I actually enjoyed this book much more than I thought I would! I actually did not have high expectations after reading Again But Better, which was fine but definitely not the most well-written novel ever. This one was such an improvement, which I love for Christine!

I had no idea what this book was about, but when I realized it was about a reality show, I was intrigued as a lover of Perfect Match, Love is Blind, Too Hot to Handle, etc. The plot was very well-developed and planned out, and even surprised me at times with plot twists! It felt like a legit reality TV show.

There were a few downsides. The books that the main character loves is straight out of 2013 Booktube and Booklr, with the main character having Divergent tattoos and quoting Divergent with another character. It really ages the book, and badly, because it's not even the book that's old.

Secondly, I remember the main character of Again But Better was definitely Christine. If you know Christine or watch her videos at all, the main character was like a replica of her. The main character in this book is also a replica, but in other ways. A nerdy, AcroYogi with a love for books and films and writing. I wish Christine would do something completely different. Yes, she put in work to research Survivor and the nature of reality shows, but I will be really impressed when Christine is able to explore another person's shoes in her writing and do it well.

A fast-paced story about a young woman that goes on a Survivor-type reality dating show and finds herself pulled in multiple directions--literally.

As someone who really does not enjoy Survivor, or any survival reality shows, I'm not sure why I picked this one up, but something about it spoke to me.
I enjoyed this story overall, though I did have some difficulty following at some parts (probably because I'm not familiar enough with Survivor) and I found the main character a little annoying.

I think my main (and only) problem with this story was Orie's naivete and the fact that it never seemed to impede her winning challenges. Like, she was super good at the challenges but also kinda dumb? This might be an overly picky thing to call out, but it irked me.

But that aside, I felt like this was tightly written and well-paced. I'm so glad that Orie ended up calling out her sister in the end, because Lark's random meltdown in the beginning made my eye twitch.

I really liked the romance as well! Although the thought of having to go to the bathroom next to a guy I have a crush on because we're tethered together at the hip gives me a panic attack.

Quick spoiler free review. It was cute! I'm not a survivor fan at all but it was a fun, light hearted, easy summer read. The main character was maybe a little dorky, but aren't we all on our own way? Remy though!
OMG!
That's all I'll say about that lol.
The friendship between Orie and Kennedi was adorable and so was Orie's relationship with Osprey. I did kind of wish we got to know the other players, just a little bit more.
Overall it was a fun read! Just what I needed!

3.5
Many thanks to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press | Wednesday Books for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I used to watch the show Survivor religiously, so when I saw a romance based on the show I knew I wanted to read it. Except this has a twist. The participants are paired up and tied to each other. I love the premise of the book but I just didn't really care for the characters. It checked a lot of the boxes I like for a romance such as, forced proximity, friends to lovers, etc. I just couldn't love the characters. I would have liked to see more depth and the I don't think the switch ups and twists as regards to the reality tv show went over the way the author intended.

As someone who loves romance books and watching survivor this book was exactly what I never knew I was missing. I couldn’t put it down and loved both the romance and the reality show.

This was a great book for fans of survivor/the bachelorette. As a lover of reality tv, this was the perfect read for me! I thought it was witty, engaging, and laugh out loud funny. Add this one to your beach bag. You won’t regret it!

2.5 stars

Sigh....... I wanted to like this way more than I did. Being a Survivor-esque, reality tv, romance I thought I would love it. However there are just too many pop culture references and most of them were over explained and exaggerated that just made you want to roll your eyes. I'm glad I read this in one shot because I'm not sure I would have picked it up continuously if I had set it down. Let's not get started on the names of most of these characters, to each their own. I did kind of enjoy the ending which was a saving grace.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press, Wednesday Books and Netgalley for providing me with an e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

I LOVED attached at the hip way more than I was expecting.
From the premise I was sold, I’m a fan of not only survivor but also all kinds of trash dating reality shows so this should be my jam. Initially Orie as the and the lay out of the show threw me off a but in the beginning. Orie is unfortunately the type of survivor player that would have me screaming at the scream in real life (affectionately) But I took a brake and came back ready for her game.
Christine Riccio does a fabulous job of capturing the show. Especially the paranoia playing and not knowing of who’s lying to you and who is a real connection.
I also had a great time picking apart the game as it was being played. I’m a fan of survivor for how the game of survivor has evolved over the years and I loved seeing ( and judging🩷) this new form of the game.
I was SUCKED in by the end. I had a fabulous time reading it and anyone else who loves these types of reality shows (especially survivor) will love it too.

⭐️⭐️⭐️

𝙎𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚, 𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚.

📍 Read if you like:
• Friends To Lovers
• Forced Proximity
• Dating Shows
• Reality TV

I really wanted to love this book, it sounded so interesting and right up my alley with the reality TV aspect. Unfortunately, I had such a difficult time with this story.

While the reality TV aspect had me so intrigued, the romance itself in this book didn’t sit well with me. I just didn’t care for it or for the characters. It dragged and I began to lose interest in the story, it was quirky in its own way.

I’m honestly still not sure if this book was YA or NA - maybe half young adult and half new adult?! I don’t honestly know, but I’m confused.

Overall, this book had its fun moments here and there. I just went into it expecting something completely different, the reality TV was fun - while the romance wasn’t. Such mixed feelings about this book!

Thank you so much NetGalley and Wednesday Books for the review copy in exchange for my honest review!

This book was really cute. I loved it. I like that the main character came into her own throughout the story. And reading about the different challenges they had to do was entertaining. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves reading fluffy romance book and if you like having reality tv shows in your books.

I love reading about reality TV scenarios in my books, so I knew I was going to enjoy my time with this book. At first, the book read more YA than I was expecting. A lot of the earlier dialogue felt forced and cringey. However, about midway through the book I felt like the writing really started to improve, felt less cringey, and I became more invested in the plot. I ended up really enjoying the direction the book went in, I was not expecting it all. I also thought there was some great nuanced conversations about relationships within the book. Finally, any book that mentions One Direction gets major points in my book.

Attached at the Hip was such a fun and original romance book! I loved the premise. Orie and Remy are a cute couple with such a fun background. The friends to lovers aspect was well done and it's a super cute novel!

This was OK; a bit one dimensional characters but I liked the island/speed dating aspect of the reality survival show.

I received an advanced copy. All thoughts are my own.

Absolutely love everything Christine Riccio has written and this was a no brainer! This book was so clever and if you are a fan of Survivor I 100% recommend. It's so well thought out and fun. I loved it so much!

I rated Attached at the Hip by Christine Riccio a 3.5 star. This is a great read for fans of reality shows! I was highly entertained by the thought of a reality dating show in a Survivor environment, and the characters did not disappoint.

I enjoyed this reality TV star mix more than I thought I would. Loved the audiobook, and enjoyed the narrator. I was cracking up constantly.

A great read for fans of reality shows! My emotions are all over the place with this book. It took me several chapters to like the FMC cuz she's so indecisive and can't do anything on her own, but I get that's what makes the storyline so vital. I was highly entertained by the thought of a reality dating show in a Survivor environment, and the characters did not disappoint.

The only part I really struggled with was not knowing which character I could trust (as I already have huge trust issues, lol), but it ended up keeping me on my toes and really paying attention to every little detail given. I definitely couldn't survive if Attached At The Hip was a real show, but I'd certainly enjoy watching it unfold.

I'm so obsessed with this book!! I loved every second of it, I feel like this is definitely my favorite of Christine's thus far. I am not a Survivor fan but I am a fan of the Bachelor, I've read a lot of books over the past year that revolve around some sort of reality TV show so I wasn't ecstatic about diving into this one because of that reason but this book really surprised me in a number of ways. The Survivor aspects definitely gave it a new twist that separated it from a regular old reality dating show. I have no interest in watching Survivor but if Attached at the Hip was an actual show I would 100% watch it. I thought it was so interesting how Remy was built up at the beginning of the book as the love interest and then slowly stripped down by the end. His character shift happened in such a subtle way that I thought it worked really well. My one critique is that I don't know that I was 100% sold on Osprey by the end. I definitely loved him as a character I just don't know if his shift INTO the love interest worked as seamlessly since Orie wasn't completely sold on him throughout most of the book either. I feel like I could've used like one more scene to warm up to him before they left the show. Overall, I really liked everything about this book, it was laugh out loud funny at times and I loved seeing aspects of Christine in all of the characters. It was so silly reading about Orie and Osprey discussing their favorite books since all the books they mentioned were books that I learned about from watching Christine for years. This was such a fun reading experience, I wish I could do it all over again.

I want to open this review by saying that I was sincerely excited to read Christine’s third novel, and I was intrigued by the concept. I am a sucker for a trope-filled book based on reality television. I always find these books have a spark to them and provide extra tension or conflict in their plots. However, this book struggled a bit when it came to the execution of that concept. And I do believe its marketing is suffering from the story’s lack of genre identity.
There were a few places where I found the story really stood on solid ground. Those places being: Chapter One, and the chapters falling between the 70-85% mark. Those chapters absolutely had me hooked, had the adrenaline pumping, and I found it difficult to tear myself away from the screen. It was probably Christine’s most compelling writing to date.

I couldn’t get into the story just as I thought. Not disappointed but need more depth, I think. I can't remember when was the last time when I read a book in which the whole plot was 100% equal to what was written in the blurb and nothing more. There was no surprise there, no resolution to any of the plot threads and the whole story was blatantly predictable and painfully dull.

This was my first book by Christine Riccio and now I want to read everything that she has ever written and everything that she writes in the future.

First of all, this didn’t feel like a YA book - I would call it a new adult (because of the age group) but I loved the idea of Orie going on a survivor/bachelor reality show as a way of finding her independence. I loved the relationships that she formed (except for Remy, I didn’t like him from the beginning).

I really appreciated the growth and development that we saw with Orie and I loved Osprey from the very first meet up and kept swooning every time he was in the scene.

Overall, super cute book - it was fun to see the “show” play out in my head. But I did completely skip past one scene that gave me the creepies.

Thank you to Wednesday Books and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review!