This was a cute little rom com. I like books that have librarians for the main characters that’s the most that I liked about the main character, other than that she was very bland. It followed the algorithm of any other enemies to lovers in close proximity. I did like the ending so that’s why it’s a 3 star and not a 2.5 and the cover is really cute!
Thank you netgalley for providing me with an advanced reader copy. All opinions are mine.

thank you to netgalley for the advanced reading copy. I really enjoyed this and will be getting copies for my shop.

Librarian who wants to write a romance novel? Sign. Me. Up.

Librarian who then uses her brother's best friend as the inspiration for her novel and then slowly realizes that she's writing him AND falling for him in real life?

Perfection.

This is a first time read for me by this author and I found it to be a very enjoyable story. It's an entertaining enemies to lovers trope that's sure to bring a smile to your face. Liv is a librarian who aspires to be a romance author. Only she is having a tough time writing her perfect hero. No one in her life inspires her to write the kind of hero she dreams of, until she gets her inspiration where she least expects it. Her brother's best friend Aiden comes to stay with them for a few weeks, and despite the fact that she can't stand him, he actually turns out to be perfect hero material.
A very lovely introduction for me to this author's work! The characters were interesting and likable and I enjoyed getting to know them and watching their relationship grow and develop into something more. I enjoyed the story and look forward to reading more by this author.
I received a complimentary copy from NetGalley and am voluntarily leaving my review.

Liv wants to write a romance novel, similar to the likes of something Jane Austen would've churned out. Not only does she not have any real life inspiration, but now her brother's annoying, but hot, best friend, Aiden, is going to be staying with them. So, how is she going to be able to a) write anything at all and b) find her real life Mr. Darcy?

Overall, a cute read. I would recommend it for a quick beach read or just to unwind at the end of the day.

Thanks to Victoria Walters, Boldwood Books, and NetGalley for the ARC.

I really enjoyed this one!! It was so cute! I love enemies to lovers and I loved all the banter between the 2 characters. The side characters were just as lovable too and I liked how their stories intertwined with each other.

This book started so well! I really had high hopes but then about halfway through it just fell a bit flat for me. Liv seemed to get immature and Aiden a bit wishy washy. More character development and an Aiden POV might have helped but I felt like the story could have finished halfway through. The second half felt a bit shallow. A good enough read 3.5 stars.

This was a great book. I connected with the characters. I felt engrossed with the plot. I would read another book by this author.

The Love Interest is an enemies to lovers, brothers best friend, coworkers, close proximity rom com all wrapped into one and I really enjoyed it. I loved Aiden and Olivia, they were just good people with good intentions and fantastic chemistry. The banter was a lot of fun and I loved how Olivia was also writing a romcom during the story as well. The side characters were enjoyable and added to the story, the complication was just frustrating enough but not too overblown and I got the ending that I was hoping for. All in all, a very good book.

I really wanted to love this book but I just couldn't get connected to the story the way I hope to when it comes to romance. It was an ok read for me but nothing extraordinary that will make me remember it.

The Love Interest is a fun, lighthearted book perfect to pack in your beach bag this summer! Would recommend!

Unfortunately DNF’ing a few per cent. I have enjoyed several other Victoria Walters books and recommend picking this up if you like the sound of it!

It’s immediately ‘enemies to lovers’ which isn’t a trope I enjoy much, but mostly I had to DNF because it’s quite insulting towards the sidekick guy for wearing elbow pads and being a bit nerdy and I just can’t be on board with nice guys being treated that way. I also felt Aiden was just being so rude to Liv and whilst I understand that would have improved later on, I didn’t want to be along for the ride.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a copy of The Love Interest by Victoria Walters in exchange for an honest review.

Unfortunately I didn’t love this one. I didn’t like the main man at all and that always ruins trying to root for the couple to end up together. I didn’t like his comments in the beginning; she noted countless times where he had put her down, told her her expectations were too high and insulted her appearance.

I’m becoming more and more convinced that enemies to lovers should stay out of contemporary rom coms and stick to fantasy romance. In this book especially, they are only ‘enemies’ in the main girl’s head - and even she is listing after him the whole time. They aren’t enemies at all, she’s just annoyed around him because she’s attracted to him and doesn’t want to be.

The ‘enemies’ part ended as soon as it had started; the love story had already began 30% in! This was marketed wrong - the trope is completely inaccurate.

There were countless Mr Darcy references which I am sure so many people will love but as I am not a fan of Pride and Prejudice it sounded cringey to me.

The miscommunication was so annoying, unneeded and overly dramatic. It put me off rooting for the couple at all and the main reason I finished this book was because I was already so far in.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this swoonworthy book!
It's a fun enemies to lovers, as well as second chance love. I loved having multiple tropes.
Assistant librarian and British woman Liv is struggling with inspiration for her writing. Her brother suggests his best friend Aiden stay in their shared apartment for a few weeks. Even though they have hostility Liv starts using Aiden as inspiration for her book. With a forced proximity sparks start flying. I loved the steam and the light rom-com elements. Liv and Aiden were likable characters and I always love a British romance! It was an easy and fast book to read! I highly recommend it if you're looking for a fun and charming read.

Liv is a librarian who wants to write a romance novel, but she’s stuck on writing the perfect hero. When her brother and roommate tells his best friend he can stay with them, she’s furious. LIV has had a love/hate relationship for with Aiden for years, he’s irritating and annoying but is also gorgeous. There’s no way Aiden is her perfect hero, right?!?

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley, I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

The Love Interest is an enemies to lovers, brothers best friend, coworkers, close proximity rom com all wrapped into one and I really enjoyed it. I loved Aiden and Olivia, they were just good people with good intentions and fantastic chemistry. The banter was a lot of fun and I loved how Olivia was also writing a romcom during the story as well. The side characters were enjoyable and added to the story, the complication was just frustrating enough but not too overblown and I got the ending that I was hoping for. All in all, a very good book.

Actual rating: 3.5

Tropes: enemies to lovers, forced proximity, office / workplace romance, books about books

The Love Interest follows a university librarian, Olivia, or Liv as she embarks on writing her first novel. She lives with her brother who decides to spring on her that the guy she’s hated for the last ten years will be moving in.

This book had strong characters and character development. The mom, the brother and his fiance, as well as several other characters were very present and very fleshed out. I honestly started getting interested in several of the subplots in addition to the main romance story.

I also felt like the main romance was written relatively well. I didn’t like that there was a third act conflict which made since, but I felt like it was taken a little too far. I also found (especially towards the end) that there were too many flashbacks to prior memories between our hero and heroine that we as the reader had no knowledge of.

One thing I think that makes this a 3.5 and not a 4 is the writing style. It felt at times a little awkwardly worded or sometimes just too wordy.

Overall a fun read.

When I started to read this book I felt in love in a second. A librarian who loves romcom books? My dream job. A male character who loves movie? Even better, but as soon as I started to get in the story, my enthusiasm started to decline.

First. We have Live Thomas, a librarian who lives in her brothers apartment because wants to write her own novels, as a male lead character we have Aiden Rivers, Live's big brother best friends, and of course, she hates him and he loves to mess with her. Until here everything is perfect, enemies to lovers, brother's best friends. What can go wrong? Everything. I was more into the secondary characters, like Liv's brother or her boss at the University library. I wanted to know more about the relationship between Theo and Dan. At 35% of the book I almost DNF it but I keep reading it, I can give a honest review if I did not finish the book.

Second. The reason why all this fight between Aiden and Live was so not on point. I really was expecting for something more exited, but I think it was too easy. Too bored to go with it.

This was an ok book. Something light, but sometimes the main characters, specially Liv, made me wanted to DFN the book so many times that it was not healthy.

What a fun lovely story!

This book reads like fanfic - the good kind that makes you feel right at home. From the first chapter, you're immersed in author Victoria Walters' world.

Liv is absolutely a reader's perfect main character. Librarian, writer, reading enthusiast. Awkward and cute.

Aiden is difficult. But he grows on you!

Oh, and the enthusiastic BFF and the supportive brother to round out the cast.

Did I mention Pride & Prejudice?

"In real life, did anyone actually make a grand gesture?"

Tropes in this book which I love in general
- Enemies to Lovers
- Forced Proximity
- The guy falls first

Victoria did an awesome job with the pacing of the story and keeping the reader gripped to the book. Some new but some common story lines, but all in all I loved reading it and would love to read more of her works in future.

Thank you to NetGalley, The Author and Boldwood Books for providing this ARC exchange for an honest review.