Nothing not to like in this book. Librarians, a small town, a bookstore, good food, romance and interfering friends. Great set up and a great story about confronting your fears and moving right through them to the other side.

Very slow burn romance that then went super fast. Cozy, would maybe be a better winter read! Some references and winks to the real world took me out of the coziness.

This one just wasn't for me. I don't mind the slow burn, but it was pretty heavy on issues and topics that I just don't look for in my romances. Thanks for letting me try.

I throughly enjoyed this book and would love to read more from this author. Thanks to Betgalley and the publisher for this ARC

this was so cute! I am obsessed with this cover and the story. I had to have a physical. I love this book so much

100% Perfection. Stephanie Perkins is the OG romance writer for me. I read her books 14-15 years ago when I first got into reading and they were cute young adult reads. I am so excited that she wrote this book and even more excited that it lived up to my reasonably high expectations. Everything about the storyline was perfect. The characters were perfect. The drama was perfect. The ending was perfect. Even the title and cover are perfect. I got an advanced reader copy through NetGalley… Comes out in October!

Overdue is about Ingrid, a librarian in a small town in North Carolina. When the book starts, Ingrid as at her first day back at work after she and her boyfriend of eleven years decided that they need time apart to date other people before they can get married. Ingrid has had a long-time crush on one of her coworkers, Macon, so she is excited about the opportunity to ask him out.

I was initially hesitant of the premise, as I didn’t like the idea of her jumping straight into a relationship with Macon, but I thought it was handled very well. I appreciated that Ingrid was allowed to experiment and grow on her own instead of the plot being solely focused on Macon. Their relationship was very sweet and I loved how we got to see them get closer over the course of the book. The ending felt a little rushed but overall wrapped up the story well. I also enjoyed the cozy small town vibes and the NC references.

Thanks so much for the review copy. I loved this book so much. I lived vicariously through Ingrid being a librarians and a book store owner. I’m so glad she got her happy ending.

This is a suuuuuper slow burn book. I did enjoy it overall! I really enjoyed the format and the timeline of telling this story month by month over the course of a year and the events feeling natural. The beginning of the book was a bit slow for me and was prose heavy. I like dialogue and find myself enjoying books with a lot of conversation between characters. The first half of this book is more descriptions and inner thoughts. While Ingrid is an interesting character, I wanted more interactions. The second half was very fun though. The relationship went from 0 too 100 in about 2 pages, but I loved it.

Thank you SMP/ Saturday for this arc.

Thank you NetGalley, Stephanie Perkins, and Macmillan Publishing for the opportunity to read and review this ARC.
I absolutely adored this story. I loved the characters, I was entranced by the library/bookstore vibes and setting, and I truly cared what happened to them. I was all in for the entire time I read this book.. my only real critique though, and cause for being a 4 star instead of a 5 star read, was that I felt the end was rushed… and a bit abrupt. I wanted some real closure and maybe an epilogue of life afterwards… where is Macon’s mom, how does life look after they finally figure it all out etc…

The good: I LIVE for a slow burn. I was so glad the FMC figured out her mess before starting a new relationship.

The bad: the woke, broke millennial trope was over done. We get it, you’re super liberal, can’t afford a house, semi-hate the USA, and are scarred from the pandemic. I am some of those things too, but this felt annoying instead of relatable. Also, I don’t know if this was a wannabe body positivity reclaiming of the word “fat“, but it gave me major ick to see the FMC describe her good friend this way. I don’t care who you are, but the only person who should be describing their body as fat is the person themselves.

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This was a very slow burn romance read. This is about new beginnings and finding true happiness!This book is expected to be published on October 7, 2025!

This was super cute!

Great first adult novel. I have enjoyer Stephanie's YA book and was excited to see that she wrote an adult one.

I read this courtesy St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley. In this charming slow-burn romance, Ingrid, a woman who’s only been in one relationship for over a decade, finds herself on a break, with carte blanche to explore other romance options—for a month. So she tries to make an overture to Macon, her coworker, someone she’s had a crush on for years. Who promptly turns her down, making it clear that they are coworkers and that’s it, and even friends. But as that month ends and the deal gets extended, she has to find herself—and Macon helps her, as her friend. And slowly but surely, they become more. Except for a single scene during which our heroine acts like a child, I loved this book.
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3 stars (2 the first half and 4 the second) This was a story about a young woman who is teetering on the edge of fully growing up vs staying in a sort of stasis in between adulthood and childhood. It's sort of two books in one as the first half is more of a coming of age story and the second half is a romance. The first half was not a good fit for me at all. I am of a slightly older demographic. As such there might be bit of a generational divide. I am from Gen X and we grew up faster. Having kids the age of the protagonist I think they'll relate more than I did to Ingrid (the main character). I am fatigued with the struggles of our kids in the transition to adulthood so didn't want to read someone else's. Having expected a romance going in I was disappointed in the first half of the book which is often watching Ingrid floundering. It is well written but maybe more realism than I had bargained for.

Had I not received this from Netgalley I would have stopped reading before I got to the half that I enjoyed. The second half redeemed the book for me as it was the anticipated romance that I had expected going in. I flipped the pages as I watched the burgeoning romance. It was cute and Ingrid finally found her footing for who she wanted to be and how she wanted to grow going forward.

3.5🌟🌟🌟

I really enjoyed this book! The reader follows Ingrid, who has been in a long-term relationship with her college boyfriend, Cory, for the past eleven years, and they decide to take a one-month break to explore and date other people. I really liked Ingrid. I thought she was generally relatable, funny, and felt things deeply.

Enter Macon, Ingrid's coworker who she has silently been crushing on. Macon was extremely endearing, and I loved his character. Their relationship was such a slow burn, but I thought it was realistic and heartfelt to read. I also loved how Ingrid learned who she was, and sometimes it really does take a village.

Some of the references and descriptions in this book took me out of the story, and I personally enjoyed the second-half of the book more. But overall, I liked this book! Ingrid and Macon's story was touching to read and their love was seriously infectious. Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martins Press for the advanced digital copy in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book. I really enjoyed OVERDUE by Stephanie Perkins. It was a sweet story about finding out what you want in life and taking the chance to go for your dreams. Ingrid takes a "break" from her long term relationship to have a last chance at sowing her wild oats before committing to her boyfriend. She thinks the time will be spent having lots of relationships (and sex) but finds out it's not what it's all cracked up to be. Her longing for a relationship with her coworker, Macon, is a slow burn (but you know they're gonna get there). Ingrid is patient waiting for Macon, but always thinking it might not happen. Macon has set his life up with space for Ingrid in it but he also takes his time, letting Ingrid discover what she wants and waiting for her to succeed in her dreams.

This was a great read! The story was well developed and well written, the characters were relatable, and I really enjoyed it!

I just finished reading “Overdue” by Stephanie Perkins.

This book is about Ingrid, a librarian who has been with her boyfriend forever. The logical next step is marriage but they decide to take a “break” to see if they want this. They decided to date other people before they get back together.

We are told the story from Ingrid’s point of view and what follows is a very slow process. The book is enjoyable but the main romance begins half way through. It is slow going.

If you enjoy slow burns then it is the book for you. I enjoyed the second half of the book more than the first. The first was a bit too dragged out in my opinion but if you can get through that, you will enjoy the book.

Really enjoyed this book. I was going into a bit of a slump but I couldn’t put this one down. Thank you Netgalley for the arc!