How to Love Your Neighbor by Sophie Sullivan is an enemies-to-lovers type novel which follows Grace and Noah.

Grace has recently inherited her grandparents home, however it needs a lot of work and updating - something she is excited to take on with her limited budget because she is a design student. Then there is Noah. He bought the house next door to Grace and thinks money can buy him anything - including Grace's home. Noah is looking to step out from his father's business in New York and start his own business on the other side of the country in California and of course, tearing down Grace's home to build himself a pool is a one-way ticket to getting on Grace's bad side.

Right from the beginning, their chemistry was undeniable, even when they were fighting. Noah grows as a person the longer he knows Grace. His priorities begin to change. Both main characters seem to fit seamlessly together - like ying and yang. They just compliment each other and know how to build a relationship when neither really knows what that looks like.

I could of done without the additional drama of Noah's a-hole dad and Grace's mooching mother, but I suppose that is just an another thing they can bond over as a couple - dysfunctional parents! However, I did love the appearances of Noah's brothers (Chris and Everly were featured in Ten Rules for Faking It)

Another great novel by Sophie Sullivan and great read, 4/5 stars!

I enjoyed this book. It was a fun, quick beach/summertime read. Pretty lighthearted. The two main characters are kind of in this classic love/hate journey. Each trying to find their own path in life. It was good….a little repetitive and slightly predictable, but overall a really enjoyable read.

I could not finish this book! I wanted to like it so badly. I just ... couldn't get into it. The dialogue was so cringe and awkward. The characters didn't seem real or believable. Honestly this was a huge let down for me!

Thanks to NetGalley for my gifted copy of this book.

How to Love your Neighbor is a hate to love trope about Grace and Noah. Grace is an interior design student who inherits a house from her long lost grandparents. Noah is a affluent real estate developer who owns the house next door and wants to buy hers to put in a pool. Tensions fly, some mild back and forth banter, and then they end up teaming up to decorate Noah’s house for a big home design magazine spread.
Overall the book was cute, not super memorable. I didn’t ship them, even toward the end.

I was hoping for a clean sweet romance with some comedy sprinkled in. What I found is a lot of swear words that didn’t need to be included. I prefer my clean reads without the language.


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What a fun story. Great characters and a sweet romantic plot. A wonderful read for a summer day. I couldn't put it down.

This is a cute, but repetitive, love/hate story between Grace, an interior design student, and Noah, a rich real estate mogul and a million other ventures. The author made their love story easy to follow with clear ups and downs. Their passion for each other was obvious without any sex scenes. However, the parent problems that each of them faced didn't add to their dimension as characters. It was unnecessary to the story. Also, the author kept repeating over and over again that Noah was rich and Grace was far from that. We got that after the first couple chapters. It didn't need to be repeated over and over until youre 70% through the story. It was overkill.

If you need a quick read, it's not bad, just don't expect much.

I recieved this book as an e-arc from netgalley.

If you are looking for a feel-good book with two likable characters, this one is a home run. I like the playful banter between Noah and Grace and at times I felt I was part of their circle of friends, participating in the competition and giving advice on the relationship. A really good read and one I highly recommend.

A well-written and charming enemies to friends to lovers romance, this story has engaging characters with believable struggles and a touch of humor. The novel flows well and hits all the romantic comedy stops as the two main characters navigate the bumpy road to true love, each of them discovering along the way that their life purpose turns out to be different than they had planned. This is a fun, sweet tale that is very enjoyable to read.

i adored this second in the series of the boys trying to make a name for themselves. I adored the romance between Noah and Gracie. loved seeing the brother and his love in the book too. I do hope that Wes gets a book . I love this series .

Grace is a design student working many jobs to make ends meet. She inherits her grandparents’ house. The house is a fixer upper, and with her many jobs and financial issues, she has decided to fix it up at a realistic pace. Enters her neighbor Noah who seem to have an opposite view on property development.

I love love a grumpy and sunshine love story especially with a hate to love twist. I love this as a summer read so I’m curious how it will do with a winter publication date.

These book covers are really popular right now and I totally get it. I was drawn to the cover right away and appreciate the “cartoon” people on the cover over real people. The light purple is not a popular color for these covers so I think the cover will pop on the shelf!

My only critic is I wish “drama” at the end was more drama. It just seemed a little forced? I’m a sucker for a big drama/climax, and I was just hoping for more.

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press & Wednesday Books!

How to Love Your Neighbor is a wholesomely cute, slow burn, closed door romance that will leave you with all the warm feels

Grace and Noah both suffer from dysfunctional parent issues and are unsure of each other at first. Their character development both individually & as a couple is truly adorable-- I loved them as a couple

Thank you, NetGalley, St Martin’s Press/ St. Martin’s Griffin for sharing this eARC with me in exchange my honest opinions.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and to St. Martin’s Press for providing me with an arc of this book! My review will be posted closer to publication date, but I can’t wait to read this!

How to Love Your Neighbor by Sophie Sullivan is about how a real estate developer, Noah and soon to be interior designer grad student, Grace, tensions fly when they move in next door to each other. After some back and forth fights, they team up to decorate Noah’s house for a big magazine shoot. I thought Noah and Grace had good chemistry together and I enjoyed the setting but I think the pacing was a little off for me. I thought some parts, especially the end, were rushed through and some parts drug on and didn’t add much to the plot. Overall, it was a cute book that I think many people will enjoy.

REVIEW ⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️/5
How To Love Your Neighbour by Sophie Sullivan
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Grace & Noah are both struggling to break free from the paths their parents put before them; while forging new paths for themselves, they end up as unexpected neighbours struggling find common ground. Through various twists and turns, they end up calling a truce (in more ways than one!) and decide to work together; of course, this leads to unexpected emotions that neither of them are quite ready to give in to… or are they?

How To Love Your Neighbour is a classic enemies to lovers trope, but yet, so much more. The main characters are flawed, and I appreciate the authors ability to have both of them acknowledge their flaws and work through them. They are realistic, vulnerable, and honest characters - and they don’t magically just become better people to make the other fall in love with them and live happily ever after. Nope. They are written to evolve throughout the book and learn how to become better people just from the example the other sets, and from the desire to be more than they originally thought themselves capable. I think part of why I loved this book so much was how relatable both Grace & Noah are, and that I just rooted for them from start to finish.

When I read a romantic comedy, I’ll be honest - I love the classic tropes, cliche plots & predictable endings (this book has it all 😉) but what makes this particular one a 4/5 is that I felt like I was one of Grace’s best friends while reading; perhaps the Kit to her Vivian (iykyk 😉) …. And I ended this book with a smile on my face and a warmth in my heart. Perhaps not super high on the 🌶 spicy romance side of rom coms, but a sweet read that made me feel all mushy inside.

Thank you Net Galley, St Martin’s Press and Sophie Sullivan for the gifted advanced e-copy of this book in exchange for an honest review & rating!

I love this rom com book! It was and up and down emotional roller coaster that had you rooting for everything to work out. I love the HGTV reality show vibes, and I think that’s what sold it for me!

This had a promising start but just stalled in the plot mid way through. I found myself losing interest and skimming to get to a good part. Unfortunately this just wasn’t a great read for me. Thank you to netgalley for the ARC.

I really enjoyed this story! Grace and Noah and the whole cast of characters were great. The only point I struggled with is how Noah was the one always in the wrong but Grave wasn’t. She wasn’t perfect yet she never did anything wrong like Noah did.

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

How to Love Your Neighbor is a slow burn, closed door romance. It's a classic enemies to lovers story with lots of tension in between. Noah is a real estate developer trying to get out from under the shadow of his father. Grace is an interior designer trying to find her way both personally and professionally. When Grace inherits a home from her grandparents right next door to the home Noah purchased, they begin a back and forth competition of sorts.
I had not read the first book in this series, 1o Rules... but didn't have any trouble investing in the characters as this can also be read as a standalone.

The back and forth between Noah and Grace is playful and fun, but never becomes mean spirited. There were parts of Grace's character that I loved (she was very independent, self-assured, and hard-working) but there were also parts I didn't (she seemed particularly naive at times and could be impulsive). Overall How To Love Your Neighbor is a sweet story, nothing scandalous or eye-brow raising, but enough slow-burn tension to keep your attention.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

While I was interested in the start of the book, the middle really lagged for me. It felt like the plot fell away and the story relied on the supporting characters — who were just okay — to keep things moving. I enjoyed the setting and the design/renovation descriptions, but I wish this would have been a more engaging read.