This book is a fantastic mix of spicy fun and more deep themes with its romance. I love the main characters and appreciated the emotional journeys they went on individually and together. If you love a classic romcom, you will love this book!

While I wanted to enough Plot Twist, i couldn't get past how author La Rosa handled tough topics that may be triggering to others. Thus, I wasn't able to finish this tale.

I read the first book in the series and enjoyed it but this was so much more fun. I loved the grumpy sunshine aspect and the fact that she had to meet all her exes. This was a great read.

This was such a fun book! I really enjoyed getting to know these characters and all their quirks! It had lots of laughs, plenty of spice, and enough suspense that I read it in one day! I would definitely recommend this book to a friend! Thank you NetGalley for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review!

I would say 3.5 stars, round up to 4.

This was a cute, but unpredictable story. It was easy read and something I could read in 1-2 seating.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for ARC

3.5 rounded to 4 for the sake of this review system

This would have been a really great book if not for its insistence on bashing me over the head with step by step instructions on how to use TikTok. I am a social media manager by day and a TikTok watcher by night; I don't need a book to bore more of the damn video app into my brain.

It's a shame, really, because I didn't hate the characters, and the idea of meeting up with exes was intriguing. I just hated the social media aspect and how Dash was like a walking talking Wiki page about how to optimize your reach on social media. I wanted a lightheaded love story, not a 'TikTok for Dummies' book.

That being said the writing was well done and the story was well fleshed out. I just got so sick of TikTok by 12% in that I found it hard to push through.

Do read this if you like TikTok or want to be an influencer. Don't read this if you hate social media and short form video content or barf.

I’m DNFing this at 12%
I’m honestly not sure if I’ve ever known this quickly that I don’t like a book. And I think part of this was with the narrator. I already listen at 2x speed and had to speed it up even more because this narrator was still dragging every word out and the way she narrates was grating on my nerves.
Secondly this was so cringy and over dramatic and was already giving me the ick. And the fact that I was already annoyed so quickly, I knew I couldn’t continue.

This is my first time reading this author, and it won’t be my last. I loved that these characters were imperfect, tackling their struggles throughout this story. It had some depth along with the spice. This is such a swoony celebrity, friends with benefits romance story. I enjoyed it so much.

This was a cute and easy read! I really enjoyed it! I loved the characters, Sophie and Dash. I loved Sophie’s sunshine personality. To me she was super adorable. I liked Sophie and Dash’s relationship and how it grew. Sophie saw and understood Dash and even when he slipped, she didn’t run and was there for him. I liked how Dash challenged Sophie and supported her through her journey to understand why she has never fallen in love and to understand herself. Their chemistry was great and entertaining to read. This was my first book by Erin De La Rosa and I will definitely read more by her!

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, and Erin De La Rosa for this book in exchange for my honest review and opinion.

The sensitive subjects tackled in this books were very well executed. All around a very cute romance the reader definitely roots for. I always love a book book about writing! Definitely connected to the MC on that.

I was so excited when I got the ARC for this book! From the cute cover to the description, I couldnt wait to read this!

This was a really cute contemporary romance. The character stories were very fun to follow. I loved Sophie's adventures as she seeks to find herself through her old relationships. Her struggles were really relatable too, so it was very fun to follow along and see her expand and grow. Dash is a hottie with a body who has his own struggles, which were written with so much care. Hes progress throughout the book was really heartwarming.

Overall a very enjoyable read!

Plot Twist by Erin La Rosa is a delightful contemporary romance about a failing romance writer, Sophie, and a recovering alcoholic, Dash, They are thrown into dual projects after a tumultuous night and find themselves growing closer each day, despite their reluctance to be in a serious relationship. The story is full of sweet moments where the main characters open up to one another and challenges that each face alone in pain. When Sophie and Dash finally learn to trust each other they realize that their story is the perfect love story! I really enjoyed the characters and their families as they were introduced in the book. My favorite quote was "You deserve to be loved, deeply, by someone worthy. Please remember that.."

This was a cute read. I got Runaway Bride vibes with Sophie's failure to commit along with adopting her partners favorite things/activities. I love the book writing element throughout and utilizing social media to move through ex's in a documenting manner.
Dash was a sweet but conflicting MMC. His struggles with addiction and hiding that from his friends and family were interesting to the story.
I did think that there might be a few too many elements of conflict within this story. The addiction, the family drama, the celebrity of it all, the stalker. Even writing it out now it just feels like a lot. But it was still a fun read. Love the addition of Richard the squirrel.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

Sophie loves writing a HEA…even if she doesn’t believe in love herself.
I started really intrigued with the story between Dash & Sophie but somewhere along the way I started to lose interest. I wish there had been more build up/pining between the two MC.

I enjoyed the complex story of Dash and almost felt like this was his story more than Sophie’s.


TW: Alcoholism, addiction, toxic relationship, emotional abuse.

Thank you Netgalley for this ARC in exchange of an honest review

When it takes me over a month to read a romance book - it's not a good sign. Here are some of my (personal) gripes with the book.

Tiktok references do not belong in MY romance books. I'm sorry but the internet moves so fast that by the time this was published, the references were so dated that I barely even remembered them.

There are SO many tropes in this book, one's that barely even fit the plot but are extremely marketable. He's her landlord but he's also an out of work actor that she (obviously) had a crush on.

She's his sister's best friend. She's a writer that can't find inspo besides interviewing her old exes as a form of self-discovery. And of course, even though they live next door to each other, there's somehow a one bed scene.

Maybe I could overlook everything if they had any chemistry but... I didn't see it. They fell for each other SO fast, but why? They've lived next door to each other for YEARS, but he sees her hungover one time and suddenly now he's in love? What about all the other times he's seen her??

Additionally, this book is set in the same universe as another, which I wasn't aware of but there's background with the MC's sister that only makes sense if you've read the previous one. That's probably my biggest pet peeve.

rep// recovery (alcohol)

cw// alcoholism

Ultimately, I just ended up not being the right audience for this novel.

While, I did feel the writing was really good and engaging I just could not relate to any character. I am not up to speed on different terms for the sexual preferences and what those mean. I found this to be a challenge early on in the book when the MFC began talking about her exes.

I don't feel like I can adequately review this book to social media outlets without it negatively affecting the author, and that is not my intent. Ultimately, I just wasn't the audience to enjoy this.

𝗠𝘆 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀:⁠
★★★★/5⁠
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5⁠
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𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿: Erin La Rosa⁠
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𝗠𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀: Plot Twist is a book with great spice and cute characters, and is an overall solid read. Nothing extremely deep but definitely a good time.

Unfortunately this book is just not for me.

The social media references are skewing very juvenile, and I’ve read books that use these platforms as a successful tool but this was just not executed very seamlessly.

DNFing at 25% as I find the characters hard to follow and not likeable.

Thank you to Netgalley for the review copy.

I wasn’t a huge fan of this romcom at all. The plot was weak, I didn’t really feel connected or cared about the characters, the writing was okay but not great. I did enjoy the pacemaker representation and I don’t think I’ve ever read a novel that included that so much it brought something new. I still ended up ordering this title for my library because I think a lot of people, especially those getting started or back into reading would find it an easy, enjoyable read.

unfortunately, i found this book SO hard to get into and spent a lot of time giving it a lot of tries but it just wouldn’t hook me so i dnfed around 30%. i think there was too much going on for me. mmc is dealing with recovery from alcoholism and an acting career nepo baby, but has a secret cooking tiktok and the fmc is a writer connecting with her exes a la “what’s your number?”. i almost wished their journeys were two separate stories rather than crammed into the same romance book. i just don’t think i’m the right audience. it was written well and i can see many people really liking the mmc based on his personality but i struggled with it.