Eden Sumner and Josh Evans have been best friends since forever, so when Josh asks Eden to help him lose his virginity, Eden flips out. Josh wants her to have sex with him? She wants to help her friend, but is she willing to go that far? She's never thought of Josh that way, and is taken aback by his request. However, she is relieved to find out that Josh doesn't want to have sex with her, he wants he to help him find a girl to lose his virginity to. Phew! Now she's on a mission to make that happen. She just has to keep her new found feelings for Josh at bay and everything will be okay. Right?

A sweet and cute read. Eden and Josh are best friends that didn't see what their other friends saw when they are together. I love how the love grows and that ah ha moment unfolds. Josh and Eden are amazing and give you little feels that you can't help but love them. Sweet take on young friends to lovers. You get that teen angst and drama and that am I the only one left with the v card still intake feeling. I love how this whole story unfolds. Monica Murphy wrote an amazing YA with Saving It.

Saving It is my first Monica Murphy book, and I’m glad to say I really enjoyed it! The friends to lovers trope is probably my all-time favourite romance trope. While it's true that guys and girls can indeed just be friends, in this case you definitely will find yourself rooting for Eden and Josh to get together already and give in to their feelings already! I also loved the friendship in this book since, unlike many YA novels where the groups of friends are portrayed as so “perfect” Josh and Eden’s friends are far from perfect. There’s definitely relationship drama, and there are times where they mess up and aren’t immediately there for one another. I found this to be more relatable to my own personal experience in high school as me and my friends definitely acted immaturely at times and weren't always accepting, open and non-judgemental to each other. Also I felt that near the end, Eden overreacted when it came to Josh although I suppose it was necessary for the sake of adding a bit of conflict to their relationship it still felt over the top. All in all Saving It does a good job of being a quick, adorable and light read that also manages to tackle a lot of the usual teenager pressures in a mostly respectful way.

Love this book and the author too!

Joshua and Eden are best friends. They spend most of their time together. They know almost everything about each other. They can read each other's emotions, and are totally in tune. They are constantly telling people they are just friends, but even their closest buddies think there should be more to their relationship.

Josh needs Eden's help. He wants to lose his virginity before he starts college. He isn't very good at choosing the right girls, so he wants Eden to make him a list of potential girls. Josh has always been the commitment type, but he is desperate to lose it and is willing to try other methods.

Eden is reluctant to help Joshua. His plan makes her sound like a pimp, but Josh has his ways of persuading her. It's not pimping, it's like being a host of the bachelor. After some persuasion, she agrees to help.

The list of girls is made and Josh starts to flirt. High school is a confusing time, but now the sex bug has been planted these two begin to look at each other differently. They begin to notice the more than friends part of each other. They both try to avoid anything that could damage their friendship, but their thoughts become less platonic. Eden and Joshua are perfect for each other, but it's not always easy to see what's right in front of you.

This is a cute romance novel with lots of frustration and a perfect ending. It's funny, sweet and addictive.

I've read quite a few books by Monica Murphy and I'm a huge fan. Her books tick all the right boxes for me. My favourite being Fair Game. I was so excited to read Saving it and I'm so glad it didn't disappoint. I can't get enough of this author, and I always look forward to what she will come up with next.

Easy 5-stars out of 5.
*ARC received in exchange for a fair review*

ebook £3.66
Expected publication: November 6th 2017 by Entangled: Crush

I loved this book! You are going to hear me say that a lot during this review. The minute I started it, I knew that I would just adore it. Eden and Josh are easily my favorite POVs and characters. Each of them were so humorous in their own way with their fun personalities. Even when I wanted to smack their heads together at their stubbornness, I still loved them.

I think of the best things about this book was that it felt like I was a teenager while reading. Sometimes, I find that adults have a hard time writing teens. They try too hard and make them sound incredibly stilted. Or try to throw in weird lingo that was cool in the 90s. Monica Murphy knows how to write teenagers. Sometime tells me she probably has teens herself.

Although I'm confused. Don't teenagers text each other anymore? Or is it all about that Snapchat? Which I honestly still haven't figured out. Gosh, I'm old. *insert grey haired grandma emoji here*

Another positive to this book was the POV switching back and forth. It switched from Josh to Eden in the middle of chapters. Now normally, that would infuriate me and I'd probably chuck the book at a wall. Not with this. I seriously loved the way the format was. I felt more bonded to the characters because I got to read both sides of their story.

Honestly, you guys got to check this book out. It's so endearing and heartfelt. I just feel so fuzzy after reading this. I honestly want to go back and re-read it because I loved it that much. I hope we got a Molly and Abraham story! I liked those two. Come November, I'm going to get me a physical copy of this book because I just loved it.

This book was an unfortunate miss for me. I was excited to start it because the friends stop lovers trope is one of my favorites. One thing I liked about it was that you could feel the friendship and history between Eden and Josh. I liked seeing their relationship evolve and grow into more.

Unfortunately, I didn't like the writing style at all. It came across incredibly juvenile for high school seniors and there was the overcast of immaturity. It felt like the characters were funded down too their simplest forms. I also found the writing to be repetitive, especially inner dialogue. It felt like filler. Eden and Josh's voices were not very clear in thee beginning despite having incredibly different personalities.

I felt like this was a pretty realistic look at teens today. Eden and Josh are best friends who find themselves searching for someone to take the next step with and make the realization that sometimes that person is right in front of you. I liked the alternating view points and I thought that this was a cute, fun, romantic read.

Best friends Josh and Eden talk about everything, sex and relationships included. Still, Eden is taken aback when Josh asks her to help him find someone to lose his virginity with -- not because of the request itself, but because it makes her see him in a different light. Suddenly, she’s thinking of Josh in a distinctly more-than-friends way. But Josh obviously doesn’t think of her that way, or he wouldn’t have asked for her help... or would he?

So, I couldn’t sleep last night and ended up marathoning this whole book in one sitting. Honestly, given the subject matter, I was worried that it would have some problematic aspects. Much to my surprise, everything was handled respectfully and fairly and largely without judgment. The book is super cute and the writing is great. Everything flows really naturally and the dialogue never sounds forced or fake.

I love these books where best friends suddenly realize that they’re in love. I could’ve done with a touch less angst, but as someone who actually did fall in love with their best friend, I can 100% confirm that a lot of drama and misunderstandings occur as you convert your relationship from “just friends” to “more than friends” to “are we dating now?” -- and I think Murphy captured that really well here. So, yes, while the angst level was a little higher than I might have liked, it was most definitely realistic.

All in all, I was really pleasantly surprised by Saving It and would highly recommend it to YA romance fans.

I received a free ARC of Saving It from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.