4/5 Stars

I enjoyed this book more than I thought it was. It was very insta-love, but I honestly didn’t mind it. I thought the characters were well developed and had great chemistry. I liked the setting of the island and the small town and thought the side characters were fun and charming.

This was pretty predictable opposites attract story but I thought it was well done and liked the direction the story went in. It wasn’t really anything new or unique but it was a fun, cute read.

Read if you like:
-opposites attract
-travel/lifestyle influencer
-small towns
-Instalove
-forced proximity

Thank you to NetGalley and St Martins Press for the ARC

I love Sophie Sullivan’s books, and this was no different. Presley and Beckett are endearing; while I do not love the insta-love trope, I thought that Sullivan did it well. I especially enjoyed the side characters and hope they will get their own stories!

I voluntarily read and reviewed a copy of this book, provided by Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Beckett Keller isn't real. And that's a shame. I loved Beckett and Presley and every second of this book. It's the sweet closed door "off the grid" romance that I needed! I'm on vacation for 2 weeks, so this book was the perfect start! My heart was a puddle of goo every time Beckett talked to Presley. He was so sweet to her, and she needed a guy to put her first after Emmett the Jerk. I don't get how Presley didn't punch Emmett in the nose.

Jilted by her boyfriend Emmett the Jerk, Presley takes the vacation she planned for the both of them to get away. Her work is grinding, and she was really looking forward to some time away from her demanding boss (WHO STILL TEXTS HER TO WORK ON HER VACATION!). Once a the resort, she meets the sweetest cast of characters and falls madly in love with the island and small town not far from - but she mostly falls in love with Beckett. They agree to a here and now fling, but both can't bring themselves away from it, and they are absolutely miserable without each other.

The serene backdrop of this sweet romance is the perfect place for this to unravel. Both Beckett and Presley needed a complete reset to come to their HEA, and they happened to tumble in together. The town of Smile is adorable, and I hope we get more stories in this world!

Love, Naturally is such a great read. I loved this story. Even though Presley isn't made for the outdoors, she is willing to do things that Beckett enjoys. I loved the chemistry between Presley and Beckett. I love the secondary characters. I also love how everyone came together to help with the Lodge. I didn't want to put it down.

3.75
Honestly not sure what to rate this even after thinking about it for a while. The writing was good but i found the story to make me cringe at times. It was hard to really realise that the majority of the story takes place over 8 days but besides that it was really captivating and fun! I loved all the side characters so much and this was overall a good book.

Hotel concierge and influencer Presley Ayres hopes a 10-day outdoor vacation with her boyfriend, full of activities he likes like fishing and hiking, will give their relationship the push it needs to go to the next level. But when Emmett basically laughs in her face, she dumps him and decides to take the vacation herself, no matter that the activities at the Get Lost resort on a small island in northern Michigan are the furthest thing from her usual hobbies. Presley finds herself eager to try it all, especially when the handsome, kind Beckett is there as a guide. Beckett has dreams beyond working at a sports store, but with his family struggling to keep Get Lost afloat after his brother got the crumbling property in his divorce, is this really the best time for him to be chasing his own dreams – or the girl? Especially when Presley is due to leave in just 10 days…

As a card-carrying indoor gal, I so identified with Presley loving the idea of the outdoors more than she actually enjoys spending time in it. I adored Beckett for being completely non-judgmental about it, opening the door for Presley to access activities she might never be willing to try (or would have such a miserable time trying that she only ever does it once). Every member of the Keller family (and each of the regular guests at the Get Lost and Smile residents) was an absolute delight. I hope we’ll get to enjoy getting to see Gray and Jilly find their people in future books.

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ for a charming small-town romance, chock-full of delightful side characters, and two MCs finding their dreams are more in reach then ever when they reach together.

<i>Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Griffin for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.</i>

This was such a fun romance! I loved the romantic leads, Presley and Beckett. They were both delightful characters to get to be inside their heads. The Keller family was lovely and made me want to know them in real life. The found family aspect of this book was an unexpected joy!

Presley was a city girl who was an optimist to the point of destruction. She just kept trucking along in her relationship and her work without seeing any of the red flags that were waving violently in her face. I loved that the entire trip to Get Lost was an experiment in getting out of her comfort zone, and trying to find out who she really was. I related to her in many ways, which made this book have more depth than other romance novels have had for me in the past.

Beckett had a heart of gold, but he was terrified of taking risks. He wanted to do right by his family, but often to his own detriment. He was a really sweet romantic lead. I loved seeing him and Presley discover their feelings for one another. And speaking of his family, they were wonderful! Jill and Grayson were great, and Ollie was so much like my daughter that it made me grin from ear to ear every time she was on the page.

The town of Smile was such a great setting! I would love to visit someplace like it, and now I kind of want to research Michigan to see if it is based on a real place 🙂 I love a good small town that is welcoming and a bit quirky.

This was a delightful book with a great romance (a little steamy, but nothing explicit), wonderful found family, and some self-discovery thrown in. I would absolutely recommend this to anyone looking for a feel good romance!

My Rating:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

I gave Love, Naturally 4.5 Stars!

A great read, the story of Presley and Beckett. An opposites attract romance. I loved the setting of the book and hope Beckett's siblings get their own books next.

Presley Ayers has a surprise trip planned for her boyfriend Emmett. When she gives him the gift he breaks up with her. So she decides to go by herself. We get to know Beckett, Jill, Grayson and Ollie. As they get the lodge business going, Presley gives them ideas and gets to know Beckett. 😉 The best part of this book is the found family and the town of Smile. I'm hoping there's more books and a series based on this family. This book made me laugh out loud and cry many tears. I loved it.

Deciding to go on her ex's dream vacation after a terrible breakup, Presley Ayers finds herself falling in love with the cozy Get Lost Lodge, the community, and a reserved but very sweet guy. Presley thought she'd surprise her boyfriend with his dream vacation, as a way to reconnect despite their relationship being a bit rocky only for him to tell her she is too demanding and he didn't want to go with her. Presley gets dumped by him and decides that she's had enough of trying to constantly please others and that she would take the vacation for herself and try and step out of her comfort zone on the trip. Presley is going to be staying at the Get Lost Lodge and hopefully, trying out new things and relaxing. Cue, Beckett Keller, a reserved and off the grid guy who's family owns the Get Lost Lodge. Beckett has sworn never to fall for any of the guests who stay at the lodge and that he'd focus on helping his family maintain their lodge. Yet when some booking issues occur, Presley and Beckett find themselves sharing a cabin and spending more time with each other. Despite their clear differences, they are drawn to each other and the chemistry between them is growing. Yet, Presley is only staying for a week and this fling was only suppose to last a week and end right...? Or is this actually the real thing and all the fake dating between them is actually something very real. This was such a cute and cozy romance. It definitely felt like a cute getaway and all the fun and sweet romance vibes of Hallmark movie (a good one). I loved how Presley and Beckett fit together and they really were so good for one another. They had great chemistry and the background characters were fantastic. I adored meeting Beck's family and the fun Lodge community. This really is such a cute feel good sweet romance that I definitely think would be a easy read for people!

*Thanks Netgalley and St. Martin's Press, St. Martin's Griffin for sending me an arc in exchange foe an honest review*

Written by a fellow Canadian, this instalove book is a breath of fresh air. The pace is slow but gives you a chance to really appreciate the atmosphere and found family. All the characters are wonderfully written as they make you want to be part of their lives. I hope this becomes a series, as I definitely look forward to more of their stories. It was not a spicy book, but very charming and it had me hooked.

Sophie Sullivan is a 2023 Canadian Book Club Awards winner, along with @awfullyhilarious.

Thank you St Martin Press and Net Galley for a chance to read this before its relsease date January 16 2024.

Love, Naturally by Sophie Sullivan is a story with one of those worlds I could bask in for a long time - an actual book vacation. The characters are so lovable, the setting is picturesque and described to a visceral level, and the romance is perfect. I loved every minute I spent in Smile, Michigan, and the Get Lost Lodge.

The main character is Presley Ayers - an only child who has spent a lifetime learning to be self-sufficient and independent. When she breaks up with her boyfriend, she takes a vacation she planned for both of them alone. While away, she falls in love with a man, a family, and a whole town, but her life is far away from this idyllic setting, and she is always the pragmatist, so she keeps that in mind.

I especially loved the pacing, which is fast due to the intelligent and witty dialogue and the lovely balance between exposition and dialogue. The family themes drew me in and made the characters - each one (except the ex-boyfriend!) endearing and relatable. Smile, Michigan, and the Get Lost Lodge is a world I readily and happily got lost in and the best book vacation I’ve taken in a long time.

“She hadn’t even realized she was lost until she came to a lodge with that very name.”

Love, Naturally was an absolute joy of a book with charming characters full of warmth and humor and a delightful setting. Presley and Beckett were such a fun couple, and their instant connection was believable.

“She’d come to the middle of nowhere, sad and alone, and ended up feeling more seen, more connected and valuable than she ever had in her life.”

Presley thought that she was on the path to the life she always wanted, but when she visits Get Lost Lodge, she realizes that she wasn’t really happy. The people at the lodge showed her a level of caring and belief that she had never experienced and her growth and self-realization throughout the story was inspiring.

“She calmed him. Made him feel a sense of ease with just a glance, a smile, a touch.”

Beckett was such a swoonworthy character. He was at a crossroads in his life and trying to decide which direction he should go in. He had always settled for the safe choice, but when he met Presley, she made him want to take a risk for the first time in his life.

“You make me brave. You make me laugh. You make me want to take chances.”

I loved both Presley and Beckett so much. They were both kind, gentle, giving people who loved with their whole hearts. Both would do anything for those they cared about and would unselfishly give of themselves. They showed each other a level understanding that made them both feel seen and let them grow into the best versions of themselves. I absolutely adored this delightful story and am hoping that we will see more of these characters in the future.

Presley Ayers is not the woman you bring on a camping trip. An accomplished concierge at an exclusive hotel in Great Falls, MI, she knows more about the top ten places for champagne and caviar than she does about the best hiking boots to go stomping around near Lake Michigan. But when she surprises her boyfriend of eight months with a vacation to the Get Lost Lodge and he dumps her instead, Presley decides to rough it solo and take the trip herself. When Beckett Keller helps the gorgeous woman off the rickety boat and onto Lodge territory, it’s clear to him she's made a mistake. She doesn’t like hiking, fishing, or nature in general, so why did she go on this trip? He’s got other things on his mind though—a crumbling lodge, and his own plans and dreams that are forever deferred—so he doesn’t have time for Ms. Fish-Out-of-Water. Even so, neither Beckett nor Presley can help that inexplicable draw they feel towards each other. He’s all rough stubble and plaid shirts, while she’s all high heels and brand-name athleisurewear. But you know what they say about opposites.

I've Loved Sophie Sullivan's first three books so I was excited to dig into this one. However, this one fell flat for me. I almost DNF'd this book, but decided to push through and definitely skimmed a lot. To sum it up this is an Insta-love, opposites attract, small-town vacation romance. I found Presley, the main character, incredibly unlikeable and annoying. She's heartbroken over a guy who barely gave her the time of day only to fall in love with the guy at the resort literally the same day she gets broken up with. It just didn't sit right. A lot of this book felt unrealistic as well. She also solves everyone's problems and everyone is just so mind-blown by her solutions, but in all honesty, her grand plans are pretty elementary. I did like Beckett as a hero. His family was pretty precious and I loved the small-town charm of Smile.

Thanks to the publisher for the ARC in return for an honest review. This book releases 1/16

This was actually a super fun and enjoyable RomCom. It’s closed door but there’s innuendo and chemistry that is steamy and fun. I don’t normally love insta-love stories but this one was really cute and it was easy to fall in love with these characters. Beckett is such a good guy from the moment you meet him that you can help but root for him. The audiobook format wasn’t my favorite for this one as it’s all one narrator, for both male and female POV, which is fine. However there wasn’t really any attempt at voice inflection or change so it sometimes was hard for me to figure out what POV we were in.

I adore love stories that stay with the unexpected heartbreak, Anna love creeps in when you just expect it. This is a sweet story of finding your place in love and enjoying the present. Love comes to your when the time is right. This HEA is everything you can wish for in farthest dreams.

I have loved Sophie Sullivan’s previous books and was super excited to read Love, Naturally but unfortunately this story fell flat to me.

I really enjoyed the beginning of the story and the introduction of Presley, especially when she threw her exes bag in the parking lot of the pie shop, but once she got to the lodge, the story seemed to move very slowly. I felt the Dual POV was confusing at times, especially at the beginning I found myself confused between the two brothers and trying to figure out who was who.

Typically the instant love trope doesn’t bother me, but I found this instant love very unbelievable especially with Beckett being willing to give up his dreams to move and be close to Presley!

What I did like: the small town feel, the side characters, the little side stories. honestly my favorite part of this book was hearing about the two brother’s bar, Beckett looking out for his neighbor, and Ollie’s precociousness. I would love to read another book by Sophie Sullivan focused on Ollie and Jill!

This is hands down the best book that Sophie Sullivan has written. I ate this up and absolutely loved our main characters! It was a little bit insta-lovey, so if that isn't your thing then you might not enjoy this story. The saving the family business plotline had me absolutely hooked. I wanted to know everything that happened to the Lodge!
I was very satisfied by the ending and will definitely be buying a copy of this one, once it's out.

Love, Naturally was just okay for me. I definitely enjoyed the other two of Sophie Sullivans books that I read more than this. The plot was cute I just didn’t like ever really get invested in the characters.

A bit too insta-love for my taste. Classic city girl, small-town guy trope. The small town lodge was a fun setting but the plot fell short and the spice was closed door.