*4.5
This book is really cute but I feel like I needed a bit more of them actually arguing and having the enemies part of the book. I think that the manipulating part should have lasted a bit longer but maybe that's just me.

I recieved an arc from netgalley.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for the eARC to read and review!

"How to Love Your Neighbor" is a hilarious and sweet enemies to lovers story! The competitive side of Grace and Noah and their mutual attraction really made things pleasantly interesting.

Grace has worked hard to create a life for herself as a future interior designer. She has had a rough childhood with a mom who wasn't there for her and liked to play the victim, sometimes blaming Grace for why her (the mom) life turned out badly. This resentment heats up after Grace inherits her mother's childhood home. But Grace is a go-getter and very resourceful. She truly has an eye for design. I love how she surprises and impresses Noah at every turn.

Noah grew up financially privileged. After working under his micromanaging father, Noah wants to plant roots and make a name for himself without his father's influence and say. Part of that plan includes buying the house next door, which Grace now lives in. Noah is capable and has good instincts. He's also easy-going and always on the move, which is possibly why he thinks people underestimate him or don't think he's serious enough.

Grace and Noah are very likable. There were plenty of cute moments that made the story fun to read. I like how they made bets to either get an advantage or prove the other wrong. Those scenes plus Grace's not-so-graceful, clumsy moments were enjoyable.

The two neighbors have a lot in common that help bridge their relationship. They're both goal-oriented, have a rocky relationship with a parent, and want to find a place to settle. But Grace and Noah also faced challenges as they continued to get to know one another because falling in love wasn't a part of either of their plans.

I love all the side characters and their respective story-lines. My favorite was Morty, an old man who Grace had been living with and was taking care of for a few years before moving out at the start of the novel. I love that they'd formed familial bonds, Morty being the father Grace never had and Grace being like a daughter to Morty. They became each other's family when they had no one else. I also liked Tilly (Morty's girlfriend), Josh (Noah's assistant), and Rosie (Grace's best friend and classmate). It was nice to see characters from Sullivan's previous novel, Ten Rules for Faking It.

"How to Love Your Neighbor" was a wonderful read that kept a smile on my face throughout much of the story. I loved the plot, the characters, and the romance. I can't wait to read whatever book the author decides to write next!

This book is a perfectly average 3-star kinda read. It was easy and light, I read it as a sort of palette cleanser. It worked well as that! However, I didn’t like the way the MCs story built and all the trope-y MC traits. Like - why is she tripping constantly? I liked Noah, but I didn’t understand his issues or the barrier between them getting together. And the “heartbreak” that inevitably comes with a romance was weak and poorly thought out. I did like that it was fade to black though! It made them seem wholesome, which fit the vibe well. When I hit about the 60% mark, I started to speed read until the end or I would likely have DNF’d it. I’d recommend to anyone looking for an easy, clean romance!

Grace Travis is almost finished with Design school, and since she was left her grandparents' home, no longer needs to pay rent
Travis Jansen is a well known businessman who buys and sells businesses, property, etc.
Grace finds out that her new neighbor is a real hottie who will do anything to buy her house because he wants even more land than he already has, in order to put a pool in! He will also do ANYTHING to get her to sell!
Little does Travis know that the last person he wants to mess with is Grace! She's spent her life doing everything she wants to accomplish without help from anyone, and she's not about to start now! On the other hand, Travis is determined to step out of his fathers' shadow and succeed without any help from anyone.
This was such a fun, spirited, in your face romance that has you rooting for Gracie and Travis to go the distance, from the first page!!!
The Perfect Romance!!

This was a fun, light-hearted romance featuring two of my favorite tropes: sunshine meets grumpy and enemies to lovers. Not really smutty, though, so if that is your thing you may want to give this book a pass.

I really enjoyed the story! Grace and Noah were a great couple. The only thing that annoyed me was how Grace was portrayed as “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong”: always right, always perfect and Noah was always the one in the “wrong”. This can be a danger in the “sunshine vs grump” trope. However, it was great read. The pages flew by! It was like watching a rom-com.

The home renovation mixed in with the romance was interesting, as well. Pick it up for a for weekend or beach read in the summer.

I was provided with an ARC of this book by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

A solid sunshine/ grumpy trope read. It was a cute story, a bit drawn out, but overall a decent read.

this was a fun romance novel, I thought the cover was cute and actually really enjoyed reading this book. The characters are great and the romance is well done.

I really enjoy Sophie Sullivan’s books! Ten Rules for Faking It was great! As is this novel which follows Chris’ (from 10 Rules) brother, Noah.

Noah moved to Cali to escape life in New York and his father; desiring to make a name for himself away from this father’s successful business. Buying property and schmoozing clients are Noah’s specialties until he tries to schmooze and purchase his neighbor’s house for twice the value.

Grace is a single, hard-working (almost) interior designer. She was gifted a house from her grandparents, whom she never met. Finally, she is close to graduating from university and wants to settle into her new place, using her skills in interior design to make it her own… but her pushy neighbor wants her sell.

Noah and Grace go head to head, but soon discover their mutual stubbornness is endearing. Helping each learn more about themselves and others; as well as heal wounds left from negligent parents.

Another feel-good novel from Sophie Sullivan. Her novels have charming characters, a lot of laughs, and a little too idealist, but I love it! Such a sweet read.

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and Netgalley for the ARC! I look forward to the next installment in this series – maybe Wes or Ari (we don’t hear much from her).

Noah is a dick, and that is why he is perfect to be in this enemies to lovers romance. He does all the bad things that you expect in someone who is rich and privileged.

And Grace is a pull yourself up by your boot straps kind of girl.

And I love the voice on Noah. He really is clueless, and thinks throwing money at a problem will make it go away.

The story was cute, and funny, with some great lines, but you could tell it was written by someone who has never lived in Southern California. The author has Grace refer to Pop instead of soda. She talks about being an hour from Los Angeles, but it is never clear where on the coast it is. There are so many cool little beach towns, she could have chosen any one of them to give us a sense of place, but she did not. We do get t go to Venice, and to somewhere in Anaheim, but the town she lives in is a complete fabrication, as is her design school.

Other than that, it was a cute, fun little story.
<em>Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.</em>

Grace Travis is finishing design school and working a million odd jobs when she decides to finally move into the home that she inherited from the grandparents she never met. Upon moving in, she discovers that her neighbor is the very attractive but grumpy Noah Jansen.

Noah is determined to convince Grace to sell him her house so he can demolish it and put in a pool, but Grace is unwilling to part with the only connection to the family she wasn't given an opportunity to know. Her mom was unreliable and that remains unchanged in Grace's adult years.

How to Love Your Neighbor is a fantastic enemies to friends to lovers story. I loved how the relationship between Grace and Noah developed, especially during their painting or styling competitions. I am always impressed when a primarily FTB story feels extremely sexy and romantic without being explicit, and Sophie Sullivan gets a gold medal for achieving that in this book.

Noah's brother Chris appeared in Ten Rules for Faking It, and I loved seeing more of Chris and Everly in How to Love Your Neighbor. This isn't a series and can easily be read as a stand alone, but I think that the relationship between the Jansen brothers and their father is given additional depth if you have the context of Ten Rules for Faking It.

How to Love Your Neighbor is a sweet story of opposites attracting. Grace is a go-getter. She is used to doing things for herself and is quite capable. Noah is easygoing. He has an assistant and he hires people to do most of the work for him. They both have a parent who has made their lives rough and left them with some baggage. The chemistry between Grace and Noah is evident early on in the story. Between their competitiveness, banter, and cute close proximity moments, their story made for a great read.

I appreciated how the book was more than just Noah and Grace. We are given a good dose of their backstories which made understanding their perspectives and personalities easier. Both Grace and Noah coming in with a bad relationship with their parent, and they are both interested in settling down and proving themselves. Also, these two have better than average communication, which made me very happy. The romance is a slow burn and we get to enjoy a lot of little moments that the two share. However, the road to a happily ever after isn't easy and that gave the story depth.

When you add in the great secondary characters, How to Love Your Neighbor easily held my attention.
Thank you, St. Martin Press and Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

The book’s premise was very attractive to me and I wanted to like this book. It was a slow start for me, but then I got into the story and enjoyed it...for awhile. Once the characters got together, I pretty much lost interest in the book as the end was very predictable. I hadn’t gotten attached enough to the characters to really care about their Happily Ever After. I’m sure many will enjoy this book, but it just didn’t quite hit the mark for me.

"How to Love Your Neighbor" was a fun story. Grace was raised by a single mother who was more interested in finding her next boyfriend than taking care of her daughter. She left home at eighteen and now she is working multiple jobs and finishing up her degree in interior design. Her mother was estranged from her parents, so Grace never had the opportunity to know them. However, when her grandparents died, they left their beachfront house to Grace. Noah is from a wealthy family of property magnates, but he also has parent issues, with a father who lives for the next acquisition, and is not supportive of Noah's desire to use their wealth and property to give something back to the community, as Noah's grandfather did with a community center he built in New York City. To escape his father and try to make his own way, Noah has left New York for California, where one of his brothers lives. He purchased a beachfront house and he wants to purchase the property next door, so he can tear it down and build his dream home. The property has been unoccupied and efforts to contact the owner unsuccessful. However, when he sees someone moving in (Grace), he offers to purchase the property for double its value. Grace refuses the offer, as she wants to make the house her home and feel a sense of connection to the grandparents she never knew. Noah is used to getting his way in property deals and is not going to give up. A series of mishaps and home renovation projects cause their paths to repeatedly cross, and eventually a friendship and a business relationship develops.

While the story focuses on home renovation, it also involves renovation of the lives of Grace and Noah. The behavior of their respective parents has colored their approach to life. Grace has a good and eclectic group of friends who are willing to help out as needed. This is something she shows Noah through organizing a painting party and other events. However, when it comes to her career, she wants to succeed on her own merits, which makes her reluctant to take advantage of opportunities or assistance, even when deserved and freely given. Noah has been trying to gain his father’s approval, while at the same time resisting his father’s attempts to control him and his definition of success. Through Grace and the home renovation, Noah will figure out what he truly wants for himself and his business career.

The story has lots of funny moments— how Grace and Noah meet, Noah’s attempt to be friends with his personal assistant, Noah’s first attempt at exterior painting, buying a couch, and over-the-top apologies (Noah is not used to apologizing), among other things. There are also some sweet and tender moments. Grace and Noah, and their friends and family (Noah's brother and his girlfriend), are characters the reader will enjoy learning more about.

I received a copy of the e-book via NetGalley in exchange for a review.

I received an advance copy of, How to Love Your Neighbor, by Sophie Sullivan. Will Grave and Noah learn how to love their neighbor? This was a pretty good book.

This story was very fun,
All the laughs, feels and banter. The author did a good job of creating a world of enemies turned to lovers.
I hope you read this cause it’s a fun ride

Such a devourable read! This story was exactly what I wanted and needed. I truly loved Grace and Noah. It was such a fun progression from annoying neighbors, to friends, to so much more. They both have such polar opposite personalities, but they just click so well. It was entertaining to watch unfold. Sophie Sullivan
knows how to bring the banter between her characters to life and I always enjoy reading her stories!
A total MUST READ in my book!

Special thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for sharing this digital reviewer copy with me in exchange my honest opinions.

A cute story but there wasn’t anything incredible unique about it. I found that I didn’t love anything about it, but I also didn’t hate anything about it either. The characters themselves were not very memorable and considering it’s classified as an adult romance I found that the romance was mainly fade to black. The couple themselves fit well together.

Oh I adored this book! Our main character is a feisty single designer who falls in love with her next door neighbor! I adore enemies to lovers romances, and this one was done particularly well! The dates were swoon worthy and this was a pretty closed door romance! If you want a sweet romance with no smut, then this is the book for you! I really enjoyed it and would happily read it again!

Meet Grace, an almost interior design grad who just moves into her grandparents old house that they left to her without ever meeting. Meet Noah, big hot shot real estate developer (or something like that idk what he really does), who wants to buy the house next door to his to make a mega home, but really all he wants is a pool, like how big could a pool get, really? Only problem is, the neighbor doesn't want to sell because SHOCKER *sarcasm* its Grace. Plot ensues, Grace ends up becoming Noah's interior designer, yada, yada, yada.

Going into this book I was expecting some pretty great enemies to lovers, I mean the cover?? I'm gonna tell you right now, this book being marketed as an enemies to lovers is wrong. Maybe "slight nemesis for two chapters" to lovers is more realistic. Don't get me wrong, that's not necessarily a bad thing, but when I pick up a book like this, I'm expecting some good tension and build up. This is basically Noah messing something up and then apologizing within the next page, and BOOM everything is great again.

Now onto the serious question..... Is it spicy??? No. It is not, this is very much rated PG. Again, not necessarily a bad thing, this really is the quintessential romcom, but in my opinion it just wasn't super great. Nothing memorable, but not bad either. Would I recommend? Maybe to someone who just started reading romance books, otherwise probably not.

I just made a big move myself, and it was nice to escape from my own changing life to see how someone else acts and reacts in the face of change. So glad I got to read this early. get your hands on it asap especially if you love that group/sunshine trope!