Wow. This book left me a little speechless, which doesn't happen often, as my close reader friends would know.

This is probably the most romatic and perfectly imperfect story I have EVER read. And it's probably my dreams came true in book form. I can't even write this without getting weepy. It was very special, deeply emotional and personal for me, because of my years if experience with wedding planning, flowers, setting and my true view of 'marriage' and 'commitment' and how much I related to EVERYTHING. Like, literally, EVERYTHING. At the 4% mark I was already telling my friends to pre-order and how it felt like someone wrote a book about my life, almost.

Forever/Grandcentral, thank you for the ARC!!
You made my day - and my year, as in July I will be deep in wedding season and a half-functioning human and I probably won't be able to read it then. :( (I hope international release date is the same though, as I will need a physical copy and keep it as my bible.) Also, if you want an unbiased opinion of this book, maybe ask someone else? I'm too obsessed and 'in' it to keep it objective, I don't think I ever connected so much with a story and the characters.

But beside my personal connection, Forget Me Not is all around awesome. From the dual POV and dual timelines, to the heroine's voice, the wedding adventures, the second characters, the vibe, the spice - everything, superb.

This a very well written, well balanced, realistic, quirky yet emotional story that I'm sure a lot of Romance (RomCom) readers will love. Ali Hazelwood's fans will eat it up! It's going to be the next phenomenon and I'm grateful to get a first look at it. It's addictive, beautiful and has the most gorgeous settings, hilarious characters and intense feels. You get a second chance romance story with all the angst, questions, love and insecurities that tie these two lovelies together. It's dual POV, so get ready for the Then and Now it all its raw, heartfelt and at times awkward glory.

Also, Julie, mind if I steal some of these wedding ideas? I'll give credit. And discounts. And I'll even make my florist take a pic with the book when it comes out, with his tattoos and studio on display. :D

*review links to come closer to the release date

You may think everything ends one day, but you haven’t had ‘everything’ with me.”

As someone who has loved Julie's writing for a long time, ao3 dramione reader here. I went into this book with high expectations and I was NOT disappointed! If anything I was blow away by how much I loved this book. I could gush about it for hours, I am not even sure how many highlights I have in my kindle for this book but it was quite a few! There was many things to love about this book starting with the fact that it has two of my favorite tropes...grumpy/sunshine and he falls first. I am sucker for those, throw in that he is a moody, tatted florist and completely in love with the cute and lovable wedding planner....I was sold immediately. Elliott is one of my new favorite book boyfriends and he reminds me a little bit of a certain blonde book boyfriend *cough Draco* that I know Julie loves but he stands on his own as a top book boyfriend in my opinion. The amount of chest pains I had while reading this was insane, so many feelings both good and sad. These characters have been through a lot and while I have never been through the same things, the way they responded to the trauma and dealt with everything was so relatable. In short this book gave me tingles and anxiety, both in the best way so you should go preorder this book asap!
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Oh my goodness!
Never in my life would I thought that I’d be this IN LOVE with a florist. Elliot with his gosh darn TATTOOS and the meanings behind them 😍. Also, can we talk about how absolutely beautiful the name Amaryllis is???!!!!!
I absolutely love a grumpy/protective/ hostile main man!
But I love how Ama doesn’t take anything and will get what she wants 😍
Honestly can’t wait for the next book because I also love a good proposal story;)

This was absolutely delightful! I was lucky enough to get an alc of the audiobook and I read it in just about 24 hours because I couldn’t put it down.

I loved the premise. A wedding planner and a grumpy florist she is forced to work with, except they’re exes. I also really liked the format where Ama was telling their story in the present and Elliot was telling them story from the past until they met at the end.

I loved the wedding planning aspect and seeing how Ama out the wedding together. This was a little steamier than I was expecting but I was here for it! I also loved the narration and it was so well done.

I can’t wait for more books from Julie Soto!

Julie Soto is my favorite author ever. Period.
She knows how to write longing SO WELL. I was obsessed with Ama and Elliot and their tension from their first 3 “sentence” phone call. Elliot is the perfect grumpy but smitten book boyfriend and Ama is so relatable and witty and such a girl boss. I love reading about a love that supports and encourages and makes each other better. Julie was able to fit that into this story so well. This story was the perfect balance of funny, witty, and emotional. So many fluffy feelings. It’s early in the year, but I have no doubt that Forget Me Not will for sure be my favorite read of the year. Julie Soto has a number one fan in me forever.

This book was so cute! I love the grumpy : sunshine trope. I also love all things weddings so this was so fun. I read it in a matter of hours and couldn’t put it down.

Thank you NetGalley for eARC in exchange for an honest review.

I am not going to do any review justice, so for now just know I am OBSESSED with this book and it seems impossible that it’s not coming out until July?! Please I need everyone who is a fan of romance books to add this to their summer reading list. Dual POV, past and present timelines, SECOND CHANCE. I mean..

Okay this is not a full review this is just chaos but my brain is scrambled and I need a donut

No like, IM OBSESSED. Julie Soto was already on my radar as the author of my favourite fanfic, so when I saw that she was publishing her debut i honestly had ZERO doubts that it would be a 5 star read. I was right: Forget Me Not has all the elements that Julie Soto is so good at: tension, characters you fall in love with, and an amazing story to boot. The story follows Elliot, a grumpy florist, and Ama, a sunny up and coming wedding planner, as they reunite 3 years after their messy break up. Cue the TENSION.
Thank you so much to Netgalley for the ARC; I can’t wait for you all to meet Ama and Elliot. They will be your new favourites!

I loved this book so much! Ama and Elliot had such good chemistry. The extinct flowers living on Elliot's skin Swoon. Grumpy x Sunshine? YES. I loved the elements of TLC and The Wedding Planner throughout the story. It was adorable and spicy and just perfect.

Forget Me Not was is for the readers who love a silent, broody hero.

As you can probably tell from the cover, this is Reylo inspired. As a Reylo fan I do not mind this at all haha. Plus the cover is gorgeous! The colors and the way they are looking at each other, plus his hand on her cheek?!? *swoon*

The writing style took a little getting used to but was so interesting. Ama's POV is the present and Elliot's is the past. I thought that was an interesting take on the dual POV and helped fully flesh out their relationship. I would have liked for them to interact more in the present since they were working together on a wedding and this is supposed to be a second chance romance. I felt their second chance romance needed more development and most of their romance is in the past. I liked both characters (my favorite was Elliot!). I think they had good chemistry and I wanted to see them end up together. I also liked that they never doubted each other's skills, that was super cool considering they were at odds. The steam was good and worked for the characters.

Overall this was an entertaining read! Would recommend if you like second chance romance, grumpy/sunshine, workplace romance, forced proximity, angst, hero falls first, and mild steam.

Gosh I loved this book!! This was one of my anticipated reads of this year and it didn’t disappoint. The beginning is a little slow going but after the story kicked in I was completely engrossed in the story. Definitely recommend to anyone who loves second chance romances, grumpy x sunshine, and broody MMCs w/ tats ;)

Thank you Netgalley and Forever for the ARC!

Did I request this for the cover? Absolutely. So beautiful. Thank goodness the story was a success, just like the cover art!

Be warned- spoilers ahead!

I loved this book. Very very much. Elliot? 😙🤌 he was perfect in every way. He was grumpy yet gooey, silent but spicy, averse to people yet kind. He was everything I could’ve hoped for from this MMC. Actually, he was a little *too* silent for the story because we didn’t get a lot of depth in his conversations with Ama but his inner monologue filled in some of those emotional gaps for me as a reader.

The problem with a perfect MMC is that it makes me hyper focus on the ways the FMC falls short. I loved Ama for the most part. She was a badass boss babe who was courageous, selfless, knowledgeable and kind. With that said, I didn’t love the conflict towards Elliot. I didn’t love that she was listening to him cry after she said no to the proposal. Soooo harsh, especially after having just told him she loves him. Cry together! Show him kindness! It didn’t jive for me. The end also was so rushed for me. I wish Elliot had his chance to tell her all the hurts she caused directly to her face rather than the Bluetooth moment during the wedding. There needed to be more follow through on the makeup/redemption aspect with Ama. She needed to grovel a bit more for me. Also, Hazel?? At the wedding doing the IG live and barely apologized for throwing Ama under the bus? Didn’t love that.

So 4 stars for me overall! I had an absolute blast with the humor, the spice was top notch and I’d gladly own this book with how pretty it is 😍

Thanks to Forever for the copy of this book!

Did I request this solely for the male MC with tattoos on the cover? Absolutely. Did he live up to all my expectations in this book? Also yes. I *love* a grumpy/sunshine trope, especially when he’s sarcastic and secretly super sweet florist. Elliot is just so endearing - I loved him so much. Ama was his perfect counterpart, and I loved her profession as a wedding planner organizing a high-profile wedding during the course of this story. Ama and Elliot had such a great dynamic in both the past and present timelines, and stemming their relationship from the perspective of wedding planning and marriages worked so well. Julie Soto wrote a great romance with lots of good plot and a fantastic villain - I’ll definitely be back for more of her writing!

Read if you:
- love the grumpy/sunshine trope
- dig a guy with tattoos
- are interested in wedding planning
- can handle some steamy scenes or are fine flipping a few pages

Thank you to Forever for the ARC in exchange for an honest review! <3

For fans of Ali Hazelwood & Elena Armas, expect this book to be a new favorite!

Julie managed to somehow take tropes I usually despise and craft a story that was fun, unique, and just the right amount of sexy for a stunning debut!

I’m usually not a fan of second chance, dual timeline, or “it’s not you it’s me”, but Julie pulled it off incredibly well. The chapters from the past never felt boring or like they were holding the present storyline back, the second chance was realistic, and the way the “it’s not you it’s me” was woven into the character’s personality and storyline didn’t make me want to rip their hair out, but instead go “there, there, you’ll realize soon sweetie”

The spicy scenes were what I consider a perfect balance for a story like this. Enough to give an extra oomph, but not too much that it distracted from the story.

I liked the pacing, the side characters, and the wedding plot line. It kept it light, quick, and overall very enjoyable!

If you like:
- second chances
- broody but sensitive hot men with tattoos
- sparky, confident boss women
- a little spice with your fluff
- dual timeline & dual pov

then you’ll adore this!

As a fanfic writer and reader myself, I was incredibly excited for Julie’s debut, and am thrilled to say it did not disappoint!

I am absolutely OBSESSED with this grumpy/sunshine, spicy, dual POV second chance romance between a wedding planner and a florist set in Sacramento, California!!!

Told through flashbacks and present day timelines, we get to know how wedding planner Ama meets florist Elliot, falls in love and and eventually how they broke up when they are forced to work together to pull off the highest profile wedding of Ama's career.

The sexual chemistry between Ama and Elliot is over the top HOT! I couldn't get enough of all the flashback scenes told through Elliot's eyes. Both of these characters felt real and relatable and I was invested in their relationship from the very first page.

The buzz on this book truly is worth all the hype and I can't recommend it enough. Great on audio too narrated by Callie Dalton and Teddy Hamilton. Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital copy and Librofm for an early ALC!!

Ama has an opportunity to take her wedding planning business to the next level with a high profile client, but is forced to work with her ex Elliott who has already been hired as the florist.

This was a fun second chance workplace romance between a grumpy hero and commitment-phobe heroine. It’s told in dual perspectives and timelines, revealing their past connection from Elliott’s POV and Ama’s experience in the present day. The format worked well to see the chemistry that initially brought our characters together as we wait to find out where it all went wrong.

I loved that beneath Elliott’s gruff shell, he was a softie who saw Ama’s strengths — I admired their partnership. It’s steamy and highlights the fear of falling in love and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

If you’re a fan of grumpy/sunshine or second chance romances, this one is for you!

After leaving her boss’s company to start her own wedding planning business, Ama gets the opportunity to plan the wedding of a lifetime. The catch? The florist is her ex, Elliot.

Ama’s POV mainly occurs in the present and we see her struggle with setting boundaries between herself and her clients as her former boss, Whitney, has told her to do numerous times. Over the course of the book, Ama learns that doing everything the same way that Whitney does isn’t the only way to have a successful business.

Elliot’s POV are predominately written in the past and give us insight into Ama and Elliot’s previous relationship. I really loved that we got to see Ama and Elliot from the past. Their history played a huge role in the story and I enjoyed seeing their past unfold alongside their present.

Elliot’s tattoos and hair… need I say more? This grumpy florist wears his heart on his sleeve and I fell in love with him immediately.

Ama is strong-willed, a donut lover, and an overall kickass wedding planner! Her family history gives great insight into why she views marriage the way she does.

Thank you NetGalley and Forever for the eARC in exchange for an honest review!

Julie Soto’s debut novel had me giddy and hooked from the first few chapters. A long time fan of her fanfiction, I was curious to see how her work would transfer to original characters and I was NOT disappointed.

Ama is a career driven woman who is determined to land the biggest wedding of her career, just one hitch. She will have to work with Elliot, the grumpy yet talented florist, whom she crossed professional lines with 2 years before only to have it blow up in their faces.

The dual timelines leading up to the wedding and counting down to the moment Elliot and Ama’s personal lives collided created the perfect tension. The chemistry between the two of them had me hooked. The subtle details, the tattoos, the car, the boutonnière and the landmarks around the city made me feel so immersed in the story.

I received this as an arc from Forever publishing and owe them and Julie a huge thank you for letting me experience a romance that was exceptional. I will buying myself a copy and desperately awaiting Julie’s next book.

This could have been a 5 star read but I needed more communicating in the present! We get lots of communication in the past during the flashbacks but only some grudge fueled remarks in the present.

All that to say this book was super cute, a lot of fun and very emotional. I adored the characters (grumpy Elliot not so much). I really enjoyed the wedding parts and planning it snd the discussions of flowers and the arrangements were breathtaking. I could clearly picture the masterpieces. Elliot sounded super hot especially with his tattoos but he was way to grumpy even for me who likes a grumpy/sunshine. Grunts are not words! As we had flashbacks we got to the steamy parts of the book quicker which was appreciated.

My favorite part was when AMA stuck it to her old boss who was a witch with a capital B and tried to steal her wedding. It was an amazing f u moment we all live for. I’ll definitely read more of this author in the future to see how their writing style develops as they publish more!

I think this is one one my favorite books I have read in a long time. It has everything I want in a book plus more.
Julie has outdone herself. I had so much faith, so so much and it paid off. This book was EVERYTHING. The angst, the spice, the relationship building is incredible and I can see myself reading everything Julie writes from here on out. I trust her writing endlessly and she is now on the top of my auto-buy list.