This book had me in a full chokehold from chapter one—like, F.T. Lukens really said “murder vision + queer chaos + found family + flirty werewolf crush” and I devoured it. Cam is the most relatable disaster human I’ve ever read—anxious, sarcastic, and just trying to survive high school (plus, you know, a psychic murder premonition). The supernatural world is so fun but also surprisingly dark, and the way it balances humor, heart, and high-stakes danger?? Perfection. And don’t even get me started on Mateo—every time he and Cam interacted, I squealed. If you love queer paranormal fantasy with vibes like Carry On meets Veronica Mars, this book will absolutely live in your head rent-free.

Cam Reynolds is tired. Tired of feeling like the weird kid, tired of everyone always looking at him. A new high school may be exactly what he needs to start sophomore year off with a fresh start, alongside his best friend, blossoming witch Al, and the werewolf he's bee.n crushing on for ages, Mateo. Now is the time to start anew, to embrace a New Cam.

Except Cam has no idea how different things are about to become. After a fight at school reveals he is clairvoyant, his first vision—a gruesome murder of an unknown girl from the perspective of the killer—shifts everything. With the help of a perky freshman and a group of new paranormal friends, Cam must unravel his vision and prevent the horrific event before it’s too late. As tensions rise and friendships become complicated, Cam realizes he’s running out of time—with a target on his back, the next blood spilled could be his own.

This was a fun and cute YA queer paranormal romance thriller situation that was just the right level for that early high-school crowd dipping their toes into this genre. It's a perfect starter book, with fun characters and some really engaging twists and turns. The first 3/4ths of the story set up a lot of the characters and mystery, with a lot of the action occurring in the last 1/4th. I wanted more romance, more depth of the relationships between these friends-they are such a fun eclectic bunch and I would love to have gotten to know them a little better.

All in all, if you're looking for a fun mystery-thriller with some paranormal characters and some cute queer teen romance, this will 100% fit the bill.

{Thank you to F. T. Lukens, SimonTeen, and NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review-I am so sorry this is so late in coming!}

This was such a neat YA paranormal read! I loved all of the characters so much. The storyline with the magic and the mystery was genuinely so much fun! Cam is a wonderful main character. He was awkward and just trying to get through high school. I loved the cute romance with Mateo but it’s more of a subplot. Mateo is sweet though. Al was the bestest best friend and I loved Lenore too! All the other friends were great. It was a lot of fun with everyone coming to age while learning how to master their new magical powers. They were all different but they had each other’s back. The mystery was really interesting to try to unravel as well. I honestly liked this book a lot more than I even thought I would!
This is YA but there is some mild violence and cussing. If you enjoy YA then def check this out! This would be a great fall/halloween ish read 😍💜

Love at Second Sight by @ftlukens was such a dang fun read. I read it in two days. It combines mystery with supernatural powers and a very sub plot of a romance. It was intense but also fun and light. Our main character is a human surrounded by non-humans and is starting at a new school. He has a lot of pressure from his parents to make other human friends. On his first day he has a vision of someone being murdered and our story kicks into high gear.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I look forward to reading more from this author!

Regular high school was tough enough for me. Add in a new power and all the responsibilities to use it wisely to try and save a mysterious girl from being murdered, all while just entering 10th grade in a new school district and unsure about the status of his friendship with long time pal Al, and I really feel for Cam. This is cute story with lots of feels, figuring out friends, dealing with parents who have closed minds when dealing with the paranormal and finally connecting with a crush and I loved it all. I did like how it focused more on friendships than just a love connection because friends are what Cam needed most in this time of the chaos of his new powers and standing in the paranormal world as he was no longer plain human. I was certainly rooting for him and his new friends as they worked to save the girl, though there was plenty of other drama.

Cam was a certified and accurate clairvoyant so everyone wanted a piece of him, from other students to the covens, packs and guilds in the area, gifting him with presents and making in harder for him to see if people liked him for him or just his powers. The story dealt with that well and I got warm fuzzies when he found how how stalwart his friends were, no matter the situation (and it does have some dark moments when that is sorely needed!). It was a sweet story though and I highly recommend it! Plus it goes by fast and you can get through most of it in one sitting because it will hook you from the very first page!

5/5, 10/10, 100% I don’t know how I could rate it better. This book competes with In Deeper Waters for my favorite FT Lukens book and that’s hard to do. I loved all of the characters (even Al whom I had a hard time with in the beginning). The dynamics between characters were fun. I want more. I could read so many sequels about this bestie gang. Can Gemma get her yatzee, what other powers was alluded to for Cam at the end, will Reese end up with Kaci which is what I hope. More more more!

This was a pretty interesting story. I enjoyed how the paranormal was out in the open in this story instead of some hidden thing that the main characters have to be discreet about. It was fun to see a bunch of teenagers struggling with their powers. Mateo and Cam together were great I really loved their dynamic. I think my favorite character was Reece though. He had some of the funniest lines and I love that his Sprite power was unconventional. I didn't really enjoy the plot about Cam's parents trying to remove his clairvoyant ability. It felt like a thinly veiled gay conversion scene. Maybe the author intended that but I didn't enjoy it. I was also confused why a spell might need werewolf's blood but, oh well. Overall I did like this story a lot!

Love at Second Sight is a sweet, heartfelt romance that explores the beauty of unexpected connections and new beginnings. F.T. Lukens crafts a tender story filled with warmth, humor, and moments that will make your heart skip a beat.

I enjoyed the paranormal aspect of this book. I enjoyed Cams journey as he became his own person. I just felt we didn’t get the full angsty teenager that is going through it. I also, felt this was slightly rushed with conclusions, instead of developing the full picture. I also felt like we didnt get a full story or idea of his parents or their thought process. Also, the brother disappearing then appearing wasn’t fleshed out enough.

I’m a big fan of paranormal romances! I find them so fun and always devour them. This didn’t disappoint. I really enjoyed the plot, characters, romance, and the writing.

I enjoyed the mystery in this book and the characters had their own little found family with each other that I loved!

The only criticism I really have is that sometimes Cam felt a bit underwhelming as a main character and I wanted to shake him a little, but I didn’t mind it too much. Made him a bit more relatable at the end of the day.

If you’re someone like me who loves paranormal romances then I would definitely recommend giving this story a try!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is my first book by this author and it won’t be my last.
Love At Second Sight is a fun high school paranormal romance.

I went into this book with no expectations and no clue what it was about. I got a fun mystery being solved by a found family, all while still being heart wrenching.

I loved all of the characters, the relationships just felt so real and relatable.

Overall I really enjoyed this one, if you’re looking for something light I recommend this.

F.T. Lukens has done it again. Urban Fantasy and YA is not a cocktail that's for everyone, including myself. Especially when it's a YA romance. And yet they create this brilliant and vivacious community of people around the protagonists and it all just ends up being the perfect paranormal hug. While this one does have a romance in it, it's not the main focus AT ALL. Normie wallflower Cam just wants to have a normal year of high school with his best friend, with a side of mooning at his werewolf crush, all the while grappling with the loss of a beloved sibling to estrangement, and the increased coven responsibilities of his witch bff. Until he is thrust into the paranormal spotlight with a violent emergence of his own clairvoyant powers. Suddenly he is having to play lore catch-up and ALL the attention of every paranormal faction in town. While his relationship with his best friend goes through growing pains, and his parents come out as cartoonish bigots, he suddenly has more friends than ever (almost a full paranormal bingo), including the shy werewolf crush. There's tension between the factions but Cam's squad are focused on helping him acclimate to his new reality and solving the mystery of his first vision of a gruesome future. It's honestly such a fun and perfectly wholesome story of queer adolescence and found family, that you don't mind that the romance is playing a distant second fiddle to the story of a friend group. The climax is almost predictable and the adults are either cartoonish or largely absentee, but those are nitpicks, because this is really about the journey of coming into your own powerful identity, being thrust into a much larger and sometimes brutal world, and learning to trust in the safety and kindness of your chosen family.

This book presented a serious and somewhat frightening look at the cost of becoming who you really are. Cam discovers he has a gift and has to navigate the repercussions of what he can do and what others want from him as a result. This book feels darker than FT Lukens' other YA novels. I loved the found family that gather around to protect Cam, and the elders who give him wise advice. I will recommend this and all of Lukens' books to readers of YA LGBTQIA fantasy.
Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC!

(4.75 Stars)

Listen, in this household, we love F.T. Lukens. Their work is incredible and they’re always able to somehow walk the line between ridiculousness and being sincerely heartfelt. This book is no exception. It’s all the best parts of their writing that any F.T. Lukens fan has come to expect. It’s fun, it’s zany, there’s a strangely endearing and mismatched group of weirdos at the center, and it’s also asking big questions about how we navigate discovering new parts of ourselves.

I read this all in one sitting. I loved it that much. It was *so* entertaining. I loved the mystery at the core of the story and this ragtag crew trying to work together to figure it out. But also going from having no power to having an incredibly rare power is a major shift for Cam, and it’s interesting to see how that impacts the way he sees himself. And I think his clairvoyant powers are a really great metaphor not only for how we approach the inevitability of the future as it continuously rushes towards us but also how important it is to understand context. Especially in this age of disinformation, especially with upcoming generations ho are going to struggle with media literacy or any kind of literacy in a way that no other generation has before, that is such an important theme to explore.

Cam can only see a glimpse of the future when they have a vision, and it’s from a very specific first-person perspective. They can’t see everything. They just see a piece. And we see time and time again throughout the story how having just a little information can be a lot dangerous, especially when we’re using limited information to make big decisions. Context matters, and as the friend group in this story are trying to investigate who this killer might be, what they’re really trying to do is figure out what context they’re missing so that they can find the right approach when this moment inevitably comes to pass.

That’s another thematic overtone I really appreciate in this story, how it shows that we may not be able to change or stop the future from happening, but we can prepare ourselves for it as best we can and find people who will anchor us as we walk through those moments and those changes. Again, I think those are invaluable things to think about, especially for teens reading this story. And I love how F.T. Lukens is able to explore those ideas within this funny, entertaining, endearing package of genre tropey-ness and goodness.

My two minor notes are that sometimes there’s so much going on that important plot points seem to be forgotten, which can make some things feel underdeveloped when they come back around. And I also wanted a tad bit more from the cute romance between Cam and his werewolf crush. But this was still absolutely wonderful, and I gave it 4.75 stars.

it was fun to read. but it just didn't hit for me just like his last book that i've read.

some of the author's writing are getting repetitive. not to mention cam; one of the main characters, has main character energy, which leave me disappointed a bit.

for the mystery part, nothing scary about it (since it has mystery element). and i already knew who the culprit is once the book continues.

and of course, i love and appreciate cam's friend group. i love the friendship growth from cam and al; his best friend, to slowly making the way to find new friends.

This was such a surprise! I haven’t read an F.T. Lukens before, but this one just sounded so good! It’s been awhile since I’ve read a paranormal book, so I was hella excited for this one. And I’m so glad it did not disappoint.

Ok so the paranormal world in this was so cool! There’s all sorts of paranormal beings, but the info about them is so scant. Besides the like wolf thing and the information that Cam gets about the new thing he found out, we don’t get much. I wish that we got more information about the others, but maybe it’s setting up for a series that will follow some others. I’m hoping that’s the case because I actually really want more of this story.

The mystery in this was cool tho. I did guess who it was, but I didn’t care because I was still so into the rest of the story. And plus, its been SO LONG since I’ve read a paranormal book, so I wanted to finish it out. And it didn’t disappoint! So it starts at the very beginning, so it hooks you right away. It does get a little slow in some places, but not enough for me to get bored. I was hooked in this one and I really couldn’t stop reading it.

The entire way I was enthralled tho was because of the narrator. Idk, but I really liked them. I listened to them several times in other audiobooks and I don’t think I thought about it as much afterward. For whatever reason I really got into this book and went to look up everything else that they narrated. It was really good.

This was so cute, but also so mysterious and dark. The whodunit is going to rock you if you don’t guess it. And tbh, even if you do because it still rocked me too lol This was a really cool (I hope) opening to a new series and I can’t wait to see more of what is to come!

Using familiar fantasy elements, but adding some new conflicts and modern twists, Love at Second Sight is a fun high school romance. I loved all the Scooby characters; they brought both attitude and humor to the table. I always like a romance that is pretty straightforward and doesn't struggle for dumb ways for characters to be mean to each other. The antagonism comes from a different quarter and misunderstandings are understanable. Hard to discuss without spoilers, but the importance of the final showdown was clear. I'd read a sequel to this enjoyable romp.

I really wanted to love this one especially since I always love book by this author but I just wasn’t into it. Cam was such a damsel in distress that I found myself annoyed by nearly everything he did. The romance felt pretty superficial and the event he was trying to prevent felt so underwhelming and brief when it finally arrived. The outcome as well felt a bit way too convenient. This wasn’t the satisfying read I was hoping for a felt like it could have been for the younger side of YA (12-14) if the foul language was removed. As much as I loved the premise the actual story itself was far too simple and long winded.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the arc

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this free copy in exchange for an honest review!

Love at Second Sight follows Cam, starting his sophomore year with his witch best friend by his side as they vow to find their best selves this school year. Cam is one of the few humans at his school with no magic and no powers, and he's fine with it, expect that it means his best friend is starting to pull away. When he accidentally finds himself caught up in a fight in the hallway, he has his first psychic glimpse. It changes everything as he navigates supernatural factions wanting to ally themselves with him, worry about the glimpse he saw coming to pass, and of course, the new attention of his werewolf crush, Mateo.

I am a big F.T. Lukens fan, and was so excited after reading the premise of their latest book. I really loved these characters, and felt for what Cam was going through. I was enjoying getting to know their ragtag crew of supernatural teenagers slowly at first, but then the last quarter of the book, stuff really hits the fan and it's a wild ride from there. I liked this world that resembles ours, but with magic and supernatural beings all coexisting, even if it's fraught at times. There were a few loose ends I felt could have been wrapped up a little better, but overall I enjoyed this story a lot and can't wait to read what they write next!

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┆ ⤿ 💌 4 stars!

This was so so so fun! I read it fast and was completely devouring it. It's been so long since i've read a paranormal romance that completely enamored me. Even though the world is contemporary it feels so full of world building and magical creatures. This coming of age story with the backdrop of the paranormal was so fun! I loved that the story felt more centered around Cam and his experiences rather than just a romance with Mateo.

The journey of self-accceptance in this was great! My only issue was with the story revolving around Aiden's brother, he quickly became a character I didn't like and wasn't "redeemed" for me. As well the last 15% of the book felt a bit rushed to me and there was suddenly so much going on. I did enjoy the various plot twists as they kept me suger engaged with the book!

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Thank you to Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing and NetGalley for the ARC! <3