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Oh my lord, this was the cutest book and i finished it in one sitting. I absolutely loved Soph and Dash and really enjoyed reading this book. The whole story was amazing. Soph is an author who lives in California and is struggling to finish her romance book. Dash is her best friends brother, need i say more? Soph and dash are both struggling with their own issues and are working towards bettering themselves for their own happiness. The ending of this book was amazing and perfect! If you love best friends brother, one bed and happily ever afters this book is for you!

We have all gone to karaoke night and ran into a Sophie. I loved Sophie because she is a relatable character that any girl in her mid-20s would have in their lives. The book is a romcom but the plot is not something I have seen done where the character speaks to all her exes to find out what went wrong which props to her because I would never do that! I loved Nina and Poppy especially when Poppy warned her talking to her ex that broke her heart was a bad idea because we need friends like that. I am a huge fan of the best friends brother trope so the romance with Dash was extra spicy because of the forbidden aspect.

3.5 Stars
Sophie Lyon is a romance author who went viral on TikTok for getting drunk at a karaoke bar and claiming she's never been in love. Dash Montrose is a former child star, secret recovering alcoholic, and Sophie's landlord. After the viral video leaves Sophie feeling shame on top of the pressure to finish her Sophmore novel in 6 weeks, Dash gives Sophie the idea to use TikTok to tell her side of the story. While Sophie discovers why she's never been in love, her friendship with Dash blooms into something more.
Plot Twist is a trope-filled HEA romance that is camp in the most delightful of ways. Erin La Rosa had a lot of fun wedging in tropes left and right to help Sophie find the ending to her romance book and her love life. It can be overwhelming for readers who are trope-adverse, but I found all the tropes to be fun and fit with Sophie being an author. The pacing in this book was a little breakneck, and I would have loved to see Dash and Sophie sit in their mutual pining a little longer before falling in love- maybe even getting a HFN instead of a HEA. Overall, I think this story had some great parts but didn't have that "wow" factor. I recommend this to anyone looking for a light rom-com read with a fair amount of on-page spice.
Thank you to NetGalley and Canary Street Press for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book hit me a lot harder than I thought it was going to. ESPECIALLY since it wasn’t mentioned in the blurb at all. As someone whose SO has gone through the program I’ll put it bluntly: the MMC is sober. Threaded through this adorable romance plot of “can’t date my best friends brother” is a lot of blunt discussion of early sobriety and supportive vs unsupportive people in their life.
Honestly, I really enjoyed it. I found the fact that both characters had struggles and personal growth really refreshing.

“how can we be friends but I know what you taste like?”
This book follows Sophie, a romance author and Dash an actor, with his career on hold while struggling with sobriety. Sophie is on timeline to finish her second book and is suffering from writer's block. A video gets out where she’s talking about never having been in love before. Her solution to this is to meet up with all of her exes and ask them why they feel like they never fell in love, and if they would consider dating her again. In hopes is that this would help her free through her writer's block. While dash continues to struggle silently with his sobriety and decisions about his future.
This book was good, it could have been great. There was an interesting use of social media that is so common in our current culture. Sophie identifies as pansexual and that kind of representation in media is so important for readers to see. Dash's struggle with sobriety seems to be true to what I've seen, its not something I've struggled with but have known people who do. There was so much going in on this book with both of their struggles that not much time was spent on the budding relationship between Sophie and Dash. I feel like more time could have been spent on the growth of their relationship. The earthquake seemed out of place and unnecessary. The personal growth seemed to sped up as well. Overall this book was meh for me, i liked the concept of meeting up with her exes and use of social media to chronicle it.

This is one of the best books I've read in a long time! I now need to go back and read Nina's story, but I think Sophie and Dash will forever be one of my favorite book couples.

3⭐️
I will say for the first half of this book, I was indifferent to it, but the second half is what really got me hooked. I loved Dash & Sophie for all they were. both having deep seated issues that they explore & try to move past in order to move forward in their lives. I loved watching them develop in the book, but I didn’t see that happening until the last half of the book, but it saved the book wholeheartedly for me. I think Dash was a very relatable character which is why I kept reading this book. these characters both deserved a HEA & seeing how it came together was so, so sweet
likes: the second half of the book came together incredibly nicely, the character development, the relatable-ness of the characters problems
dislikes: the first part of the book was slow & kind of didn’t all piece together entirely for me
thank you netgalley for the e-arc!!!

‘Plot Twist’ was a cute, spicy book that is perfect for a romance reader that wants something new! Sophie is a romance novel writer who has never been in love, for inspiration on her next book she decides to document (on TikTok) her journey meeting with her ex’s. Her landlord is a social media guru and offers his help…
Overall I liked this book. I wasn’t the biggest fan of all the TikTok references, but that’s where we are in society, and it was something I hadnt read about before. The characters were fun, Dash was dreamy, and there was some meaty subject matter (alcoholism).
Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC, as always!

Plot Twist is about the relationship between two neighbors, a landlord and his tenant, Dash and Sophie. Sophie also happens to be best friends with Dash’s sister.
I found the first half of this book a little clumsy while I enjoyed the second half a lot more. I am glad I stuck through the first bit. I really enjoyed the story developments later on. Especially how Sophie works through her on-going project.
I kind of miss the days when we didn’t constantly talk about the tropes and we just let them happen. This book is very trope heavy. The main character is a romance writer though so it makes sense with the plot.
Loved the addition of Richard Gere
It’s like a chick flick you put on, on a Sunday afternoon with poppy music.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I really liked this book. Writer struggling with writers block lives next to her best friends brother who happens to be a child star. Forced proximity, one bed, best friends brother tropes with plenty of spice thrown in…while recovering alcoholic story lines are not my favorite by any means this character stayed likable and took responsibility for their actions. It was an enjoyable read and I would definitely recommend it.

This was such a fun, cutesy read. It had everything I look for in a rom-com and definitely delivered with the laughter and smiles

A romance author unintentionally goes viral for screaming about the fallacy of love, uses it to her benefit to figure out why her past relationships didn't work, and thereby gets through her writer's block. A former actor works through his sobriety with crafting, and hides both from his Hollywood royalty family. Common denominator: his sister is her best friend,
This would be a good beach/summer read. I enjoyed it.
Projectile vomiting was a novel way to bring the main characters together, though not maybe the sexiest way to get the cute guy's shirt off. The spice was nice, however. Loved the callouts to romance icons like The Ripped Bodice bookstore and Abby Jimenez, as well as the inclusion of self-referential tropes.
A few of the storylines felt like they could have had more closure: Kitty's change of heart seemed too sudden for me; I felt bad for Carla; and I wondered if the stalker just... stopped? I wondered if maybe the amount of plot points could have been pared down a little to give a bit more time to them. Maybe we need a Carla book next!
Thank you for the ARC, I will share this book with my audience.

when i first read the synopsis if this book i almost felt like it sounded too good to be true. i mean a former teen heart throb and a romance author whos never been in love? luckily it lived up to my expectations and then some! this is one of those "im gonna yell at everyone to read" kind of books!

I didn't mind Plot Twist. I mean. I ended with a shrug. The sex scenes are *chef's kiss* good and I appreciated how real and messy the characters are. But La Rosa, I think, writes such good messy characters that the romance took a backseat to the rest of the drama.

This is a super sweet, unpredictable and unputdownable romance plot with several twists and turns including very steamy scenes 🔥🥵.
Finally, an author that calls the child by its name and writes a coherent story about LOVE regardless of gender issues. Both protagonists, Sophia and Dash, are in their thirties and have had their fair share of experiences in life without the rewarding reciprocity of true love until their paths lead to one another.
The story kept my attention with its flawed, but endearing characters, whilst I immersed myself into their LA lifestyle including their social media hype.
At 60% I thought that I’ve had enough of the horny-fantasies-come-true-scenes, but was glad that I kept on reading as the last 30-40% of the fluent novel are unearthing some details around delicate issues such as dysfunctional families, addictions and mental health.
The side characters have also their big moments when you least expect and rebalance the overall love story.
It’s been a fantastic reading experience, indeed.
Easy 5 stars ⭐️
Thanks to NetGalley and Erin La Rosa for an ARC!

Review in progress and to come.
I received a free copy of this book via NetGalley and am voluntarily leaving a review

Interesting premise, author with writers block has an interaction with a past heart throb who is part of an acting family. This is a book that features a lot of TikTok references and delves minorly into alcoholism. Probably wouldn't read this again, it was fine but not a stunner for me.
Thank you Netgalley and Canary Street Press for an advanced copy.

This is a very easy read, which is nice! I flew through it in under 24 hours which is refreshing and fun.
Overall, this is a very fun book! I liked Sophie and Dash, and didn't feel like either character was too much, despite what I thought going in.
Sadly, I didn't feel like the stakes in this book, outside of Dash's alcoholism, felt real. A major set up for the story is that Sophie has a book due in 6 weeks, and while that is referenced throughout the story, the deadline never feels like it's looming over her. The suspense just isn't there. I'd say, overall, outside of her relationship with Dash, there are very few stakes in Sophie's life. After a major betrayal, her sister resolves it very easily, and when her relationship with Poppy falls apart, not a lot of time passes before that's resolved too. I just wish there was more there, especially since there was the framework in place.
I will also say that I could not take any of the smut in this book seriously. It was too goofy, and not in a fun way. I'm all for goofy! But it didn't work here, and I'm not sure why.
Overall, despite my problems with this book, I did enjoy it and I did have a good time reading it!

Thank you publisher & NetGalley for the opportunity to review!
I was really excited to have been approved for this title and unfortunately, while it wasn't bad by any means, it was just okay. I couldn't put my finger on what was not jiving with me originally, but after putting it down and picking up something else for a while, I realized it's because there's a lot of "telling" in the writing. I'm firmly a believer in the "show don't tell" style, so reading that "she felt sad" and all of a characters' background info doesn't do it for me. I think if you like a dialogue driven story, this read might not be for you.
I also didn't love the male main character. I think for me personally there was too much going on with him at once. While I totally understand and appreciate where the author was coming from, the secretly crafty forgotten son of the famous family who is also in recovery from alcohol use while also nursing a candy fixation and in denial about this attraction to his sister's best friend slash his tenant is just a lot for me. I'm all for character depth, but this one made me feel like I was drowning a bit, and I couldn't keep up with where everything was going.
I want to point out though that my review is reflective of MY preferences, and that this may be a great read for someone else. There are aspects I really appreciated, like the correct pronoun use or the acceptance around sexuality. I also liked the quirky female main. Just overall, not something I would pick up again for myself.

<b>2.5/5 ⭐️</b><i> (rounded up)</i>
<b>2.5/5 🌶</b>
This book wasn't for me but please don't let that discourage you from trying it yourself.
For me, the characters started out strong. I thought the plot was very contemporary and had many pop culture references. It was also my first book with a pansexuality character and I was excited to experience that as a reader.
Even though Dash and Sophie had chemistry, I didn't feel like it was natural or flowed. They had these absolutely sweet and lovely moments and then suddenly it would turn into d*ck talk. Now, I love a good open-door romp sess. To be clear *ahem*, I encourage it! Unfortunately, they didn't feel right to me and I found myself skimming over them because they felt blotchy and almost clumsy. Despite both characters being confident in themselves! It just didn't work but, again, that's just me and I bet many others will love it.
What I did enjoy about this book is how Dash was going through his sobriety on page. We were rooting for him every step of the way! I loved being immersed in the Hollywoods Hills and despite the family drama, I loved watching him become more confident in pursuing his true dreams. His best friend was a true gem and Dash's relationship with his BFF's baby girl is adorable.
As for our dear Sophie, I enjoyed how determined she was to improve herself and find her own version of happiness. It was fun meeting all her exes to find out what didn't work out in their relationships and her learning and standing her ground as we got further in the book.
Thank you so much to Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.