I wanted to love this book so much. I was so excited, I loved the cover and the description. I unfortunately didn’t love it. It was okay. The story itself moved pretty quickly but the characters were questionable and I found myself getting annoyed fairly quickly.

Fans of enemies to lovers romance books need to pick up Love Story! This is the book for you! A must read!

This book was so much fun to read. I love books where we can escape. I especially love the author and I'm glad I pre-ordered this book. I love the romance genre and it was fun to get a behind the scenes of the publishing world. I laughed and cried. The characters were lovable and hilarious.

It's such a weird description an overrated book. I think books and authors deserve the hype. Let's hype the books we love and that help us feel things.

~Romance, Enemies-to-Lovers, Secret Identity, and more!~

Love Story by Lindsey Kelk follows Sophie Taylor, a teacher by day and secret romance writer by night. Hiding behind the pen name Este Cox, her debut novel Butterflies is an internet sensation and enormous success. The problem? She worries about what her parents and the school she works at might think if they find out. After a run-in with the handsome but infuriating marketing director Joe Walsh and losing her bag that would reveal her secret identity, Sophie heads to her hometown for her father's birthday. Only to discover Joe is there and there is only one bed. Will Sophie be able to find her bag and keep her identity a secret? Will Joe and her keep things civil?

2.5| First, I wanted to like this book. The cover is gorgeous, and the title is adorable. The book's premise is unique and one I was excited to read. Unfortunately, this book just fell flat for me. I found the love interest, Joe, unlikable and condescending. While he had some redeeming qualities later in the book, I could not get over their first encounter. As in most contemporary romance novels, the enemies-to-lover trope just doesn't work. There isn't a valid reason for Sophie to hate Joe until later in the book, making her seem overly judgmental. I didn't feel Joe and Sophie had much chemistry at all. Most of the story happens within three days, so the characters don't have much time to evolve. While I'm not against the Insta-love trope, it unfortunately didn't work well here. The characters seemed one-dimensional, and I wish I had seen more of their good qualities instead of just their issues and insecurities. I did enjoy some of the side characters. William’s character was fantastic and one I wish I had seen more of. I also loved Sarah and the little of her backstory we got to see.

I found Sophie frustrating. I wish she would have just stuck up for herself. I often just wanted her to say something, even a tiny thing, to stick up for herself. She was so much of a pushover at times I had to put the book down. I mainly felt this with her sister, who I found incredibly distasteful—instead of giving in every single time, I wish she would have stood her ground against her. Besides not liking some of the characters, I found this book hard to read. I don't mind a couple of well-placed pop culture references, but there were so many that it was too much. Some of them worked well, but there were too many, which took me out of the story. The sentences were long, and I felt I had to reread them constantly because I didn't know what it was saying. While I enjoy detailed descriptions, it felt like too many words in one sentence without anything breaking it up. Some descriptions, especially about nature, were beautifully written, but too many words made it overwhelming and confusing. I also felt the story didn't feel complete. I wish there were an epilogue to wrap everything up.

Overall. I wanted to like this story. Unfortunately, too many things just did not work for me. Some parts were enjoyable, like the banter, but I found most of the characters too unlikeable to enjoy. The concept of the story is excellent and I wish I enjoyed it. This book was not for me, but I'm sure others will love and enjoy it.

this was meh, the fmc drove me insane and made it difficult to enjoy the story. it had potential but fell flat. the pacing was nice with good humor but the instalove wasn’t for me.

This was an absolute gem to read! I devoured this with quickness, I could NOT put it down. I loved all the pop culture references and the banter and comedic relief had me crying from laughter.

Love love love!

Add this to your TBR now!! I absolutely devoured this sweet, and incredibly darling love story. It was just too good!! I was not wanting it to end.

A book about a writer in the romance genre, and her own love story?! What a cute idea; I really enjoyed this one!

Sophie Taylor has written the hottest, international, bestselling romance novel, but no one knows she wrote it. She released the book under a pseudonym. A chance encounter with Joe Walsh, the marketing director at her publishing company, sends her life into a tailspin. Will she decide to come clean to the world and her family to take credit for her writing? And what will Joe Walsh have to do with it?

I have read a couple of Lindsey Kelk’s novels, and her writing always makes me laugh. She has a great sense of humor, and I always love the chemistry between her main characters. Sophie and Joe had great chemistry from the beginning. This was definitely Lindsey Kelk’s spicest novel to date, and I loved it!

I would recommend this romcom to all romance lovers!

Thank you to Netgalley and Harper360 for the ARC of this novel; all opinions are my own.

El libro es una crítica a como son tratadas las autoras y lectores de romance, en como se les hace menos por no leer según la gente cosas
que no aportan nada, como la situación cambia si quien escribe romance es hombre, él nunca será ridiculizado ni juzgado.
La idea es buena, lamentablemente el desarrollo es un desastre.


Sophie es maestra y en secreto es una exitosa escritora. Su padre es un importante editor y publicista, su madre una famosa crítica literaria, ambos son snobs literarios, se la pasan haciendo comentarios mordaces sobre cómo los autores de romance son una vergüenza, por tal razón Sophie guarda el secreto sobre su libro.

Por el cumpleaños de su padre tiene que ir a su casa, ahí todos los invitados son personas que tiene que ver con el mundo literario. Todos se la pasan burlándose de la escritura Cox, de su libro y como es una desgracia para el feminismo 🙄 , sin embargo, cuando Joe en un intento de ayudar a Soph dice que él es Este Cox, mágicamente cambian de opinión, le plauden y alaban que sea un hombre tan conectado con sus sentimientos y que ayude a los mujeres a expresarse.

Todo el libro vemos como sus padres la menosprecian, la hacen menos por ser maestra, dejan que su hermana menor la pisotee. Los odie a los tres.







La parte del romance tampoco me gustó,

Joe trabaja para la editorial que publica su libro, cuando se conocen él no tiene idea que ella es Cox y dice cosas groseras sobre su libro, resulta que también es un snob literario. Uno pensaría que Sophie se alejaría del tipo, pero como está guapo decide ir a tomar, coquetean, platican, luego le muestra que es un idiota misogeno y al parecer el tipejo tiene poderes mágicos porque segundos después de mostrar sus verdaderos colores ella casi lo besa.

Toda su "relación" se basa en lo físico y la atracción.


Calificación: 2.5⭐️


Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Sophie has a big secret and when she returns home to her spend time with her bookish family things come to a head. She has to make a split decision, fill her enemy in on her secret or tell the truth. He’s the least person shed tell under normal circumstances but she’s desperate. Her family cannot find out she’s Este Cox the bestselling romance author the entire world is desperate to unmask.

This felt like a love letter to all the romance readers. For the fans of Lindsey Kelk, “Beth O’Leary, Fallon Ballard, Ali Hazelwood, Sarah Adams, Hannah Grace, Lucy Score”, the list goes on. The bookish community better get ready because its a good one.

Joe pushes all her buttons, some good others not so much but ebbing stuck together for the weekend quickly brought them closer. They can relate to one another, trying to make their own path in the literary industry without their parents. Their sexual chemistry is palpable, the forced proximity making it all the better, you can’t help but root for them. Although there are layers to the story mainly due to Sophies use of a pen name. Her family is very opinionated and navigating that isn’t an easy task.

The balance between comedy and romance is incredible, one of the things Kelk always excels at in my opinion. This was one of my most anticipated reads of the year and will most likely end up being one of my favorite 2024 reads. Can’t recommend it enough.

Read this if you like
⚡️Enemies to lovers
🛏️One bed trope
🩷Romance
🌶️Spice
🎤Pop culture references