I am such a sucker for a good small town grumpy x sunshine book and Said No one Ever was IT. Absolutely loved Ellies story! It was so funny and charming, I could've spent much more time reading it :)

loved this romance of a girl who goes to airbnb and helps out on the farm and finds love and friendship. loved her friend tori and that she went out of her comfort zone and found love.

This fell flat for me. Sorry.

What I liked:
The cover
The dog; Hilda
The premise

What didn’t work for me:
The love interests lacked chemistry and I just couldn’t care about them.
The old lady’s antics got old in like the third chapter and they are so constant throughout.

Thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for an eARC.

this was such an incredible read!! i absolutely adored this and i am so grateful to netgalley for letting me read this book early!! it was fun and lovely and sweet and precious. pick it up!!

I loved the premise for this book, but I didn't quite manage to connect with the main character, or her love interests. In truth, I ended up putting this book aside. I may pick it back up at a later date, though. Thank you for the complimentary copy!

While not the most OMG Amazing thing I've read, a solid purchase for most libraries with a strong romance readership

Said No One Ever, by Stephanie Eding is such a delightful romp! Ellie is a girl you can’t help but root for, and Marilyn is the grandma we all wish we had. This story is just waiting to be adapted into a rom-com.

This book was so cute and fun! I loved Ellie, and felt so much frustration with how her family treater her. It was so fun watching her go from reluctantly helping around the farm to leading a mission to save it—and standing up for herself, too.

Marilyn, the grandmother, was a hoot and a half! And, while the romance wasn’t the whole focus of this book, Ellie’s growing friendship-to-more with Marilyn’s grandson Warren was really sweet and wholesome.

I enjoyed this book, and would love an entire series set in this world. Definitely pick it up for a entertaining and lighthearted read!

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for an e-ARC. This is my honest review.

Ellie has just about hit the proverbial rock bottom. She broke up with her perfect-ish boyfriend, got laid off from her job and she is in the shadow of her uber-successful sister. What does one do in such a predicament? Why yes! Escape to a tiny house on a farm in the middle of nowhere Montana. There she finds an unlikely friendship with an 82 year old woman who has a random assortment of farm animals and one VERY grumpy grandson. Follow Ellie and Warren through the ins, outs and ups, downs of trying to save a farm and possibly find their way to each other.

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Wow! From the first chapter I immediately started enjoying the book. Reading about Marilyn makes me miss my late grandmother and leaves me feeling all warm and fuzzy. I was captivated the whole time throughout the storyline and would love to read more about Ellie and her new life on the farm. I really didn’t want the story to end, definitely a book I would pick up again.

This book has a cute premise, with main character Ellie Reed going through multiple rough patches in her life (just broke up with her boyfriend of 6 years, about to get laid off and can’t find a new job, can’t afford to live in her apartment anymore) so she decides to take a spur of the moment, three week trip to a small town in Montana. It’s not the relaxing vacation she envisioned, though. Instantly everything goes haywire. Her Airbnb host, an 82-year-old woman named Marilyn, hurts her knee and is brought to a rehabilitation home. None of Marilyn’s family comes to help her - or her farm. There are a couple of mysterious, grumpy guys that make appearances and Marilyn tries to find her lost true love.

This book has the elements in it that I thought I would love, but it missed the mark for me. I don’t know if it’s because it was a 3rd person POV, but I felt like I couldn’t relate to Ellie or really any of the main characters. Marilyn and her cooky antics got old for me real quick. Neither Warren nor Blake had any appeal to me and I couldn’t warm up to either of them. I also felt like the plot just dragged on and on and on… to the point where I got tired of it at the end.

If you want to read a book about all the Golden Girls rolled into one, pick this book up! Marilyn and Belle are honestly the hidden gems in this book!

Ellie is trying to survive adulting, but honestly just needed someone to come along and show her she was already winning. Warren just needed some in happiness and goodness in his life to balance out the crazy and chaos. Putting them together was the sweetest story to read even if they didn't realize it was happening.

I love a good grumpy/sunshine and this book delivers! Add in a delightful female matriarch and you have a perfect feel good novel. Said no one ever is a fun, immersive read with a lot of laughs and a deep family connection. Coming from a big family, I’m familiar with all the drama that can happen and this book really nails that. This is a perfect book when you’re looking for some escapism from the world for a while.

Our main character, Ellie, books herself a three-week vacation on a gorgeous farm in Montana. She is looking to unwind and frankly, escape from her life for a bit. She’s on the verge of losing her job, and her sister has offered to have her be her nanny to her three children. Ellie dreads this, but it seems her only option. Once in Montana, she finds herself immersed in family drama and caught between two handsome men competing for control of the farm. She befriends the spunky elderly widow who owns the property. Determined to do the right thing, Ellie does things she never thought possible – and changes her life in the process.

What a cute immersive read. It was so playful and really well written. I loved Ellie, her life felt so relatable. The book was also full of comedy. The spunky grandma reminded me of my own grandma, and her antics were hilarious. Such a fun character. The city girl trying to make it in the country is always funny to be, so I did laugh out loud several times. This one is reminiscent of a hallmark movie love story and is utterly wholesome. Overall, this was a lovely read that I thoroughly enjoyed.

Huge thanks to @netgalley and the publisher, SOURCEBOOKS Casablanca, @sourcebookscasa for my e-arc in exchange for this honest review.

This one is out April 4th – it would make the perfect spring pick me up read.

Highlights:
city girl trying out country life
grump + sunshine
small town
family drama
montana

Ellie Reed is attempting to take a peaceful vacation to sort her personal life out but it turns into a roller coaster of family drama that she is right in the middle of. She thinks she’s renting a peaceful AirBNB on gorgeous Montana farmland, but unfortunately she encounters a whole set of family drama. Ellie somehow manages to become a caretaker of a barn full of animals, caught between two handsome men and finds a friendship in a spunky elderly woman. Little does this know this vacation is about to change her life’s destiny.

This book totally is the comedy version of the TV show Yellowstone. LOL There is family drama, handsome men and a whole lot of twists and turns. I found this book one day while I was scrolling through Netgalley and thought the synopsis looked cute. Well, it certainly was. Marilyn, the elder matriarch of the family is an absolute hoot. You immediately love her and wish that she was your Grandmother. She is kind, thoughtful and full of spunk. Her Grandson Warren is a cranky but hardworking man who has the softest spot in his heart for his Grandmother. Ellie is such a sweet kind soul who would do anything for her new found friends. This was such a sweet and easy read. I am so glad I was able to read an advanced copy of this book.

If you love romance, farm animals and Yellowstone - this one's for you! It is being released April 4, 2023. Make sure you add it to your TBR!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this novel. I encourage you to check this one out!

Go Marilyn! Yeah, don't we all need an unconditional cheerleader to get through the rough patches?

It took me a bit to warm to both Ellie (so caught up in her own drama, that she feels more sorry for herself than for the one in the ambulance) and Warren (being grumpy)., but further down the story it was okay. With Marilyn who actually made me laugh out loud several times.
Thinking a second in a series would be every so nice!

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of the book.

This book was nuts—from start to finish—and I loved it!

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Ellie Reed's self-esteem can't take any more of her family's constant criticism and attempts to control her life. But when she rents an Airbnb on a gorgeous farm in Montana, she encounters a whole new set of family drama and finds herself the caretaker of a barn full of farm animals, caught between two handsome men competing for control of the farm, and the sudden best friend of a spunky elderly widow whose outrageous ideas just might change her destiny...

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This book is for you, if you...
⇝ like “city-girl finding her way around country-life”—stories
⇝ want a book that focuses on one type of drama, and doesn't feel all over the place because it wants to tackle too much
⇝ fancy a story about a character dealing with how to organize her life and finding love along the way
⇝ want something with witty banter
⇝ have a bit of a tolerance for frustration (family meddling and not taking a hint)
⇝ love secondary characters that feel three-dimensional and make you constantly laugh out loud (Marilyn, I'm looking at you)

Ellie books herself a three-week vacation in a tiny home on a farm in Montana and gets more than she bargains for when her 82-year-old host is injured and she finds herself taking care of the animals (and maybe falling in love with the host’s grandson).

The premise sounded cute and I was expecting a zippy love triangle but instead this was more of a Hallmark-esque family drama. This was too saccharine and wholesome for me but readers looking for that kind of story will likely enjoy.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advance copy.

I loved this! I have been dying to go to Montana, and this book makes me want to book a trip asap! I loved this from start to end. The cover was so fun and I can't wait to buy this and put it on my bookshelf!