I'm very surprised and sorry to say that this is a DNF for me at least for now. I loved The Dead Romantics and The Seven-Year Slip, and I liked A Novel Love Story. This one didn't have the same depth of feeling in my opinion, and to be honest, didn't even feel like the same author... My main problems were with the mind meld concept which didn't really interest or make sense to me and the characters who I just didn't connect with. I'm disappointed, but I'm hoping this one just wasn't for me! will continue to read Ashley's books in the future.

I adored this story. It grabbed me from the get go and held me for the whole ride. I loved the musical aspect and the magical connection. I laughed and cried. Will definitely be recommending this one.

If you love a little magic mixed into your romance, Sounds Like Love by Ashley Poston is the perfect read. Joni Lark is a hit songwriter who’s lost her spark—literally. She hasn’t been able to write in ages, and returning home to her family’s struggling music venue isn’t helping. But then, out of nowhere, she hears a melody in her head… and a voice that doesn’t belong to her.

Turns out, the voice belongs to a musician with his own baggage, and somehow, they’re telepathically connected. Now, their only hope of breaking this strange bond is to finish the song that’s haunting them both. But as they work together, the real question isn’t just about the music—it’s whether they can open up to each other without losing themselves in the process.

With Poston’s signature blend of heartfelt storytelling and just a touch of the extraordinary, this book is perfect for fans of The Seven Year Slip and anyone who believes in the magic of music—and love.

I absolutely loved this book! Ashley Poston doesn’t miss! A Novel Love Story by her is my favorite all time book. Sounds Like Love doesn’t get that title but is still a very well deserved 5 stars! It was pure magic. Dreamy. Heartwarming. I found myself in tears at the end due to Joni and her mom’s conversation. It was such a beautiful story. I love Ashley’s writing style. It has such a nice lyrical quality to it. I shared a Bookstagram post of this review and have it linked down below!

Always enjoy Ashley Poston's books. Great romantic story with a hint of the supernatural. It was touching story about finding your way and making your own happiness and also working through tough family issues.

I absolutely loved this story. It felt hopeful, it was inspiring, and I loved all the characters in it.

Ashley Poston does it again. I will read absolutely ANYTHING she writes. magical realism is one of my favorites, and she does it best!!! her writing is so addicting and will always have me so captivated. this story had a beautiful message about grief that literally had me in tears. there’s a specific quote that I probably can’t post yet, but oh my gosh it really changed how I thought about grief😭❤️‍🩹

I loved the growth of our two main characters their connection. their love story was so unique and beautiful. I love the comfort it brought to me by getting to see both of their inner thoughts, and realizing that we are all human and not so alone in how we think about things.

I loved this read and the message it brought to me. i know I’ll be thinking about it for a while, as I always do with Ashley’s beautiful words. I would recommend it to anyone💝🎶💐🫧🍋

Thank you Berkley Romance for the eARC<3

This book has been highly anticipated for me and Ashley Poston has delivered another beautiful piece of work that will stay with me for months to come. Ashley’s books speak to me on such a deep level and the way she weaves grief and magic and love into her words is nothing short of a masterclass. This book comes out in June, and you can bet I’m about to be insufferable about my love for it.

Not only does this have the soul-affirming beauty of Ashley’s books, but it has music at its core - for me, music was (and is) my first love. I live my life in playlists and soundtracks. Every major event has music associated to it in my head.

This book deals so beautifully with burnout. It’s something I think people in all fields can relate to, and is especially something that creatives can feel - when you follow your dream and then it becomes your career, sometimes the glitter dulls and the rose-colored glasses fall off. I loved the exploration of what it means to be passionate about something, and what doing the right thing versus the thing that’s right for you looks like. AND there’s grief and sadness and a BEAUTIFUL nickname and tenderness and hope.

Fun! I thought this was an interesting concept and very unique as a plot. I found some parts to be pretty cheesy, however

Ashley Poston has an incredible way of making magic feel so real, like it might actually be happening here with us and all we have to do is find it. Sounds Like Love is my new favorite Ashley book! It is funny, witty, and sincere. The way she mingles grief and hope is heartbreaking in the very best of ways.

Definitely not my favorite of Ashley Poston's but still cute. I just had a hard time believing the connection between the two main characters and felt the pace was slow. Still will auto read anything she publishes though!

I would’ve happily sold my soul to get my hands on an ARC of this book; The Dead Romantics, The Seven Year Slip and A Novel Love Story are some of my favorite romcoms. If you haven’t read The Dead Romantics or The Seven Year Slip I would HIGHLY recommend reading them first because A) they’re AMAZING and B) at least one fan favorite from those books makes an appearance in this one 😉.

Joni Lark is a successful songwriter battling a nasty case of writer’s block and facing a crossroads in her life. After meeting a sexy but infuriating former boy band singer at a concert in LA, sparks fly, but Joni heads back to her hometown for one last summer with her family and the beloved music hall that fostered her love of music. But everything’s changed and Joni can’t find her muse or her footing. Instead she hears a mysterious and persistent melody, and suddenly there’s someone else’s thoughts in her head alongside her own, and that song they can both hear that’s just begging for them to finish it.

Not only is this a musical and magical romcom, it’s also set in North Carolina’s Outer Banks. It’s the perfect beach read for this summer! Between the quirky margarita bar that would make Jimmy Buffet proud and the romantic moonlit strolls, I felt like I was at the beach with these characters with sand between my toes and the wind in my hair. Ashley Poston did a fantastic job breathing life into this place on the water and Joni’s beloved Revelry.

I’m not a huge music person and I’m not always a fan of celebrity or band fics, but Ashley Poston reminds us that all songs are love songs and that there’s always a soundtrack to our lives, regardless of whether we’re diehard music lovers with playlists for everything or the type that only listen to four crackly radio stations in the car. This book brought me right back to every song that had me cranking up the radio on road-trips or dancing and scream-singing along in the bar until last call.

Spoiler alert, this book also made me cry, just like the other three books Poston set in this universe. Joni’s mother has early-onset dementia and it’s heart-wrenching watching the slow toll it’s taking on her. Of course I loved watching Joni and Sebastian fall in love and find their song and that creative spark again together, but the real love story that really elevated this book for me is the one between Joni and her Mom, and Sebastian and his Mom, and the music that’s always tied them together. The way Ashley Poston writes about grief, I can’t explain it, but it’s like hearing that one song that makes you cry every single damn time, she makes you really feel it. And even if you forget the names of the characters or the plot, you’ll always remember how a book made you feel.

I still recommend reading the Dead Romantics and the Seven Year Slip first, they are still my favorites, but this book is a cute beach read and great for fans of celebrity or music romances. I give it a solid four stars and I will still gladly sell my soul for Ashley Poston’s next book.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC!

Nobody does magical realism romance like Ashley Poston. This book follows Joni, a songwriter, who's just had her first big hit, but has had massive writers block since her mother's dementia diagnosis. At an LA concert, she runs into Sebastian Fell, a former boy band sensation, with a famous rock star father, who has been in a music drought. The two have a tense meeting, and the following day, Joni escapes to her small hometown to be closer to her mom, for one last summer. Joni soon discovers that a melody is haunting her head, and there's a male voice stuck in her head (yes, this did instantly make me think of the iconic Camp Rock song "Gotta Find You"/"This is Me"). As the two start talking, they realize that meeting and finishing the song will be the key to getting their voices out of each other's head.

Thank you to Berkley and NetGalley for an early review copy.

this did not even feel like an ashley poston book. usually filled to the brim with annotations, this story felt lacking in the prose i’ve come to expect from her and i can tell this book came from a personal place, it just didn’t connect with me :(

i feel like the one of us is famous trope was also utilized to its capacity, especially with their telepathy (which was a bit corny i’m so sorry). i fear this was a case of excellent premise but less than execution…nonetheless this doesn’t dull my excitement for her next release 🫡

SOUNDS LIKE LOVE? More like SOUNDS LIKE ONE OF MY FAVORITE READS THIS YEAR. HELLO?!? Ashley’s writing style is absolutely my cup of tea. The way she crafts the stories and emotions of her characters into paper is just.. 🤌🏻. The Seven Year Slip is one of my favorite books, and this one was so lovely! It has all the charm and heart-wrenching moments we often see in Poston’s books. What a gift this was to be able to read early. I enjoyed every second of it!

Thank you Netgalley and Berkley publishing for giving me an early copy to review in exchange for my honest opinion 🫶🏻

I just absolutely loved this book. There is something so special about Ashley Poston’s books and her writing and I was so excited to get an arc of her new release 🥹

I am a sucker for a musician in a book/a celebrity/a famous person of any kind. I just eat it up so I absolutely loved that in this book. I loved learning about Sebastian and the way he feels about being famous and the way Joni was there for him and someone he could trust 🥲 The softness and vulnerability they found w each other was just beautiful!!!

I loved the way they wrote music together and the connection they had. The magical realism was done so well in this book (as always in her books) and was so fun (and bittersweet) to see play out. Ashley Poston’s writing is just incredible as well. It’s so lyrical and there were so many quotes I highlighted. I loved the metaphors with music in this as well.

The family dynamics in this was also just so beautiful and heartfelt!

Poston does it again and I will read anything she writes!

Thank you Berkley romance and NetGalley for the arc!!!

In this book, you have a hitmaking songwriter (Joni) and a bitter musician who make beautiful music together. Another win for Ashley Poston and I loved the two mcs in this book. A must read!

The writing is utterly magical and written so lyrically at times that it really draws you into the world of those who create music as an art form. The banter between Joni and her Sasha is excellent, I adore when it is very clear that one of them is falling faster than the other from just the way they flirt while arguing. He definitely falls first, but he's respectful of her choices and her boundaries. I love the magical realism of them being in each others' heads, the little offhand asides from their thoughts about one another that they'd never say out loud but now they both can still hear them. This one caught me off guard. It has so much to say about how we process our own fears for the future, regrets from the past, and grief for those that are gone, but also that grief that you experience when you are slowly losing someone too. I love Joni's family and friends, they are supportive, eccentric, and so humorous. Honestly, the humor often helps to break up the parts where I was actually crying.

Joni Lark has a secret—one that threatens the very essence of who she is. Once a celebrated songwriter, she’s lost the ability to create. Returning to her small coastal hometown of Vienna Shores, North Carolina, she hopes to find inspiration in the familiar comforts of her family’s music venue, The Revelry. But life isn’t as she left it. Relationships are fractured, her mother’s memories are fading, and The Revelry is on the verge of shutting down. Just as Joni starts to believe her songwriting days are over, she hears it—a haunting melody, drifting into her mind from a voice she’s never heard before.

With a premise as enchanting as a song you can’t quite place, this novel is a stunning exploration of creativity, connection, and the power of music to heal. Joni’s journey is both deeply personal and universally relatable—who hasn’t felt lost at some point, searching for a spark to reignite their passion? The telepathic bond between Joni and the enigmatic musician is beautifully crafted, adding a layer of mystery and magic to their reluctant partnership. Their chemistry crackles, evolving from skepticism to something undeniable as they work to complete the song that links them.

At its heart, this book is more than a romance—it’s a tribute to the way music shapes us, the bittersweet pull of nostalgia, and the courage it takes to move forward when the past feels impossible to let go. With evocative prose and characters that linger long after the last page, this story will resonate with anyone who has ever felt the ache of change, the longing for connection, or the undeniable pull of a melody waiting to be written.

An absolute must-read for fans of heartfelt fiction, slow-burn romance, and the transformative magic of music.

The touch of magic Ashley Poston builds into her books always leaves me with a warm fuzzy feeling, and this latest book was no different