A great story! Grace has had to work hard all her life, born to a mother that was not the nurturing kind, she's moved past it doing something with her life. Almost finished with design school and working multiple jobs Grace can't believe her windfall when her grandparents leave their house near the beach, she has a house she can decorate and she's hoping for the family connection she missed because the selfishness of her mother She's focused on her future no room for a man.
Noah has moved to California to out from under his father's thumb, wanting to make his own mark. He's found the perfect house to start, but he wants a little more room and the rundown property would be prefect, well if the new owner would sale...In comes banter, competitions, lessons for both of them and of course chemistry. Very entertaining read.

As soon as I saw the title and cover I KNEW this was a book I had to read!! Enemies-to-Lovers/Neighbors AGH my favorite trope ever!! Safe to say I was not disappointed when reading Grace and Noah’s story. This book is just the most delightful little romcom that brings a smile to your face! The banter between Grace and Noah is precious and I also loved seeing their development throughout the novel (Both as individuals and as a couple). I also happen to be an HGTV addict and just few in love with how the plot of the book was presented and how it flowed. Highly recommend for a sweet easy read that will have your heart fluttering (But if your like me will also give you an itch to renovate your entire house as well haha!)!!

Special Thanks to Netgalley and St. Martin’s Press / St. Martin’s Griffin for sharing this digital reviewer copy with me in exchange for my honest review!

HGTV meets your favorite Nicholas Sparks’ The Choice.

👌🏼 Likable characters
👌🏼 Funny Quips
👌🏼Competition
👌🏼Steamy sexual tension

This book has it all when stubborn Grace moves next door to Noah - a man who always gets what he wants; and this time what he wants is her house. This neighborly feud is heightened by physical attraction and mutual friends. If they can learn to combine their talents and work together instead of against each other maybe they can turn into more than pesky neighbors.

“You ever feel like life leads you where you’re supposed to be, even if you don’t know why?”

Overall this was a cute and easy read. I loved the first half of the book when Grace and Noah were going back and forth challenging each other with bets and feuding with each other. They had such fun repartee as well as having loads of chemistry. You truly felt the way that these characters were like two magnets getting pulled together. The way Sophie Sullivan writes about their love is so beautiful too.

However I will say I was not a fan with the mental thoughts the characters had within the book that were noted by italics. It took me out of the story instead of adding to it. It felt as almost every page had a sentence in italics which just made it feel clunky. I was also hoping for more steam and turns out there were only many fade to black moments so this was mostly PG. The second half of the book seemed to drag on and felt slow as well. While overall this book was a cute and easy read, it’s not one that I can imagine myself picking up to read more than once.

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review!

I think what is most frustrating to me upon finishing the book is that it has the bones to be a good book, maybe really good. However, the way the plot unfolded did not make the relationship between Grace and Noah believable, and there were far too many "endings".

1. The relationship
The meet-cute at the beach with Grace falling seemed like a great start to the book. Grace realizing her neighbour was a bit of a douche would have been a great start to the book. The two together create for a really inconsistent start to an enemies-to-lovers trope. First we are into the cutie at the beach and next we hate him?

Also, I really didn't think Rosie and Josh's relationship did anything to advance the plot and seemed kind of random. There was potential there for a follow-up book to explore their romance.

2. The final 10%
Omg I thought this book was over ten times. The ending was like a choose your own adventure. I personally would have just left it when Noah came back to her presentation but then we had some drama with her mom BUT ALSO there's the whole pool scene BUT FINALLY there is a promise of engagement? Too. Much.


Notes (not influencing my rating): There were a lot of punctuation/formatting errors in this ARC. Spaces before periods, no spaces after sometimes, words without spaces, misspelled words, awkward formatting on text convos. Thought it was important to note should any other edits be done

Grace Travis is set to graduate from Interior Design School. She has also inherited a little house from her grandparents. Excited at the prospect to make this house her home, knowing it will definitely need some updates, Grace doesn’t account for the handsome, arrogant neighbor determined to buy her property.

Noah Jensen is searching for something to make him happy, he constantly feels restless. Buying a new property and redoing it would be just the ticket. It’s be even better to buy the property next door that has been vacant forever- to expand his own property. Determined to step out of his father’s shadow, he is in discussion with an architectural magazine to feature his house and renovations. But once the reporter gets a load of Noah and Grace together, she has other ideas.

Grace and Noah need to work together to have the magazine exposure. This would be a great move for both of their careers.

The attraction is there as is their head strong stubbornness. Trying to keep things professional slowly becomes harder with working so closely together. So what happens? You’ll have to one-click to find out.

This was my first time reading a book by Sophie Sullivan and am grateful to Netgalley and St. Martin’s Press for the opportunity to read this. I loved both of these characters and how they worked together and separately to overcome their pasts.

3.5 stars.

I think "frothy" is the best way to describe this book! Very light + quick reading but at the expense of good character development.

The beginning of this book was so solid, but all the passion and fire seemed to leave the room as soon as these two stopped fighting and started a relationship. The last half of this book felt rushed and didn't have enough commit to these characters the way they went from zero to one hundred committing to each other virtually overnight (which we didn't even get to experience thanks to a fade to black --- womp).

Overall --- loved the banter more than I loved the 'ship. But I think I will go back and give her first book a try because it features two characters from this book I want to know more about!

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press and Ms. Sullivan for an ARC in exchange of an honest review.

I will start by saying this was not an awful book. I am certain some will adore it. I am just not that person. I know it can be loved because it has all of the ingredients of a sweet and clean enemies to lovers romance. The problem is that all of the ingredients were seemingly put into a blender and broken down into inconsistent pieces, strained off all of the juicy bits and drowned in water in the hopes to make it float. Instead we were left with a strangely paced story, no steam and in fact confusing sexual interactions,very little consistent depth or growth in the characters, and a see through plot.

I really wanted to like this book and was invested in what push and pull the characters were going to experience, but the tension ends very early in the book. The characters make a turn towards each other that is not sustainable for the duration of the book.

As I said, someone will find this charming. It just wasn’t me.

Overall, this was a really good book! The plot was great and Sophie Sullivan pulled it together well. The story was really cute and really progressive. The characters (Grace & Noah) learned a lot throughout the book, helping them grow as characters. I really liked the multiple POVs. Usually, in the books I read like this, the story is from only the one point of view, so it was nice to see what Noah was thinking and feeling.
Part of the plot is that they are renovating houses, so I like that there weren’t any terms a regular person wouldn’t know.
There were a few spacing mistakes (ex: she was — shewas), but that doesn’t affect the actual story.

This is definitely a cute read, but that's it. It's pretty surface level, with characters that are likeable. It's not the best romance I've ever read but it was quick and fun.

⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 (3.5/5)

Thank you NetGalley and St Martins for the digital ARC in exhange for an honest review!

This classic enemies-to-lovers trope was a fun, light read! I thought the characters were well developed and really enjoyed the way it was written. Noah and Grace’s dialogue with each other is very entertaining, as well as their internal thoughts!

I did wish there was more steam between Noah and Grace and the story was a bit predictable. It left me wanting more. Nonetheless, I’d still recommend this book to someone who enjoys slow burns and romcoms!

I was given an advanced copy of this book from #netgalley in return for a for a fair and honest review.

Grace Travis is finishing up her degree in interior design when she moves into the California home left to her by her grandparents. Little does she know that a chance encounter with a hunky ‘surfer dude’ who coincidentally is her neighbor, and business mogul, Noah Janson, would take her on a journey that helps neighbors become friends; friends become lovers; redefines the true meaning of family and gives Grace and Noah a wonderfully designed future.
In her follow up to Ten Rules For Faking It, Sophie Sullivan pens an endearing novel about how we view ourselves no matter how others view us and the strength that comes from the discovery of love in its many forms. Look for this amazing story at your local bookseller beginning on January 18, 2020

Thank you #sophiesullivan and #stmartin’spress for the opportunity to read this funny, thought-provoking novel.

I feel like if I didn’t read romance on a regular basis, I would have had trouble following along with this book. It was too long and too short at the same time.

The beginning of the book/meet cute was sloppy, I don’t have any other words for it. The spelling errors are hard to get over, and the differentiation between text conversation and real text was hard to decipher. There were a lot of descriptive phrases in this book, which makes it so long. But it’s too short in the areas of them solving issues with their individual parent. Towards the end of the book Noah I got the vibe that Noah was getting more pushy and controlling, because he would not stop trying to contact Grace when she told him she needed to handle her mom on her own. And there was really no resolution to the situation with Noah’s dad. It could have been something simple as him stating he was moving on from the situation.

Several chapters started and had me lost. One time Grace was sitting on a couch and Shane was there. He’s mentioned so little in the book I couldn’t remember who he was, and there didn’t seem to be a reason why he was anywhere alone with her at a given time.

I wanted to like this book, and it has a lot of potential to be decent, but it would take a lot more character development and editing for me to give it more than a 2.75 star if that was a thing.

(will post my review to social media closer to publication date)
Inheriting a house on the beach is a dream come true for Grace who is living paycheck to paycheck while finishing up interior design school. But when her sexy, rich new neighbor has no intention of being neighborly and just wants to buy Grace's house so he can put in a pool, things obviously don't start on the right foot.
What I liked:
-The characters. Grace and Noah are so cute together and it was fun watching them banter and have little arguments and then make up. I also enjoyed all of their friends and Noah's brothers and how every one came together to help out when help was needed.
-The diy home renovation. From the designing to the furniture buying to the work that went on inside the house it was so fun and felt like I was watching a home reno show.
What I didn't like:
-The first few chapters were super hard to follow and get into, I felt like everything was all over the place and there should have been more character development.
-The scenes with the mom. I felt like that took up a little too much space in the book.
-The lack of steam. It's a closed door romance which appeals to a lot of people but with all the chemistry and sparks and tension between Grace and Noah, I wanted a little more than kissing.

Overall I enjoyed this book. It wasn't the best romcom I've ever read and I don't think it's truly an enemies to lovers but I would recommend it to anyone who loves closed door romance and home renovations.

Thank you Netgalley and St. Martins Press for the digital ARC of this book.

How to Love Your Neighbor is a cute and fun book. Everything you would enjoy in a rom-com or beach read.

Thank you Netgalley, Sophie Sullivan and St. Matin’s press for the eARC.

Another five star romcom from Sophie Sullivan! I absolutely loved this book! This book was sweet and romantic but not graphic. I loved the banter between Grace and Noah and the way their relationship developed through projects they completed.
Grace is eager to make a new start and finish interior design school after taking care of an elderly man, walking dogs, and working at a coffee shop. She moves into a beach house her grandparents left to her. Noah buys a house on the beach to prove to his dad that he can run a successful business by himself, but he is not satisfied with the size of his lot. He is determined to buy and tear down the house next door so he can have a pool. Noah goes to ask about buying when he realized he met Grace at the beach while she was walking dogs. As they both begin to make upgrades to their homes, things progress for each of them and between them.

Sophie does it again! Move over Mr. Darcy, Noah Jansen is in town.

I couldn't wait to get my hands on Sophie's newest book How To Love Your Neighbor after I was blown away by her first book Ten Rules For Faking It. Realizing that this was a semi-sequel (yet easily also a standalone) to Ten Rules, this time following Chris Jansen's brother Noah, I was even more excited to get my hands on it when I did.

Following the events of Ten Rules, Noah has properly set up his life in California as a real estate developer. Outside of wanting to create a name for himself in California, what Noah really wants more is the house next door so he can expand, and namely, build a pool. There's only one problem. His new neighbor finally shows up and it just so happens that they've already met earlier that day on the beach when the dogs she was walking got loose to smother him in kisses. Grace is unlike any woman Noah has ever met, which is a good thing and also his worst nightmare. Not only will she not sell her house, but she's also a design student. What starts are enemies-to-lovers quickly turns to a romance like no other. Giving up on trying to fight their feelings, they finally go all-in, but when you've never let yourself fall before, and have the baggage of terrible parents as a past, can they really let go and live the lives they truly desire?

I thought this book was a masterpiece in enemies-to-lovers, romcom, behind closed doors romance. The chemistry absolutely jumps off the pages, and Noah Jansen really set the bar high for the literary world of men. I read it in two days, much like Ten Rules because I couldn't put it down. It left a permanent smile on my face and now I'm just hoping there's a third book to bring Wes out West. They're both stubborn and think they know what's best, but they also know the art of apologies and realizing their own shortcomings. Not only do they recognize them, but they acknowledge them. I loved that we didn't get them as a couple and then a quick ending - those always leave me wanting more. I thought it was well thought out and well executed. I can't wait to recommend this to all of my viewers and listeners!

How to Love Your Neighbor is a cute, light-hearted, love story. Grace, an interior designer, inherits her grandparents house and sets a goal to make it her home. Her next door neighbor Noah, a real estate developer, is determined to purchase her lot. These two stubborn characters have quite the chemistry, although at times their banter just came off as cranky to me. This book definitely gave me HGTV vibes and I loved that! Read this book if you like the enemies to lovers trope.

Grace and Noah's story. Really liked the overall premise of this one, with fighting neighbors who become friends then more. Didn't like her mother though, and ended up skipping over those parts. Sad, and added little to the story for me anyway. Still though, a fun and easy summer romance and one I highly recommend.

How to Love Your Neighbor by Sophie Sullivan was my first book from this author. Therefore, I missed out on the character appearances from the first book. However, I don't think it was needed in order to read and enjoy this book.

This story follows Grace, an interior design major living paycheque to paycheque who inherits a house, and Noah, her rich new neighbour who wants to buy it to put in a pool. Some pretty lively banter ensues between the two of them until the can’t deny the sparks that fly between them. Complicating things is their business relationship build around a shared magazine article they're working on.