This was a good romcom that gave me a few laughs along the way.

I love modern retellings of the regency era or books that are contemporary but bring back the regency era feel so I was very excited to dive into this one.

This book was well done with great characters and great chemistry!

This book was utterly sweet. I loved the premise and the slow, gentle way our fair main character slowly drew towards each other. My main quibble though was I didn’t really care about the participants, I found myself skipping the chapters which focused on their love match plots. I also really found myself annoyed by the plot involving the brother; I just saw no chemistry and would’ve rather focused on our A plot with the main couple more. That said I think this is one book to buy and I will get my own copy.

This book was too freakin cute! I was hooked from the very first chapter, and finished it in less than a day.

Thank you NetGalley, Ally Sinclair, and publishers for gifting me a copy of A Season for Love in return for my honest opinion.

3/5 stars

In my mind, this is not a true rom-com. Especially when I see laugh-out-loud and uplifting. While there were parts of this book that were funny, there were also parts that were on the depressing side. When I'm reading a rom-com that is the last thing I want. Again this is a personal preference of mine and I can see the appeal in the book, but it wasn't what I was expecting.

Emma has recently taken over the family dating business now that her mom has retired. So what does she do? Throw in some Jane Austin that's what. While she has no plans to become romantically involved herself she plans to help her customers find the loves of their lives. Of course, throw in Mr. Knight who seems to always get under Emma's skin and she finds herself wondering why he bothers her so much.

While I did enjoy reading this book it isn't one that I would pick up to read a second time around. Did I find myself laughing at points, yes. Did Ally Sinclair do a great job writing her characters and making you fall in love with them, also yes. This was a wonderful debut novel there were just some aspects I didn't enjoy. I wish that instead of introducing so many character she went into some of the challenges that the characters faced instead.

This was such a fun and delightful read! It was great to escape with these lively and fun characters.
Many thanks to Hera and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

A Season for Love is very much in the territory of Jane Austen, in-fact so much so that it practically delves into the territory of Emma in both character and premise. It has Emma setting up a dating agency so she can play matchmaker professionally and host regency style balls. 

It is witty in places and very much feels like Emma in contemporary times. The best concept in the book is to see whether, what would be considered old-fashioned dating can actually work in today’s modern, high-tech world.

Overall, it is a pleasantly entertaining rom-com.

Thanks to Hera Books for a copy in exchange of an honest review.

It is not much of a secret that I like reading happily-ever-afters. They are the ones I take the least amount of time with and leave with a pleasant feeling when I set them down (most of the time). I start with this preface because I want to establish my frequency in this genre.
This particular book had a premise that was interesting to me. A matchmaker who decides to do something different to set up as many people as possible. She has a radar for almost everyone around her but has never been able to find the person for herself.
Usually, I am a fan of multicast narratives, where we have a whole range of people to watch the growth arcs of. In this case, however, there were one too many narratives, and I could not decide on whom to concentrate on since everyone had completely different problems and apart from one or two, most of them did not cross paths at all.
First, we have the matchmaker and her brother. The former is trying to prove to herself and the people around her that she can be as good as her mother at her job, and her brother just wants to contribute properly to the effort. Then we have a trio of teacher friends who have been talked into participating in the season. Each has her own backstory, which comes to light, some faster than others (although they were easy enough to guess).
The writing was simple, but I think I would have better appreciated more time for things to unravel the way they did. The pacing was believable but not as satisfying as I had hoped. I will want to try another of the author's works if I get the chance.
I received an ARC thanks to NetGalley and the publishers but the review is entirely based on my own reading experience.

Emma Love is inheriting her parents’ matchmaking business and comes up with a fun idea way to get people meeting up in person. The Season was to be an 8 week sequence of get-togethers like people used to do in the regency period, only better because it is inclusive and not gender-biased. This is definitely something I think today’s single people could really use! And this Season was so successful I’ll be looking forward to reading about the next one! Recommended for British rom-com readers ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Present day Bridgerton! Loved all the different character development throughout the story, the elaborate events and storytelling, and overall pretty much everything. Once the publishing world gave us Bridgerton, I became obsessed with this trope in romance books. Alas, this Jane Austen inspired romance novel! The only negative was the sheer amount of POVs. I have a hard time following two, but this one had many! In the end, I enjoyed the premise of the story and would read another by Ally Sinclair!

Pretty good. A little of by the numbers, but that may be because I read quite a few of this genre. A worth entry, none the less.

I thought this book was so cute. It was really enjoyable. There was times where I thought it was funny but otherwise it was a good read. I will definitely recommend this one

I really enjoyed this book, is so cute and funny, the characters are very funny together, I love it!!!
Thanks Netgalley and the publisher for the book

This modern retelling of Emma was a cute, fun read. I don't think it's my favourite retelling, but I enjoyed Emma's spunky personality and trying to guess how the story would play out.

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!!

Emma Love is a matchmaker that is taking over her mothers business.

She creates an 8 week event that takes place over summer where singles can meet and court each other like it is in the early 1800's.

With the help of her stepbrother Josh she is able to start the event, and are looking for suitable prospects.

We see 3 friends that are all school teachers.

Annie Lydia and Jane, we follow them in search for love.

We watch them look for love in the style of glamorous events and balls where they all get to know each other.

This was an easy and good read.

Full with funny moments.

I really loved this take on modern love matching.

💃 "Fitting in is fine, but you don’t need to. You don’t fit in with the world, Lydia. You bend the world to fit around you."

This story follows 3 best friends, who have had it with the headache that is modern day dating. Until one day, they get signed up for a "Love Season" for an entire summer. Imagine a Bridgerton Season but in modern day London.

As a huge fan of the regency era, beautiful gowns, grand balls, I was of course immediately drawn to this book.
It was fun to read about this group of best friends, who are completely different from one another but have this sisterly bond that warms everybody's heart. I was also glad to have the season's organizer's POV, so we could get some insights into her mind as well.

I expected a full on romance book, with only 2 MCs but here, you got multiple POVs that alternated pretty often, giving you a fast paced read. And the romance is there, of course, but it also felt like a coming into oneself story, where you get to follow the ladies' journeys, how they become more self aware, self confident and go getters.
The plot and the writing were pretty good, even though the "happily ever after" ending for that many people in as little time as we had, doesn't feel completely believable 😅

I quite enjoyed the book, but at the end of the day, it lacked a certain wow factor that would have made me loved. It's very hard to put into words since there's nothing wrong I could objectively point out 😅 But I did really have a good time reading this book, and I was rooting for the characters ❤️

Thank you NetGalley, Hera Books and the author for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

I really struggled to get into this book. and connect with characters. The writing wasn't really engaging and I wasn't invested in the plot. I thought I would enjoy the plot as although it was about multiple characters it seemed to be centered around the one dating event season but I really struggled to be invested in the love connections. The only saving grace of this book was Lydia's story. I found Lydia's story to be really interesting and well developed and we saw some good character growth. I think this would have been better as a series which focused on all love story separately even if it was a short story to give each couple enough attention for development in love and character growth.

This was just the RomCom I needed. Full of laughs and moments of whimsy - thanks to the setting and fun of dress ups, it was just the light hearted break my brain needed from all the usual angst and emotions I read.

Emma and her band of characters were a delight! Searching for love, falling in love and making me smile the whole story.

Fans of ensemble movies such as Valentine’s Day or He’s Just Not That Into You, will love Ally Sinclair’s A Season For Love.

A Season For Love follows a handful of hopefuls seeking to find their match. When Emma Love inherited her mother’s matchmaking business she knew it was in need of an update. Seeing that the 21st century version of dating hadn’t been working, Emma decides to take a page out of the past. She creates face-to-face events, reminiscent of Dickinson’s time, that focus on real life connections.

The book bounces back and forth between half a dozen different characters. In having such a large ensemble, Sinclair does a phenomenal job at representing love in all its forms. Readers are bound to identify with at least one love story.

This book was close to a five start read. I knocked a star off for the mere fact that there was a lot going on. I struggled at times to keep up with all of the characters and their story lines. I would have preferred for each chapter to be dedicated to one character. The lack of transition from character to character took me out of the story more than i would have liked.

Special thanks to NetGalley and Hera Books for allowing me to read this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

I enjoyed reading A Season for Love by Ally Sinclair. The characters in this story will warm your heart. Happy Reading!
**I received an ARC of this book courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher. All opinions expressed in this review are my own and given freely**