Nobody in Particular was a joy to read. I wish that this book had been around when I was a teenager. Sweet and tender romance was at the centre of the story, but I enjoyed the mysterious elements as well. The story really captured the essence of what it is like to be a teenager in love: big feelings and big reactions. I adored both Danni and Rose. The twist about a certain character at the end was great! I can't wait to recommend this book to teen readers.

Ah i really enjoyed this book! It was a fun YA sapphic take on royalty which is something I cant find a lot of. I loved all the characters even when they did some not so great things. The character’s growth throughout the story was good. I always love a good split POV book. I found the story funny and engaging. Would definitely reccomend to check it out!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for access to this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

cute book, a bit slow at times. rose and molly's conflict and how this book deals with grief and loss was really good

I couldn’t believe how well I connected to the characters. There was so much emotion and realness behind them and how they bonded and grow together.

The story also has great side characters and villains who helped build the world and made it easy to cheer for the main characters.

Definitely take the time to read this one.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGallery for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

Nobody In Particular is a touching romance that has a focus on grief and being true to yourself and really learning who you are. Danni and Rose were a really believable, well written couple and their relationship arc is one that will stick with you. I do think that their relationship felt a little rushed especially at the beginning, but that evened out as the book went on.

This is a book that is heavily focused on the characters and their emotional journeys, so while the plot can seem minimal, it makes sense in its service of letting the characters take forefront.
This book really shone when exploring the different ways that people can experience grief. Rose turned inwards, which caused her best friend Molly to feel slighted at a time where she really needed support, but they were both responding in the ways that worked for them and didn't know how to speak about it and communicate what they needed at first. All of their reactions felt really real and it was so well written, because it was messy and raw and really left me feel the grief they were experiencing.

One star taken off because I thought that some of the pacing of this book was off and there was some character reactions to side plots that I didn't like, but overall a great YA romance.

I highly recommend this is you are looking for a romance that also deals with friendships, grief and being true to yourself.

I was excited about this book as soon as I read the author's note at the beginning, which immediately demonstrated the passion that went into the publication of Nobody in Particular. Once I got into the story itself, I was hooked! I stayed up late into the night reading, and I found myself eager to be up the next day so that I could finish.

Gonzales has created a world that feels incredibly real. Narration shifts between the two leads: Danni and Rose. Each perspective has a unique voice, which really helps to bring the characters to life. They each have their own coming of age arc, which center around topics like: grief, acceptance, coming out, and fitting in. The novel manages to be funny and heartfelt while also tackling serious topics.

I am excited to add this book to my collection when it officially comes out, and I will highly recommend it!

This was such a good book. I loved the flow of rose and danis story The characters were great and very relatable

The alternative pov made getting to know both girls better this was such a great love story highly recommend

This book was my introduction to Sophie Gonzales’ writing and I am so glad I stumbled across it and was able to receive an E-ARC. The characters all felt authentic and relatable. I adore that though the main focus is on the love story, there was still plenty of time and care given to the friendship conflicts and various other issues that arose. The story behind Rose and Molly’s fight was unfolded in such a great way, I loved getting to learn it piece by piece rather than just being told everything in a single flashback or infodump. This book does a fantastic job of showcasing friendship issues and the layers of teenage drama without it feeling too overdramatized or shallow. Seeing the story unfold through Rose and Danni’s POVs was such a great contrast—seeing how they each process situations differently. I love that we got to see so much growth from both of them as they dealt with their own individual struggles and learning to navigate uncomfortable situations in regards to their relationship.

I absolutely loved Nobody in Particular by Sophie Gonzales. This heartfelt sapphic romance follows Princess Rosemary of Henland, determined to repair her reputation, and Danni, a down-to-earth pianist navigating an elite boarding school. Their tender connection is both electric and genuine, exploring the tension between personal desires and public duty in a high-stakes royal setting. The characters are vibrant and fully realized, with Rose and Danni’s growth and chemistry stealing the show. The boarding school backdrop adds charm and depth, creating moments of intimacy while keeping the pressures of the outside world ever-present. This book broke me out of a reading slump and reminded me why I love sapphic stories so much. Sophie Gonzales continues to deliver perfection with every story she writes.

If Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince was a wonderfully sapphic novel set a fictional country, it might be a little bit like this lovely book.

Nobody in Particular is set primarily at a boarding school. Reading it made me feel like I was in my first year of college again, living in a dorm and hanging out with the wonderful cast of characters in this novel.

This book felt like a warm hug, and I think it healed some part of me. I loved how the author tackled difficult subjects and complex friendship dynamics and let the characters work through hard things in a way that felt very real. It felt so special getting to watch these characters grow up and navigate life.

More details:
This book is told through two characters, in alternating POVs.
The story takes place over the course of multiple months, during the school year. This felt like the perfect Autumn or Winter read to me, with references to the start of the school year, snow sports, and cold weather (but please don’t let this stop you from reading it whenever!).

Thank you so very much to Sophie Gonzales, Wednesday Books, and NetGalley for allowing me to read this eARC and provide my honest review. I loved it so much and plan to purchase the final version when it comes out later this year!

Gonzales always writes books with interesting characters and plots. Like always, I immediately sunk into this world and got wrapped up in Danni and Rose. However, the end of the book seemed to get distracted in political drama, which was not, in my opinion, all that interesting or necessary for Danni and Rose's love story. It ended up pretty predictable.

A YA romance where I actually believed in their love! What is this sorcery?

We have a dual POV: Danni, a new scholarship student, and Rose, the crown princess of Henland, a European monarchy that obviously doesn't exist in real life. Rose is a surprisingly complex character with a fulfilling arc of acknowledging grief, repairing relationships, and self-acceptance/responsibility. Danni is also very likable (her arc also has to do with self-acceptance and gaining confidence), but Rose is the standout character to me. I didn't think I'd like a member of royalty so much! The side characters themselves have surprising depth, even the more villainous ones.

I was expecting a silly royal/commoner YA sapphic romcom. This ended up being a lot more serious than that and not very comedic at all. There are some heavy topics: grief from the overdose death of a friend, forced outing, social media bullying, betrayal, social inequality. The forced outing in particular was very painful to me as a reader. I will say... Would the press really care about a high school girl being bi, even if she is a friend of the princess? Henland is very England-coded to me, minus the Catholicism, so them being so homophobic felt strange.

The moral of this story is COMMUNICATION! I loved how all conflicts were resolved with clear, honest conversations. More of that in fiction and reality!

This was a highly enjoyable read. I got through it in one day and had a great time!

The writing was pretty good and the characters had distinct POV voices which is important to me in first person present tense writing. I also just really liked the characters and their development, especially Rose's. I love a snobby lesbian princess, sue me.
I thought for a romance book, the exploration of grief and mental health was quite good. Again, Rose's development was great. I also thought the mending of friendships and relationships was realistic, but also heartwarming.
The plot was fun, though it felt a little rushed at times... but maybe that was just me and my love for slow burn. I did feel like Molly and Danni's friendship could have used more development. I thought they had a great friendship (I need a Molly in my life), but I wish I had more scenes of their early friendship because this was as much a book about friendship as romance (in my opinion).

This book is getting four stars for being a fun, well-thought out read, but not knocking my socks off. I'm picky with my five stars, okay?
I would totally recommend if you're considering getting it.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC.

This was such a good book. I loved the story and the writing so much. The characters were great and the story flowed smoothly. Will definitely read more books by this author in the future.

I read this so fast and I enjoyed it, I think this is the first YA romance that's not a fantasy that I've read in a while. I requested this arc because I love the cover and I think the plot is just as cute. Both of the fmcs here attend the same school though one of them is a princess and the other is a scholarship student. The princess fmc is kind of a rebel that has to rehabilitate her image while the other is a pianist and immigrant from the US.

There was a lot of tension in this book not only with the romance element but also with the royal image and one of the fmc having not come out yet and the other having come out to a select group of people. I thought the romance was cute and realistic, especially for teenagers, and felt bad for one of the characters, especially with the back story and being misunderstood. Overall this was a good read with well-developed characters and plot. Thanks to Wednesday Books for the arc.

Thank you Sophie Gonzales for allowing me to be part of your street team! Thanks Wednesday Books and Netgalley for the eARC, these opinions are my own. I am so happy to add to my Sophie Gonzales collection, I swear every book is gold! Danni just moved to Henland after her mom got married. She’s in a new country but it does give her a chance to attend the prestigious Bramppath College, known for producing musical prodigies. It also means attending school with Princess Rosemary, though Danni can’t imagine they’ll interact. Rose had spent the last few months trying to repair her image from that night in Amsterdam. The pressure of being a Princess is rough, especially being a lesbian princess. Not that anyone knows she’s a lesbian aside from her parents and some staff. Rose knows she’ll have to keep that part of her life private for the rest of her life but that’s just the way it is right? Rose and Danni first cross paths at a friend, Molly’s pre-school party. Though Rose and Molly seem to have a lot of tension in their relationship and Rose can’t figure out why. Danni met Molly on her school tour. There’s an instant connection when Rose and Danni meet though neither can figure it out. It only grows as they spend more time together. Dani’s bi but she has only told a friend back home. As their connection grows they’ll have to keep their relationship secret. But as the news and anonymous social media posts start to zero in on their relationship things will become difficult. Can their relationship last? Will they be able to keep the secrets of their sexuality? Will Rose be able to fix her relationship with Molly? And what exactly happened in Amsterdam and why does no one talk about it? A heartfelt story of love and friendship that will have you in all the feels! A definite page turner! A sapphic rom com with a touch of mystery, secrets, betrayal, and grief and finding one’s inner strength! The characters are deep and relatable and if you’re like me you’ll just want to hug them all! I can already tell this is going to be a top read for 2025!

Such a cute and clever book with a unique premise. I really loved the contemporart royal romance and was drawn into Danni and Rose's journey, especially since their chemistry seemed to ecplode off the page. I love that about Sophie Gonzales' books!

Everybody say thank you Sophie Gonzales for delivering the sapphic YA royal romance of our dreams! NOBODY IN PARTICULAR is such a stunning coming-of-age story about love, hope, hurt, and yearning (seriously: so! much! yearning!!). It is totally obsess-worthy, and I can’t wait for everyone to feel that!!

royalty belongs to the gays 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️ exactlyyyyyyy

In this book we’re following Rose (the princess of a small country) and Danni (an immigrant who got accepted into the prestigious boarding school Rose attends). There, Rose and Danni strike a friendship and (shocker) fall for each other.



I’ll start by saying I really enjoyed the characters! Sophie Gonzales is great at creating characters, so I’m not surprised I really enjoyed both MCs’ POVs.

Danni was a fish out of water, being in a new country, a new school, and a completely different type of environment (she’d never attended a boarding school + being surrounded by millionaire VIPs is a lot lol). She accommodated pretty quickly, though. Additionally, Danni was also dealing with her stage fright, and, later in the story she falls back on the whole ~people are mocking and being fake-nice to me~ mentality, since she’d been bullied at her previous school. Through it all, Danni managed to be pretty mature for her age, which I enjoyed.

Rose is very self-assured, witty and sarcastic, and I really liked following her. She’s still dealing with some pretty heavy stuff, though, particularly the fact that she’s expected to stay in the closet forever, marry a man and birth children, which she (a lesbian) obviously doesn’t want. However, the most compelling conflict in Rose’s life, in my opinion, has to do with her relationship with her ex-friend Molly. We can see early on that Rose is very clearly suppressing her feelings so she doesn’t have to deal with the grief and trauma she went through, which dampens her friendship with Molly.

I reeeeally liked slowly uncovering what went on between them that made Molly start disliking Rose, and I thought the whole thing was SO WELL DONE!!! 👏🏻 And I really liked that they talked through everything that happened and explained their feelings. I just really liked this conflict and its resolution. Probably my favourite aspect of this whole book!

And I overall REALLY liked Molly! She was so interesting and mature, and I absolutely LOVE that she was an integral part of the story, and was important for both Danni and Rose. One of the best uses of side characters I’ve seen! I enjoyed the other SCs as well! Eleanor was a nice supporting character, and I appreciate that she was friends with both MCs; Alfie was also an interesting character, and I liked that he had thought-out justifications for his actions (even if they were flawed). I do wish we’d seen more of Danni’s mum and her bestie from her country, though.

Overall, the characters were really well-written. They were well-rounded and three-dimensional, and I liked their inter- and intra-personal arcs.



Now for the ✨ romance ✨. Rose is a very sarcastic character and she starts lowkey messing with Danni from the get go. I was afraid this would feel very one-sided, but, fortunately, Danni is also quite witty, and teases Rose right back. I’m really glad they were on the same level when it came to this type of banter! It made them feel very much like equals, which is exactly what I want when we have sarcastic characters like Rose. When I started reeeeally liking their back-and-forths was when they became friends, though! Their text messages were so fun!! Loved their banter! 🤭🤭🤭

I will say that I wish their romance had been a bit more of a slow-burn, though. I just didn’t fully *feel* their romance, tbh. I still liked them, but I wanted to LOVE them, and I didn’t. ☹️☹️☹️ I really liked the crush confession, but I didn’t care about their 1st kiss. I enjoyed their moments together, but I thought their “I love you”s came too soon. The realest moment of the book for me was when Molly said “Your life is bigger than Danni, and hers is bigger than you.”, because, YEAH, it just kinda felt like they were all in for each other (they literally thought about how they wanted to spend the rest of their lives together lol), but since *I* didn’t feel it, it just felt a bit to sudden (even though months had passed). Idk. I just felt a little detached from their romance, for some reason. 😞

I am glad, though, that Danni and Rose actually communicated with each other! I’m sick and tired of miscommunication that gets dragged out just for the sake of conflict, and this book didn’t have that!



Regarding the writing: it flowed well and was easy to read. There were some instances of telling instead of showing, but, overall, I thought the book was good, in terms of writing. There were a couple of typos and a continuity mistake (Danni’s bff goes from Hayley to Rachel lol), but I’m sure those will be corrected in the final version. Also, I think it’d be better if the epilogue was “X years later” instead of “2026”, because this reeeally dates the book.



Overall, this was a really enjoyable book! Sophie Gonzales is incapable of writing a bad book, methinks. 🙂‍↕️ Also, THANK YOU for that mention of Zach from “If This Gets Out”. 🤭

Thanks to Netgalley for providing me with an eARC of this book!

there was so much entertaining drama that made this book more enjoyable than other romance books i’ve read! i also appreciated how much depth these characters had. the exploration of grief was done beautifully.