Rebecca Anderson’s Galentine’s Day is a delightful celebration of friendship, love, and self-discovery. Heartwarming and hilarious, this charming rom-com offers more than just laughs—it’s also a touching look at the power of chosen family. Anderson writes with warmth and wit, creating characters that feel like your best friends. The story flows effortlessly, filled with heartwarming moments and clever banter. Whether you're single, coupled, or somewhere in between, Galentine’s Day is a joyful reminder that love comes in many forms. A perfect feel-good read that sparkles with authenticity and heart. Curl up and enjoy the ride!

I absolutely loved this book. I loved getting to see the characters grow up over 15 years, and by the end I felt like I really knew them. I thought the Galentines Day premise was cute, and the focus on friendship over romance was a nice change for this sort of book.

I liked the structure of the story, the excerpts from the group chat were fun and kept us up to date with the characters' lives without waiting for an information dump in the Galentines Day chapters.

I found the story really engaging and would 100% recommend it.

This was such a good book. I loved the story and the writing so much. The characters were great and the story flowed smoothly. Will definitely read more books by this author in the future

Firstly thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC.

When Hannah gets let down by a boy called Hugo at Valentine, Marnie and Alicia decide that they will have their own Galentine with Hannah. This sparks a journey over the next 20 years following each girls journey and the tests that a life long friendship can bring.

I really enjoyed the way the author gave each character their own story as well as interlocking the 3 girls friendship. It was an emotional book with the highs and lows of life and the journeys so many of us make lives. It also had little extracts from group chats which many of can relate to too. Beautifully written, a book that you can buy for your galentines!

This was such a fun novel’ I love anything that is compared to the Bold Type as it was always a favorite show of mine and this prefer to showcases email friendship. I love everything this book had to offer …. Friendship, nostalgia, heartbreak, joy & hope. This is the perfect novel to curl up with.

4.5✨
Thank you NetGalley, Rebecca Anderson and Avon for providing an eARC in exchange for my honest review - Galentines Day publishes January 6th 2026.

Galentines Day spans 13 years of friendship between Alicia, Marnie and Hannah who reconnect every year for their annual Valentines sleepover. It’s a journey of life, growing up, love and friendship.

I loved the premise of this book, and it being compared to the Bold Type sold me (my love for Sutton, Jane and Kat is endless!!) and I really, really enjoyed this book!

It’s slice of life, you watch the girls grow up over the span of their friendship and you get all of their POVs with some of the chapters crossing over to hear the other perspective.
I loved the group chat messages - they were such a fun addition and I enjoyed the references to big events that were relevant to each year (hello the gold & white or black & blue dress!!)

I felt there was a good amount of depth to the characters, you saw them mature, develop and go through their individual challenges each year from school to adulthood. They’re all very different people and they bring something unique to the friendship group.

I think Hannah was my least favourite - but I had my frustrations with each of the girls individually as we went through the story for their behaviour in different situations (trying to not spoil anything here!)

The ending was beautiful, a lovely way to wrap up all of the girls stories.

Overall, a really brilliant read from Rebecca, I thoroughly enjoyed it! I flew through it, it was very addictive and such an easy read.

A story following three friends as they go through life challenges and changes.

The chapters are split between the three main characters which helps the reader see things from different points of views. The characters are also developed well and were mostly believable.

The story is written well and is engaging. I liked the ending mostly, I would have preferred a slightly happier ending for Alicia but it was left a little open and was a more believable ending.

I would like to thank Netgalley and the Publisher for the opportunity to read and give an honest review of this book.

First off, I loved the "then and now" showing how these girls have grown up and endured over the years. These characters are easily relatable and so is the overall story!

Amazing book loved the characters and plot. I couldn't stop reading I stayed up all night. I loved the book so much thank you for the arc.

What a complicated story to rate, this one has a little for everything and at times is a beautiful read, and in all honesty at times a story that made me wonder if I wanted to keep reading. There are some really wonderful friendship moments, and some that made me cringe, I know friend’s journeys aren’t always sunshine and roses, I get that I have friends like that, and it hasn’t always been easy. Alicia and Marnie had their moments, but it was mainly Hannah that I struggled with, and then towards the end there was something that shone through from her that made me reflect on the whole story. I don’t want to give the game away and reveal anything, as I know so many people will love this story, there is something special about the friendship, the endurance and the power of friendship where you don’t speak every day, but you still know what the other will say, that’s the type of friendship these three have and that’s what makes this story such a good one.

This was such a cute read. I loved the author's writing style and the great mix of characters. The story was easy to follow and had good pacing. I highly recommend it and I look forward to reading more by the author.
💙 Thank you to Netgalley, the author and publisher for my arc ebook copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

Celebrating my friends on Galentine's is a tradition I enjoy. Reading a book about the subject from a gifted writer was an equally good time. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

This is a fun girls read about Galentine's Day. I loved the story and the characters. Would highly recommend!

Really enjoyed this story and the navigation of a female friendship over the years and how they retained that friendship through tough times.

I love, love, loved this book! The plot locked me in from page one, and spit me out a new person on the last page. The characters became real to me and will live in my brain forever. The setting was tangible and perfect. The pacing was riveting, but not rushed. All coming together to be a book I can't wait to recommend to my friends.

I think this book really hopes that Hannah, Marie and Alicia will retain the level of friendship that they had since high school, but their different paths of lives as well as their different drives and hopes for outcomes in life, drive them fully apart. There is no doubt that Hannah jetted off to exotic locations to promote her swim suit and waz always unavailable for her friends. Alice perpetuates her level of anxiety especially with Hugo to the detriment of her own life and Marnie is determined to forge her own path with or without her friends support Yes, I enjoyed the book and how they all three felt the need to get together each year, but it was only because of history that I really feel that that this was to occur due to how different they had become.