot.

I loved Never Ever Getting Back Together. The reality show made for so much fun, and the characters just sang from the pages. Maya and Skye are both strong women, and I couldn’t help but root for them throughout the book, no matter how many dumb moves they made in the search for love. There are surprises and laughs and moments that made me want to cheer out loud. I only wish I could binge the show for real, just to see for myself how many times and for what bizarre reasons Jordy took his shirt off, because that screams out go be made into a drinking game. Maybe with Jell-O shots.

Egalleys for Never Ever Getting Back Together were provided by Wednesday Books through NetGalley, with many thanks.

I had fairly high expectations for this book since, from the description of it, it seemed really interesting. I had never read a book with the whole reality tv show plot so I was very interested to see how everything would turn out in the end.

What I liked:
- I liked how Skye and Maya came together, I found it very cute and well done.
- The writing was fairly well done. There was a lot of showing and not a lot of telling which is great.

What I didn't like:
- I didn't like how they weren’t official but they were in this weird are they or aren’t they together thing.
- I feel like there wasn't much build up throughout the story for the ending to work.
- There were multiple opportunities for cute little moments (which it lacked a lot of).
- It felt like most of their relationship was built around their ex, which I didn't enjoy.
- Maya compared Skye to a terrorist which is extreme and really messed up. It also felt very unnecessary.
- The characters had so much experience for someone who's supposed to be like 18-19 years old. I think it would have been better if the author aged up all of the characters. For example: in the book, Jordy (the mmc) had been traveling from place to place two timing with girls while he and the girls should still be in school. It was very unrealistic.

I found that the characters didn't have much personality and there were many times where I forgot whose point of view it was from. I wouldn't say that this book was bad but it wasn't a top favorite

I loved the concept of this. A famous prince goes on a reality show with his ex’s to win a second chance at love. Also, he’s a real piece of work behind the scenes and total manipulator. Maya is out for revenge and figured the reality show would be the perfect place to seek it.
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Instead she comes face to face with the girl he cheated on her with. She hates her, blames her…..but also is falling for her. I do wish the characters were a few years older.
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Thank you wednesday books and netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review

Two years ago, Maya's ex-boyfriend broke her heart by cheating on her. Now, he wants her to go on his new reality tv show where she and 5 of his other exes win a second chance with him. What will happen once she accepts, with her own plan in mind?

This book was amazing and turned out to be all I have ever wanted in a sapphic book. The bisexual representation was perfectly done. This is the book I wish I had the chance to read when I was thirteen and questioning my own sexuality. I loved how the character and plot development worked together throughout the novel. This book has made me want to read all of Sophie Gonzales' books. I would definitely recommend this young adult book to every romance reader out there.

Thank you Wednesday Books, Sophie Gonzales, and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

If you love reality TV filled with drama, then you will absolutely love this book. If you like revenge, then you will also like this book.

I really enjoyed this one. I liked both Maya and Skye. The growth of these two characters made me so happy. Oh, Jordy Jordy Jordy, I wanted to hit him in the face and maybe knock some sense into him!