This book truly got me and my ''best friends to lovers'' feelings. The main characters' chemistry is undeniable and you can totally feel the connection.

This was a fun friends-to-lovers story, with a side of triumphant career comeback! The intimacy of Huck and Lorelei’s friendship made their chemistry all the more compelling.

The flashbacks got confusing for me at times as to where we were in their timeline but I liked seeing how their relationship grew. The flashback’s don’t happen linearly but it was fun to learn different aspects of their friendship and relationship while you already had some pieces of the puzzle.

This will be a great, cozy, fall read!

Thank you NetGalley & St. Martins Press for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Really liked this story and read it very fast! I’m not a huge country fan but I really loved the premise with two young artists in Nashville trying to make it big. Their complicated friendship and past together made for a very sweet friends to lover’s romance. I liked how Craig and Lorelei’s friendship and feelings evolved and how the story went from the past to present and from both point of views to get all sides of the story and how they were both feeling.
The other characters were fun and I will definitely be reading the other authors books after this story!

I absolutely loved Craig and Lorelei's story! I love a good flashback, and I thought they were used well to give a lot of depth to the history between the characters. I also loved the community around them - so fun. Before I reviewed it, I grabbed Hahn's first book in this series and read that, too. Highly recommend!

Overall, I really enjoyed this book. The two main characters were very likeable and I enjoyed watching them grow together. The only thing that gave me pause about the story was that I never found Lorelei’s storyline all that believable. I just don’t buy that playing one “protest song” would cause her entire career and personal life to implode to such a degree that she’d be forced to leave the entire music industry. So it was a little difficult to get past that plot point, but otherwise it was a cute story with a lot of steam!

This was very good and I could not put it down because I had to know what happened next. This was an absolute dream to read and completely loose myself in. Great romance! I loved it so much, I would definitely read this again!
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Wow I LOVED this book! I enjoyed Built to Last but Friends Don’t Fall in Love was everything. I loved the country music scene, Lorelai’s teaching background and commentary on the state of teaching/gun laws, Huck’s poetry!!!! I loved it all.

I am in love with all of her books they just keep on getting better and better. this was another good one. glad i found this author and have the privilege's to read her books.

YOU GUYS! I have been waiting for Friends Don't Fall in Love for what feels like forever, and following along on Twitter. Let me tell you, this is worth the wait! I loved that this was not only a fun country music industry portrayal, and a sweet (and sexy) romance, but that there's a lot of individual growth outside of the romantic piece of the plot. This is just so so good!

I’d been counting down to Erin Hahn’s latest romance, and she didn’t disappoint with this one. She has a keen ability to write lovable, complicated characters who still make you swoon, and Lorelai and Craig are as dreamy as they come. Yes, it’s a delicious slow burn, friends-to-lovers story with all the delightful “just talk to each other, you dumb dumbs!” tropes, but it’s also a story about decent people who were burned in their pasts and have done the work to put themselves back together and take their hurt and make sure they don’t do the same to anyone else. They’re also both just exceedingly normal. Lorelai is hot-tempered but earnest and thoughtful. Instead of creating tension through mean-girl tropes, Hahn shows us strong female friendships through Lorelai’s taking Nashville’s newest “it girl” under her wings instead of being threatened by her. And anyone with a chronic illness will appreciate Lorelai’s Celiac disease and how it’s just part of her life. Her dietary restrictions are something her friends and family treat with normalcy instead of a burden or inconvenience to them. When she accidentally “glutens,” they get it and are empathetic—as most loving family and friends are for friends dealing with auto-immune disease. This may seem small, but as a reader with chronic illness, it was so refreshing to see a character who despite a health issue, that’s not the foundation for their entire character.
Similarly, while Craig certainly has hot MC qualities (he writes erotic poetry, people), he’s also a very average man, just trying his best. He overthinks and misinterprets and puts his foot in his mouth. He doesn’t have all the answers, and he’s certainly not a solid brick of rippling muscles. We root for these characters because we know these characters. They’re our older brother and best friend; they’re people we would and could choose as partners. This is a beautiful love story with accessible characters with whom everyone who enjoys a love story should spend some time.

Thank you to the publisher for the eARC in exchange for my honest review. This review contains mild spoilers.

This is my favorite Erin Hahn novel. This is my second time ARC reading for her and the third book of hers I've read. As with her other novels, Friends Don't Fall in Love is funny and emotional and romantic. It's the perfect blend of romantic comedy.

I am in love with Craig. He is honestly the sweetest mmc I've ever read. The 'he fell first and harder' trope is one of my favorites for good reason and this book is no exception. There were so many lines of his that made me clutch a pillow to my chest and giggle. He's respectful and supportive. Lorelai can always count on him to be there for her.

Lorelai is absolutely amazing. She is headstrong and firm in her beliefs. She stands up for herself and worries about the consequences of her actions on others. Throughout the book she was strong, but she still had room to grow and Hahn did an excellent job of writing that arc.

Of course I can't talk about an Erin Hahn novel without the side characters. Some of them were new to me, while others were the main characters of her other books. I was so happy to see old faces and get a 'where are they now' glimpse of their lives. The new side characters stole my heart and I hope to see more of them in her future novels.

This book is perfect for fans of country music, friends to lovers, and cavity inducing sweet romances with a kick of spice. I can't recommend this book enough and I can't wait to get a physical copy.

3.5 rounded to 4

I really loved the author's previous story set in this series. This one engaged with a trope that is a hard sell for me--and despite the wonderful way the author wrote about music, I found myself putting it down often. But I always picked it up again, because of that wonderful love of the creation of music, and because I wanted to see Lore get her happy ending, even if it was with a guy who was jonesing for her for years without saying anything--for no reason that any adult would accept. There was a story only because these two didn't talk to each other in spite of the fact that they were totally into each other and had been for several years. Frustration!

So my suggestion is to read it as a very low-key romance between musician/writers, who express themselves through melody and oblique lyrics, not face to face like a couple of grownups.

I'll still read the next!

Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read this amazing book before its publishing date.
4 stars, but I wish I could do 1/2 stars.
This was an adorable romance novel! I absolutely love the characters; I think I will never forget Huck!
i enjoyed Lorelai’s character too. She was a bit too pity party for me at times, but I think she needed to be that way.
I will highly recommend this one!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book, in exchange for an honest review.
'Friends Don't Fall in Love' is a friends to lovers trope, which I happen to love. (brownie points!!) If you're a fan of this trope, Nashville and the country music scene, then this book is 100% for you!
Craig is THE boyfriend we all want. He's just gruff enough, but sweet, caring, and willing to always fight for his girl. I may have fallen in love with Craig (Huck) while reading this book...
Without giving too much detail of the storyline (trying to avoid spoilers) this did not have the typical falling out that happens too often in a friends to lovers book, it was very mild and I found that so refreshing.
I do have to say the only "confusing" thing to me is the event that caused Lorelai to be forced from the country music world, before making her comeback during the story. I think I understand what the author was trying to do, but with this specific topic (sorry trying not to give spoilers!) being so relevant currently in America, I am not quite sure why this would have been a shocking act to cause her to be shunned by everyone. It seems like in reality the opposite would have happened. But, I can still appreciate the author adding this into the book, no matter how she chose to use it.
Additional brownie points include, Michigan shoutout! Untamed shoutout! Britney Spears shoutout! AND one of the best lines I have EVER read in a romance (it's in the epilogue, and can't use it without spoiling - darn it!)

Rating a solid 4 stars and would recommend to all of my fellow romance readers!

Thank you to NetGalley and St Martin's Press for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.

This was a fun and fast read with plenty of tropes mixed in. Craig was my kind of MMC - cinnamon roll with a spicy side. The FMC, Lorelai, is still recovering from past pain, and needs reminding that she can be herself. Thankfully Craig, and some other side characters are there to push her along.

If you like the country music scene, friends with benefits, friends to lovers, dual POV, second chance/it's always been you, and open door romance, then this book is for you!

This book was a sweet read.
Lorelai is a character I can relate to in a lot of ways. She’s a fun loving woman, that has had life knock her down a few times.
Craig is a lovesick man that is more talented than most know.
These two are destined to be together. Unfortunately they need to learn to communicate better! 😊
This was a fun book to read. Thank you NetGalley for the ARC! I enjoyed it!

I was eagerly anticipating this sequel and while I enjoyed this love story, I perhaps expected it to be more similar to the first in the series instead of what it was (a standalone story with unique characters with their own dynamic). The chemistry and second chance was endearing, it just felt a little inevitable the whole way. Thank you for the ARC in exchange for an honest review! This comes out in October.

Beware: FRIENDS DON’T FALL IN LOVE by Erin Hahn is going to ruin men for you. In a literary world where leading men snag my heart (I’m looking at you, Charlie Lastra), Craig “Huck” Boseman swooped in and had me falling “head over ass” in seconds. He is the best and kindest of friends to Lorelai, but underneath his band shirts simmers a bottomless passion and a hidden talent for erotic poetry. No lie.

And it’s perfect. In BUILT TO LAST, we are first introduced to Lorelai Jones and fall for this former-musician who had her heart trampled but remained kick ass and a fierce friend. In FDFIL, Lorelai is restarting her musical story with her friend and now-producer Huck at her side. The two are the definition of sexual tension, but can their friendship survive something more?

FRIENDS DON’T FALL IN LOVE made me swoon and laugh. You don’t have to read BTL first, but you are going to want to. Don’t worry - this drops in October so you have plenty of time.

Also, I now have a new book boyfriend.

Overall, I really liked this book. The characters' chemistry is great, the sex scenes are good, the supporting characters are well-rounded and interesting.

My only real complaint is that the main conflict centers on a song I have never heard of. And that's fine—but even a line or two of lyrics would have been incredibly helpful. The song was released years before I was born. Every time they mentioned "Ohio," I had to resist the urge to put the book down and google it. There's a little explanation—I gather than Neil Young didn't like guns? (Rock on, Neil.) But I'm not a music person. I was halfway through before I realized that Neil Young wawsn't the guy who did "Sweet Caroline." I realize this makes me an incredible loser, but I like to think even musically ignorant people should get to enjoy a book.

Of course, I also had trouble understanding why mentioning that guns are bad should lead to total cancellation, but that's a very different and much deeper issue.

Also, Lorelei was a complete idiot for not realizing that Craig was in love with her when they were younger, and it was stupid or downright cruel for her to suggest keeping it casual. (Which was such a brief conversation, when Craig kept talking about it later, I thought he'd just assumed and I was mad at him.)

Friends Don't Fall in Love is the next book in a universe of interconnected characters. In this novel we get the story of Lorelai (a friend of Shelby's in Built to Last) and Huck. Huck, our lovable, geeky, sweet, smart, record producer has been in love with Lorelai since he was in a band with her ex-fiancé. And Lorelai? Well Lorelai has been in denial of her feelings about Huck since she's been in Michigan licking her wounds after being 'canceled' for a benign protest when she was a rising country music star. They both end up in Nashville, where they are working on her album, and it's during this time that they fall even further for each other. Of course they muck it up--lots of doubts, unspoken feelings, and poor communication, even though communication is what they're known for. And in the midst of all of this there are missteps with her comeback, followed by the best steps for her comeback; thank goodness for good friends in high places. Also luckily for them, they have a lot of outside help that nudges them into the right direction when it comes to *them*, making for a sweet and happy ending.

Friends Don't Fall in Love is fun, sexy, and sweet; it reminded me of a Taylor Swift song--lots of longing and love that leaves you feeling fully satisfied when it ends.