I started listening to this book, switched to digital and inhaled it, and then finished listening to it. So I’ve basically read it twice over the course of 3 days. I loved it! I now want to read all of Lauren Layne’s other books!

The narrators did a great job and I appreciated the emotions in their tones. It absolutely added to the story.

This is a wonderful romance. Grace Cooper has fallen for someone on a dating app. But there’s a catch- it’s an app without pictures so she only knows him through his words.

And then she meets Sebastian Andrews in real life. His family’s corporation wants to buy out Grace’s business’ lease. When they first meet there’s a huge spark- until they figure out who they each are and that they are on opposing sides.

I found this to be the sweetest of love stories! The side characters, mostly friends and family, are wonderful as is the slow burn enemies to lovers romance with a side of secret identity romance! All the stars!

Thanks to Simon and Schuster for an advance audio copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an advance digital copy of the book.

This book just made me smile for hours on end. It's such a fun twist on one of my all-time favorite movies, You've Got Mail. Gracie Cooper has been trying to keep her father's champagne store afloat ever since his death. While her original life plan did not include owning and running a small family-owned business in the city, she loves the legacy the store has as well as it's ties to her father. While her dreams of being an artist have been pushed aside Gracie has not given up on the possibility of meeting her one true love. She believes that a chance meeting on the street with a gorgeous stranger may be just that until she learns he has a girlfriend and is the owner of the business that has been trying to put and end to her champagne store.

Layne really captured the fun, light-hearted feel of the Nora Ephron film. Gracie and Sebastian have that chemistry and banter that brings laughter and angst. This book is a definite slow burn but worth it for the HEA in the end. I loved the additional side characters written into the story and the little twists and turns that make this book unique. I'm always a fan of an epistolary romance and this delivers for sure. It's an enjoyable fast read perfect for anyone wanting a book to put them in a good mood.

This one was so cute. It felt a lot like Tweet Cute even though it's such a difference premise. It was super fun and I like that I read it in the summer. It also would be a cute spring book too is you're a seasonal reader!

Five bubbly stars for this new twist on the "You've Got Mail" plot. Gracie Cooper and Sebastian Andrews have connected via a sight unseen dating app. Their texts to each other using the app have bonded them in more ways than they realize. Meanwhile Gracie's family is struggling to keep their brick-and-mortar champagne shop afloat while Sebastian's family firm owns the space and is trying to buy them out. The banter between the two, in text and in person, is top notch. Both characters are endearing just as Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks are in the movie. There is lots of champagne, good food, beautiful art, and a cat named Cannoli. If you love the movie, you will love this book. Also try "Very Sincerely Yours" by Kerry Winfrey, a well-executed mashup of "You've Got Mail" and "Mr. Rogers Neighborhood."

Thank you to Gallery Books and NetGalley for a DRC in exchange for an honest review.

To Sir, with Love is the modern-day fairytale every rom-com lover needs. It's definitely a take on "You've Got Mail." A chance meeting on a dating app, one without pictures no less, and a failing family business really brought me back to the way I felt the first time I watched Kathleen Kelly and Joe Fox struggle with their romance. Gracie and her "Sir" are kept apart by more than just fate. There's the fact that he has a girlfriend, that they've never even seen photos of each other, and the fact that the mysterious and handsome, yet evil, Sebastian has shown up in Gracie's life. I loved the cast of characters and how family-driven this book was, and honestly, I am so happy I had the opportunity to read this modern-day romance.

5/5 Stars!!

Thank you to NetGalley and Gallery Books for providing me with an e-arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Lauren Layne has gifted us with another smart, classy contemporary romance in To Sir, with Love. I’ve been anxiously awaiting Layne’s next book especially with my latest book slump. As usual, she pulled me right out of it with this lovely story. It is perfectly parallel with the movie, You’ve Got Mail. In this, Gracie has taken over her late father’s champagne shop. However, her landlord, Sebastian and his family business, want to buy out the lease from her early for another project. With everything going online these days, the shop has not been doing well. She is bound and determined to keep her father’s legacy even if it may not be what she enjoys.

Gracie dreams in fairy tales. She is looking for exactly the right prince charming to come and sweep her off her feet. She’s sweet, kind and always wants to believe the best in people. She has recently met a man online through a dating app where they talk but don’t see photos of each other unless they want to. They chat often but are just friends right now. There are many exchanges between Sir and her sprinkled throughout. Meanwhile, Sebastian and her keep running into each other, trading barbs and getting under each other’s skin. You really don’t know who to root for: the online person she has the most in common with, or the one in real life who pushes her.

There was no major drama in this story, which I certainly appreciated. A huge part of the story was about saving the shop. All the secondary characters added so much to the story. The pace was so perfect that I did not want to put it down. It gives you just the right amount of closure. The entire story gives you a warm, fuzzy feeling when it’s over. Another terrific read from Lauren Layne that I would recommend. If you love a smart, classy romance with a You’ve Got Mail feel, you will absolutely love this one!

*I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Gracie's love for fairytales ran deep, and she believed she had finally found her prince. She had no idea what he looked like, or even what his name was, but she knew this online man was "the one". Things got a bit complicated when Sebastian made a bid to buy out her family business, and Gracie found herself falling for the enemy.

I have read 28 of Lauren Layne's books, and you know what? This may be my favorite yet! The book had that mix of humor, warmth, and wit I have grown to expect from Layne, but there was just something extra special about it for me.

This book was so much fun to read! I laughed and smiled my face off as I blazed through this tale. I was having such a good time with the characters and this story, that I simply could not stop turning those pages. Gracie was very easy to love. I adored her heart-eyes dreamy romantic heart and admired how hard she worked to preserve her family's legacy. But every leading lady needs support, and Layne assembled a wonderful cast of characters for this book. Each was able to pop off the page while endearing themselves to me. Let's just say, a fabulous time was had by all.

The interactions between Gracie and Sebastian was spectacular. I loved the tension and the sparks. Their exchanges made me grin, smile, smirk, and sometimes, swoon. Watching their relationship evolve while knowing what was going on in the background gave me so much pleasure, and I delighted in seeing them move closer and closer to that HEA.

What I think took this book up a notch for me were the online exchanges between Lady and Sir. I love the nod to all those rom-coms that own my heart! These electronic missives were often sweet and amusing, but they gained depth throughout the story. It wasn't just what they said in these exchanges, but also the idea of falling in love with someone sight unseen. I loved that!

This book was a smashing success for me! As always, Layne crafted a splendid romance laced with heartfelt moments of family and friendship. She tugged at my heartstrings, made me laugh, and forced me to smile till my face hurt. I would dare say this book had a champagne effect on me. It produced bubbles of joy that tickled me pink and left me feeling warm and fizzy.

Gracie Cooper has found the perfect man. Unfortunately, Gracie has never met him and doesn't even know what he looks like since they only text through an app. Most importantly, he is not available. When another man perks her interest, Gracie realizes that Sebastian is the landlord that has been sending her letters wanting to buy her out of the shop's lease. Even though the champagne shop was her father's dream rather than hers, Gracie is trying to make it a success. As Gracie stages events to up the shop's revenue, Sebastian attends these events. Gracie suspects his motives. I receive a free copy of this ebook from the publisher through Netgalley. This is my honest and voluntarily given review. I love this book. It had me laughing out loud at times. I love how Gracie develops feeling both for Sebastian and her mystery man. I enjoy both the witty dialogue as well as her texts. Gracie's friends and family are great secondary characters and really add to the story. I am now a fan of Lauren Layne and will look for more of her books. This book uplifted my spirits and I will definitely reread in the future.

Having been a fan of you've got mail, I loved the premise of this book. It was pretty true to the story but I would have liked to know more about the hero. Being told only from the heroines point of view made him hard to root for. Even knowing Sir and the hero were the same, I found myself just wanting her to get with the human and stop chasing the mystery app man because that was a relationship that actually grew and developed. I felt like the text conversations really weren't that in depth to warrant falling in love.

3.5 stars. This book was so cute! A modern retelling of The Shop Around the Corner or You've Got Mail. I really enjoyed the banter and chemistry between Gracie and Sebastian as well as all the fun side characters. I appreciated that it wasn't just focusing on the romantic relationship but also on Gracie's growth, letting go of her family's shop and building the courage to go after her dream. I loved the community aspect of this story, how every one in Gracie's life banned together to try to save the shop.

How this story could have been improved:
- I wish it was more modern, it felt a little too similar to You've Got Mail, it needed more differentiation
- It needed a little bit of steam, there was so much chemistry but I felt like it constantly let go of that chemistry and moved to different parts of the story instead of sticking with it and exploring it more.

Overall, I enjoyed reading it and felt like I needed a glass of champagne every time I picked it up.

Actual rating: 4.5 stars

I really enjoyed this book, much more than I thought I would. The characters were interesting, and the incorporation of a young business woman who sells niche champagne is not something you see often. And even though it hurt to close the shop because of her dad, she did what was best for herself, which I thought was an important aspect. The chapters were all relatively short, so I flew through the story. Both Gracie and Sebastian were likeable, interesting characters, and their enemies-to-lovers relationship was at turns sweet and hot!

I docked half a star because 1) the romance doesn't really happen until the last 5-10%, which was frustrating. Also, I feel that the revelation that Sebastian = Sir was a little anticlimactic since it's told to us readers in the synopsis. A little bit of suspense there would've been nice. But I think Layne still managed to create a bit of a tense atmosphere between the two lovers.

The storyline is intriguing - Gracie owns her family's champagne shop, Sebastian wants the shop to leave (his family is in the business of building high rises), and their chemistry is instant. Gracie also has a mystery man in her life, Sir that she met through a dating app - although they have not actually met. Gracie and Sebastian find themselves actually liking each other, even though circumstances say they could easily be enemies. However, Gracie has the other side of her life - the one in the fantasy of who she has built Sir up to be. Can she figure out which path her life needs to take?

I cannot even tell you how much I loved this book, although I'm going to try to express it. The story of Gracie and Sebastian captured me from page one and entertained me until the last page. The idea of pen pals in today's times has evolved from the days of letters, to emails, to now app communication. I always thought the idea of falling in love through the written word was one of the most epic and romantic ways for falling in love to happen. I feel like when reading this, as the read, you're in on this big, amazing, grand secret that the main characters aren't in on yet, and you just keep reading because you want to be in that ah-ha moment with them. As a fan of letters, romantic comedies, and love in general - I was delighted by this book and will be reading more Lauren Layne books soon. I will be recommending this book to all my friends who I know enjoy a good modern day romance.

Thank you to NetGalley and Gallery Books for a copy of the ebook in exchange for my honest review.

4.5 stars

I feel like I haven't read a Lauren Layne book in so long, and I really missed her work a lot. I love every one of her books, and of course To Sir, with Love was no exception.

This story follows the sweet, dreamy, romantic Gracie Cooper, who has put aside her dream of becoming an artist to run the family business when her father died. She knows the store isn't doing well, but she is not ready to give up yet. That's where the flirty and handsome Sebastian Andrews and his buyout proposal comes in. From the moment they meet, Gracie falls under his spell. But when she realizes what he wants to do with her store, she treats him like an enemy and won't let him get to her. At the same time, she meets Sir through a dating app and slowly falls in love with him and his kind words without doubting for a moment that she has already met him several times before...

This book was a breath of fresh air, and I enjoyed its soft and happy vibes so much! Gracie and Sebastian's story put me in the best mood, and no one writes rom-com better than Lauren Layne. Gracie was a sweetheart! I immediately adored her and loved how we followed her personal journey to find out what she wanted in life. She had to give up her dreams to fulfill her father's, which was very brave of her, but I loved following her development and seeing her take control of her life and her dreams. Sebastian was also a great and lovable character, and even though he had no POV in the book, I really got attached to him. Together, Gracie and Sebastian had great chemistry, their banter was so funny, and you could tell from the beginning that they were attracted to each other. I would have liked more scenes of them as a couple though, and that's why I took half a star off my rating.

What I also really enjoyed about this book were the secondary characters and the friendship between them. I was so invested in Lily and Alec's story, as well as Keva and Grady's. They were all a great addition to the main couple's story, and I hope we see more of them in future books.

Overall, I had a great time reading To Sir, with Love, and it's a perfect read for the summer. The character development was very interesting, and Gracie and Sebastian were so cute together. I had so missed reading a Lauren Layne book!

This was a sweet, fun read. I appreciated that Gracie was an upbeat extroverted main character. Too many books have surly leading ladies and that trope is overdone. I do think this is a book that would have benefited greatly from alternating POVs rather than everything being told from Gracie's perspective, but I loved it and I would definitely read this one again as an audio.

To Sir, with Love by was a feel-good nod to Nora Ephron and You’ve Got Mail. I found myself smiling through the entire book and feeling the same kind of anticipation that Gracie must have been feeling while she waited for Sir's responses! ⁣
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Thank you to the author and Gallery Books for a gifted arc in exchange for my honest opinion.

This one sounded so cute and I couldn’t resist that cover.

I liked Gracie and Sebastian. She’s all fairy tales and he’s all grounded and together they have a lot of potential. It’s quite the slowest of burns with their relationship and I could have done with more banter. Between family, co-workers, friends, and neighbors, there are a good amount of characters here, yet it still remains to be firmly Gracie’s story.

Plot wise, it was good. There are a few moving pieces here and while the romance is a big part of the story, to me it felt like the store and Gracie’s professional future were at the forefront. I’m not sure what it was that kept me from loving this story. I will say that going into the story and knowing that Sebastian was Sir might have taken some of the fun away. Also, I wanted more of them together at the end (even though the epilogue was perfect.)

Overall, it was a quick and enjoyable read, but sadly not one that will stick with me.

**Huge thanks to the publisher for providing the arc free of charge**

This one was a sweet story. A mix of Love Is Blind and You’ve Got Mail. I enjoyed seeing the story unfold - the relationship between Gracie and Sebastian, her online interactions with Sir, and her realizations about how she wants to live her life.

This is a cute and easy read. I would definitely recommend to anyone looking for a light romance.

Lauren Layne is my of my all time favorite authors. This book is everything I love about this author's writing. the story is so cute and it just grabs you from the start. i loved falling in love with the main character. You've Got Mail is my favorite movie, the similarities made me love this book even more. I will read anything and everything Lauren Layne writes because I know i will never be disappointed. Always a happily ever after.

Gracie is set to find her Prince rocker Charming. Her only issue? She’s attracted to a man she’s never met and who is attached to another lady. To make matters worse, Bubbly the champagne store her parents owned and is now hers, is failing. The guy that wants to take the lease? An attractive but irritable businessman. DEFINITELY not Gracie’s prince. But looks may be deceiving and one may have to look just a little deeper at email exchanges to find true love.

Fans of You’ve Got Mail and romantic comedy reads will adore this novel. Lauren Layne creates characters that you will want to root for days on end. The plot is well written, the words flew off the pages and the settings were realistic. This book will make you laugh, smile and shed a tear or two. To Sir, with Love is a winner in my book.

4.5, rounded up.
Can Meg Ryan read this to me please? Total You've Got Mail vibes: small shop owner. NYC in the fall. Secretly messaging a stranger on an online dating app.
It is wonderful!
Gracie Cooper has her head in the clouds and an obsession with fairy tale romances. She daydreams often of the perfect "meet-cute" with her very own prince charming and the life that'll follow. But for now, she's running the family champagne shop and putting off her own happily ever after. This book comes with a whole cast of incredible side characters that are kind, supportive, and just what Gracie needs. But will she be able to get out of her own daydreams in time to realize what's right in front of her?

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my advanced copy of this book. All opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.