I am never let down by Sullivan's work. I also love how this is part of a "series," but each book can be read as a stand alone. I think I have read two out of the three books.

Wes and Hailey had great character development throughout, from their personal issues to issues stemming from career, family, and friends. I loved how they were individuals that were given full attention throughout the story and I didn't have to fill in any plot holes or make my own assumptions. These two decide to be just friends and create their own small (not fully discussed in the book) manual to being just friends and nothing more. It had a meet cute from the start as well. I think I struggled a little with the different cliches that went with the trope of "just friends" and how it played out with the emotions of each individual character.

Sullivan's writing allows for there to be emotions, romance, spice, humor, love, and tenderness all at the same time. This story was effortlessly told and was honestly a quick and cute romcom. I really enjoyed this one!

A sweet romance that is reminiscent of Sophie Kinsella novels. Sullivan's prose is quick and delightful to read. Her characters are distinctive and easy to root for. A fun, easy read.

This was my first book I had read of these interconnected stand alones and it was cute. The mentions of the characters made me want to read the others (and made me wonder if I’d like them more than this couple)

Slow burn? Friends to lovers? Check and check.
Chatter and quips were cute.
Hailey’s unwillingness to accept help or anything from Wes was annoying, but it made sense with her back story for the most part. Same with Wes and his refusal to admit his feelings.

DNF. The writing just isn’t there. And the characters are flat and bland. I couldn’t force myself to keep going.

I’m not sure how I feel about this one still. I liked it while I was reading it but I found it very forgettable. I did really like the characters and the story line.

I ended up DNF'ing this one relatively early! It did not gel with me, and I had not previously realized this was part of a series with previous books.

This series has meant everything to me. The Jansen brothers are so different and Wes was always the one I wanted to read about so much. I was not disappointed. Grumpy isn't the name for it. He just never saw the point and I loved his growth!

I did not know that this was part of a series when I started reading it, however I still really enjoyed it!! It was a super cute read with good banter (which is a favorite for me in books!).

Hailey Sharp moves to LA and opens a salad shop and is struggling. She accidentally bumps into Wes at the coffee shop next door to her business. Wes mistakes her for his blind date. They end up seeing each other a bunch. Wes and Hailey then decide to be just friends. 🙄

This was a cute romance. I listened to the audiobook and loved the narration. The writing sucked me in. I'm becoming a big fan of the author. I was able to read this as a standalone. But will definitely be going back to read the rest of the series.

I'm not the biggest fan of the slow burn trope but this was a cute romance that had some LOL moments. I read this not realizing that this was the third book in a series - I didn't feel like I missed much while reading, but I wish I would've known so I could've read those two first!

Overall, I enjoyed this book and would recommend to someone as a quick and easy palette cleanser read.

This was your standard friends to lovers romance but I still enjoyed the story. I did find the stubbornness of the main characters slightly frustrating but I can understand why they acted the way they did. The author did a good job of exploring each of their perspectives. All in all I’d give this 4 out of 5 stars.

Unbearable read. This book was weird and the plot was confusing to follow. Also the salad cup shop? The miscommunications in this book couldn’t hold up the plot.

<i>A Guide to Being Just Friends</i> was honestly kind of terrible. I spent the first half bored out of my mind and the second with my eyes rolling backward into my head. There is something to be said for decent marketing, though, since I’m pretty sure the only reason I picked this book up was because it was compared to <i>When Harry Met Sally</i>. Let me put that mischaracterization to rest, however, and let all of you know that this book is nothing like that gem of a movie and if you go into reading it with that expectation, you’re going to be <i>extremely</i> disappointed.

Without thinking too hard about that comparison, Sullivan’s’ story suffers largely from the poor pacing of her writing. Her characters are irritating frequently and conflict arises largely out of lack of communication. I don’t know why this trope is such a painful fallback for so many writers, but after years and years of readers complaining about how frustrating this sort of conflict building is I can’t believe writers are still doing it. And that’s without me even getting into how uncomfortably cheesy the happy moments were. I honestly kind of regret wasting my time reading this book.

Loved this book! Can not wait to read more by this author. Such a fun read and fell in love with the characters

This book had well developed relationships and character development even if they both bugged me at times. I appreciated how they were really focusing on building their friendship. I am not a fan of third act breakups, and this one made me so mad. However, I thought this was cute. Thanks for the ARC.

This was a cute read but not my favorite book of the year. I thought the salad restaurant was a cute concept but the romance was slow-moving for me. Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for this book in exchange for my honest review.

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This was a lot of fun!! I think this was my favorite one in the series. I think Wes is my favorite brother! I loved seeing all the brothers together and their girlfriends. I loved Hailey and thought she really balanced them all out. I love that its really a series so we have so many of the same characters.

I thought this was a super cute book from Sophie Sullivan! She really breaks the barrier of two people who try to be just friends but the slow burn!!!! I need to read her other books but really enjoyed the writing!

Sophie Sullivan writes a swoon-worthy slow burn romance in A Guide to Being Just Friends. I loved the setting of a salad shop instead of a restaurant or bake shop, which seems to be pretty common in this genre. I also loved that the book hit on the real life hardships of entrepreneurship. I loved the will-they-won't-they between the two main characters, and I really enjoyed how well developed they were. Overall, a great book that was MUCH more than *just* a romance!

I’d never read a book by Sophie Sullivan before and I’m glad I got the chance to read this. I adored the characters and their humor. I wished the side characters had more depth or that we got a spinoff book of them.