Chloe Liese writes beautiful romances with complex, realistic characters. Juliet and Will are just fun together as they embark on a low-stakes situationship designed to help them both get comfortable with dating. What they have is fake until very real feelings get involved.

Liese has built her reputation on writing inclusive romance with the mindset that everyone who wants a love story should have one. As someone with a connective tissue disease who can’t do everything I want to quite as easily as I could before, I appreciated seeing that representation in Juliet.

I loved reading more about the Wilmot sisters, and thought this one tied the series up beautifully.

This was a sweet read!
I appreciated the carefully done representation, particularly as someone with chronic pain and arthritis.
I do sometimes struggle with the “you are off limits because of a brother-type-figure”. While I can appreciate the complicated dynamics of friendship, I do sometimes disengage a little bit with stories lean on that trope, well intended or not.
But overall it was a very sweet book and I love to watch characters who deserve love find it!

I think this might be my favorite Wilmot sisters book!! As someone with arthritis, it was so nice to see a reflection of things my body is currently going through in Jules. I also LOVE twelfth night and am a shakespeare fan, so all the references were great!!! Will is also so damn adorable, I love his personality and everything he goes through this book. I also struggle with flirting, so man i was right there with you trying to figure out witty replies. I need a new Chloe Liese book ASAP!!!!

Once Smitten, Twice Shy follows Juliet who is the traveler between the three sisters and she's finally coming back to her hometown to try to figure things out. Before she gets back there, she runs into a handsome yet mysterious man in Ireland. The two share a few passionate moments together and it seems like they miss their opportunity but that's not exactly true. In comes Will, Juliet's sister's boyfriend's friend. It's not as complicated as that just sounded but these two immediately have a connection. While they kept their identities secret while aboard, meeting again feels like a reuniting of souls. It's not as intense upon them meeting again but the two agree to help each other.

Juliet decides to tutor Will about relationships and flirting which starts off innocent yet these two can't stop the sparks from flying. While the chemistry is there, these two start off as friends before it becomes clear that their feelings run much deeper. Seeing them slowly but surely fall for each other is just so heartwarming. As with most of Chloe Liese's stories, this book featured multiple different representations including neurodiversity, chronic pain, and celiac disease. Personally, I've never read a romance where a character has celiac's so that was nice to see. It was also so adorable, seeing how Juliet and Will accompanied each other without making it a big deal. It was just so refreshing.

While I'm sad to see the Wilmot Sisters series wrap up, it has me excited about what's next for Chloe Liese. I can only hope her next release is every bit as wonderful as both the Bergman Brothers series and the Wilmot Sisters series have been.

If there is one thing Chloe Liese is going to do, its write the sweetest romances and also do an incredible job at representation at the same time. I have been so excited to read Juliet’s story and was not at all disappointed! I absolutely adored Once Smitten, Twice Shy from beginning to end and it was so fun to be back with the characters in the Wilmot Sisters series!

Juliet’s character was so fun and so Wilmot-sister, I absolutely loved her. I loved her sense of humor, her kindness, and how dedicated she was to healing from her last relationship. The representation of both connective tissue disease and celiac was so well-done!!! Juliet is so caring, loving, and such an enjoyable character to get to know and see grow. I enjoyed her love for romance books and how her personality added so much to the story!!

The representation of autism through Will’s character was so well-written and beautifully done, per usual when it comes to Chloe Liese. I loved the way she handled his struggles with socializing, loud spaces, meeting people both platonically and romantically, and everything in between. I adored Will’s character so much, he was such a sweet, endearing and caring man. I loved his sense of humor, his relationship with his family, and just getting to know him as a whole. Getting to see his character grow throughout the story was so wonderful.

Juliet & Will’s relationship is so heartwarming, fun, cute and made me want to spin around in circles. I absolutely loved their dynamic so much and just how easily they found comfort in each other. I enjoyed the plot line of them helping each other practice romance, then developing into lovers themselves. It was cute, fun and definitely helped increase the overall tension and chemistry these two shared from the very beginning. These two are both so obsessed with each other it makes my heart hurt. I loved them!!!

I will always recommend Chloe Liese’s books to anyone and everyone. I adore her writing, the characters she creates, the representation, and how perfect the love stories are. Highly recommend Once Smitten, Twice Shy!!!

Once Smitten, Twice Shy was an adorable ending to the trilogy. While I don't love the 'practice romance' trope, I love the characters. Juliet and Will are just so cute together. Their chemistry is so sweet. They have adorable moments together that I just loved. The up front acknowledgement of both of their struggles was refreshing. It didn't overwhelm the story but added a degree of reality and representation that I love. An adorable read for any contemporary romance fan.

Chloe Liese-- what you do to our hearts! Featuring a heroine with a chronic illness and a neurodivergent hero, Liese creates a world where these two people are seen and cherished in a way that will inspire so many readers-- please add this one to your shelf!

Will and Juliet come together in a beautiful story featuring love lessons and fake-dating that leads to so much more. Liese creates universes we want to snuggle in and read forever. I'll never forget this one.

This is my favorite Chloe Liese book since Always Only You

I loved Will and Juliet’s story. The way they communicated and trusted each other was so sweet. I love fake dating in general but the way they tried to help each other’s confidence, and then the way they accidentally fell in love, was just perfect.

Chloe Liese will always have a fan in me because of her autism/neurodivergence and chronic illness representation. It’s done with such care that I feel so seen. The fact that Will just casually wears noise cancelling ear plugs and no one judges or questions it is so healing. We don’t officially hear that Will is autistic until about 50% (if I’m remembering correctly) but when we do, there’s no big “you’re autistic?!” shock from Juliet. It’s just a portion of his identity

This was a beautiful finale to the Wilmot sisters stories.

This was so stinking cute! I love Chloe’s writing and this made my heart melt in a puddle. I love Juliet and Wills dynamic and chemistry. It was actual perfection and it made me want to go do a re-read of Chloe’s entire backlist again because I didn’t want to leave her writing. This made me giggle and kick my feet at how cute they were. This book bring so much joy and I think that this would be so encouraging to anyone who wants a cute and really romantic romance.

3.75⭐️ sad to see this series end however!

While Will and Juliet weren’t my favorite, it was still a great read.

Will a socially awkward cinnamon roll, was fantastic. He just wasn’t giving me everything I was looking for. This Scottish gentle giant will research every restaurant he takes you to however because he cares about for food allergies and aversions.

Juliet has a history with a toxic relationship, while this is a standalone I wish the author has went a little more into detail about her last for those who haven’t read the other books in the series. She was very sweet and kind, but I found the characters lacking a little bit of depth for me. While this is sweet and wholesome it just wasn’t giving me what the first two books did.

I was so shocked there was no third act break up, if you e read other Chloe Liese books then you know! The plot started to get a tad repetitive for me, but overall this was a cute read! I’ll definitely continue to read whatever Chloe writes!

Thank you so much to Netgalley, and Berkley publishing for allowing me to read this pre-release in exchange for my honest review.

Once Smitten, Twice Shy is such a sweet and heartwarming book. I was looking forward to reading Juliet’s story after the first book and really enjoyed getting to know her character.

Will and Juliet are precious together. They’re both caring, thoughtful, and likeable characters. I love how they were able to be vulnerable with one another.

Thank you Netgalley and Berkley Pub for the arc!

The sole reason I selected this from the catalog was that it claimed to be a retelling of Twelfth Night. As an avid Bard Baby, I get excited when a contemporary Shakespeare book starts making the rounds. Unfortunately the similarities they shared were a few names. Even the heroine's middle name referenced a different play. Her first name was Viola but her middle name was Juliet. We couldn't even get yellow socks as a playful cameo. Don't call this a Twelfth Night retelling if you can't do the bare minimum. The characters were painfully awkward and I got secondhand embarrassment. The love scenes were cringe to the max. I had a terrible reading experience and I will not be revisiting this author. It was a double disappointment, both as a romance reader and a Shakespeare fan. The opening chapter was the best part and it was all downhill from there. Even She's the Man did a better job of adapting Shakespeare than this author.

First off let me say that both my husband and I are neurodivergent (my husband specifically being on the spectrum), and I suffer from a chronic condition, so I connected a lot with the MCs in this book. Overall, I really enjoyed this book because it felt very realistic to how dating someone with autism was. The things Will said and did seemed exactly like things my husband would say or do.

I enjoyed the sort-of fake dating trope in this book, but with the little spin of it being practice dating instead of fake dating. I felt like Juliet and WIll were really cute throughout the entire book and them sharing their notes with each other or having do-overs during their dates was adorable.

Honestly, the only thing I didn't like about this book was that it felt like there was a little too much going on...like the author was trying to squeeze too much into their backstories to make them seem like soul mates. They just happened to meet in Scotland only to find out they had so many people in their lives in common back in the states. Had it just been Christopher, I'd have let it go, but then other connection came out and it became a little too much for me.

Also, I went into this not realizing it was the third book in a series. I did not read the first two, but I was fine without them. The book read great as a standalone.

I've been waiting for Juliet to get a happily ever after, and this book did not disappoint. Such a sweet story. Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for this advanced copy in exchange for review.

“I like weird. The world needs more weirdos.”
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THIS BOOK WAS SOO CUTE!!!!! I absolutely extremely loved every minute of it! The amount of disability inclusion and plot was just amazing! I love the representation! This couple was perfect! I also loved the “fuck it” moment! Ate this book up! 😍😍😍
Yall need to grab this next week! Comes out 1/14!
Thank you @netgalley, @chloe_liese, and @berkleyromance for allowing me to read this as an eARC! Love it!!

I expected more from the plot and the characters. The fmc was a bit whiney and the mmc is just insufferable

This one was cute! I liked how both Juliet and Will were working on overcoming their dating issues together. The two of them clicked together so well. Their relationship was so sweet and had me cheesy grinning every time they were together. This book had great representation and was a quick sweet read.

I love a good marriage of convenience, and this one was fun! There was so much in this book that made it a wonderful read. There was chemistry, emotion, and challenges. This story felt so real and raw. I was sucked into Will and Juliet's story and was rooting for them the entire book.

This is the perfect book for those who love practice dating, no third act breakup, emotion, and disability rep.

Thank you so much to Berkley Romance for this ARC in exchange for my honest review!

Thanks to Berkley Romance for the E-ARC of Once Smitten, Twice Shy.

I am so sad right now. Despite loving the first book in the Wilmot Sister's series, this one was another miss for me. While I loved the representation (Neurodivergent characters, and chronic illness to name a few), I found myself not caring at all for the romance of the book. Which sucks because this book IS A ROMANCE. I found myself bored and wanting to skim a lot of it. I miss Jamie and Bea. But even though it didn't work for me, it could be your favorite of the year and that is more than ok.

HOWEVER, read if you like:

- Cinnamon Roll MMC
- Neurodivergence/Anxiety/Chronic Illness Rep
- No Third-Act Breakup
- Second Chance Romance
- Fake Dating


Thanks again to Berkley and Netgallery for the ARC

The third and last book in the Wilmot Sisters trilogy is for the tender-hearted romantics whose idea of fun on a Saturday night is re-watching Pride and Prejudice (2005).

Juliet Wilmot has been burned by love in the past. After recovering from a bad break-up, she runs into Will Orsino, a whiskey distiller who, in turn, is unlucky-in-love. In an effort to re-open themselves up to the concept of romance, Juliet and Will agree to practice date for a period of time. Naturally, sparks fly as the two connect over their interests and grow more passionate in their “practice”. Chloe Liese is deeply compassionate towards her characters as she provides authentic descriptions of anxiety, chronic illness, and emotional maturity.

Once Smitten, Twice Shy is a gorgeous love story about two gentle people learning to open their hearts one more time, with each other.