What self-respecting tween girl wasn't obsessed with Meg Cabot's stories growing up? Then, growing up and finding her adult novels, only to discover her knack for writing and telling captivating reads has remained. With
"No Judgments," it tells the story of a sweet yet charming romance in the middle of a hurricane while attempting to rescue local pets. It's more than just a romantic story as we explore the complexities of these two souls in Drew and Bree as they come together over their similarities. Fans of Meg Cabot and animal lovers are sure to enjoy this cutesy read.

As a tween, I devoured Meg Cabot’s books. As an adult, I found it just as easily to do so, but with the addition of being bothered by plenty of the content. A quick preamble to the review: Our leading lady, Bree, moves to a tiny island in the Keys, running from her ex and overbearing mother, to find herself living a stress-free life: free of her ex and mother, new pink hair, and a geriatric cat who likes to snuggle to keep her company. When a category 5 hurricane is heading straight for the island, she decides to wait it out with some of the island’s residents. During said hurricane, she gets a-talking to the heartthrob with a rumored playboy attitude and discovers there is more to him than that. This novel is a typical girl meets boy. Hair-pulling on the playground eventually leads to hair-pulling in the bedroom, no surprises here.

One issue I didn’t care for was the determined independence which borders abject stubbornness of the lead. However, when push comes to shove she accepts assistance, going as far to think that the whole situation would have been hopeless had it not been for this dude that came with her. It’s this trope I’ve seen too many times in romcoms. It’s as if someone is saying: Ha ha, woman thinks she is independent and doesn’t need man to survive, but we’ll show you she really does. It’s seriously okay to just have people fall in love or discover how people are more than the rumors that precede them, I don’t need all the additional dependency subtext.

Other plot points were weirdly thrown in – the pet rescue mission the protagonist gallantly takes on as she’s apparently been a strident animal rights activist the entire time instead of just now at the halfway point of the novel, the painting which we find out is her passion way too late, her radio-famous mom that once islanders know about treat her differently and that’s a big deal (only would that really be a big deal, doubtful, not to mention virtually no one treats her that differently), and oh by the way she knows how to use a gun, hide a body, pick a lock, and other petty criminal crimes because her father was a defense attorney and growing up she go on play-dates with mafiosi.

Other than some plot points feeling awkwardly wedged in, the plot moves at a decent pace which I am always grateful for.

Bree’s life was a storm well before a massive hurricane strikes the island she calls home. What follows is a delightful tale of romance, pets, and finding yourself after the storm passes.

I love Meg Cabot and her writing styles. This books did not disappoint. From the moment I started reading I couldn't put the book down. I did wish that there was more to the story thou. I felt that it was neatly wrapped up in a chapter or two. I would have liked to read more about the other characters- especially the surprise character towards the end. With that being said, I did enjoy this book.

A fun, quirky read with a deeper message about not judging people and finding the courage to chase our dreams. The characters are delightful and well-developed, the pacing is great and the romance between Drew and Bree is fantastic. The setting and hurricane subplot are clever tools for the author to tell the story. I hope this is the beginning of a series. Very enjoyable!
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC. All opinions stated here are my own.

Meg Cabot has delivered yet another sizzling romance with “No Judgments.” Bree and Drew are a dream(y) team who, in the aftermath of a devastating hurricane, join forces to save the fictional town of Little Bridge’s pets that were left behind when their owners evacuated without them. Cabot’s latest is entertaining and educational, a certain hit for her readers.

"No Judgments" by Meg Cabot is a delightfully sweet and funny romance. It was a quick read that left a smile on my face long after I finished it.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

Everything you have come to expect from this author!! It was an amazing story from start to finish about two people who need each other more than they know. It will not disappoint.

This book was a lot of fun. I wish Little Bridge was a real place because I'd love to visit. I loved all of the characters and the way they took care of each other. Bree and Drew's interplay was hilarious, their rescue operation was amazing and the kitchen confrontation was so satisfying. I recommend this to anyone who's a fan of cute animals, sunny beaches and good romance.

This book is rich with love. It's not just romance, although there is a ton of that as well. There is so much love that I don't know where I want to start, but I guess the best place to start should be with the obvious...Drew and Bree. I honestly loved them from the first time he called her "Fresh Water" which is defnitely an insult.

Bree runs away from home after a disturbing incident with a friend, and she runs to a place that feels like home to her. Bree's love for herself for running away when she didn't feel safe and her love for the island that's become her safe place is touching.

It seems everyone and their mom loves and adores animals on Little Bridge. With the Hurricane more than one person talks not jsut about how they will be safe, but how they will keep their pets safe. And when people are forced to leave their pets and then are stranded on the mainland, Drew and Bree become the communities pet saviors. Everyone's love of animals and community came across so authentically genuine.

Bree is a 25 year old woman who escapes to the Florida Keys for a fresh start. After dealing with sexual assault at the hands of her boyfriend’s best friend, and receiving no support from her boyfriend or mother, Bree retreats to the island of Little Bridge. When news that a Category 5 hurricane is headed straight towards island, Bree hunkers down along with new friends, co-workers, and her boss’ very attractive nephew Drew. The storm weathered, Bree and Drew focus their attention on each other while tending to pets left behind as their owners fled the storm.

As a big mid-aughts Meg Cabot fan, I was excited to give this book a try. It was a very light read and at times enjoyable. However, there were also parts when I couldn’t help but roll my eyes and groan. I can forgive the over-abundance of troupes as I was expecting this novel to be very “rom-com” (woman retreats to an island frequented in her youth to find herself, bad boy has a soft side, Man is secretary obsessed with woman, etc) What I couldn’t look past, however, were a few really “out there” plot points that seemed far too outlandish to exist (see: guns, real biological moms) I enjoyed Bree’s penchant for protecting the island’s animals, and I would have loved to see that fleshed out in a more thoughtful way. The romance plot was rushed and very one dimensional.

Admittedly, this novel was not for me. However, I think that those looking for a light, somewhat silly but sweet story will enjoy this.

3.5 stars. I enjoyed this book but found myself skimming at times but I'm not sure why. I enjoyed the characters and the background of the hurricane and all the animals. I'm an animal lover myself but I just wanted a little something more from the romance. It's a fun book and I'll be recommending it as that! Plus I'm from Indiana and Meg Cabot is from here which makes her pretty popular!

Meg Cabot is an author I will always read as I have been a fan since her Boy books. This book had me a little worried before I read it due to the mixed reviews I have been seeing but for me, it didn't disappoint. It was full of charm and fun characters. Bree has left her life in NYC after dealing with a combination of difficult life events and is living on Little Bridge Island. As a cat 5 hurricane heads her way, Bree decided not to leave because of her very difficult cat. This was honestly the only thing that bothered me about the story, as she did not have any prior experiences of riding out a hurricane. Her decision to stay is the catalyst for all other events of the story, as her choice to stay allows her to explore different relationships with the people she has already grown to care about on the island. The story was full of danger, fun, and romance. I wish there had been a touch more romance, but I found the character of Drew well written. I also really liked the way that Cabot wrote the events of the 2nd half of the book, after the hurricane hits the small island. I will continue to grab and devour book Cabot! Thank you negalley for this arc in exchange for my honest opinion.

Another great RomCom by Meg Cabot. No Judgements is a very sweet story about a girl starting over in an island in the Florida Keys and the relationship that emerges between her and a local as they prepare for a hurricane. I liked everything about this book except for the slightly contrived backstory of the main character. She left her old life because of two traumatic events and either one would have been enough to start over. I felt the inclusion of both of them was too much and trying to hard to touch of multiple relevant social issues. Otherwise I was a fan and think anyone who likes Meg Cabot will enjoy this latest book.

I had a lot of high hopes for this book. Growing up Cabot was always one of my favorite authors with her Princess Diaries series and a few others. I did like the main character Bree but the rest left me wishing for better development. I felt like the main love interest really only wanted to hurt people. I am all for animal rights and making sure animals are treated well, but that was the only angle I got from him. I was hoping there would have been more of a story and there really wasn't. I got through this read quickly bu mainly because I just wanted to finish it.

I thank NetGalley and Harper Collins for allowing me to have early access to this title to leave an honest review. I just wish I had a better review for them.

Bree is weathering her first massive hurricane. She is lucky that she and her cat are able to stay with her boss and his family. She thinks that this hurricane isn’t as bad as she thought. She has recently rebuilt her life away for everyone and is happy to lay low.

But animal-loving Bree does become alarmed when she realizes how many islanders have been cut off from their beloved pets. Now it’s up to her to save as many of Little Bridge’s cats and dogs as she can She has no choice but to accept from her boss’s sexy nephew, Drew Hartwell, the Mermaid Café’s most notorious heartbreaker.

Bree is trying to focus on doing good and not focusing on the sexy man who is helping her. Can she keep her hands and her heart to herself?

Well written with great characters. I really enjoyed this book.

Another fun read from Meg Cabot. I can’t wait to read more in this series as the characters on the island are engaging and each have their own story. I enjoyed also the hurricane tidbits at the beginning of each chapter. I found Bree’s mother not too believable and I thought the interactions with her a bit too annoying.

So I might be biased, I am a huge Meg Cabot fan, but I did enjoy reading No Judgments. The first novel in the Little Bridge Island series, is about Bree Beckham, who has escaped to the island she visited with her family when she was a child, but her timing couldn't have been worse. She has lived on the island for a few months, and works as a waitress at the local diner where she meets the owner's nephew, gruff and elusive Drew Hartwell. When a hurricane is projected to hit the island directly, her boss and Drew try to convince Bree to head to the mainland, which she refuses to do. When her apartment floods, she she is brought to her boss's house, by none other than Drew and they soon find themselves working together to rescue the animals who were left behind by their owners in a rush to escape the island. As Bree and Drew grow closer, her mother and ex-boyfriend fly to the island to convince her to return home. This is a typical enemies to lovers romance, with excellent side characters and a premise I have never read in a romance before. I look forward to the next book in the series, and I have a few side characters that I hope will have their chance at love in future novels. If you are a fan of past Meg Cabot romances then this will be a good book for you to pick up.

I love Meg Cabot and I am always up for a new book from her, but I found the start of the Little Bridge Island series slightly disappointing. First, the good: I liked Bree, and I grew to like Drew as well. Their interactions were pretty cute, although sometimes perhaps a little too juvenile. (In regard to Drew: I love that all his dogs were named Bob!) I enjoyed getting to know some of the background characters, and assume we'll see more of them in later books.

The bad: I felt like the buildup and aftermath of the hurricane could have been handled better? The warnings were so dire (and as a Floridian, I do not understand deciding not to evacuate when you live on the flipping Keys!! That is how you die!), but then the storm turned out to be no big deal. I think I read that Cabot based this book off her experiences during Irma & Maria, which were no joke: the Keys were without power for days and days. But in the story, Drew's aunt and uncle had a generator running and it seemed like the power company showed up within a few days.

The subplot with Bree and Drew taking care of evacuees' pets similarly felt like it fell a little flat. I expected it to play more of a role into her deciding to stay on Little Bridge Island and pursue her art, but the two conflicts felt completely disconnected.

Bree's mother was made out to be a Nancy Grace-esque character, but ultimately that seemed not essential to her character? She could have just as easily been a wealthy New York lawyer, so I'm not sure why she needed to be a (presumably) right-wing legal radio host. Bree's conflict with her mother, as well as her ex and her assaulter, were dealt with a little too pat for my liking. I guess I expected there to be more to come, but the book wrapped up pretty quickly.

Meg Cabot was my absolute favorite author as a teen, so everytime I see that she has a new book out, I get those flutters of excitement like I did when I saw a new Princess Diaries book on the shelves. But No Judgements just didn't feel like Meg Cabot to me. Although the book is set during a catastrophic hurricane, the stakes felt so unbelievably low to me. I know part of this stems from the fact that Cabot herself lives in Florida and she is portraying the event from the perspective of locals who have seen it all before, but there was so little tense build-up. And while the I think the animal rescue plotline is sweet and surely realistic, it also felt just... meh as far as page-turning quality goes. The main characters, too, didn't have nearly as much personality as some of Cabot's teen heroines (I much rather would have read about an adult Mia Thermopolis or aduklt Samantha Madison going through this hurricane, thank you very much) and the love story wasn't as butterfly-inducing as I like from my romances. This was simply not my personal favorite from Cabot, but if you love animals, or quiet romances, or extreme weather, this might be just your cup of tea.