This was a miss for me. I didn't care for the characters or the storyline personally but other people might.

A fun, light hearted second chance romance that did not disappoint at all! It was such a fun read, I was laughing throughout the whole book. It was super light and quick to get through, I read it in on sitting because I couldn't get enough.

Highly recommend!

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

THIS BOOK MADE ME FEEL ALL THE THINGS!!!! ALL OF THEM!!!!

A friend told me she calls this “second opportunity romance,” where they had a chance to be together the first time around and they didn’t take it. Don’t ask me how I feel about this trope because I’ll start talking and I won’t stop talking.

Wil and Katie were inseparable in high school, but when Katie left Wisconsin and become an incredibly famous actress, the two friends didn’t stay in touch. Many years later, they finally get the chance to reconnect—and it’s only then that they realize what they had in high school was probably a little more than friendship. They have a second opportunity to explore their connection, but doing so is easier said than done. Katie is under constant scrutiny by the media, and Wil has certainly put herself in the public eye by filming viral videos of herself kissing a new person every week. (That’s exactly as hot as it sounds.)

This is the most wonderful book about friendship and trust and loving and being yourself. It’s about shitty men and exciting kisses and familial love and I promise it’ll make you swoon.

This was a fun romance! I found myself laughing throughout and it was like a warm hug. Overall, it was still a cute read if you're looking for something light and quick!

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

i loved this book so much!! this was so fun and i'm so thankful that i got to read this one early! thank you so much to netgalley and everyone should pick this up soon!!!

At first I felt a little confused but that didn’t last for more than a few pages. It is a tough read in that there’s no skimming. Every word is important. I couldn’t wait to see the ending and yet I didn’t want it to end. Wil and Katie are formidable. I can’t remember when I’ve read such strong characters. And the mystery solved near the end is absolutely perfect! Put this one at the very top of your tbr pile! Actually, no, don’t put it on the pile just read it now! Seriously!

This was a super cute book and I look forward to more from the author.

Thank you to the publisher for the chance to read it.

This book came me laugh, made me roll my eyes and even made me tear up a little bit. It was a little bit slow in the beginning but I enjoyed it!

Fairly predictable rom com but it was still a good read that I enjoyed. And even though this isn't one that I would add to my reread list it is one that I would recommend.

I wanted more about that TikTok account and less about everything else.

Too much going on to focus on, it would have been more meaningful if something was taken out. The ridiculousness of stalking their old teacher preferably.

I wanted to like this. I kept waiting, until the last page. There was tensions that never paid off, emotional payoffs that weren't earned, but I couldn't get over that Wil and Katie just bored me. They had everything right, and seperate they were very interesting, but together they just weren't engaging. The book is well written, the spice is hot but the chemistry we are constantly told is there just falls flat. I think Marvel will be a fan favorite romance author with future books and I will be reading their next book, but something about this just failed to click start to finish

Heart-filled little romance that I would recommend quite a lot. The description shows some but quite a lot is hidden. Thanks for the arc

DNF at 30% this book is….odd. Just so odd. That’s the only word I can think of to describe it. On paper the premise is literally my dream book but the execution is so strange, I don’t even know how to put it into words.

The way the two main characters meet again and suddenly are back in each other’s lives like 13 years haven’t passed feels so unrealistic. Initially I loved that they jumped right into a conversation, I thought that was very cute, but then it got weird FAST. They’re so overtly sexual with one another immediately after meeting again despite never having a sexual relationship in the first place. This is especially weird when you find out they’d only really been friends for one year and had spent most of their lives as just acquaintances. If it felt like the characters had more chemistry, maybe I could buy it, but their conversations are extremely sexual, stilted, and (my new favorite word) odd.

Even odder I do think I could see myself picking this back up someday, but not today.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for this ARC!

I loved this book and feel like people could take a note from this book about healthy relationships!

This book was not what I expected going into it but I loved it! I loved the two MCs and their story! This book warmed my heart, which is needed in this cold weather!

4 Stars!

The plot for this book was interesting and I enjoyed the characters of the book from the start.

Unfortunately, I had a really hard time following the story. The books pace some how felt simultaneously painfully slow and way too fast. I couldn’t keep track with what was happening. On multiple occasions felt like I had missed something, would back track and could not figure out what the characters were talking about.

I definitely liked a lot of the book but overall had a really hard time following the story.

3.5 stars

This story follows Wil, an insurance adjuster living in Wisconsin, who recently started a TikTok channel where she kisses a new person twice a week, reconnecting with celebrity Katie Price. Katie, is home for the holidays, while trying to hid from the media while working on her next big project. Katie and Wil, spent their senior year has best friends before Katie was swept up in Hollywood and a new relationship.

I believe this is Mae Marvel's first book and it is not bad. The dialog reminded me a lot of the Gilmore Girls, where there were a lot of inside jokes and pop references. Sometimes it was hard to follow, and there was a tendency to repeat certain wrds, that didn't sit with me. The characters were well done. I really like Wil and resonated with her journey. She was funny, confident, yet still uncertain, and had really great self-awareness.

This is a friends to lovers (or as a friend calls it, idiots to lovers) book, with some second chance romance feels. Idiots to lovers is not my favorite trope because the characters spend a lot of time pining for each other, while coming up with all the ways they can't be together. Which can become tedious. While there were moments that slowed a bit too much for me, I did appreciate ht eoverall evolution of Wil and Katie's relationship.

All in all, I thought it was a cute romance and that fans of celebrity romances and friends to lovers would enjoy this story.

Thank you to the author and NetGalley for the ARC copy.

Thank you to NetGalley and St Martins Press for this ARC! I feel it’s rare to find FF romcoms that have a great balance of romance and spice but this was one for it! It was a bit slow of a build up for me but the second half of the book had me hooked!

I had super high hopes for this sapphic romance, but ultimately am rating it 2.5/5, rounded up to 3 stars for Goodreads. I DNF’d this one at the 30% mark because the dialogue-heavy, over-specific writing style wasn’t really working for me. The pacing felt off and the way that Wil and Katie interacted from the jump didn’t feel realistic to me in any way. I enjoyed them as characters and think I would’ve liked reading about their development both individually and as a couple, but the winding story-telling and over-specificity with dialogue prevented me from sticking with the story. I think I’d still recommend this one to readers that enjoy second-chance romances or romances that focus on Hollywood/fame.

I enjoyed this book! I love reading books about actors and actresses and their relationships with people who are not in the public eye! I also just love reading queer stories! I think their friendship and their relationship to one another was described pretty well! I also think the story was well developed and not choppy with a rushed ending.

This was so cute! It touched my heart and was so cute to read. Banter was A+, both characters were so fun and engaging.