This was an absolute delight to read! It was funny, whitty, passionate and the FMC is so much fun and extra and I loved it!!

I do really wish she had made him grovel more to make up for him him being an idiot and cutting off their friendship.

I enjoyed how the third act break up was done in this book, usually it’s the predictable non communication drama but this way was much more mature and realistic feeling to me.


Overall a very fun read and would highly recommend it to anyone!

NGL I need to be in the mood for a rom-com especially when it’s enemies to lovers / rivals to lovers. And let me tell you today was that day, and Alexa brought so much fun to this story. I’ll definitely be picking up another in the near future.

I almost DNF the book because I could not get into it in the beginning. It was hard for me to read at first but I ended up pushing through and I’m glad I did! I ended up really liking this book. This was my first Alexa Martin book and I will definitely be reading more. I love the lightheartedness and humor, it is definitely a rom-com type of book. I would have loved a dual POV to see more from Nate.

This was so cute!
The banter was top notch. The snark was brilliant. And of course there was a little bit of necessary spice built in.
Collins was such a likeable and relatable character - from her hatred of hugs to her love of quality revenge. It was an engaging and fun read.

Really enjoyed this book, I love the enemy childhood friends who are neighbors concept! Plus it’s so rare we get a guy who’s solid, wears khakis and runs the HOA- loved that! So many laughs in this book, truly enjoyed it:)

Thank you so much to Alexa Martin, Berkley, and Net Galley for this arc!

This was my first Alexa Martin read and I really loved it! There were a few things I would change but overall, it was a fun time and I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a quick, romantic comedy!

Thank you Netgalley, Berkley, and PRH Audio for the ARC in exchange for an honest review

I would recommend if you're looking for (SPOILERS)

-m/f contemporary romance
-estranged childhood best friends to lovers
-frenemies to lovers
-shenanigans

This was so much fun on audio. Alexa Martin is such a trusted author for me. An excellent plot line, a fun dynamic and a mix of friends and family. She paints such a great world and entirely too relatable as an adult dealing with HOA drama.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

𝙏𝙬𝙤 𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙚𝙧’𝙨 𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙮 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩.

📍 Read if you like:
• Rivals to Lovers
• Childhood Best Friends
• Witty Banter
• Funny Romcoms
• Single POV

This was such a fun and sweet little rom-com, which I found myself flying through. It’s been sitting on my NetGalley TBR for months now… so obviously I decided it was time to pick it up.

Collins and Nate were such incredible characters to follow with their witty banter. I loved how they were childhood best friends turned to rivals-to-lovers. While I did think their romance grew too quickly for my liking, it was still fun following the two.

I would’ve loved to get a POV from Nate and not just Collins, I found the HOA aspect to be so interesting. The sexual tension was also phenomenal.

This wasn’t a very serious romcom, I just had a fun time reading it and enjoyed it. It was fun and funny, with such a unique concept.

Thank you so much NetGalley and Berkley for the review copy in exchange for my honest review!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for granting me free access to the advanced digital copy of this book.
This was a great enemies to lovers.

🖤slow burn
🖤friends to enemies to lovers
🖤rom-com

This was my first read by Alexa Martin, and I must say, I was pleasantly surprised! This was a perfectly executed rom-com that kept me hooked from the first page to the last.

One of the standout features of this book is its humor. I found myself laughing out loud throughout the story. Alexa’s writing style is engaging and vibrant, making it easy to get lost in the world she creates.

The characters are amazing! Collins, with her sassy and stubborn personality. She’s a perfect match for Nate, who is rough around the edges but undeniably charming. Their dynamic is electric & their banter is top-notch.

I thoroughly enjoyed this read & can’t wait to read more books by Alexa!

I’m a sucker for childhood (ex)friends to lovers 😊 I thoroughly enjoyed Collin & Nate trying to one up each other 😂 it was really enjoyable to see their relationship rekindle after the years they’ve spent not being friends. Overall, it was fun and cute read! Definitely recommend reading if you enjoy the following:

tropes:
★ Arch-nemesis
★ Writer FMC
★ Small town
★ He fell first
★ Interracial couple

4.5 Stars

Next-Door Nemesis is entertaining, laugh-out-loud, and heartwarming rival romance that follows Collins who has to return to her home in suburban Ohio and live in her childhood bedroom after her drunken video gets viral that kicks her out of her career and L.A. What she didn’t expect is, coming face-to-face with her high school rival, Nate, who happens to be her neighbor now. Petty arguments and old grudges lead her to stand for the next Home Owners Association (HOA) president against Nate making her face unresolved feelings and issues they both have.

Writing is fabulous. The story is told from Collins’ perspective. Usually I loved dual perspective in romance but here single perspective worked so well. I loved Collins‘ voice and rooted for her from the beginning. It’s easy to feel her pain of betrayal and her love for her family. She is outspoken, bold, and competitive but inside she is filled with self-doubt and insecurity. It hurt to read how her childhood shyness, inability to make friends, and now the betrayal affected her so strongly. Her anxiety is well represented. My heart warmed when she made friends in her hometown and her perspective on her hometown and neighborhood changed the more she spent and worked on her HOA campaign.

I didn’t like Nate from the beginning. That may be because of Collins’ voice and she gives pretty good reasons to not like him but at the same time, I also felt he was being unfair and unreasonable with his notice that sure was a personal and petty attack on Collins that made her retaliate with running for presidentship against him. It was clear from the beginning all the resolved issues that rooted animosity between them were because of him and that made me curious to know why he was being a jerk. When he revealed the reasons, I felt for him but at the same time I think he shouldn’t be a jerk and unreasonable after all these years when Collins came back to town. In fact, he should have tried to make it right and apologize in first place.

One thing I love about him is his love for Collin’s family. He adored her parents and looking at his abandonment issue and not-so-great family, it was amazing how he found family in them. The secondary characters are perfect. I loved every single one of them, especially Collins’ parents and her friends. The family and community love is well balanced with romance.

The only thing I didn’t like was, Collins feeling sorry and apologizing for something that wasn’t her fault as it was her who tried to keep contact when things started to go downhill in high school.

This makes amazing friends-enemies-lovers romance which is even better than just enemies to lovers. I absolutely enjoyed the banter, the pranks they pulled, and the chemistry. It was hot and sexy and I loved how they turned from pulling each other down to getting back to being friends, sharing their hurts and embarrassing moments, resurfacing their old feelings, and falling in love once again.

Climax was different than I expected in many ways. I loved how they handled the sudden turn maturely. I loved how things turned in Collins’ favor in best possible way and how her dream changed at the end. That end gesture was cute.

Overall, Next-Door Nemesis is an entertaining, fun, and addictive rivals-to-lovers romcom with perfect suburban summer vibe.

I LOVE a good friends- to- rivals - to lovers! You nailed it! The banter had me laughing out loud. I enjoyed them being rivals longer than I thought they would be. I love a good angsty build up to the time they become lovers . Can’t wait to read your next book!!!

Such a fun and romantic read! This is what I've been looking for! 4.5 stars!

A friends to enemies to lovers trope. Collins and Nate were friends their whole lives until they weren't. Collins is now a 30 something who has moved back to her hometown to lick her wounds after a bad breakup. Collins, a writer trying to make it in Hollywood has had her best script yet stolen by her boyfriend, and as you would guess, she freaked out! The shame has brought her back to her hometown.

Back home their is division in her parents neighborhood. The HOA reigns supreme and Collins' foe, Nate is running for president. Not to be out done Collins also has decided to run for president, and the competition ensues.

Along the way Collins and Nate find their friendship, forgiveness and understanding. All in all this was such a cute read with a little bit of spice. Highly recommend for the summer!

the beginning of the book was very fun but i just ended up getting bored quickly and it was so obvious the author is a millennial, it made the characters so annoying and corny at times

I've never read anything by this author before, and I have mixed thoughts about it. Alexa Martin is a great writer, and I enjoy her writing style! This story just wasn't my cup of tea.

Collins was immature, which was amusing at first but became tiresome after a while. Nate didn't do it for me. I found him to be uninteresting and unspecial.

Thank you Good Girls PR, Net Galley and Alexa Martin for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The concept of this one felt super fun to me, but I just wasn't enjoying it. I'm not sure if it was the "move back home" angle or the audio narration or some combination of it all (also the name Collins irrationally annoyed me shrug 🤷‍♀️ ). Sometimes it's just not the right book for the right time, and this struck me as one of those. Lovers of return home and neighbors plots will surely enjoy this more!

I really wanted to like this book more, but I didn't. There was times were I kinda zoned out and thought it was a dozy. I didn't like her lawyer friend like she was being abusive to her assistants which was sad. The pacing was weird in my opinion, like it would pick up and then it was going slow again. The banter was okay with Collins and Nate. His reasoning for ditching her as kids was so dumb and she just kinda took it and forgave him so easily. You're telling me you hate this man since you were kids and you're just okay with the answer he gave you for ditching you? He never gave you a chance to prove him wrong he just assumed the worst already.

Love a good romance and Alexa Martin is good at writing them. Though, I think that this one deserved a better cover, it didn't disappoint, as long as you accepted it for what it is. A romance that really doesn't have a great third act. Look, I know that not all relationships end in a big fight or whatever, but at least give me something climatic.

Because up until the 3rd act, I loved this book. Then you get to the 3rd act and I was completely underwhelmed.

I liked this! The premise was really cute - it's basically a childhood friends to enemies to lovers story centered around a suburban HOA war lol. I did like the main characters, but I do think the reasoning for Nate dropping Collins as a friend back in high school felt a little bit weak to me. Obviously his feelings are valid but it just felt like Collins literally did nothing to deserve that?? and I think maybe he should have been more apologetic at like 30 lol. I also think the progression to lovers was a little bit too fast for my taste? Maybe I just wanted more drama LOL. I will say though, I LOVED the side characters (especially Ashleigh and Ruby) and I feel like they should get books!!

Overall though, this was a quick and fun read and would def recommend if you're looking for a pretty low-angst romance :)