I found this to be an interesting read. I liked the characters and how they ended up interacting with each other. The storyline ran smoothly yet has a few slow parts. I laughed at a few parts. This is a new to me author but I will check out what else she has written.

This is the second book by Ms. Sullivan that tell the story of the second Jansen brother Noah. Noah has moved to California to get away from his domineering father. He has bought his dream home, and wants to buy the cottage next door to put in a pool. Problem is, this house has been inherited by Grace Travis and she has no intention of selling. Grace is working multiple jobs and finishing up design school. She is thrilled when she inherits her grandparents’ cottage. When her hot, but annoying neighbor keeps trying to buy her house, it’s game on! This starts as an enemies to lovers story, and a little HGTV renovation show thrown in. Noah and Grace are likable characters with parental issues that affect them and their decisions. I like this series and cannot wait for brother Wes’s story. Overall a good book, but it does drag a bit in the middle, hence the 4 star rating. I received an advanced reader copy of this book from NetGalley for my honest review.

This is a fun breezy read. I loved how Grace took charge of her life and was accomplishing her goals. I love the beach houses. I also loved the enemies to friends trope; it never gets old. I liked how Grace dealt with her obnoxious mother, Tammy. It’s a great book to settle on the couch and read.

It took me a little while to get invested into this book, but once I did I really enjoyed it. I found the love interest a bit unlikeable at first, and a few of the couple's arguments seemed contrived/at weird points in the timeline in terms of pacing, but the main characters had good chemistry, I really liked the premise, and there were a bunch of cute moments, especially towards the end. I'd definitely recommend picking this up when it comes out if you like the grumpy x sunshine or enemies to lovers tropes.

What a fun read! I enjoyed this as much as the first one. I love a good enemies to lovers with lots of banter and this certainly fit the bill. Grace was absolutely wonderful to read and I couldn’t help pulling for her every step of the way. I wish we’d gotten to see a little more of what Noah did when he wasn’t with Grace. I feel like we missed some of his growth and it made the plot feel a bit uneven in tempo. I loved the interior design theme. It took me back to years spent watching Trading Spaces.

Sweet romance that feels cozy and warm all the way through. You don’t often see so little major conflict in the relationship in a romance, but it was expertly done and refreshingly sweet.

Two words to sum up the novel? Romantic and elevated. First and foremost, I loved the developing relationship between the two main characters, Grace and Noah. Their love is genuine and aspirational. They are funny, kind hearted, intelligent, and witty. The premise of the novel was different from anything I’ve ever read before in the Romance Fiction genre, and the array of characters and personalities made it a very enjoyable read. This is definitely a fun one for HGTV/Chip and Joanna fans! It goes beyond young love and delves into realistic escapism. However, as I got through the novel, I started losing momentum until the last 60 pages. I do feel as though it was too long, and while I enjoyed the novel in its entirety, I think it could have been shorter without sacrificing any of the necessary development and detail. I struggled with the pacing, which makes me give this one a 3.5/5 stars.

Enemies to lovers? Home Reno? Sign me the heck up!!!!!!

This book was so much fun!!! I felt so attached to all of the characters, and I loved watching Grace and Noah fight their feelings for each other. Their banter was what makes me love the enemies to lovers trope! This was a clean, quick, swoony read!

Thanks to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!

What a great story!
This is the first book I’ve read by Sophie Sullivan, but it won’t be the last. How to Love Your Neighbor is book 2 in the series. Grace Travis has inherited a house from her grandmother. But she hasn’t been able to move into it due to attending school for interior design, and everything else in her life. Noah Jansen is her next-door neighbor, whom she hasn’t met. He wants to purchase the empty house so he can expand his property. Grace and Noah meet before they realize they are neighbors, and both have an instant attraction, but don’t plan on pursuing it. When Grace finally moves in, and Noah offers to purchase her new home, the differences in their lives become apparent.
This well written book takes us on the journey of these two people, who could have an instant friendship; that actually starts out adversarial, and then becomes a working relationship for both. This book made me feel good-that the main characters were people whom I like and were hoping that they could move past the expectations that they had to become more…better people, better friends, and truly connected. The story is complete, and if you don’t read the first book, that won’t matter. But now having read book 1, this second book is even better.
I received and ARC of the book through NetGallery from St. Martin’s Press. This is my honest opinion.

What an entertaining enemies to lovers romance! Grace is a strong, independent character that is easy to root for. I love how she holds her own with Noah and shows him just what women are capable of! The banter and hijinx between the two of them as they learn to be neighbors (and possibly more) with each other is fun and makes you laugh out loud at some parts. A great read if you are in the mood for a fun, entertaining romance novel!

Girl on her own struggling with an absent mother and an almost degree in interior design inherits beach house from unknown grandparents.

The rich developer next door keeps asking her to sell. She is keeping the house and the back and forth between them is predictable and you knew it was going to end up with her in his bed and her designing his house and poof, problems solved.

Not a fan of romance if it’s the struggling girl meets rich bachelor type.

NetGalley/ January 18th, 2022 by St. Martin’s Griffin

I started this book without knowing a whole lot about Sophie Sullivan, curious to see what kind of a contemporary romance I was getting into. Then, I couldn't stop reading and read it in one night. I adored everything about this book. With enemies to lovers and the double dates with found family and best friends, this one featured many of my favorite tropes. Grace was such an immersive, relatable character. The chemistry between her and Noah is fabulous. This book was laugh-out-loud funny and desperately made me want to re-design my house.

Thank you so much to St. Martins and Netgalley for the e-arc. . I really adored everything about it, and can't wait to read more from Sophie Sullivan.

Grace finally has enough money to move into the house she inherited from her grandparents. Unfortunately, her hot neighbor Noah only wants to meet her to see if she'll sell her house. He wants her property for a pool. These two get off on the wrong foot but soon work together on home renovations. Will they figure out there is more between them than their neighborly feud?

I was hooked as soon as I began reading this enemies-to-lovers story with HGTV-type home renovations. The characters are wonderful. Grace and Noah are an adorable couple -- their banter is amusing, and they have a lot in common despite coming from different backgrounds. Their families and friends are entertaining and supportive. My favorite side characters were cranky surrogate grandfather Morty and Noah's brother Chris who provides good advice.

While How to Lover Your Neighbor is an easy, light read, it touches on heavier topics like pursuing your passion, dealing with parent issues, and belonging.

I enjoyed this book, but I thought it was a little bit too long. If it was more streamlined, I don't think it would have felt slow in some places.

Overall, this slow-burn, feel-good romance is a fun, cute read! 3.5/5 stars

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for a digital copy of this book.

While How to Love Your Neighbor is a sweet enemies-to-lovers romance with lots of fun renovation work, it doesn’t do much to make itself stand out.

Grace and Noah are fine lead characters, but I didn’t particularly love them. The “enemies” portion of their relationship flew by, and their chemistry felt fake at times. There were also a number of instances where a simple conversation would’ve solved the problem, and I’m not a huge fan of conflict just because people won’t talk to each other. The secondary characters made for a nice supporting cast—I especially liked Morty—but they weren’t very memorable.

I could’ve done without the horrible parents plot lines. I guess the story needed more conflict, and manipulative parents are an easy option, but the issue felt forced. The appearance of Grace’s mother near the end of the story was simply used to add drama, and I didn’t care for it. Noah’s issues with his father felt a bit more realistic, but things seemed mostly unresolved at the end, and it felt odd that his dad was never actually seen on the page.

What I did like about this story was all the renovation work. Sure, some of these scenes could’ve been cut to trim down the story, but it was fun to see Grace’s process and have her work slowly transform Noah’s idea of a house versus a home. The descriptions of the work were detailed and beautiful; I wish there were pictures somewhere to see what inspired the author for the designs!

All in all, How to Love Your Neighbor is a fun romance, but it’s nothing particularly special.

First of all, thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for giving me early access to this book. This was such a fun read with a cute and unique twist on the enemies to lovers trope. I absolutely loved the plot and the characters were fun and complex.. However, at times the enemies aspect seemed a little forced, and some of Grace’s outbursts seemed unrealistic or too much. Essentially, the enemies aspect did not appear to have an entirely natural or credible flow. Nonetheless, the book was enjoyable and I was rooting for the two characters the entire time!

When Grace, soon to be design graduate, inherits her grandparent’s home and finally has a place to call her own, she didn’t expect it to come with rich and snobby neighbour. What’s worse, he’s trying to buy her house to knock it down for a pool? When they live within view of an ocean? As the drama heats up, Grace might be surprised that something else is heating up between her and her hot neighbour.

This book started out GREAT. Great tension between Grace and Noah, fun banter, and a good pacing. But somewhere in the middle, I stopped caring about the romance? I signed up for some conflict and banter, but it seemed like they hit a truce pretty early and their relationship kind of fell flat for me. I feel like we should have had a slower burn.

That being said, I finished this and the writing was pretty good. Morty was definitely my favourite character and he brought a spark to this book that I felt it needed. What can I say - I love outspoken seniors in books!

All in all, this was pretty good, but I had higher hopes for it.

Cute, enjoyable follow-up to Sullivan's previous novel, Ten Rules for Faking It.

Here's the spoiler-free premise: Life hasn't been easy for Grace Travis. But now, she's finally finishing up her design school degree and getting ready to move into the house bequeathed to her by the grandparents she never met. When she does, she's pleasantly surprised to see the hot guy she literally ran into on the beach is her neighbor. That is, until he offers to buy her house. Though it needs a lot of work, Grace doesn't mind, but Noah is insistent. As a wealthy real estate developer, he's not used to taking no for an answer. But he's found his match with Grace -- in more ways than one.

Now, I usually don't like to compare an author's works, but in this case, I can't help it. I was maybe halfway through the book before I realized that Noah is one of the brothers to Chris in Sullivan's Ten Rules for Faking It! Having wanted to know more about Chris and Everly's relationship since the conclusion of that book, I was glad to see their appearance in this book. (And a couple of other characters have cameos too!)

That said, everything I liked about Ten Rules, I also liked about How to Love Your Neighbor: it's funny and entertaining, and readers get both Grace and Noah's perspectives. I enjoyed their little bets, witty remarks, and futile attempts to keep their obvious attraction at bay. I appreciate that Grace and Noah's story isn't too cheesy; they supported one another and enjoyed each other's company in general. I do, however, wish we'd have gotten to see more of what they had in common. Also, the same way much of Chris and Everly's relationship revolved around the radio station, much of Grace and Noah's revolved around interior design. I didn't mind that, but, for example (and mini-spoiler) their first official date is to a furniture store Grace loves. I mean, I get it -- take me to a bookstore any day! -- but to me it felt like more suited to their professional relationship than their romantic one.

Still, I enjoyed this book a lot. On top of Grace and Noah's comedy-filled feud, there's also Grace's stand-in grandfather Morty, an old grouch who's not as crotchety as he'd like you to believe, her best friend Rosie, and Noah's personal assistant Josh for additional comedic relief. And they are definitely needed given both Grace and Noah's parental issues.

I felt that the ending was perfect -- not so open that we don't have any idea about what's next for Grace and Noah, but with enough detail that readers can be satisfied. That's not to say that I don't hope there's another book coming, preferably about the third brother Wes, (because I do!) but pretty much all of the loose ends are tied up which makes me happy. This is another pretty clean, light read, and I would definitely recommend it.

3.5 stars.

Felt very slow burn with little interactions in the first 30%. I loved learning about both Noah and Grace as individuals though. It felt like we got to see their own worlds individually and not just together- as some other books do. I liked that.


With that said- the relationship between the two main characters felt a little bit too much instalove for my taste. There was heavy focus on them as individuals that I didn’t see or feel a gradual buildup of chemistry with them. If felt like dislike to BOOM- wild about eachother.

It felt like they were very invested very quickly without knowing anything about eachother. However- once together- they did learn a lot about eachother and got to know one another on a deeper level.

I loved how each character was trying to be more than their parents failures. There’s a quote that was especially profound about that:

“It’s a choice, man. We choose who we end up being. Good or bad, you don’t get to blame him. He may have laid the groundwork but we’re paving our own path.”

Overall- I think the story had good bones. When you read so many books, you get a little picky on the execution of a love story.
This book isn’t top of my list when recommending a romance but it isn’t at the very bottom either. Grace and Noah were very cute together, and I enjoyed their story.

Thank you so much netgalley and the publishers for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

The MCs are from completely different backgrounds. One is from a rich and ruthless family. The other comes from a trailer park and a selfish mother who is bitter and out to get what she can from others. She is intimidating and entitled.

Noah is breaking away from his family business because he doesn't approve of his father's methods. He doesn't want to be like his father. He doesn't have any serious relationships because of the heartaches that come with them.

Grace is out of her mother's claws. She is independent and determined to make it on her own. Having a man in her life will only complicate matters. She has various jobs to keep her going, besides being a design student.

Noah has finally found a place that he can call home. It's the ideal location for him. Now, if only he could buy the empty cottage next door, he will be all set to realise his dream. He is going to put in an offer, but then Grace turns up. It's her inheritance and she intends to make it her home. Noah makes an offer and she is adamant that she is not selling. They are both stubborn and giving in is in neither of their aganda. Instantly, they become enemies and the fun begins. Who is going to win this battle?

The story starts off with witty banters and as it develops, their true personas start to come through. They have more in common than they imagined. Grace takes a chance on a project where she has to work with Noah. They call a truce and become friends. Sort of. There is a pull between them and that friendship turns into more soon and their romance changes their minds about relationships.

It's fun and refreshing to see true friends and family come together to work as a team. All thanks to Grace. Noah mellows and all apprehensions are forgotten. I like Morty. He is quite the character. There are some serious issues, but overall it's a fun and entertaining read. All ends well.

I received an eARC from Netgalley and the views expressed are my personal opinion.

This book was alright. It started off a bit confusing with where Grace meets Noah for the first time but as it progressed it made a bit more sense. The conflict and resolution were very close together. I would have preferred a bit more tension that built over time then right at the end.