This book was one of those I couldn’t put down until I finished! It was so good from beginning to end, with fun twists, a great plot, and a wonderful group of girls getting to enjoy a mansion because they had all dated the same guy. Like it’s mentioned more than once in the book itself, if you think of it like a giant 2month long sleepover with food and wonderful sites and activities, who wouldn’t be up for it? Obviously it’s all for reality tv, but the behind-the-scenes look into what “reality tv” is actually like is pretty fun. And the show is called Second Chance Romance, so there’s going to be a romantic aspect to it too… just maybe not how you think. I can genuinely say I really enjoyed reading this book and almost all of the characters involved in this story… and I say almost all cause clearly there’s one that we all know who we shouldn’t like (and I 100% think he’s written in such a way that is impossible to find a redeeming characteristic which is great). Anyways, I can’t wait for this book to be out and for everyone to enjoy it.

This was a great read. I didn’t know too much about the plot before I dove in and I was glad! I loved how the plot unfolded and everything really came together. The plot twists that were there, I didn’t predict. I loved that it included LGBTQA without it being the center of the story like other authors.

What a delightful rom-com as we see Maya go on a reality dating show and who is on there as well but the girl, Skye, her ex boyfriend, Jordy, cheated with while dating her. Come to find out he cheated on Skye too. As Maya and Skye hang out , they admit at first they couldn’t stand each other but now, is it possible that Maya, who’s bi, has feelings for Skye? What could go wrong if Jordy finds out?

AAAHHH I could not put this down.

I'd like to start by thanking the publishers for allowing me to read this book before its release, being my first ARC I'm beyond excited.

Never Ever Getting Back Together is about two girls, both invited to go onto a reality dating show, a show that centers around their shared ex-boyfriend, now celebrity heartthrob Jordy Miller as he rekindles old flames all to find “the one that got away”. While Maya joins the show in hopes of exposing Jordy for the cheating liar he is, Skye isn't quite sure why she's joining, she's not one to give second chances. Upon meeting, the pair get off to a rocky start, each convinced the other was an accomplice to their heartbreak. However, with so many of Jordy's exes in one place, it doesn't take long for Maya, Skye and all the other girls to realize the solo offender is Jordy. Hell-bent on revenge, Maya and Skye began plotting their foolproof plan to show the world who the real Jordy Miller is. Neither girl could have predicted that the longer they spent together, the less it would become about Jordy.

Maya did say he had great taste in women.

I loved this book for a number of reasons. For starters, the dialogue was incredible, Jordy was such an unbelievably narcissistic character it was comical, and his one-liners made me audibly laugh. I felt like groaning every time he opened his mouth; that goes to show you how well he was written. It's hard not to think of all the Jordys you've known while reading this book. You root for the main characters from beginning to end, you want to revel in the joy of taking him down right along with them.

The reality show aspect was something I didn't know I’d enjoy so much. The scripting and the inauthenticity of it all was downright hilarious. All of Jordy's corny lines and blindsiding made me feel like I was watching a season of the Bachelor. All the drama and twists made it nearly impossible to put this book down. The staff and producers with their shameless devotion to putting on a show, was a nice touch, exactly what I'd imagined goes down behind the scenes of these shows.

And my favorite part, the romance. The enemies to lovers pipeline, my beloved, never fails me. This was made even better by the fact that both girls were falling for the girl their ex-boyfriend cheated on them with, where can you say you've seen that plot twist before? The build-up was deliciously chaotic and I was invested after the first twinge of romance. Their end was such a satisfying conclusion and all in all this book was such an incredible read.

I'm looking forward to reading more by Sophie Gonzales, and thank you again for allowing me to review this ARC.

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for this ARC to review.

This book was great, 2 girls uniting to take down their ex-boyfriend, Jordy, in this reality TV show. Jordy is supposedly looking for the one that got away, but Jordy is not the sweet and charming man that the world thinks he is, and Maya is out to expose him.

Great read, first time reading from this author and yes you will enjoy it!!

CW: cheating, explicit language, gaslighting, parent abandonment (mentioned), drowning, sexism, car accident (mentioned off-page), slut-shaming

I would like to thank NetGalley and Wednesday Books, a division of St. Martin’s Press, for providing me a free e-ARC of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Maya ends up taking the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to humiliate her ex-boyfriend, Jordy Miller, on national TV by winning his new reality show, Second Chance Romance. However, she doesn’t take into account the fact that Skye, the girl Jordy cheated and left her for, would end up on the show. Even having to share bunk beds together, Maya and Skye realize they can work together to expose Jordy for who he is.

After reading the first chapter, I knew I was going to love this book. And rightfully so. Never Ever Getting Back Together has been getting a lot of talk in the bookish community and I was excited to have been given an e-ARC to review before it releases at the end of the year.

The whole concept of Second Chance Romance and how it's written in the book is definitely a unique component to the plot. I could not stop laughing at the production team’s attempts to get Maya to join the show. While it occasionally spurs out to say and do cheesy things, you get to see first-hand what it means to be on reality TV.

I also loved Maya and Skye’s relationship. Personally, it was great to see their banter throughout the book and their transition from enemies-to-friends-to-lovers. It also features a dual POV between Maya and Skye, which definitely helps the plot and can allow you to get inside their heads.

So if you want to read a book that takes forced proximity to a whole nother level or want to find a book that you can easily somewhat tie a Taylor Swift into, you will definitely want to read Never Ever Getting Back Together.

Thank you NetGalley for the eARC.

This is a romance book that takes place in a world like the bachelor, except all of the ladies are the exes of the guy.

I will admit it’s a cute read and to be honest I’m 26 and at first I thought it would be a bit seemingly young since the characters are around the age of eighteen.

Everything was great. One thing was sometimes I feel like it was a bit too meh. You know? Like sometimes the characters will say something and I would face palm myself.

All in all great read would definitely recommend.

**Disclaimer: I received a free advanced readers copy of Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this opportunity.

Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales is a young adult romance novel about two girls who agree to go on a reality television show where the premise is to date your ex again and see if the romance is sparked once more.  Only, one of the girls came to the show for a different reason.  It is set to be published on November 29th, 2022.  I rated it 5 stars on Goodreads.


Here's the summary from Goodreads:

When their now famous ex-boyfriend asks them to participate in a teen reality show, two eighteen year old girls—one bent on revenge, the other open to rekindling romance—get tangled up in an unexpected twist when they fall for each other instead in Never Ever Getting Back Together by nationally and internationally-bestselling and Indie Next Pick author Sophie Gonzales.
It’s been two years since Maya's ex-boyfriend cheated on her, and she still can’t escape him: his sister married the crown prince of a minor European country and he captured hearts as her charming younger brother. If the world only knew the real Jordy, the manipulative liar who broke Maya’s heart.
Skye Kaplan was always cautious with her heart until Jordy said all the right things and earned her trust. Now his face is all over the media and Skye is still wondering why he stopped calling.
When Maya and Skye are invited to star on the reality dating show Second-Chance Romance, they’re whisked away to a beautiful mansion—along with four more of Jordy’s exes— to compete for his affections while the whole world watches. Skye wonders if she and Jordy can recapture the spark she knows they had, but Maya has other plans: exposing Jordy and getting revenge. As they navigate the competition, Skye and Maya discover that their real happily ever after is nothing they could have scripted.

I am obsessed with this story.  I love these sort of pseudo celebrity stories and reality television stories.  This fit perfectly into that box, and I'm genuinely so glad that I read this.  The premise of a second chance romance reality television show sounds equal parts awful and like something that would be so fun to watch.  It makes a good premise for a book, and I did really enjoy that aspect of the story.  It was really fun to read about the drama and the manipulations the producers did in order to try and make the show entertaining, such as how many times they had to film moments in order to get the best shot of it.

In this novel we get the points of view of both Maya and Skye, and I really appreciated that we got both sides.  Both were interesting characters and both were well written.  I liked reading their perspectives and seeing their takes on either side of their respective relationships with Jordy.  They both brought something really interesting to the table.  I think I slightly preferred reading Maya's perspective because she was impulsive in an interesting way.  I also found her drive for revenge very interesting, but I also felt that she had really great character growth.  Skye was also really interesting to read about but I didn't love her as much as I loved Maya.  Both perspectives felt unique though.

The storyline was really well done.  I didn't know exactly how things were going to play out, and so it kept me guessing just a bit as we went through.  I didn't know how Maya would get even with Jordy, but I did really like reading about her plan.  It was decently twisty, but I liked that it came around to some pretty decent female friendships.  There was, of course, some cattiness at the start, but by the end of it all they were really strong friends, and I really appreciated that.

I will also say that I really enjoyed the romance between Skye and Maya.  I do enjoy when you get a bit of a slow burn relationship and this had elements of that.  They started off hating each other and then became allies and then became friends and then more.  It was a great progression and I loved being on that journey.

Overall, I had so much fun reading this story and I highly recommend it.  You should definitely get yourself a copy when it comes out in November.

First of all thank you Netgalley and St. Martins Publishers for an early copy of this novel!
Getting into the book, I loved this. Sophie Gonzales is one of my fav authors, I really enjoyed “If This Gets Out” and “Perfect on Paper” so I already knew I was going to be obsessed with this. Sophie always has a way with her stories and characters. In this book especially, it was enemies to lovers and the tension oh my god. Also, the plot I thought was super creative but again the author is known to do an amazing job with that. Overall, I was entertained by this new rom-com and I think everyone should go read it right now! Definitely a 5/5!

2 years ago, Jordy cheated on Maya, and she hasn’t forgotten. Especially when he’s all over magazines and the internet as the younger brother of the new princess of Challone. He calls and begs Maya to be part of his reality dating show, Second Chance, where he will date all his exes again. This could be her chance to take him down once and for all. But what Maya doesn’t account for is seeing Skye, the very woman that he cheated with, and warming up to her more than expected.

John Tucker Must Die meets The Bachelor? Count me in! I loved the premise of this book so much, and especially the female friendships. The moral of the story is that men suck lol. The only thing missing for me was some of the extra romance background, like Maya, I found we focused too much on Jordy some of the time. Overall would recommend as a really easy, quick read!

Never Ever Getting Back Together
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Genre: YA Romance / Rom-Com
Format: Kindle eBook
Date Published: 11/29/22
Author: Sophie Gonzales
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Pages: 384
Goodreads Rating: 4.04

I requested a digital advanced readers copy from NetGalley and Wednesday Books and providing my opinion voluntarily and unbiased.

Synopsis: It’s been two years since Maya's ex-boyfriend cheated on her, and she still can’t escape him. Skye Kaplan was always cautious with her heart until Jordy said all the right things and earned her trust. When Maya and Skye are invited to star on the reality dating show Second-Chance Romance, they’re whisked away to a beautiful mansion—along with four more of Jordy’s exes— to compete for his affections while the whole world watches. Skye wonders if she and Jordy can recapture the spark she knows they had, but Maya has other plans: exposing Jordy and getting revenge. As they navigate the competition, Skye and Maya discover that their real happily ever after is nothing they could have scripted.

My Thoughts: I love how the author integrated bisexual MCs into the storyline. I love the concept for this book, all the contestants on a reality show are exes of one guy, just brilliant. The characters were well developed, had depth, instant connection, even as “frenemies,” amazing chemistry, witty banter, and were amazingly written. I connected with both Maya and Skye, but did not with Jordy, but that is the point, he is enemy number one! The growth of the two MCs individually and together was brilliantly scripted out. The author’s writing style is one that I enjoy, it is complex, creative, unique in a good way, and works on so many levels for this story. This was a really good rom-com, fast read. I highly suggest you go preorder this book that will be released later this year!!

This one was a lot of fun! I really enjoyed seeing Skye and Maya fall for each other in the midst of the chaos that came from the show and trying to get back to Jordy. I felt like they complimented each other really well and were just really sweet together. And Sophie did a great job of making me Hate Jordy, and I was so glad when he finally got what he had coming to him in the end.

However, all that being said, this was probably my least favorite Sophie book. It just kinda felt like something was missing. Maya and Skye were both lacking some depth that Sophie's other characters have an abundance of. Don't get me wrong, I rooted for both girls from the very beginning, but I wasn't nearly as attached to them as I'd hoped to be.

I also thought the whole reality dating show storyline didn't really work with young adult characters. The stakes weren't as high as when this storyline is used on adults, and it just felt somewhat out of place in a young adult book.

I really did enjoy this book though and read it fairly quickly. It kept my interest the whole way through, and I found the ending really sweet. I think I was just left wanting a bit more from the book and characters. But, even though this wasn't my favorite book, I'd still definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a fun sapphic romcom full of drama and chaos!

I really enjoyed this book! It switches between the perspectives of Maya and Skye. They are invited to participate in a reality show getting second chance at love with their mutual ex boyfriend jordy. I enjoyed getting “behind the scenes” of reality show and how we all know it’s anything but reality. I enjoyed the book alternating with both the girls perspectives but the characters were a little flat. They were focused on the show and their reason for being there. We didn’t get to know Maya and Skye. We also didn’t really get to fully see them fall in love. I would’ve liked more details, it would’ve been more believable.
I also think it would’ve fit the premise of the book better if they were a little older. They were 18-20ish years old and to have six exes that you would attempt a second chance with was a little unrealistic.
I did enjoy it overall and I will definitely be checking out more of the authors work.

This book was so much fun! I don't even know where to begin singing its praises.

Maya's ex-boyfriend, Jordy, cheated on her two years ago, and she hasn't been able to escape him since. Jordy's sister married a European royal, which catapulted him into the spotlight and made him beloved by many, but Maya knows the truth about him and wants everyone else to see it too. When Maya is asked to join the show Second Chance Romance for a second chance at dating Jordy, she accepts and plots her revenge. But when she arrives, she finds out her roommate is Skye, the girl Jordy cheated on her with. And the more time they spend together, they realize they had more in common than they could've imagined.

This book captured my heart in every way. From the jump, the dialogue was witty and had me actually laughing out loud, which is rare for me to do with books. The dialogue was consistently incredible, and it was a great tool used for characterization, especially with Jordy. Since our POV characters were Maya and Skye, we only saw Jordy through his interactions with them. The way he spoke around them spoke volumes about his characterization and made it incredibly easy to side with Maya and Skye about what a terrible human being he is.

The slow burn between Maya and Skye was my EVERYTHING. The brief enemies arc before they realized what they had in common, transforming into their romantic feelings for each other, was done so well. And seeing their doubts through both of their POVs and their pining for each other made it even more satisfying when they finally kissed.

Maya's misbelief being so focused on revenge throughout the story was done incredibly well as well. I loved seeing her so focused on her mission and dedicated to it, to then questioning it as she grew closer to Skye, was executed so well. And of course, I loved her deciding at the end that being with Skye was more important than getting revenge on Jordy, and later seeing the girls still get the revenge they deserved. I love when endings aren't easy, and they're earned, and this story was a great example of that.

Needless to say, I highly recommend reading this book when it comes out! This was my first Sophie Gonzales book, and I can confidently say it will not be my last.

Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Great read. I feel like it's pretty on the nose for young relationships and there were t any continuity errors or anything. Storyline was fun and the relationship that developes is absolutely lovely, as well as the ending is thoroughly satisfying. I can also relate to both female MCs, so there's that. I've had ex's I've wanted to take down and expose their ugly side, but I've also struggled with abandonment trauma and the book handles both beautifully.

I was very excited about the premise of this book, and I had read and loved a previous book by Sophie Gonzales. While I enjoyed parts of it, there were parts of it that fell a little flat for me.

I watch many of the types of dating shows that this book was portraying, and it kept catching me off-guard to remember that these main characters were only 18. Since most contestants on these shows are a fair amount older -- when these characters acted like 18 year olds, I had to remind myself that was because they were only 18.

I enjoyed Skye's character the entire book, and I liked seeing the ways in which Maya changed and grew - and I loved watching their relationship develop. I felt like the rest of the characters were pretty one-dimensional -- with the exception of Isaac. I loved everything about him, and would be happy to read a book about him and his boyfriend next!

I also enjoyed the end and the way that it all wrapped up.

Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced copy of this book!

Great read. I honestly thought it was a cute read that anyone could get into.
Would recommend! Loved the humour and the
I am looking for ward to reading other books by this author.
This is my honest thoughts and opinions.

A delightful enemies to lovers sapphic romance where two contestants on a reality dating show (pseudo bachelor but they're all women the bachelor has dated before) start off despising each other then end up... something more.

This novel was digustingly cute. Honestly, if anyone will turn me into a contemporary reader it's Sophie Gonzales. Her writing is fantastic and hits at the perfect point of camp and emotion. The atmosphere was fantastic, the dialogue believable, and the entire thing had me grinning from ear to ear.

My only ehh point was that the characterization could sometimes feel a bit wishy-washy. While I adored the characters, it felt like they could have been fleshed out a bit more as, at times, it felt like what I was getting told about the characters was different from what I was seeing.

Overall, great read.

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for this ARC to review!

I have read every Sophie Gonzales book to date, and I have loved every single one for different reasons. Sophie really knocked it out of the park with this one. With each book, her storytelling improves, and I quite literally couldn't put this one down. When I wasn't reading, I was thinking about this book and the characters. Both of our MCs are very flawed, and I love that Sophie doesn't shy away from that. People are flawed and do/say shitty things!

Things I loved:
1. The premise: I never watched The Bachelor, however, I really wanted to give this one a shot when I found out that it would be two contestants who fell in love with each other instead of the guy they're "supposed" to. And boy, did Sophie deliver on this. The reality TV aspect of it was super well executed, and I loved how the producers and film crew would but in constantly. Makes you think how often reality TV is "reality".
2. The prose. There were many times I laughed out loud while reading this book. The dialogue was incredible and witty, and I felt like I really knew the characters.
3. The pacing. I never felt bored reading this book. While we focus a lot on the characters and their relationships, because they are filming for the show, there is a timeline so we are forced to keep the plot propelling forward. I think this was so smart, and really enhanced the reading experience for me. Whether the characters were ready or not, the finale was coming. It was so fun!
4. This book is fun! Honestly, I had a blast reading it. I tried not to take anything too seriously, and it was just such a joy to read. And such an easy read.

Things I didn't love:
1. Most of the other women on the show outside of our main two were very cookie cutter. I felt like they were forgettable and didn't really even notice they were there.
2. The romance seemed slightly rushed. We were on a timeline, but I wish we had a few more moments of Maya and Skye really connecting to each other before they start making out all the time.
3. They're all SO young! I get it-- I really do. But sometimes it baffled me how these girls were eighteen! In my head, they were 20+ because I just couldn't fathom it (but that is just me).

Overall, this book is a great read and I will be recommending it. It was super cute, fun, and thrilling all at the same time!

A cute story with a slight plot twist. A story of second chances and starting over. As Jordy Miller’s exes reconnect with him on a reality show, truths are revealed and personalities clash. When Maya and Skye are forced to room together, tensions are high. However, once the girls talk and come to a mutual understanding, things change. Now they create a plan to take down Jordy and get the justice they deserve. But will their love for each other prevail or crash and burn too?