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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.

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

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Was it my all time favorite romance? No. But was I smiling for most of it? Yes.

What I didn't like:
-FADE TO BLACK. I know some people like clean romances... I am not one of them. I was waiting for the pay off of all that sexual tension and then just.... nothing. I realize this complaint is probably a huge selling point for others; I just feel like the relationship would have been even stronger with a little sprinkle of spice.
-Length of the book. I felt like there were some unnecessary plots, or just too much focus on smaller plots which added unnecessary length to this book. Some parts dragged for me and I think that could have been avoided by taking out some of the minor subplots (or at least shortening them).
-Overdone cheesiness at the end. Listen, I love romance's and rom-coms for their cheesy factor, but there is a line into too much cheesiness and this book did a great job towing that line until the end. I felt like the last few chapters went overboard on the metaphors and it was almost nauseating at that point. But, this wasn't until the very end of the book, so in the grand scheme of things not that big of a complaint.

What I liked:
-LOVED the chemistry between these characters. I was pretty hooked from the beginning and could tell these two would be a great pair to read about.
-FUN, FLIRTY BANTER. I live for good banter in a book. It really makes or breaks a book for me, and this one delivered.
-BETS. I don't know if "making a bet" technically counts as a trope, but it's honestly one of my favorite things to read about in romance books. I feel like when the love interests make a bet with each other there is always great banter and sexual tension to follow. This book was full of it and I loved every second of those chapters. Petition for more books to include this!
-Really enjoyed the tie-in to Ten Rules for Faking It. I think these books are standalones, but they honestly could be part of a series of inter-connected standalones because of all the cameos that Chris and Evelyn made in this book. It was fun to see them reappear and get a glimpse into their happy ever after.

Overall:
Solid 4 star romance read. Really enjoyed this fun enemies-to-lovers (although I don't know if you can really classify it as that considering they weren't enemies for very long). The characters had great chemistry and it was a really easy read.

This was a good read. Nothing outstanding. If anything it was kind of long. I liked the renovation theme of the book. I would recommend.

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When Grace finally decides to move into the house she inherited from her grandparents she must immediately contend with her new neighbor Noah, who is determined to buy her house so he can have a swimming pool.
Honestly, this book is incredibly silly from the start. For unknown reasons Grace has owned this house for a while now but has not moved in and instead has remained living with an elderly man who she has befriended like she is some kind of nurse. And then we get to the "conflict" of the book, which is that Noah wants to buy Grace's house. But really Noah and Grace are into each other almost immediately.
At one point Grace completely loses it and storms into Noah's house and rages at him during a meeting because he has had his property surveyed. If I was a professional like him and doing construction, I'd probably do the same. This was a very strange thing to be so angry about.
There wasn't really ever any doubt that the two were going to end up together, I didn't particularly like the book when they were together, and the angsty drama involving their parents was predicable.

Grace is a twenty-something interior design student taking on odd jobs to make ends meet while she attempts to fix up her grandparents’ old beach house that was left to her in their will. To make matters more complicated, her next door neighbor is a handsome, wealthy real estate developer from New York named Noah, who’s immediately persistent with his offers to buy her house so he can add on to his property. He is stubborn and obviously used to getting what he wants, which means he’s in for a surprise when he realizes Grace is not about to budge in her determination to renovate.

Naturally, there’s an enemies to lovers romance going on and undeniable chemistry between the two once they are sort of coerced into working together on renovations. As an avid watcher of HGTV shows (Good Bones and Home Town, anyone?) and a lover of romance, this book definitely hit some high notes for me, and was an overall cozy and often quite funny read. Fans of Tessa Bailey’s Hot & Hammered series will most likely enjoy this one as well, although if you’re looking for a lot of steamy scenes, you won’t find that here. There’s a good amount of tension and swoon-worthy moments, but it’s kept pretty PG-13.

I do wish that perhaps the book was a bit shorter, and cut back on some unnecessary scenes that added length and didn’t really excel the plot. The ending felt a little too neatly wrapped up, especially after some sudden drama was thrown in. But overall, it was still a fun read that I’ll be happy to recommend to anyone that likes a good enemies to lovers plot and some home renovation hijinks.

***Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review***
I was excited when this was described as an enemies-to-lovers rom-com, but was disappointed when there was very little conflict. I never felt that there was any real barriers to the relationship except for the couple's internal monologue. Loved the remodel aspect, but a little lacking in any real drama/conflict.

A rom-com that starts with lust at first sight, moves to neighbors hating each other, and ends with happily ever after. The first half of the book was fun with the witty banter and escalating attraction, and then it fell into predictable patterns which made it lose some of its steam. I’d be interested to see how brother Wes’ story plays out.

Thanks to NetGalley and St Martins for the arc.

I really enjoyed this book! I’ve been a sucker for
rom-coms lately, and this was no exception. I cannot wait for this to be published so that I can have a physical copy to read again! If you like enemies to lovers, romance, and a great book, I 10/10 recommend this for you.

Another cute rom-com by Sophie Sullivan. I read the predecessor to this - 10 Rules for a Faking It - and if you did you’ll see several glimpses of Chris and Everly here.
Grace is a strong female lead. She is grounded (why is everyone calling her ‘stubborn’?!). She is kind and generous with her talents and her heart. Noah is a little lost but quickly finds his foot hung thanks to Grace. They share their love for the color gray (Almost every room seems to have gray in it somehow), their internal drive, and their broken home back stories. There isn’t much conflict in this. There are crappy parents but they are mainly peripheral with one exception.
This is a great book for patrons who like rom-coms with low conflict and low steam (closed door).
Thanks for the sweet read!

The first half of the book sparkled however the middle of the story dragged a bit. I think there was some unnecessary conflict which felt like padding to hit word count. The foundation of this story is so much fun and charming.

Received ARC through NetGalley.

I was hooked for about half the book - couldn't wait to see they dynamics between Noah and Grace; really felt the sparks in the enemies-to-lovers dialogue between these two. I love that Grace is a strong, independent female who is out to prove herself. Noah is a bit hard to like initially, but you come around to him (enemy-to-lover for a reason). If we cut out about 20-30% in the latter half of the book - I would've bumped up the rating. It felt like it was adding length for the wrong reasons rather than a true plot need.

I hear there is a first book that focuses on a couple that showed up in this one, so would be interested to read that. Made a cameo appearance in this one, but love the relationship they displayed - seems like they went through a lot to get that solid foundation to flourish.

Overall, I would recommend. Author had a great plot and character development, but got a bit too predictable in the middle with some drawn-out issues.