Fun, lighthearted story. I enjoyed this book and found it to be a fun, fast read! Honestly I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I would definitely be interested in more from Lilo Moore!

I really struggled to get into this story.

I enjoy slow burn romances, and this one was ok. I would recommend it to someone looking for a quick read.

So much fun! Fiona is incredibly relatable, and their group of friends makes you wish you were a part of their circle. Add in beer and an Oktoberfest vacation and you have nothing but fun!

Unfortunately, this book didn't resonate with me. I really wanted to like it, as I was looking forward to reading it.
I appreciated the diverse representation of characters and the friends-to-lovers trope.
However, I found the story to be bleak, and the writing did not engage me.
I ultimately had to abandon it at 78% because I couldn't push through any longer.
Thank you for the opportunity

This book has been on my Netgalley for a bit and I haven’t picked it up. I haven’t been into romance in a minute, so I’m not the right person to review it anymore.

A super cute friends to lovers romance with a fun setting? Count me in. This was a cute and quick read. The setting and context of Oktoberfest added some intrigue, and it was a fun read.

Thank you to NetGalley and to the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks to Netgalley and LM Books for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Beer Fest is my first read by author, Lilo Moore. It’s a friends to lovers story about Fiona and Max. Longtime best friends, who met as international students when they were young, their most recent meet up at Oktoberfest in Germany was a long time coming after the lockdowns during the pandemic.

Fiona is a self described relationship disaster area whose long distance best friend, Max, who now lives in Germany. When they finally get to meet up again, they and their friends are thrown into a competition at Oktoberfest stretching over several weeks. What’s at stake is prize money that could keep Max’s small micro brewery afloat.

This sweet reunion story turns spicy when Fi realizes her feelings for Max aren’t just platonic anymore.

If you like spicy friends to lovers books, this may be for you.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for granting me free access to the advanced digital copy of this book.
This was a great book and I'll be purchasing it for the library.

On no. No no no no. This was bland boring forgettable and one dimensional. The plot was riddled with bad dialogue and holes.

This was juste laugh out-loud funny! Hilarious! The setting was a choice I'll give you that, but as someone who has studied German for now 7 years and is a German major in college, it was just so entertaining and really refreshing as well as a good representation of German culture. I truly love the friends-to-lovers trope and I absolutely rooted for our two main characters.

I really wanted to like this. It has all the things I love, best friends to lovers, beer, a ragtag cast of characters, but it just didn’t go down as easily as it should have.

This seemed really cute. But I didn’t connect with the characters and some of the Oktoberfest details didn’t seem right to me.

A really fun Oktoberfest book with MCs in their 30s, a great cast of characters, and plenty of beer! I look forward to more from Lilo Moore.

I loved the diversity. The setting really took me to Germany and Europe. Loved the banter and description of the MC's. I loved it so much I recommended it to my book group!

I wanted to love this one because of the premise because I mean what's not to love about a rom com set during Oktoberfest. But i also fell flat because it didn't seem like the author truly understood what Oktoberfest is suppose to be.

I was not a fan of this book. It was a DNF for me. Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for me honest review.

I really enjoyed this latest book from Lilo Moore, set to a backdrop of Oktoberfest.

Now I've never read anything set at Oktoberfest before, nor do I drink beer, or know anything about this annual beer festival, so have no idea how accurate anything is, but if you like doing loads of wacky things in and amongst increasingly drunk people then it could be the festival for you.

Fi hasn't seen best friend Max in a few years in the flesh, and the rest of their group in many years, but its like a reunion for them all.

And they get suckered into taking part in a team contest over the fest that takes in truth or dares in addition to assorted challenges.

And Fi and Max are rather competitive and so we get to see a whole lot of fun and funny activities as they attempt to win.

But in that they grow closer and there is clear chemistry between them, even though they are allegedly just good friends.

Max was easily my favourite character and I would love to see more of him in he future.

And the raunchy scenes were fabulous.

This was a greatly enjoyable romp through Oktoberfest, featuring friends, sex and more!

Thank you to LM Books and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Unfortunately this was a DNF for me. It just wasn’t for me.

Such a fun romance! I loved the setting. But more important the character development was strong and they each came into their own as they fell in love. Now I want a good beer! Thanks for the arc

Octoberfest, friends, a kiss..... But there is more to this story than just that. But having said that it wasn't what I expected and I found it a bit slow and not really all that interesting. It did pick up a bit the further you got into it but it was still somewhat long-winded and I must say I skipped so much of it just to get to the end.

Sorry to say it wasn't a book for me but I can see why others might like it.

Thank you NetGalley and LM Books for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.