i was so excited to receive an arc of this book.
i did finish this book rather quickly, I found it easy to read. there was a few things that I didn't care for, and some parts i skimmed. overall I enjoyed it, but it was not a favorite of mine. I would absolutely read another romance book by Stephanie Perkins.

I'd like to argue that Overdue is not a romance. If it is, it's the slowest slow-burn romance ever. This is a story about a woman who finds herself & what she wants in life. To be honest, it was a (very) slow start for me & I wasn't sure it was going to be a book for me, but I found myself slowly falling in love with the characters. By halfway through, I didn't want the book to end. I really adored the life Ingrid made for herself & the love she found.

ugh i adored this book! it was so freaking sweet, and macon was literally the embodiment of a perfect guy (i want him), i love slow burn romances, don't get me wrong, but i feel like this was a bit tooo slow. but past that, this book had the sweetest, most cutest moments ever, and i absolutely loved the way perkins described everything! i think my favorite part of this book was honestly the side characters, i feel like the friendships the fmc made with them was so amazing!

thank you to netgalley and stephanie perkins for this arc in exchange for an honest review! <3

Thank you to Saturday Books/St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the free eARC. Having read and enjoyed Stephanie Perkins’ YA books (Anna and the French Kiss, Lola and the Boy Next Door, and Isla and the Happily Ever After), I was eager to read her adult debut. Ingrid and her boyfriend Cory decide to take a month long break to date other people before settling down together (after 11 years of dating and having only experienced a romantic relationship with each other). Immediately and obviously a terrible idea - why not just break up and call it done? Ingrid starts the story ready to immediately hook up with her coworker Macon who rejects her advances. She, of course, ruminates on this moment for a good chunk of the book. It is pretty obvious what is going to happen by the end. The first part of the book felt very different from the rest of the book about the midpoint on. This book has some of my favorite tropes - grouchy/sunshine, friends to lovers, slow burn, yet still fell flat for me. I didn’t love Ingrid’s character, didn’t need the detailed house restoration descriptions, and didn’t love the FMC doubting everything at the 90% mark of the book. Overall, 3/5 stars.

Despite a slow start (and a main character I didn't get until she started reading aloud to a cat), this book grew on me. I definitely felt judgemental about the premise, but about halfway, I got over that too.

Honest and heartfelt, the plot ultimately works. And the setting in a quaint library with a fireplace is simply lovely. Not to mention bookshop vibes.

More than anything, this story is about finding yourself. Not just about being with someone, but about being you. Bildungsroman.

Ingrid's been in a 11 year old relationship with no talks of marriage and everything seems fine until her sister gets engaged. Ingrid and her boyfriend take a month long break to see other people and after that they'll get married. Except, after a month, Ingrid isn't ready to get back together. A cute cozy romance that was a little slow for me.

I wanted to like this slow burn romance novel but it was a bit too slow for me and while I appreciate the characters and story the author was trying to convey, it just wasn’t a fit for me.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC opportunity!

This was fast paced, and had such a good flow. I love Ingrid, and i like Macon, but Ingrid really stood out the most to me.

I really loved that we didnt just get the slow burn relationship building, we also got Ingrid's self discovery and growth. That was the best part for me, and i really resonated with it. We dont always gets that with romance books, and it really gave it more depth.

The only part that was wild to me was being with someone for 11 years and not already being engaged. It took her sister getting engaged to have them question their relationship, and tbh that shouldve happened like 8-9 years ago.

Omg...I loved this! I have not read this author before so I was pleasantly surprised

I'm feeling under so I spent part of yesterday and today on my sofa reading and feel in love with Ingrid and Macon.

Igrid and Macon are each others work wife/work husband. Until Ingrid's long term relationship suddenly ends and that dynamic is totally shook up.

It was a long book for a rom-com but I was ok with that since I loved the story so much!

Book available on October 7th.

Thanks to the publisher, author and Netgalley for the ARC.

Overdue tells the story of Ingrid, a librarian who agrees to take "a break" from her relationship in order to date other people. Ingrid and Corey have been together for eleven years and decide to date other people before they get engaged. Ingrid has her co-worker in mind when she agrees to Corey's idea. This novel is described as a lusty showburn romance. I disagree with this description. This book gave me female empowerment vibes and explored the main character finding herself and exploring her dreams without needing a man. I rated this two stars because the premise isn't exactly what the book was about.

A quick and fast paced read. The characters were great and the story was good. I love a book that involves one of my favorite places to be…the library.

As a Stephanie’s Anna and the French Kiss lover when I was a teenager I was really excited to read this book. This story isn’t just about romance—it’s about self-discovery, timing, and the quiet moments that can change everything. More like a slow burn but worthy at the end. I didn’t expect to feel so invested, but I genuinely loved it.

Thank you NetGalley and Saturday Books for allowing me to read this arc. As a librarian myself, I loved the setting of the library and bookstore. The storyline was great, the book was so sweet and of course the much deserved HEA brought tears to my eyes.

I read a few reviews early in my reading of this book, which is not something I typically do, on purpose. I agree with a lot of them that the book is slow to begin but the overall story makes up for that in the end. A romance about book lovers & librarians, so what could be bad? There is spice (open door) but nothing too graphic. A good romance for all book lovers!

Thank you to the author and publisher for the ARC!
After devouring Anna and the French Kiss years ago, I decided to give Stephanie’s adult book a go. While this did have a lot of elements I thought I was going to like, ultimately it was just too long and moved too slow for me. I’m not anti-slow burn, but I need other plot points happening to make me want to keep picking up the book, and this didn’t really have that. The majority of the book was about the main character’s struggles with her career and opening her bookstore, which just wasn’t enough to keep me engaged.

OVERDUE follows protagonist Ingrid in the aftermath of her sister getting engaged to her girlfriend of two years--causing her and longtime boyfriend Cory to re-evaluate their 11-year relationship and if they really want to be together. They agree to take a month apart to see other people and at the end of that time, either get engaged or break up.

I enjoyed Perkins’s YA books when I was in high school, and I was so excited to see that she’s releasing her adult debut in October!

Admittedly, I struggled with the beginning of this book. I would say the first 30% felt incredibly slow, and I found myself frustrated with Ingrid and Cory because it felt PAINFULLY obvious to me that they had no business being in a relationship, but it took them much longer to figure that out. There was also a lot of telling instead of showing in the beginning, as we sped through various dates Ingrid went on and recapped them all instead of showing them to the reader.

Once that initial hump is over, though, OVERDUE really found its pacing and hit its stride. What I felt this book was actually about—Ingrid finding a new career and developing her relationship with Macon—was much more compelling than the serial dating at the beginning of the book.

Despite my critiques, I did like Cory’s character a lot and really enjoyed when he popped up in the story. While he was obviously not right for Ingrid as a romantic partner, I loved their friendship and thought it was very sweet how they continued to show up for each other.

Fair warning with this book: the slow burn does truly burn so slow, but I LOVED that. It made it all the more satisfying when these two finally admitted their feelings for each other! And Macon, of course, was the perfect love interest. What can I say? I love a grumpy/sunshine pair!

I also appreciated how Perkins portrayed Ingrid mourning the loss of her relationship with Cory. Even though it was something she knew was coming, it felt very honest and relatable how she grieved for the future she thought she was going to have. And I appreciated the slow-burn romance for the same reason—I liked that Macon and Ingrid didn’t immediately start dating.

Of course, I do always love a solid cast of friends, especially when they act as a found family, and this book was no exception. I also appreciated Ingrid and Macon being two characters who weren’t interested in having children but were supportive of their friends who were choosing to have kids—I think we need more of that in romance novels. Not everyone’s happy ending needs to include having children!

In all, I would recommend this book—just keep in mind that you’ll have to be patient through that slow beginning. But I think the payoff was worth it :)

Thank you to Netgalley and Saturday Books for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Ingrid and her college boyfriend, Cory, have been dating for 11 years. They decide to take a month long break to date other people, before getting back together to discuss marriage. Ingrid has had a crush on her co-worker, Macon, for many years and is excited to maybe get to know him a little better. This was an enjoyable read but I'm not sure I've a huge fan of the slow burn. This felt like a lot of yearning for 80% of the book, then poof, everything is perfect. Aesthetically, though, this book felt like a warm hug since it was a love letter to books, bookish people and introverts.

Thank you to NetGalley, Stephanie Perkins and Saturday Books for the eARC!

This slow burn romance was good, but I think I would have enjoyed it more if it were not quite so long and drawn out. It was a cute story though, and I will check out more books by Stephanie Perkins in the future.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for providing and ARC in exchange for my honest opinion and review.

Really enjoyed the slow burn romance between Ingrid and Macon. Friends to lovers!

Ingrid has been with her boyfriend, Cory from college for eleven years without marrying. They decide to separate for one month to test the waters on dating and sex, since neither of them has been with anyone else, ever,

It seemed easier for Cory to manage this than Ingrid, not just a gender thing, but finding what finding what she really wanted for her future. Ingrid needed to discover more about herself in this quest and it was going to take more than a month.

Macon is Ingrid's library coworker. They work very well together as friends but Ingrid would like to explore more. Macon is a bit shyer than Ingrid so she can't really tell if her likes her in a romantic way. The fun of this story is exactly that journey.

Loved it!

This was a light sweet read. It did feel a bit long at times but overall I enjoyed it.

Thank you to netgalley for an advanced copy, my opinions are my own.