Thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

4++ stars

Beth O'Leary just makes me happy. I read her books with a silly smile on my face. This wont disappoint.

Your level of enjoyment of this one might depend on your tolerance for the oft used failure to communicate trope. As with many romance novels, this entire story wouldn’t even exist had Izzy simply asked Lucas “WTF?!?!?!?!?!” when she caught him mistletoe-ing her friend at the annual Christmas soiree. But, of course that didn’t happen so you get to spend the majority of the novel being frustrated until you get to the big “ohhhhhhhh, so that’s why” at the very end.

The good news is not only is that plot line not a dealbreaker for me but that this also features grumpy/sunshine, enemies to lovers, a hotel in need of saving, a mission to find the owners of a lost and found Tupperware container of wedding rings and a culmination of events that all ends the following year with the aforementioned holiday event. It’s Hallmarky romance goodness and sweetly delightful. Beth O’Leary knows how to write a feel good story.

(I do prefer the cover with the hotel front desk, though.)

3.5 Stars

ARC provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

This is sweet and funny and a perfect Christmas read! Ironic to read it in June… but I couldn’t resist a new Beth O’Leary ARC.

As always, O’Leary’s characters are real and nuanced, and I thoroughly enjoyed this, even though it didn’t have quite the same emotional heft as some of her other books.

I loved Flatshare and The Switch by Beth O’Leary and hoped I would enjoy this book as well, I loved it! The story was charming and the characters lovely. I hope we see this book made into a movie on Hallmark Channel!

I loved the whimsy and back and forth of the characters in this book. I thought the "Ring Thing" was a great premise with a sweet surprise at the end. O'Leary has a way of making her main characters so down to earth and relatable. You definitely feel like you could be BFFs with them! I'm not 100& sold on the title...feels a bit forced for the book, but otherwise, great all around.

I really enjoyed this book. The main characters are multi-faceted and interesting, and the enemies to lovers romance is compelling. I really liked the chemistry between Izzy and Lucas, and how I learned as the story went on why there was bad blood between them. I love how Beth O'Leary slowly reveals key information as the story goes on. I prefer that style of story telling to info-dumping right at the beginning. I found the storyline about the lost rings really compelling and a good addition to the complexity of the plot. As always, O'Leary's antagonists are just as well written as her protagonists. Louis made me feel sick just reading about him, and I enjoyed when he got his comeuppance at the end. And of course, I love the part when Izzy and Lucas finally figure out what they mean to each other and admit they're in love.

I will read anything and everything written by Beth O'Leary, even if it's not The Flatshare or The No-Show. Even if I'm slightly over workplace romances or rivals to lovers, if it's Beth O'Leary, I will either get it on NetGalley, or make work buy it for me. I don't care. It doesn't matter that I didn't always follow the plot, because it was Beth O'Leary.

I've loved each of Beth O'Leary's books and this one is no exception. Izzy and Lucas are co-workers and enemies who don't STAY enemies. Both of the main characters have specific, compelling backstories, and I was also very taken with the hotel they work at (in the real life New Forest in Southern England, now on my travel wishlist) and the background characters, mostly guests. If you've liked Beth's previous books, I think you'll like this one (also, <i>The Hating Game</i>). Also, I do love a Christmas read in summer, but this truly reads like the BEST cozy Christmas romcom you could imagine.

Beth O'Leary has another charming romcom in The Wake-Up Call. This enemies to lovers romance will have readers rushing through the pages to polish this off in one binge. A sweet, heartfelt romance about two co-workers who can never seem to agree left me with a huge smile on my face!

This read had me screaming and pacing around my house so many times. I honestly don't think I was this up and about since watching The Office. I loved this story between Izzy and Lucas! I could relate or see happening so many of the situations. I worked in the hotel business for over 15 years and I've got some stories to tell. I haven't read a book about this kind of work that I've enjoyed as much as The Wake-Up Call.

this was so much fun! may change my rating to 5 stars later, this book was everything i wanted but because it’s hate to love i felt like their reasons for hated each other was okay, obviously rooted in miscommunication. i kinda just felt like her reasoning was just so dumb 😭 but still fun either way!

Delightful enemies-to-lovers story with a charming old hotel, a cast of oddball characters, a sentimental and heartwarming quest to return lost rings to their owners, and two headstrong co-workers who almost miss out on love.

Another home run by Beth O’Leary! Set at a failing legacy hotel in England during Christmastime — main characters are longtime receptionists and enemies after an incident last Christmas.

Izzy - wears colored streaks in her hair and likes pink.
Lucas - real formal, quiet, serious perfectionist

Spice level: everything is fade to block, but there’s a good amount of innuendos within dialogue.

I loved this book so much - I love everything Beth O'Leary writes, and this one was an especially fun one. The main characters had so much chemistry and the storyline was very sweet and came together nicely. It's a perfect holiday read!

This was a really wonderful book with so much to love. The storyline and the hatred of each other just really makes the book.

Beth O'Leary is one of my favorite rom-com authors, and The Wake-Up Call confirms that! From beginning to end, this was a delightful story told from two perspectives - Lucas and Izzy. Set at a boutique hotel in England, these two co-workers battle it out everyday, loving and hating each other at the same time. Soon, their feelings are too hard to deny, and they begin to understand themselves and each other a little bit better. Such a fun read!

I LOVED this book. It is sweet and sexy with wonderful characters in a fun setting. Set in a small manor turned hotel in New Forest on the southern coast of England, the story is equal parts charming and spirited, much like its two main characters. All of the quirky hotel guests and employees are well drawn characters and create the atmosphere of a unique found family. The quest to find the owners of six lost-and-found rings is both sentimental and delightfully competitive. The first one made me cry - and then laugh - and then cry again.

We know something went wrong last Christmas between Izzy and Lucas, but the reveal is like its own mystery, slowly the pieces come together. And slowly Izzy and Lucas come together with a lot of hills and valleys and hot moments in the pool and a car and... well, let's just say there are a lot of wonderful toe curling moments.

I had the same feeling reading this as I did Emily Henry's Book Lovers - this is gonna be big. In fact, if readers like Emily Henry, they will absolutely fall for Beth O'Leary.

Thank you Berkley and NetGalley for the ARC!

I am a huge fan of Beth O'Leary's work so I was ecstatic to have the chance to read THE WAKE-UP CALL early. While O'Leary's book THE ROAD TRIP was a bit of a miss for me, I have really enjoyed all her other books; particularly THE FLATSHARE and THE NO-SHOW are my two favorites by her, and two of my favorite books overall of any author!

I'm so happy to report that I thoroughly enjoyed THE WAKE-UP CALL. I loved how it was dual points of view. It helped give a better picture of each character, their feelings, motivations, and thoughts behind their actions. The pacing felt great to me. It didn't drag or lull. There was always enough momentum to keep pushing the story forward and to keep me reading.

There are so many fun tropes in this one; found family, grumpy x sunshine, get-it-out-of-our-system, and more. I loved the grumpy x sunshine pairing of our hero and heroine! I really liked both Izzy and Lucas and it was fun seeing the progression of their relationship. I think some have said this is an enemies-to-lovers, but I never got that. It's more unrequited love to annoyed-by-each-other to reluctantly-attracted-to-each-other to lovers to friends and lovers. Needless to say, the characters take A JOURNEY.

This would be a great autumn or holiday read if you're looking for something fun and sweet and cozy!

I think Beth O'Leary is incapable of writing a bad book. I LOVE her characters, and the "conflict" between her romantic partners is always something that is conceivable as opposed to completely unrealistic (as several books in this genre are!) Beth is incredible, and I will forever read her remarkable romcoms!

Beth O'Leary is an automatic first-purchase author for collections where lighter WF and contemporary romance is popular.