My Rating: ❤️❤️❤️.5

Disclaimer: I received a review copy for free and am leaving this review voluntarily. Thanks Netgalley.

General Thoughts: I appreciated that Kate Callaghan chose to feature a FMC who has a chronic illness and helped represent how that affected the FMC. That was a great part of this book. On the whole, the writing was solid. There were a few plot oversights I caught. Characters not knowing something after we had already read about them knowing that thing. But on the whole, the quality of the writing was good. I also thought, on the whole, Elijah and Autumn were well-developed, although both Autumn and Elijah were annoyingly childish at times. I would have liked to see a more developed secondary set of characters and for Elijah and Autumn and their relationship to be more fleshed out as well.

However, I did enjoy the story, and I liked what I saw from Elijah and Autumn. The story was well paced. There was a bit of mystery/suspense that I figured out too soon, but I still enjoyed it and I'm glad I read it.

Steam Meter: ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 very few sexual scenes and not very graphic at all.

Romantic Tropes
-forced proximity
-close proximity
-roommates to more
-chronic illness rep
-realistic contemporary romance
-dual third-person POV

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thanks netgalley for this arc .
This book was super cute and i loved the cover .
Eli and autumn were absolutely adorable and the reverse grumpy sunshine is my all time fav trope this book made me laugh and smile as i was reading it and there chemistry was soo goood.
i am definitely excited for more from this author

Kate Callaghan’s rom com meets suspense novel, Ms. Perfectly Fine, seemed to be the perfect remedy to our post-holiday blues. MPF follows Autumn Adler, a piano prodigy, who, a decade after a traumatic event, is ready to return to the stage. The stress of her comeback is compounded by the sudden appearance of Elijah Wells, an entrepreneur and game designer, who moves into the ground floor of her rented home and is determined to pull down the walls that Autumn has built around herself. Amidst it all, a series of seemingly innocuous gifts addressed to Autumn are delivered that quickly prove more sinister than they appeared.

MPF’s synopsis piqued our interest, and the author’s heartfelt note about chronic pain and the provided playlist added to our excitement towards reading this book. Callaghan's main characters were brilliantly developed. Autumn was fiercely hyper-independent and refused to let her guard down; yet her vulnerability shone through too. Despite her pain being an integral component, it never became her entire character, and instead, it was smartly and sensitively interweaved into the tale. In contrast to Autumn’s grumpiness, Elijah exuded golden retriever energy. Although he had his own emotional baggage, he was loveable and quirky while being equally sensitive and supportive.

Unfortunately, that’s where the positives ended for us. While the writing was sound and the individual characters were well-rounded, the progression of the story itself was a letdown, and we found ourselves struggling to connect with it. Autumn’s and Elijah’s chemistry felt undulant, forced, and rushed, and although their banter was occasionally cute, the remainder left a lot to be desired. Additionally, the suspense element felt like an afterthought. While one of the twists was highly predictable, the other failed to create the desired impact and left us underwhelmed.

Nevertheless, we think that MPF made for a decent one-time read. Try it and let us know what you think?

We'd like to thank Netgalley and the author for the ARC.

L&L Rating: 2.5 Stars

TL;DR: Rom com meets suspense; not for us.

Story is a bit slow moving, and I don't feel any chemistry between the main characters. The situation is implausible; who in their right mind would be that okay suddenly rooming with a stranger? Far too complacent which makes it a weak plot point. Their conversations are stilted and awkward and don't feel natural. Chemistry is nil, they go from fighting to climbing into showers fully clothed with either??

The "mystery" is completely obvious and doesn't flow well with the rest of the story. I could tell exactly who and what it was the first scene it was mentioned. Red herring was too red.

The cover of this book has a lighter vibe than the book itself. The plot didn't feel real and connecting to the characters was difficult. But if you like forced proximity, reverse grumpy sunshine, and mystery maybe give this book a try.

I loved the first half of this book, but again I found myself putting this book down and picking up other books. I think I expected a fun book because of the cover but it was way heavier.
WHICH IS MY FAULT I SHOULD DO RESEARCH!!!!

Such a fun rom-com! I was initially interested in this book because of the title. Anything Taylor Swift-themed immediately has my attention. I think the title alone will draw a lot of readers!

This book was honestly perfectly fine. I enjoyed the romance between the female main character and the male main character. I thought they had great chemistry between them. While it did feel a little insta-love in that they went very quickly from disliking each other to getting together to being in love as the whole book takes place over a month, it didn't feel too out of place based on the characters. The only thing that felt unnecessary in the book was the suspense sub-plot. The conclusion of that plot felt obvious and almost unnecessary. But overall a fun book to read.

Grumpy sunshine and enemies to lovers… some of my fav tropes! There was also some thriller thrown in there too!

.｡*ﾟ+.*.｡ Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the ARC of this book! ﾟ+..｡*ﾟ+

This book was really cute, I give it 3.5 stars. A romance between a stubborn piano prodigy making her big comeback and the handsome game developer who moves into the bottom floor of her home against her wishes? A stalker mystery subplot? Sign me uppp. The suspense plot was well done overall but some scenes and dialogue felt a bit stilted and unnatural, and the romantic tension could have been spun up and drawn out a bit more between the two characters. Some parts seemed rushed through. Other parts were really well done—all of the banter between Autumn and Elijah made me smile. I enjoyed the intrigue of the stalker whodunnit and picking up the breadcrumbs left behind to follow throughout the story. At first I thought I could spot the book’s villain a mile away but it turned out to be someone else entirely. The red herrings had me second guessing my suspicions throughout the book. I was a bit let down by the big reveal however.

One thing I do think the book could have benefited from might be changing the narration from third person to first person POVs to make it a bit more intimate since we were going back and forth between the characters’ POVs anyway, but I never could quite get into each character’s head about things. I don’t think it was truly a “show vs. tell” situation exactly, but in a similar way it felt like things would happen to Autumn and Elijah and it didn’t really impact me as much as it could have if I’d been able to see things through their eyes a bit better, if that makes any sense.

I did really love the back and forth between Elijah and Autumn—they were so cute during their battle of wills. But I was surprised to find the Elijah is 32 in this book. He acted much younger than what I would imagine a young game developer CEO would act. He and Autumn both read as young twenty-somethings and sometimes acted a bit immature, but other times they acted more mature and it came across as inconsistent characterization. However I really appreciated the realistic chronic pain representation and diverse supporting cast of characters.

All in all, this book was “perfectly fine”, but I think it could have benefited from a bit more polish to make it perfectly great.

This book focused on Autumn, a concert pianist, who is trying to make her solo comeback after being involved in a serious accident. In comes Elijah who, after a mix up with the landlord, co-rents her home disrupting the rhythm Autumn has created for herself.
All in all, whilst it took me a while to connect with the characters, I did come to like them and appreciate each of their personalities. In terms of the romance I found it quite cute but slightly rushed and would have preferred if it was more slowly paced. I did really enjoy the mystery as I definitely think it added to the plot and I did not expect the twist at all.
Overall I enjoyed the book and would definitely like to read more of the authors works.
Thank you to Kate Callaghan and Netgalley for this digital arc in exchange for an honest review.

It was cute. I really wanted to like it more than I did. The tropes were great. I mean…
- grumpy x sunshine
- forced proximity
- hates everyone but you

But it just fell flat.
The author always explained things instead of showing them happening, which is annoying. I’d rather read about it happening than read about a recap of what happened.

It lacked some substance and I think it was just trying to BE too much. Should have just picked a plot line and stuck with it so there wasn’t so much going on.

It had taken me a while to bring you this opinion about this book that I was able to read thanks to the fact that the author and NetGalley gave me the opportunity to read it in advance (IT IS NOW ON SALE). I just want to tell you that I got carried away by the title and the most beautiful cover it has, plus I saw it and thought "An excellent RomCom", but what a surprise I got with this book.
Imagine that you are quietly in your house and one morning you find moving workers bringing things in, to later describe that the person who rents you the house, rented a space to an arrogant and charming man without notifying you before, so you are in charge of doing everything whatever is in your hands to make him want to leave, the problem is that for every thing you do he returns it to you and starts a war, the problem is that every time, little by little, that man is breaking down the barriers he had put in your heart and that man does not understand how it is that from the first moment she began to get into his heart.
So far so good, but now imagine that you have been receiving a rose for years and you have no idea who sent it to you, imagine that now that your great return to the stage is drawing near it begins to arrive more frequently and with threatening messages, imagine that you have a stalker who wants to make sure you don't forget the past that almost destroyed you.
This is how our protagonists come together to discover who and why is doing what they are doing while they fall in love with each other.
And if that wasn't enough for you to read it, then I don't know what else you want, this book is a RomCom with hints of mystery and intrigue, in addition to having representation of chronic pain, forced proximity, grumpy x sunshine (she's la grumpy), he falls first and hardest, and is narrated from both of their points of view.
The only thing left for me to say, after all of the above, is that it is a book that left me pleasantly surprised, it was fun to read and that touch of suspense completely captivated me.

Autumn Addler is a piano prodigy who plans to make a comeback after an accident that left her scarred for the rest of her life. In the midst of all this, the girl is forced to share a house with Elijah, a recent entrepreneur of a video game company. 😏
And the story begins.
Being part of the group of people with chronic syndromes, I can say that it was nice to read about a character who suffers from the same. From the instability of not knowing if tomorrow is going to be a good day, from not having the security to make plans because we don't know how we're going to be, from having to live our lives with pain or discomfort that would put the rest of the world in a rest bed. This is our life. 🙋‍♀️
The chemistry, arguments and banter between Elijah and Autumn was one of my favorite parts of the story and I liked how the author was creating tension and not falling into the temptation of adding sex to complicate things. (🌶 1/5)
I also found the writing very accessible without big flourishes and without a doubt that the highlight of the book is the building of tension between the two characters but also with the suspense and mystery that appears in the form of roses because this is not just a fluffy romance. There is also a chase/stalker element that needs to be addressed.
Here, the building of tension is better than the conclusion because from the beginning it is easy to see who is the bad guy and how it will end. In this respect it reminds me a bit of Ali Hazelwood's books. Predictable. I admit that it wasn't my favorite part and I didn't like the effect it had on the protagonist. She was to passive and that part I didn't like.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3.75)

Thank you Netgalley and Kate for giving me a copy in exchange for an honest opinion!

This was such a fun read! A little light mystery, a budding forced proximity relationship, and a wonderful story about a woman with chronic illness/pain. There’s not too many books out there where the lead character truly has to live and navigate a chronic pain. It’s very refreshing!

I wanted to like this more than I did, but unfortunately it didn’t work for me. The premise was interesting, but i did not like the hero. I thought he was provoking her way too early, and the whole plot was way too instalove. The fmc was interesting but the stalker plot was a bit too much, and the plot twist wasn’t something I enjoyed.

I'd like to thank Netgalley and Callaghanwriter for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I liked the story line. I was surprised to see the FMC had chronic pain and the mystery over the roses was exciting. I liked the interactions between Autumn and Elijah. It is a cute story but something is off with it.... perhaps the pacing?

I really was not expecting this to go where it ended up going. I thought this was a cute forced proximity romance, when in actuality this novel addresses chronic pain, trauma and stalking. Safe to say I was definitely shocked when the roses started turning up. The forced proximity trope was one I was very unsure about however I think the author did a good job at writing it. It never grated on me or I thought it was too much. It did work. The stalking was a fascinating point of the novel. One thing though that I did struggle with was that the roses which were turning up had been happening for years, which you would start to think wait this is not normal. I liked how Elijah, the boy who moved into Autumn’s house, made it known that she needed to go to the police. I also appreciate that it is a slow burn romance but I felt their banter was too much for me at times I couldn’t tell if they liked each other or not. I also found when the novel came to a head with the stalking storyline, it also happened a bit too quick for me. It was the classic confrontation at the end. I would have liked a bit more complexity, but overall I would recommend this as a light summer thriller.

Thank you to the publisher and to NetGalley for an arc of this book.
I gave this romance 3 stars out of 5. I liked the characters, expecially Elijah, and i love the forced proximity trope.
I had high hopes for this story but it was just nice, nothing that made me loving it. Everything happened too fast: the first interactions between Autumn and Elijah were funny and cute, but it then become too serious without really explaining how they went from "hating" each other to being in love

this book was cute enough, i didn't love how fast they fell in love, but it was a cute read! the pacing felt a little off, but i did love elijah.