Angela doesn’t realize what sets her apart when it comes to romance and relationships until her late 20s. After sharing her journey and self-discovery on TikTok, she unexpectedly goes viral. Enter Krystal—an old acquaintance and longtime crush—who offers to help Angela with a project: getting her first kiss. As they spend more time together, it becomes clear that the feelings are mutual. The story follows both women as they come to terms with their emotions and gradually find their way to each other. The book is full of heart, with strong themes of diversity and representation throughout.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of this audiobook. I found the narrator’s voice to be very pleasant and playing well with the story. The storyline itself did not resonate with me on the personal level, but it provided quite a few interesting insights.

𝟒 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 .𐦍༘⋆
a super cute sapphic romance novel that you won’t regret picking up! ❤️‍🔥
this was super cute and super easy to binge read

𐙚 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙙:
i loved the conversations surrounding sexuality and exploring your labels, i also really liked that the book touched on family dynamics both good, accepting family members and also so homophobic members while also stating that you don’t have to let that bother or determine who you are as a person.

the author did a great job of bringing all the characters to life and making them feel like genuine people witch genuine struggles & personality traits.

Ruby Corazon did a great job of narrating the audiobook, her voice is exactly what i’d expect angela to sound like.

𐙚 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚:
Like in most books miscommunication always irks me because everything could have been solved or discussed sooner if they were more upfront (yeah i know miscommunication can be realistic but can we also normalise characters calling out miscommunication lol)

something about the whole scavenger hunt thing to get a kiss thing just felt a bit weird to me? especially with her work already having a previous issue with her one viral dance video. idk i almost wish our love interests bonded & got close over something different.

don’t get me wrong it was super entertaining still but just a bit random.

(𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘪 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦)

Audio specific:
I loved the narrator for this one. The story was heavily enhanced by it and made way more enjoyable. I was quickly sucked in because of it and unable to stop reading the book.

Review for story/book itself:
The set up here was so fun. I truly can not believe how much I enjoyed even the love triangleish element. The exploration of identity on the asexual spectrum was super intriguing as well. I honestly am just obsessed with this one as I was the first book in this series. An absolute blast.

3.75⭐️ rounded up

A deep dive into identity and being ace-spec set against the backdrop of the "it's complicated" relationship status.

Disclaimer: I read this book as a ALC from NetGalley. All opinions are my own. This is my honest and voluntary review.

The narration for this book was decent. I don't know that the narrator is a native Spanish speaker because some of the words were pronounced a little different differently. Also, I felt like the narration was a little disjointed. There was definitely pauses that took a long to recover from throughout the narration, and that threw me off a little bit.

I liked this second installment of the Librarians in Love series more than the first for sure. While I still think there could be some more inclusion of Latinx rep throughout the book in order to really solidify it as being marketed as such, there was definitely an uptake in the representation that made me very happy. I felt that representation was definitely included in the family dynamics as well as in various discussions between Angela and her cousin Julian when it comes to being a no Sabo kid and assimilation.

Not only was this a compelling story, I felt like I learned a few things about being ace-spec and the various identities that fall within that spectrum. While sometimes the information felt a little bit too much like an info dump, it was still very interesting and explained well. The tension in this book between the two FMC's was definitely tantalizing. But it started to border along the lines of being too drawn out for me towards the end. It was very clear they both knew what they wanted, but for some reason, were having a hard time admitting it to each other.

The spice was done really well and didn't feel cringy or overdone in my opinion. I enjoyed their interactions and it did heighten the tension in their relationship for me. That being said, I was not a very big fan of the whole scavenger hunt premise. I did not really enjoy the way she was choosing to embrace giving away her first kiss. I'm not saying there was anything wrong with the decision, it just wasn't my favorite decision.

Overall, this was definitely an improvement to the debut novel for this series for me. I will definitely be checking out if there's a third novel.

Audio Narration: 3.5/5 - Overall a solid performance. Good narration but not my favorite. This was definitely one I needed to speed up as the narrator pauses quite a bit at each punctuation break. Nothing unbearable but it doesn't flow quite as well as I prefer.

my goodness it’s hard to breathe after reading this.

Gabriella Gamez writes some of the BEST tension. I was sweating reading that almost kiss, and don’t even get me started on Ch. 18 🥵

I’m calling it now, Gabriella Gamez is only going to continue to get better with each book. Her debut, The Next Best Fling was one of my top romances of 2024, an absolutely phenomenal debut novel - Kiss Me, Maybe is even better, and I’m confident it’s going to be one of my top romances for 2025.

She’s officially an auto-buy author and I cannot wait to read more by her!

I absolutely loved watching the FMC explore her identity and sexuality - the author does a fantastic job handling a sensitive topic. She presents information on ace spec and queer identity in such a fluid and careful way. One of the best things about reading books with characters of different identities than your own (imo) its getting to experience a bit of what it’s like in someone else’s shoes - I loved learning more about the ace spectrum. For me, a mark of a good fiction book, is that it has me wanting to learn more about the information presented within and this book did exactly that! I leave this book with a better understanding of the ace spectrum identity and with the motivation to learn and explore that topic even more!

What’s to love…
- ACE spec representation
- identity and sexual exploration
- lesbian and bi FMCs
- Grade A++ tension
- medium to slow burn
- friends-to-lovers
- found family AND family forward story
- Mexican-American FMCs
- set in San Antonio Texas
- spectacular pacing
- bookish book (FMC is a librarian!)
- panty burning spice

What’s not to love…
- honestly, not much… this is nearly perfect but I do wish we got a bit more of the relationship with Angela and Marcela/Julian - the focus was strongly on the online presence and Krystal and while that was fine I did feel like I wanted to see more from the non-romantic relationships.

🌶️ - super freaking hot in terms of tension but mild in terms of explicit nature. Also fairly easy to skip if needed. Ch. 18, 32, 44.

I liked the romance and the sweetness between Angela and Krystal and I loved the ending. The found family trope was nice to see as it developed, as their friends became friends with each other. I thought the tiktok plot line was intriguing to read but it wasn't what caught my interest the most. It was the moments. Overall, it was a good read!

Thank you to NetGalley, Hachette Audio, Gabriella Gamez for this ALC!

After listening to this book clear that it cannot be easy to be asexual or as Angela realizes later in the book that she probably is graysexual (first time I heard that term so had to Google it). When the book starts Angela has not even been kissed at the high age of 27 so something must be done.

I liked the story overall that was very sweet but the use of TikTok to try to find a relationship is beyond me when it is Krystal that may be the one she may find a sexual attraction to and nobody else. Krystal is not open for another romance though, so the struggle is there.

I enjoyed listening to this book and can recommend it.