Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for providing the ARC.

After Love and Other Conspiracies, I became a fan of Mallory Marlowe. After this book, she is going on my auto-buy list.

This book is part romcom and part action/adventure, and everything you'd want out of a story where an influencer sees a UFO and gets a visit from the Men in Black. El is whip smart and charming, and is easy to underestimate due to her model/influencer background. Carter is adorably dorky, and is so down bad for El that he really can't help but agree with her plans when she decides to insert herself in the 15 year old mystery surrounding the death of his dad. The chemistry between these two is insane, and I love how these two compliment each other so well.

And the story, while it is a bit cliche, still manages to grip you and get you involved in solving the mystery. This is just a testament to Marlowe's writing style. Not once did I feel like the story was stale. It was exciting reading about these two run all over LA to uncover the truth, even when the truth was staring at you in the face. Everything about this book was amazing.

Can't wait for her next one!

Only Mallory Marlowe could convince me to read a supernatural romance in the year 2025 but here we are, and boy was it everything. Love at First Sighting sets up El, who desperately wants to figure out what that thing she saw in the sky was, so that she can post about it on her social media channels. Unfortunately, Agent Carter Brody keeps getting in her way.

With the absolute best X-Files chemistry and vibes, Love at First Sighting unfolds into such an adorable romance. The perfect balm to my heart in these trying times.

This is book 2 in a series but it completely stands alone.
El is a social media influencer who was taking pictures for a post when she sees what she thinks is a UFO 🛸! She immediately goes live and films what she sees. It goes viral, but not in a good way. A lot of people think El is crazy. It was 100% not her brand to be filming extraterrestrial content. She wants to distance herself from it, but a federal agent sees her video and tries to approach El in looking further into the craft she saw. It's the same one his dad saw right before he passed.

This was a fun, adventurous, and light read! I was hooked from page one! I don't normally like books with influencers in them, but this one was so good! El's roommates, who were also influencers, were hilarious. A social media star who went to the UK once and made being from London her whole personality is so ridiculous, but 100% something I could see happening. Both El and Carter lack a close bond to people, and seeing them get what they've always wanted from each other was so nice.

My life is currently STRESS - work, children, home, dogs, all of it.
When life gets crazy, I need a book of Love at First Sighting's caliber.
Banter. Romance. Light read.
An Influencer and a Man in Black, flying weird things.
Excellent beach read!

I had so much fun reading this! I love Mallory’s writing and how her voice combines humor, heat, and adventure. El and Carter had such great chemistry and I loved their banter. Their connection, while fast-growing, felt genuine, and I appreciated the care with which they approached each other’s emotionally-tender spots. The love story and mystery were both compelling which made the story feel really well-paced. There was a steady buildup of tension but also satisfying bits of connection and conflict throughout. Mallory’s quickly become an auto-read author for me. She strikes the perfect balance of contemporary, paranormal, and mystery!

I did not think a book about aliens was going to make me cry so much but honestly it’s been one of those years so I should have been expecting it

This was so tender and sweet and campy in the best way! I loved the juxtaposition of the over-the-top influencer chaos and the quiet soft realness of El and Carter when they’re together. She’s surprised that he believes her, and he’s surprised that she’s genuinely interested in being around him. And they’re SO sweet together.

Poor Carter’s traumatic history being so deeply interwoven with their current timeline. He is so soft and deserved so much better (except he got El, who is terrific, so now he DOES have better). And El has spent so long trying to be perfect that she has forgotten how lovable she still is when she’s not.

Thank you to Berkley Romance for the free e-ARC of this title; all thoughts are my own.

No one is more heartbroken than ME that I didn’t love this one as much as Love and Other Conspiracies (LAOC). While I enjoyed certain moments, the romance in this fell flat for me.

I didn’t really connect with El’s character. She is a social media influencer with a large following who lives in an Instagram worthy home with other influencers. Despite all the pages spent with El, I didn’t feel like I ever really knew her beyond surface level. Towards the end she begins to come out of her influencer shell, but it didn’t leave enough time to really connect with her.

I liked Carter better. He was super genuine and sweet, though at times naïve. It felt like Carter was from a different era because much of our time spent with him is in his outdated office with his suspenders and trilby hat.

Their romance was bordering on insta-love and parts of their text conversations read YA to me. It just felt like the special spark I got from LAOC was missing in this one. They both read a little young. And while I love a good steamy scene, some of these felt out of place given Carter’s personality.

Would I read a book by Mallory Marlowe again? Definitely! I like her writing voice and my issues in this book stemmed from not connecting with the characters. This book also leaned more romantic suspense/ mystery, which isn’t my preferred romance subgenre.

Read if you like:
·She's Out of My League (the movie, circa 2010)
·Social media influencer X Men in Black style secret agent
·Romantic suspense/ adventure romance

This book was so cute. I really liked it. Two opposites attract and who doesn’t love aliens? It was fun and exciting. I was invested in both characters and loved how they evolved. I enjoyed it a lot

Thank you NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for the arc of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This is so fun. The stakes are just high enough to keep the story moving, the romance is swoony, the characters are entertaining, with depth, and the "Men in Black" aspect is just enough.

Love at First Sighting is a fun and quirky romcom full of heart, humor, and steam! The story follows El, an influencer who, after seemingly being attacked by what she can only describe as a UFO, finds herself under the watch of a less than discreet Man in Black, Carter. I had such a good time reading this book, El and Carter made for such a fun pairing and I loved the mystery plot that came into play. The two had so much rapport and banter, it was so fun seeing them slowly fall for each other as the story came together. Their flirting was so sweet and I loved that their relationship was lusty but not too rushed as they got to know each other before falling into bed. The fast paced action and adventure was the perfect addition to the romance and the slow build mystery plot. If you're in the mood for a not so serious romance full of intrigue, chemistry, and so many happenings, this one is for you!

Influencer El Martin was taking photos for her Insta feed hiking in the Hollywood Hills. Technically, there was a “No Trespassing” sign that she may have ignored on her quest to find the perfect spot for her sponsored content, but she didn’t think that was any big deal. Until she was heading back down toward her car. Out of nowhere, a small flying craft maybe started following her.

Thinking fast, she grabbed her phone and went live to show her followers what was happening. As it chased her down the hill, she desperately called out to anyone watching about where she is and what was happening to her. She finally decided to throw her metal water bottle at it, to see if that would stop it. The craft was no match for the water bottle, and it went down, giving El a chance to get away. But what was it that she had just seen?

Carter Body was having a pretty typical day at work. He had to fix the printer (again) and teach the new guy what to look for in videos uploaded to social media. He needed to learn what was probably a hoax UFO sighting and what could be genuine. It was what they did in the Private Intelligence Sector, PIS for short but spelled out by letter when spoken. Basically, they were the Men in Black, the curious group of men all dressed the same who show up to get information about actual sightings of alien life.

When Carter saw El’s video though, he knew there was something there. It didn’t hurt that El was the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen. But the craft that she had in her video was familiar to him. He’d seen one just like it himself when he was a kid, shortly before his dad was killed. His father had also worked at the PIS, and when he died, his partner Marcus took Carter in and raised him. But there are things about that time in his life that never sat quite right with Carter, and seeing El’s video has brought up those feelings again.

Carter goes in search of El, so she can show him where she made her video. But she wants answers too. So they both start investigating the craft that was in El’s video, and as they spent time together, their chemistry was growing. But as their investigation takes them to a secret bunker filled with files to a magic show to a private airplane hangar, what they find brings them closer together, but also closer to mortal danger. Will love be able to save them, or will the weight of government secrets win out after all?

Love at First Sighting is a sweet rom com that blends the world of a model-turned-influencer with the world of a boring government worker who happens to deal with the possibility of alien life and the hoaxes and conspiracies that grow out of that life. Just thinking of how a Man in Black spends his days fixing the coffeemaker and scrolling social media is pretty funny.

Author Mallory Marlowe had a lot of fun turning the idea of the sleek, sophisticated Men in Black from the movies on its head and putting them into the context of an underfunded government agency instead. And I truly loved the characters of El and Carter. But I was hoping for a little more of the paranormal in this rom com, where it was really more of a mystery. It’s a fun mystery with a lot of romance, but I was looking for more aliens.

Egalleys for Love at First Sighting were provided by Berkley through NetGalley, with many thanks, but the opinions are mine.

♡ Thank you for the free ARC, Berkley Romance and NetGalley.

After loving Marlowe’s Love and Other Conspiracies, I had a feeling this UFO-tinged romcom would be right up my alley. As someone who enjoys a mix of the mysterious and the romantic, the premise pulled me in right away. The story delivers a fun blend of extraterrestrial intrigue, playful banter, and a sweet connection between the leads. If you are in the mood for a quirky romance story with a conspiratorial twist, this is a great pick.

I really loved Love and Other Conspiracies by this author last year so I was excited about this new standalone romance. This one didn’t live up to how fun I found L&OC, but it was still an easy enjoyable listen full of banter, slow burn, mystery, action, alien spotting, and a secret government (think Men in Black) hero.

El (short for Ariel) is a social media influencer who one night spots a shiny unidentified flying object and live streams it on her socials. The footage goes viral quickly but the next day her video has disappeared and a charming Man in Black is following her around. Carter is assigned her case and to follow her around, he also has some ties to seeing the same thing himself years ago and wanting to follow in the footsteps of his father. This book leans more into the mystery plot of it all, he’s a cinnamon roll type hero and I just wasn’t as invested or blown away by the characters/couple in this one. A super quick easy audiobook to fly through!

I received an ARC, all thoughts in this review are my own.

Oh this was fun! What a unique meet-cute!  A possible UFO sighting by an influencer, who is then pursued by an intelligence agent who is supposed to cover up alien sightings, who just wants to figure out what happened to his dad.  I loved their first encounters and how quickly their banter evolves.  I wasn't sure how I would feel about an influencer as the MC, but El is quite genuine and just trying to keep everyone happy; I appreciated how Carter helped her get back to her true self and how they helped each other find the answers they were seeking. They get into a lot of over the top situations and hijinks and with some steamy moments.  I didn't realize how quickly I had finished this book because I was so captivated.  There was a bit of a mystery element which was fun, though I would call it mystery-lite (a predictable outcome but a lot of fun getting there).  This book made me smile!

**3.5 stars

Thank you to Mallory Marlowe and Berkley for the eARC in exchange for an honest review!

This was a fun follow up to Love and Other Conspiracies. But it's pretty different from the first book, focusing more on the MCs developing relationship while they work to solve the mystery of the UFO El saw and its connection to Carter's dad's death. I enjoyed the mystery aspect, but I think it could have been developed a little more. Pieces of it just weren't fitting together for me, and not in a mystery way, but more like they just needed a little more detail to make the pieces connect more seamlessly.

While both of the MCs were really self-deprecating for part of the book, I liked seeing them both grow as the story went on. Carter gave El the room, and her encouraged her, to be herself. And El was there to support him and show him that he deserved to have someone in his corner. This book was also steamier than LAOC. LAOC was a slow burn, with lots of tension. LAFS was heavy on the attraction between the two MCs right away (which I'm not at all upset about).

Even though the mystery plotline could have been more developed, I still enjoyed this book and finished it in two days. A cute romance that centers around paranormal stuff without being a paranormal/monster romance.

Thank you Berkley Romance for the free book! #BerkleyBookstagram #BerkleyIG #berkley #berkleyromance #MalloryMarlowe #LoveaFirstSighting

𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞
𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

𝟒.𝟓★

This was such a swoony romance with a fun mystery element to it and I loved the characters so much! The dynamic between El Martin, a social media influencer, and Agent Carter Brody was so amazing and I loved their banter. Never did I think I would read a book about extraterrestrial sightings, and I loved the concept! If you’re looking for a book with amazing characters, great chemistry, and a unique pli, this is one to check out!

🛸Romance x Mystery
🛸Found Family
🛸Man in Black Cinnamon Roll MMC
🛸Influencer FMC
🛸UFO Sightings

While I did not listen to this audiobook, it is narrated by one of my favorites, Elizabeth Lamont along with Iggy Toma. I would definitely recommend checking the audio out if you are an audiobook lover!

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Love at First Sighting 👽🛸
3 ⭐️
3 🌶️

Thank you to Berkley Romance for the chance to read this free advanced copy! #berkley #berkleypartner

This book was fun! When I read Love and Other Conspiracies, I was instantly hooked and I followed the story easily. With this book, I felt a little less interested and like the story flow was lacking.

I really thought that the concept of influencer and government agent was a cool idea—it’s something a little different than what we’re usually seeing in romance novels, and I love a change of pace. Similar to Marlowe’s last novel, this book follows a slightly unconventional supernatural plot that I really enjoyed. I actually found myself more engaged and interested in the UFO element than the romance!

What kept this book at 3 stars for me, despite that still being a great rating, was the fact that the MMC really pressured the FMC into working together at the beginning of this book. I hate coercing of any kind, and I think that if he can’t respect her consent or wishes on the streets, he definitely won’t in the sheets.

I definitely think that this book will be great and a huge hit for those who love romance with a supernatural/paranormal touch!

I love a good adventure romcom, and Love at First Sighting is no exception. This one is fun, fast-paced, and just the right blend of flirty banter and mysterious intrigue!

This book is pure fun with just enough emotional depth to keep you hooked beyond the romance. The insta-love vibe is definitely there (not shocking, given the title), but it was so well doneI didn’t mind it!

This one sadly did not hit the same as Love and Other Conspiracies did for me. And I’m bummed cause I loooved her debut!

I felt like this story kind of fell off the rails and it became very dramatic toward the end and all of that didn’t work for me. There were also some plot points left unresolved that could’ve easily been left out of the story since they were never discussed again in the book.

It was cute enough but I expected a lot more for how much I loved Marlowe’s first book.

Read if you like:
🌶️ medium spice (2/5)
🛸 UFO sightings
🤳 influencer FMC
🤝🏼 teaming up to solve a mystery
❤️‍🔥 hot desk scene
🥹 finding your passion and choosing yourself

Love at First Sighting by Mallory Marlowe
Pub Date: August 12th
Genre: Romance
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Synopsis: Social media influencer, El Martin, accidentally records a UFO, and her followers are skeptical. Men In Black Agent Carter Brody suspects it may be the real thing, though, and the more he and El begin to investigate, the danger - and their attraction to each other - grows.

Thoughts: This was so cute! I love when a rom com really leans into being funny, and Mallory’s writing is hilarious. I laughed out loud so many times reading this book! El and Carter had great chemistry, and the banter was top notch. I was also really invested in the mystery aspect - it was a real page turner!

Read this if you like:
🛸 social media influencer
🛸 UFOs
🛸 government conspiracies
🛸 rom coms
🛸 adventure
🛸 banter