I received an ARC from the publisher. Big thank you for this as I love Layne's books! Maybe that makes me a biased reviewer since I loved this one too.

So, this book was good on so many levels but sad on others because it marks the end (I think) of the Oxford and Stiletto books. I'm hoping that the next series with the Wall Street guys overlaps to some extent because of Jon so we get some glimpses into the futures of these ladies, esp since the Wedding Belles also overlapped a bit.

The book is a friends to lovers but also a bit boss-subordinate too since Brit technically works for Hunter. They have a great relationship and their potential as romantic interests is hinted at by most of the other characters from the minute they make an appearance in the series. The banter is fun, and the whole "teach me how to seduce a man" is a lot more believable than you would think. Brit is fun. Hunter is adorably clueless. And the way they fall for each other works. Not really a spoiler IMO since Layne's books always have a dual POV which is the two mains. The book could be a bit longer because the characters are fun and the story seems to hit light speed right near the ending.

Again, my biggest complaint is that it seems like these folks never work. And true, it's about their romances, but there's a lot of social and gossip stuff that goes on, which makes me wonder what my desk jobs have been missing ....

Sweet and predictable, and very heavy on the fluff. That, however, shouldn't be taken as a criticism. The draw of these contemporary romances is exactly this - a reprieve from real life in a world where everyone is attractive and love is simple (even if it doesn't seem like it at first).

What makes these stories work are when the characters are likable and Brit and Hunter were just that. This was my first foray into the Oxford world, but I may just have to go back and read its predecessors now!

All good things must come to an end and alas this is the final book in the Stiletto and Oxford series. We've gotten to know all the characters. Wait, you haven't read all the books? You need to stop now and go back to the beginning! You will not be disappointed.
I Think I Love You is the classic story of friends becoming lovers. Brit is tired of always being relegated to "just friends" with all the guys she dates. She wants to get the sparks of attraction and to feel sexy. When faced with this issue who better to turn to for guidance than her BFF, Hunter. Of course, things don't turn it quite the way they anticipate, but that's part of the fun. Even with Hunter doing some seriously stupid things, he's a guy and there wouldn't be a story if everything was perfect.

Friends-to-lovers romances are my ultimate favorite and this book definitely didn't disappoint. Hunter and Brit are wonderful characters, there's just the right amount of tugging on the heartstrings (but not to the point of tears), and enough heat but not overly graphic (aka my kind of romance novel).

Everyone saw it coming but them. As Hunter's best friend, Brit knows all his tells and needs. Doing anything for him and putting him first comes naturally for her. Now is the moment to step up and be what she needs, a love coach. Brit is the perfect woman a man could want for a partner. The one men feel comfortable to be around and be themselves. The caring one among many other good qualities. But for some reason she is never considered girlfriend material and she expects her best friend can help change that. What they don't expect is the realization of how good they really are together. Maybe she has never been taken seriously because she hasn't found the right guy... Maybe it's better to apply what she has learned with a familiar instead of a stranger, since practice makes perfect. One thing is for sure, they both need to put everything on the line and risk a friendship in other to have something a lot better.

Great book.........sometimes friendship comes to mean a whole lot more and sometimes all your friends want to give you there opinion on your love life but all they want is for everybody to be happy!

I Think I Love You by Lauren Layne is the first book I've read by this author....and I loved it! Although this book is the fifth and final book of the Oxford series, I was able to jump right in without feeling lost. Now I just want to go back and read the stories of some of the other couples.

Brit and Hunter have been best friends for years, but certain circumstances lead them to view one another in a different light. As soon as I read the synopsis for I Think I Love You, I knew I MUST read it, and Lauren Layne did not disappoint.

Their friendship itself, the budding realization and awareness between the two, their inner conflict and confusion, the slow burn and anticipation, the development of their relationship into something more, a bit of angst and misunderstanding. It was perfect.

***I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advance Reader Copy provided by the publisher via NetGalley.***

Lauren Layne has written a wonderful story of Brit Robbins and Hunter Cross to end the Oxford series with a bang! Who else could Britt ask for help in finding “the one” but her best friend and boss, Hunter. Hunter after all is a ladies’ man and can help Brit feel more attractive and approachable instead of every guys’ best girl. What happens is a charming story that takes a terrible event to see that they are more than just besties and they can’t let each other go.

Brit and Hunter are friends, she is looking for someone who will be in it for the long hull and Hunter's just messing around. Little did they know it, we could see them together long before they could. I loved their friendship and how they were comfortable with each other. I am a huge fan of this author and love her humor and the ending that is so so satisfying.

I think I Love You by Lauren Layne is a best-friends to lovers romantic comedy that it is sure to keep you entertained. It is book # 5 in the Oxford series but it is completely standalone, and in fact, makes you want to pick up books 1 through 4 if you haven't read them. Read the full review at aquaintrelleinthecity.com

It started off somewhat good. But as the book progressed, Hunter became something of a jerk. No one twisted his arm when he decided to help Brit on her quest to attract the "one". Hurling insults and keeping her out of the loop. Even when he revealed to the guys about Brit's mission to find love was out of order. I felt he could have kept it quiet. And all of the friends, co-workers being in everyone's business was a bit much. No one had any privacy. If I was Brit, I would have made Hunter work a little harder for my affection after he was planning to return Kansas City without telling her. I mean they were good friends first, before lovers. What reason did he have for his douchery? I voluntarily read this book via NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion.

Lauren Layne’s “Oxford” series is always fun. The characters are witty, good-looking, and charming. This is the last book in the series and I’ll miss it. I’ve enjoyed each one. If this is your first reading of one of Layne’s books, you’re in for a treat. I’ve read them all, but have trouble remembering the individual characters so it might be a bit confusing to have all these characters who are happily married and good friends with each other. Just jump in and read the other books when you’re done with this.

This is a charming friends-to-lovers romance. It’s quite predictable, but still fun. The two friends are Brit and her boss at the Oxford Magazine, Hunter Cross. Brit is fed up that she can’t seem to form any relationship with any man because they all seem to look at her as just a friend. So she asks her best friend, Hunter, to help her learn how to attract men. Well, you know how this is going to end up, but it’s still fun to see the close friendship between Brit and Hunter develop into something more.

I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book that I received from Netgalley; however, the opinions are my own and I did not receive any compensation for my review.

I really enjoyed this title. I think it might be tied with Lincoln's story as my favorite one. SO MUCH YEARNING. Yearning is the best. He's yearning for home, for his family, for starting a family, she's yearning for connection, her family and after a little while her best friend. But the question is does he yearn for her? SO GOOD YOU GUYS. I find the idea of teach me the art of seduction a little ridiculous, but I like the idea of, hey pretending to do these things is making me feel REAL FEELINGS, so ... I'm gonna let it slide.

I definitely need to reread the books because I couldn't QUITE remember all the characters, and they all make cameos, because this is the last one.

sigh.

Anywho, I hope you guys read this one and enjoy it.

An engaging and enjoyable end to the series that includes a few cameos from favorite couples from the series. This story didn't have the emotional depth of some of the other stories in the series but still contained the author's signature blend of humor and heat that make her one of my favorite romance authors.

I've said this time and time again: I absolutely love Lauren Layne's books! I first discovered her with her Stiletto series, and from there on, I've been a huge fan.

I've always been a fan of the best friend to lovers trope, so I was more than excited when I read that I THINK I LOVE YOU would be one of those. Brit and Hunter's friendship was so cute, so seeing them transform into something more made me giddy with happiness. As always, getting to see previous characters is always a treat!

I THINK I LOVE YOU was such a bittersweet ending to the Oxford/Stiletto series. Nevertheless, I'm excited for whatever comes next!

I do sad to see the end of the Oxford/Stiletto crew. This was the perfect ending. I loved the friend to lovers story. The best feeling in the world is to be in love and to be best friends just makes it better. I love this author’s writing style. The story flows perfectly, no unnecessary over the top drama and you end with a happily ever after.

*Horrible admission, I saw this pop up as a possible advanced copy I could review and I read the author name wrong. Jumped on it thinking it was a different author. Thank goodness for my stupidity! I loved it! Hunter and Brit make the best friends. Completely comfortable around each other. Then things change. In a very amazing great way. Another perk of my stupidity, it's the end of a series. I now have a a whole lot of books I get to go look up and read. Score!

Brit and Hunter work together and are best friends. Hunter is Brit’s boss and she asks him to give her lessons on flirting. She feels like all the guys she dates sees her as just friend material and she wants more. Their lessons turn into more and they have sex. They think they can handle it until Hunter gets some news and decides to return to him hometown. Without telling her until he’s about to leave, Hunter knows he’s messed up by not telling her sooner. Can he convince the woman he’s fallen for to give them a chance?
Best friends to lovers story. Romance. Sex. Funny. And sad. Loved it. Sorry to see the series end.

* Voluntarily read and reviewed this for Netgalley *

This author is new to me. I thought this was a really cute friends-to-lovers story. I didn’t realize that it was #5 in a series. There’s a lot of secondary characters throughout the book so sometimes it got me confused on who was who, but I still enjoyed the story. Hunter and Brit are great friends and they really are cute together. It does make me want to check out the 4 other books in the series since every couples back story sounded good.

Welp. If only I could swap my enjoyment of the fourth <i>Oxford</i> with this one because as far as series enders go.. this left a lot to be desired.


In I THINK I LOVE YOU we have a bestfriends who become more situation. Bestfriends who are oblivious to what's in front of them. Bestfriends who have friends betting on when they will each wake up to the inevitable. Bestfriends who each have their own struggles or disconnects with their love lives. In Brit's case she can never find someone to stick around, who sees her as anything more than a friend or a pal or a sister. And in Hunter's case he just isn't interested in more because he knows his life isn't at Oxford, in New York, and that one day he'll return home to Kansas City.. so why do anything more than something casual? But he's actually not a manwhore in that sense. He liked the few date companionship more than the act of adding notches to his bedpost.

"<i>I love that look you get on your face whenever forced to acknowledge I am, in fact, female.</i>"

But when Brit's had enough of being clueless and incapable in the love department, she goes to her bestie for lessons on how to be.. more. More desireable, more sexy, more everything. And I think we all know what happens next.

"<i>What happened?</i>"
"<b>He dumped me.</b>"
"<i>What? How is that even possible? That man was the physical form of halitosis.</i>"

What made this version of the tried and true a little different is that Hunter resists Brit's experiment. Turns her down. And is all around hesitant to shift their paradigm. But of course some well-timed jealousy rears its head and he caves and as they go on a mock-date, as they shift the lense and start to look at each other in a 'more than friends' light, feelings.. brew. But instead of putting a label on it (because <b>heaven for f'ing bid</b>), they play it fast and loose and fun and sexy.. until drama ensues.

<i>He and Brit were what they were. <b>Friends</b>. Good friends. Analyzing <b>why</b> they were the way they were would only complicate one of the best things in his life.</i>

I'll be honest. I didn't find there to be any chemistry between these two. Not even in a friendly sense. I couldn't even remember Brit, vaguely recalled Hunter floating in the background of previous <i>Oxford</i> books, and together..? Well. I could see the author trying to make it happen but I wasn't buying it. And in a romantic sense, I mean.. all the same old same old motions, the same idiotic decisions and boneheaded moves on the man's part and the blanket-forgiveness on the woman's. Nope, sorry.

"<i>Best friends don't lurk outside each other's apartment buildings.</i>"
"<b>They do if they have a favour to ask.</b>"
"<i>Isn't that what texts are for?</i>

This is light, a fast read, and as a bonus had all the familiar faces from both series (<i>Sex, Love & Stiletto</i> <b>and</b> obviously <i>Oxford</i>) make appearances for the finale. Personally, though, the hardest bit from all this to swallow is that there were <b>that</b> many of-age and high-quality dateable people who all worked in the same building. Pure fantasy. That aside, though, I'm sad I didn't love this finale; but I did love so many of the books along the way to the end. Layne is, strangely, not an author who I seem to have any kind of consistency with but ultimately even the non-winners are still entertaining in some way or another. I guess I just expected to wrap this series up with a bang and instead, for me (and please note I am in the minority and this book isn't even out yet), it was more of a bloop.

2.5 "there was no good way to ask a guy to help teach you how to seduce other guys" stars