The comps on this one, a mix of You've Got Mail and The Hating Game, totally caught my eye, and they were absolutely accurate. It was a fun book from start to finish, and a breezy read that would be perfect for summer afternoons or a beach day. Also love that it's publishing right in the middle of baseball season!

I really enjoyed the back-and-forth between Emmy and Gabe throughout, but especially in the first half and when they were texting. The adorable-yet-dorky banter was legimitely delightful. Some of the conflict toward the end was a little unbelievable, but not enough to take me out of the story, and honestly I expect some of that with romcoms now and then.

Ultimately, loved getting to escape into their world for a couple days!

What a fun, sweet romance! Enemies to lovers, only one bed, workplace AND sports romance? A whole plethora of well done tropes. In the beginning, I wasn’t sure about our main characters. Emmy seemed a little whiny and Gabe seemed a little too smug, but I quickly warmed up to them as their relationship unfolded. The rainstorm makeout was definitely one for the books. Then as their relationship built, both their insecurities were revealed, and I couldn’t help but fall for them.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity for an early read!

Emmy works in analytics for a MLB team, where she is a girl living in a man's world. Her last relationship ended because her boyfriend didn't understand her dedication to her job. She is also up for a promotion against Gabe Olson - a former college baseball player that has serious math and intuition skills. She is determined not to lose to him. However, when she begins a texting relationship with a wrong-number messenger, she realizes that she might be able to have it all - a relationship and the promotion. But when they agree to meet up, she realizes that her new love is really her nemesis - Gabe Olson! Can she reconcile her feelings for Gabe and her texting beau? And can they survive her sister's destination wedding and despite who wins the promotion??!!

Loved this one! I was suspect of this trope, since I have read it before, but I loved reading this one!

Rivals to getting fake-numbered (a word I think the author can credibly claim as hers) to lovers. Lol the hottest new trope.

I loved this workplace romance that was perfectly paced and beautifully balanced.

It’s got it all - humor, hearty and baseball 💕

Thank you to NetGalley, Avon, and Harper Voyager for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Oh my god, I loved this book. I stayed up so late finishing it because I just couldn't put it down, and I wish I had taken my time because I want to have the experience of re-reading it for the first time.

The description is right—it's like if You've Got Mail and The Hating Game had a baby, this would be it. There were so many moments where I was internally screaming, "Just kiss!!" but Holly Michelle is a queen at slow burn. I've never read her before, but now I'm definitely on the lookout. Emmy (FMC) and Gabe (MMC) have struggles and insecurities, but watching them slowly take down the walls brick by brick is super sweet. Additionally, the banter between them is hilarious. There were numerous times when I was laughing out loud.

P.S. I need Beth and Pedro's story ASAP


Read if you like:
- Witty banter
- Workplace Romance
- Enemies to lovers
- Only one bed
- Single POV

I couldn't put this book down. It covers a lot of tropes: enemies to lovers, workplace romance, women in STEM, destination wedding, one bed, misunderstanding due to overhearing a conversation, accidental texting, mistaken identity, and probably others that I can't think of at the moment.

The story is cute and it moves quickly, especially after the mistaken identities are revealed.

Plus there is a fun reference to "Name Your Price" by Holly James (who also writes as Holly Michelle).

Thank to Avon and Harper Voyager, via NetGalley, for sharing this ARC with me.

This was a very nice little rom com! Thoroughly enjoyed it!

The writing is solid and the characters are believable and nicely developed. It’s loaded with tropes….enemies-to-lovers, fake date, forced proximity, one bed….and they all worked for me. Emmy and Gabe are a smart, snarky, fun couple and they gave me all the feels. The premise of meeting and building their relationship through a wrong number text was really cute.

Both characters have challenges and baggage, of course, but the storylines are handled well and add nice depth.

Two things in particular worked for me. First, it’s like two books in one. The first half of the book certainly plays out like The Hating Game meets You’ve Got Mail. But that storyline sort of works to a conclusion nicely and you get stepped into the development of the relationship and a whole new setting and scenario. It kept momentum and built my investment in the relationship. That leads to the second really positive aspect - there was no rush. Even with the classic late-in-the-game crisis, nothing about the story or the writing felt rushed or like a scramble to bring it all together. The story was well-developed, nicely paced and sweetly concluded. I really enjoyed it! Nice debut - looking forward to more by this author for sure!

All around a cute rom com novel.
Enemies to lovers workplace rivals.
I love that their meet cute was an unintentional text message because Gabe got ghosted and given a fake number but what are the odds it is rival?

I enjoyed their bantering and as they got to know each other, they found they had similar style of humor and interest.

There is a destination wedding.
Third act break up.
Excellent groveling
Happier ending

Emmy and Gabe are work place rivals and up for the same promotion. They unknowingly end up texting and connecting after a wrong number exchange.

I thought this was cute and fun. Maybe a little cheesy at times but I couldn’t put it down and really enjoyed it. Even though it had a 3rd act breakup, it didn’t drag and was resolved fairly quickly. I would definitely read more by Holly Michelle.

Unfortunately this didn't work me. I couldn't connect with the characters or their chemistry. Only thing I did enjoy was the You Got Mail theme with the emails and texts. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early ARC for a honest review.

This was such a fun read! I’m glad I caught it as a “read now” on NetGalley. I really loved the baseball aspects of the story, perfect for this time of year. I thought that the story handled the topic of women in male dominated fields really well. I loved how strong of a character Emmy was. I found myself smiling almost the whole time while reading this. Gabe and Emmy had such great chemistry and banter. I absolutely loved the texts between them, I thought that was a nice touch. Definitely check this out when it releases! Perfect for summertime and baseball games.

Thank you Avon and NetGalley for the advanced copy! All opinions are my own.

I received Last Night Was Fun for free in exchange for my honest review. I really really enjoyed it. It was predictable and I could definitely see where it was going, but I enjoyed it just the same. I really enjoyed the AxMurderer. lol.

Real talk: I almost gave up on this one before our texting paramours even “met” in person, simply because their texts are SO BORING. This is the stuff that made them fall for each other?

Fortunately, once Emmy and Gabe find out the truth and spend actual, non-work time together, it picks up immensely. I’m happy I pushed through.

Still, I was also oddly disappointed that the number thing was totally random and not some contrivance by Gabe. Insane to think of the odds of this, especially in a book about people who analyze data all day.

This book gets a thumbs up from me. The dialogue is humorous, flirty, and fun. It was an easy, enjoyable read, well-written, with an interesting and engaging storyline.

"Last Night Was Fun" by Holly Michelle is a contemporary rom-com.

Thank you Avon and Harper Voyager for the e-ARC (via Netgalley).
Opinions from this review are completely my own.

Emmy and Gabe are work colleagues competing for a promotion.
She is the also the only female analyst for a profesional baseball team.

You will enjoy the book if you like:
- work rivals to lovers
- woman in STEM
- mistaken identity
- only one bed
- forced proximity
- slow burn
- accidental texting

After Gabe received a wrong number from his date, he starts texting a mysterious woman that he calls "Bird Girl". What he doesn't know if that she is his work colleague and rival.
I liked the interactions they had via text, the fact that they reveled their vulnerabilities this way and that they discovered the truth at the same time.
They manged to get to know each other and were able to be more truthful than face to face.
Even if they had chemistry in real life, the competitivity made them ignore it.
Gabe was so sweet and I loved the wedding part of the story.

This would have been a 5 stars book for me, but I did not like the misunderstanding and miscommunication from the last part.

Solid 4. Started as a 5 for me but around the middle started getting a bit muddled. It’s not that I wanted the reveal to happen later, but the pacing started feeling slower once we knew. Especially since the wedding happens so quickly after. I appreciated the backstory’s of both MCs and I felt it added necessary depth. The ending, however, annoyed me - not only is the misunderstanding unnecessarily childish, the grand gesture being during his very first game in his new position makes Emmy seem even more immature and selfish than she was for overreacting. I did catch the little nod to James’ previous novel which was fun.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC!

Unfortunately this didn’t really work for me. The protagonist’s (adult) sister was written like a sulky teen and the female protagonist came off as quite superior at times. The text exchanges, while cute, didn’t feel snappy and fun.

OMG! I fell in love with this book!! It was everything I’ve been looking for when reading, romance and humor. Emmy is everything I aspire to be. Seeing how her and Gabe both were working toward something for themselves due to a tragedy shows how we can’t judge a book by its cover without getting to the good parts.

Based on the reviews, I’m definitely in the minority here. So I think you should still give this a try if you like: hopelessly cheesy set ups (think you’ve got mail), women in male fields (only two women in the company they work for and she’s up against her rival for promotion), math (they’re stat geeks - honestly they don’t nerd out much in this but the few spots that were geeky I loved), and a sports romance (heavily, heavily discussed baseball. They work for a baseball team. The rival is an ex-all state player and her brother was a professional player before his tragic death).

I was really into this until about the halfway point. For me, once the cat was out of the bag about who the mystery texter was, the story just felt too long. I found I didn’t care much for their relationship once their identities were revealed. I also was so frustrated with our FMC in the third act conflict. This was all very predictable from the very beginning and her being described as this hyper intelligent woman while jumping to ridiculous conclusions and not letting him even speak was rough for me. But at the end of the day, and this is a personal thing, it was too much sports for me. And I should have known that going in, and it’s certainly not the authors or story’s fault that I don’t care for sports romance.

I always enjoy the “You’ve Got Mail”/secret penpal/accidentally texting the wrong number storyline. While this isn’t the most original idea, I had a lot of fun reading. The banter was great and their relationship growth felt believable. Overall it was like a mix of “The Hating Game” and “A Cinderella Story” (Hilary duff version). Cute, funny, and a little predictable.