This book is just too freaking cute!! A romcom with chickens?? It’s sweet, swoony, funny and full of banter. I had no idea what to expect going into this book but it is such a lighthearted cozy romance with some mystery to it. I’m not a chicken girl — as in I know nothing about chickens or really any birds — but that did not prevent me from being fully invested in this story. Also I know a lot about chickens and chicken shows now😂 There’s drama, tension, banter, great friendship & some clucking fantastic animal friends. If you love a good wholesome romance that you can eat up in one sitting definitely check out Love & Chickens!🖤🩷

🖤Enemies to Lovers
🖤Found Family
🖤Hurt Past
🖤Disability Representation
🖤He Falls First
🖤Comeback
🖤Chicken Espionage

George Cooper is a cutie & Madeline is a strong spunky heroine. The chickens and geese are such fun side characters and everyone deserves a friend like Patricia. There are lots of Pride & Prejudice vibes too if you’re into that! This book will leave you with warm fuzzy feels and a lot of chicken knowledge.

I’m so happy I was able to read and review an early copy from Kasey Morris via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Thank you NetGalley for this arc.
I have chickens so when I saw this book I immediately knew I wanted to read it. It’s a shorter book, under 200 pages so a super easy quick fun little read. I love that I knew the different breeds of chickens it was talking about.
4.5 stars, super cute

PROS
•enemies-to-lovers trope
•main character with a disability (and she is super witty!)
•learned so much about chickens! Who knew showing poultry was a thing?! And that chickens have such varied personalities - no wonder they’re popular pets nowadays!
•quick/feel-good/laugh-out-loud read
•debut female author
•fun cast of characters (except Chad 😂)
•lots of plot twists - never boring!
•a dozen chickens - how sweet!

CONS
•no pictures! 😂 i had to google all the different breeds in the middle of reading

Thanks to NetGalley and the author for this ARC! I’m excited to follow this author as her writing continues to develop and her catalog grows. This book earned the 4th star from me because of its unique theme!

⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 (3.5/5 stars)
Let me start by saying this was a cute, fluffy, enemies to lovers rom com with lots and lots of c*cks. And not the kind you’re thinking of. 😉I’m not very familiar with the chicken world so I did struggle a bit getting into this as I wasn’t really sure what to expect. But I feel like I learned a lot and I appreciate the author’s details when it came to poultry judging.

The plot felt a little dragged on in the beginning, but by the second half, I was full on rooting for Madeline and George. I just wish there was more character development for them both individually but also as a couple. Also have to give a shoutout to Patricia and her goose, Sir Lancelot.

Love & Chickens - I am guilty of choosing a book based upon its cover! And I am so glad I did! This is a quick, light read, romcom style with witty dialogue, and well developed characters. Not only are Madeline (FMC) & George (MMC) both loveable, the animal characters (Elsie & Sir Lancelot) bring just as much to this story. This a great story filled with enemies to lovers, second chances, and overcoming adversity. This book was extremely well written & I am so glad I discovered this author! Very grateful to have received an ARC of this book - I'll be keeping an eye out for more books by this author!

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review!

Madeline showed prized chickens until one day she got in a bad car accident and got injured and all but one of her chickens passed. She took a few years to heal emotionally from the accident and rejoined the show circuit for chickens! That is where she saw her nemesis Judge George Cooper! He was the judge that gave her most prized chicken a bad review the day of her accident. Seeing him now, she holds a grudge, but she gets over her hard feelings when she gets to know him better and understands his struggles in life with his family.

This book contains some of my favorite tropes:
* Enemies to lovers
* Quick banter
* disability representation
* mental illness/addiction representation

I also loved Madeline's show circuit best friend, Patricia and her grumpy goose that hisses all the time! He is quite the diva!

Pleasantly surprised that I ended up liking this one! I had a bit of a hard time getting into the chicken part of the story, lol. The rest of the story was very well done. The character development, the setting, the background information. I really liked the authors writing style. I was probably a little more than halfway through when I started actually enjoying the bird show part of the story. I would recommend reading this, it's worth it! I would definitely read more books by this author!

my first ever arc!!!
i’m so thankful i got the chance to read this book and get to review it!

love and chickens - 3,5 stars

this story is about madeleine bennett who has a flock of chickens and goes to chicken shows. three years before the start of this book she was at a show and the judge, george cooper, misjudged her chicken. after the show she got in an accident and lost most of her flock. wanting to get back to her old status quo, madeleine takes place at a regional chicken show, where she meets george again. this stirs up some resentment in her but quickly she realises, that george is not the despicable human she thinks he is.

i was sceptical when starting this book, since i have never seen someone write about chicken shows. i honestly thought it was going to be silly, but i was proven wrong.

as this book is very short i feel like it lacked a little in character depth and the plot was a little all of the place, at leaset in the first half.
that being said i had a little trouble getting into the book, since i didn’t really connect to the characters at first. i loved george, he’s such a man.

all in all this was a very cute and cozy palette cleanser between books. i can only recommend!

As a fellow chicken owner and lover, I HAD to get my hands on this book! I’m literally in the midst of getting my brooder ready for this seasons specialized breeds of chicks!
Such a feel good romance about a woman who shows her chickens and the competitive aspect and corruption that can happen. Her show bestie shows geese and it’s a laugh out loud fun read that gets you inside these shows!
Madeline Bennett is back to showing after a horrendous accident that nearly took her life and all her chickens but one. She’s got a chip on her shoulder whenever judge George Cooper is around as he told her, her birds were mediocre at best .. which was the day of her accident.

It’s an enemies to lovers
A delightful light read
English MMC
Cane use rep.
Little bit of mystery and detective work
“Secret Agent Chicken Spy”.
Cute and Sweet
HEA guaranteed


George ends up being such a swoony character. I mean, who needs flowers when you can buy the woman you fancy top of the line birds of her favorite breed?

“Faithfully yours, George.” 😍😍

I loved this book so much. I honestly didn't think I would but I really did. Madeline had been through a traumatic event and she was piecing her life together again. She associated George with that trauma and because of it she hated him. I loved George so much, he was a sweetheart, you could see he genuinely liked her and cared for her, it was really cute. They passed the hate phase and she started to see him in a new light. He was much more complex than she thought and had more to give that it appeared. I loved Madeline and her strength, she was cautious with her feelings but not afraid to follow them. She lives life the way she wants because she knows it can change in an instant. They were so good together, they each had something to move on from and they helped each other do it

This was a fun quick read for a hate-to-love rom-com. I didn’t realize this was Pride & Prejudice inspired when I started, but I picked up on it quickly. The elements used were scattered and reimagined in some interesting contemporary twists. The main character uses a cane occasionally (more books should have disability rep). I liked the background of the competitive chickens, it was different for me in a book. I don’t have any chickens, but I do like them and grew up with different family members having them around. Overall, I really enjoyed reading this and I look forward to the next book from this author.

*Provided a DRC (digital review copy) from the publisher for review. All opinions are my own.

I enjoyed reading this cute rom com, the characters were very likeable and I enjoyed the witty sarcastic commentary between characters which made me laugh and cringe sometimes. It was a very well paced story and a easy read for me. Thanks NetGalley for the ARC and an opportunity to read and review this book.

Thank you NetGalley and the author for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

I can honestly say that I never thought I would read a romance about chickens, but I am so glad that I have!
This story was sweet and light, and had a lot of the pieces that I love in my romance novels.

What I loved:
The animal side characters. Elsie and Sir Lancelot are my absolute favorites!
The disability representation (Madeline uses a cane after a car accident)
The back and forth between George and Madeline
The friendship between Madeline and Patricia
What I didn’t enjoy:
Not knowing exactly how George feels or thinks about anything, especially Madeline

I really enjoyed the story, and I learned a lot. I was not expecting that at all. however this book was the perfect little romcom to give knowledge plus keep you entertained! I thoroughly enjoyed reading about chickens. and it made me want to get some chickens of my own even more so then i had before. My husband said this book ruined me because now all i can talk about is chickens. haha I really loved this book tho. I will more then likely be ordering a copy when it comes out!

Wow, where to begin?

Firstly, I would like to start off by extending my heartiest of gratitudes to Kasey and NetGalley for this wonderful ARC. I had so much fun reading this book because of how beautiful it was.

This book had soul.

I am thoroughly and completely head-over-heels with this absolute masterpiece. In fact it was SO GOOD, I gobbled it up in one sitting.

Madeline is a wonderful character. So smart, so confident, so bold and and so brave. She has spunk, I have to admit. She does her very best to not define herself by the problems she has encountered in life and does a smashing job of it.

I loved the whole American girl - British boy part of this, it was absolutely delightful.

George Cooper was wonderful. A book boyfriend through and through. He goes above and beyond for her and it's so perfect to read. He's got his own issues to sort through and they both help each other wonderfully throughout the book.

There were a few parts through the book that seemed to drag, and a few parts that got sped up quite quickly, which is the only reason I have given this book 4 stars and not 5.

There was so much to learn about Chicken Showing(apparently that's a thing! who knew???)and I can say I have significantly come away learning a lot more about different breeds of geese and chickens and roosters(something I never knew I needed, but apparently I did).

Kasey has a way of incorporating words of information so beautifully into her book that it felt so smooth and flawless throughout and it was wonderful.

All in all, this was an absolute masterpiece of a book and I look forward to reading, nay, devouring much much more books of the same author.

Story: 5 stars
Spice: 3.5 stars
Grammar and Punctuation: 5 stars
Flow: 5 stars
Overall: 4 stars

What an amazing read truly, 5 stars across the board.
First and foremost the author is a gem, I reached out to her about some potentially triggering items and the need for some CW/TW in the book. She was so receptive and awesome and is going to mitigate the situation!

I truly did not expect to love a book about chicken showers. This book is an adaption of Pride & Prejudice but with birds lol.

I loved seeing the main characters progress through dealing with her new disability from her accident, and how she dealt with the heavy PTSD emotions that came with it.

Our MMC was truly an underdog, did not see him or his story coming and it was perfect.

The writing was really well developed and the characters had fantastic growth points throughout the book.
Loved the inclusion of disabled characters

And to top it off a chicken show coup???? To take down a big time judge. What a perfect amount of drama! I 100% cannot wait to see what this author does and will continue to read from her!

This was a book that, via the description, I wasn't completely sure what the book would look like but, it definitely was a charming read. I do not know anything about poultry shows personally, however, I enjoyed learning some information while having a cute romance on top. It was a very nice and uplifting read. Some jumps between scenes can be a little confusing, however, overall I enjoyed reading this book.

Love & Chickens by Kasey Morris
I'm beyond surpised that I could get so engrossed in a book set mostly around showing birds. I've been to my local state fair and gone down the very aisle setup with the pens described in the book, but I never thought I'd read a book with this as it's main setting.
Madeline Bennett has something to prove, after a three year absence from the show circuit she's back to prove she can win. Surprised to have to have her nemesis, George Cooper, who crushed her dreams at Nationals be judging at her first show since then. With fate planning a role Madeline is put into a unique position to spend more time with George, and this opens more questions about him . And you can definitely feel the awkward vibe coming off both of them, jeez people use your words.
Ultimately it's a enemies to lovers story, so if that's your trope, grab it and settle in. If you want to learn more about show chickens and the seedy (probably not really, but who knows) underbelly of the show circuit is an interesting backdrop for a story.

What a cute book! I was fortunate to receive a NetGalley ARC of this book, and I really enjoyed it. This story is a nice mix of light humor and and more serious topics, with a sweet romance thrown in. The author apparently keeps livestock, and it comes across clearly in the story that she knows what it means to take care of and love animals. I did not see some of the twists coming (who knew "poultry politics" were even a thing?) but this is the kind of book where everything is neatly and happily resolved by the end of the story. My only criticism, and it's very small, is that the details about chicken breeding and showing got a little dry at times for me. But honestly, this is a book about love amongst competitive poultry shows, and the author's knowledge about the subject rang true to the story and the presentation of that kind of information jibed with the main characters' interests and personalities. I wasn't familiar with this author but I would definitely read her again!

Who the heck would have thought I’d be reading a book about Poultry Shows?!

Love & Chickens was such a surprisingly delightful read.

The book was a super quick one that dealt with chickens, enemies to lovers, him falling first and a little corruption.

I can say I honestly enjoyed this book and highly recommend for cute and quick rom com read.

Thanks to NetGalley and Kasey Morris for the opportunity to read this early!!