Thank you to Avon, HarperCollins, and NetGalley for this ARC!

Absolutely outstanding. I knew I was going to enjoy this book, but boy was I unprepared for the depth of Fox’s character and journey. Fox and Hannah’s relationship unfolds in the most beautiful way. Hannah’s persistence in being there for Fox and helping him unlearn the toxicity that was forced upon him was so incredibly endearing and had me rooting for them the entire time. This book is such a beautiful pairing to the story of Piper and Brendan. With Piper and Brendan, we had the perfect telling of grumpy sunshine and their story fulfilled all my rom-com desires. But with Hannah and Fox we get a much more complex story of two friends unpacking their emotions through honesty. Simply beautiful. And that epilogue? I won’t spoil any details but it was the best happy ever after for all the characters we have come to love in this duology.

The pacing of this book was just right, I never felt bored or anxious to get to the conclusion. It was entertaining through and through with each subplot holding significance in the development of Fox and Hannah both individually and together. Extremely excited to purchase this in March and add it to my collection! Westport and it’s characters definitely hold a special place in my heart. Thank you Tessa Bailey!

Friends to lovers isn’t usually my favorite but, this book has changed my mind! I was very curious about Hannah and Fox in the first book in the series and I loved watching their angsty love story unfold. I was really touched by Fox’s vulnerability, I truly enjoyed his character. Hannah and Fox’s story was more emotional and heartwarming than I expected, it even had me tearing up at the end. This was definitely friends to lovers done right, soooooo right!

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Short and sweet review: if you like It Happened One Summer, I think you'll like Hook, Line, and Sinker; though depending on what you liked about IHOS you may not enjoy it as much. 3.5 Stars.

I had a good time with this one! It's more Slow Burn than IHOS (as much as any Tessa Bailey I've read can be Slow Burn) and I was lowkey more invested in their friendship than their relationship, but it was fun.

Hannah's story is the better of the two of them, I think. Growth and learning to take charge of her life, you love to see it.

Don't think too hard about Fox's ~tragic backstory~ and you'll be fine. If you read this book, just accept that it is what it is, no matter that it's...ridiculous...and don't spend too long thinking about the fact that what he needs is therapy and a backbone and not a girlfriend and you'll be alright.

The spice is...not doing it. If you loved IHOS for the spice, you're going to be pretty severely disappointed here.

As for what this did better than IHOS? Okay, so I don't know if anyone else cares about this, but I lost my mind when I realized they were actually opening the bar for business in IHOS, because there was not one mention of a business license or taxes or building inspections or distributors or ANYTHING so I'd spent the entire book assuming they were just renovating the building or something. Seriously, it bothered me so much that it lost the book a whole star in my rating and I still can't stop thinking about it. Enter Hook, Line, and Sinker and when I tell you I SMILED every time there was a mention of permits or copyrights or licensing deals with Hannah's work with a production studio...Love. To. See. It.

Not strictly speaking a spoiler, but I'm gonna mention something the book doesn't have, so I'll put it under a spoiler warning:
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[ If you're looking for Piper and Brendan to pop up all over the story, don't, because they're not there. They make glorified cameos for the most part. I understand giving Hannah room to breathe in her own story, but for two sisters who were so attached at the hip that Hannah wouldn't let Piper serve her ~exile~ alone, they sure make almost no effort to see one another in this book. (hide spoiler)]

Fox has a reputation as a womanizer, and after being warned away from Hannah,he vows keep things strictly friendly. Fox and Hannah have been texting for months, ever since Hannah returned home to her life and job in LA, and Fox truly values her friendship. When Hannah's work on a movie brings her back to Westport, Hannah stays in Fox's gust room and slowly realizes her feelings for Fox. Getting past his insecurities is nearly impossible, but Hannah knows that Fox isn't the playboy he and others believe he is.

I enjoyed so many aspects of this books. The friends to lovers trope is a great one, and the characters are fun and interesting. The growth of the two characters is amazing to read: Hannah becoming confident at work and asserting herself, and Fox getting past his long-held beliefs about himself. This was a great followup to It Happened One Summer.

Thank you netgalley and publisher for giving me this ARC in exchange for my honest review! I thought I loved It Happened One Summer, but Tessa Bailey nailed it on this one! I love Hook, Line, and Sinker 100x more. I enjoyed Hannah’s and Fox’s stories as individuals, so I loved theirs together! The steam was on point, too. Five stars for me!

Hook, Line and Sinker is a wonderful friends to lovers, slow burn journey. Hannah and Fox met a year ago when she was helping her sister transform their father's bar. The unlikely friendship between the local fisherman man-whore and the sweet LA production assistant was forged over the love of music. When they were apart, their text messages and talks over music kept the friendship alive. I loved the texts and the banter back and forth between the two. The author made you feel the connection between them with out them being in the same place. When Hannah suggests Fox's hometown as a location for the movie she is working on (to try to impress her boss who she is hopelessly crushing on), she is forced to become roommates with Fox. This sound easy. Living with your friend, SHOULD be easy. When they are only a room away, however, chemistry brews and sparks begin to fly. What I love most about this book is that Hannah and Fox both help the other become better, stronger people. They truly keep their friendship platonic, for the most part, until the other overcomes their insecurities with the help of their friend. This is the second in a series but can be read as a stand-alone. I highly recommend this friends to loves gem!

Wonderful. As emotional and romantic as the previous book. Didn’t think I’d like the main characters, but I found myself falling for them almost immediately. Loved the emphasis on good mental health and standing up for yourself. The almost over-the-top happy epilogue was very welcome too. After this crap year, I needed an ending like that.

Alright Tessa, you had no business making me feel so much in one book 😭 I absolutely adored this story about Hannah and Fox! Their chemistry is palpable while reading and the entire time I was screaming “KISS ALREADY!”. Spoiler, they kiss haha. The character development is so perfect, and the epilogue is everything I’ve ever wanted. Please give me more Tessa!

✨Hook, Line and Sinker✨

Absolutely LOVED THIS BOOK!

@tessabaileyisanauthor is quickly becoming a favorite of mine!

I loved Hannah from “It Happened one Summer” and knew I needed her story. Like asap!

Thankfully @netgalley and @harpercollins allowed me to read this gem@l early.

Hannah NEVER AND I MEAN NEVER gave up on Fox. There were so many moments that I swooned and also wanted to close my kindle and hope what I was reading was not happening.

It was sweet and angsty. I seriously LOVED IT YALL! So much.

From the text messages, to the close proximity and when Hannah said “Yes, It’s serious” omg I almost died in excitement.

You’ll have to read it to understand. But you’ll feel the same.

I definitely recommend reading “It Happened on Summer” first.

I really loved the first book in this series and I’m so happy this book was just as good. I really love the small town vibe of the book and the characters are ones I want to hang out with. The love story was a slow burn, which I really enjoyed and I like how the author established their friendship first and built upon that. It was a very fun read and I would recommend it to anyone.

I could not wait to start reading "Hook, Line and Sinker" by Tessa Bailey. I always hear so many positive things about Bailey's books but this was the first time reading one. "Hook, Line and Sinker" is the second book in the It happened on Summer series. Having not read the first one, I felt this book worked well as a stand alone but would recommend reading the first one to get a bit more backstory. I immediately put myself on the library waitlist so I can go back and read Piper's story!

Fox and Hannah's story is a swoon worthy friends to lovers story with a good amount of music recommendations, dirty talk, pining and angst. I loved how take charge Hannah was during the course of the book. Her confidence grew with every page. Their love story had just the perfect amount of steam. I'm not a huge re-reader but I can totally see myself coming back to this book as a comfort read.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Harper Collins for giving me this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was so much fun and I loved being back in the world with Piper and Hannah!! Hannah’s love story was sweet and such a delightful slow burn! I’m going to read everything Tessa has ever written.

First and foremost, though this is a standalone novel, if you have not read It Happened One Summer (like me), you will be confused at the beginning (like me). Apparently Fox and Hannah's story started there. But I didn't know that. Even though Brendan and Piper's story in HLS is a continuation of the HEA, apparently I missed part of Fox and Hannah.
This was a good book. I didn't feel like it was anything special. It didn't inspire me to stay up late to finish. It was easy for me to put down and come back to later. Just good. It's 3rd person dual POV, which I think contributes to me feeling like it was just good. We know both protagonist's thoughts so there's not as much tension there as there could've been.
It's wordy and dense, and if you like a lot of internal dialogue, this is a book for you. It's balanced well with the dialogue, but there is a lot of...what feels like useless internal dialogue and description.
Fox kind of broke my heart. His story was so...he needs a hug. A big one. He was sweet underneath (the record player???) but wouldn't let that side of him out because he put a reputation on himself. And then let everyone else endorse it. It was sad, in a way, because it was partly (marginally) his fault.
I loved Hannah. I love reading about strong, confident FMCs. Love it. She was fantastic and a joy to read. I loved her leading lady thing. Every girl has had that thought, comparison in some fashion to each other.
The Dark of the Night/break up/drama/80% ~thing~, whatever you want to call it, the conflict there at the end was a little weak. It felt like it came out of nowhere. They were happy. They were together-ish. He went on his boat trip and then... boom. Maybe it was because I thought Fox's plotline, while heartbreak, was also a little weak and immature? And kind of his own fault. At any point, he could've looked at his crew and been all, back off, I really like Hannah and you're an ass. But he didn't. He let their words become his identity and spent his life worried about what other people thought. So when he was the one to initiate the break up, I was kind of like, Good, Hannah can go find her someone who cares enough about themselves to value themself properly to then value her. Like, I didn't care. He was doing it--alllllll of it--to himself.
Would I recommend? Yes. Especially if you like steamy reads. Would I read again? Eh... jury is out on this one. I'm not opposed to the idea, but I'm also not itching to reread it right now.

I was really excited to get my hands on an early copy of this book and it did not disappoint! I loved It Happened One Summer and was immediately intrigued by the side characters that are now the center of Hook, Line, and Sinker. The book is about Piper's sister Hannah and Brendan's bestfriend, Fox. It was funny and sexy and I highly recommend it if your looking for a good romance book to curl up with. I love the small town setting and I hope we see more books set in Westport!

Tessa Bailey has done it again! I was incredibly grateful to be able to read an Advanced copy or Hook, Line and Sinker. I’m even more grateful now that I’ve finished reading it (in just a few hours, it was THAT GOOD), and was not disappointed. I didn’t think anything could live up to It Happened One Summer- but I honestly think I enjoyed Hook, Line and Sinker more! Is that even possible??

Following It Happened One Summer, this book is about Piper’s sister, Hannah, and Brendan’s first mate and best friend, Fox. I laughed, I cried, I got frustrated, and then I did a little happy dance when I finished the final chapter. This book is absolutely phenomenal, and a perfect way to bring everyone back into that Westport life. Pre-order this book now, because I swear you will not be disappointed when you finally read it. Highly highly recommend.

RATING: 5/5 STARS

I don't know how I've gone this long in the romance novel world without reading a Tessa Bailey book until this week! After hearing excellent things about IT HAPPENED ONE SUMMER on Goodreads and Instagram, I decided to give it a try and was instantly hooked. I love Alexis from Schitt's Creek so Piper was a fun character to read. The first book in this series was just the perfect grumpy-sunshine-trope story I needed.

But this second book was equally fantastic, if not more so! Hannah is one of the kindest and most endearing main characters I have read about. I loved how she overcame her insecurities in regards to her career while being incredibly supporting of Fox through his own struggles. And Fox had such a complex history that influenced his decisions. I was not expecting this depth to his character after meeting him in the supporting role in the first book. Tessa Bailey did such a great job with Hannah and Fox's dual POVs - she really elicits strong emotions with their story, which is a must for any good romance novel.

This book was so relatable and the relationship between the two MC's was off the charts. :) Highly recommend this one for anyone who has ever felt imposter syndrome and likes well developed friend-to-lovers stories.

A sincere thanks to NetGalley and Avon for providing an advanced reading copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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Incoming post with a lot of feels! Hook, Line, and Sinker just easily became one of my all time favorite romance books (maybe my favorite)! There are many reasons why: the banter, friendship, genuine care for each other, deep encouragement, romance, and more. But the reason this really hit home for me is Hannah! I have never read a contemporary and truly seen myself in the character, but Hannah is me. I want to be like her at my best, but I also feel her worries in my core. I cried in sadness and joy multiple times because I truly felt what she was feeling because I know that's how I'd feel. I feel so seen! Also, I would 100% want to be with her man! He's perfect! I know this book won't hit home for most people like it did for me, but I highly recommend It Happened One Summer and this one!

Overall this book was hilarious, moving, and there was no way I could stop reading it!

I'm not really sure why I'm so unimpressed with this one. It wasn't that it was bad, I just wasn't interested in it.

I think the only problem I can name is that this dragged a bit. We'd been told since the beginning that Fox had commitment issues, and this made that glaringly apparent. In fact, it was almost too much. Instead of making me love the characters even more, his commitment issues got old very fast. We all knew how this was going to end, so I got tired of watching Fox and Hamnah dance around it.

Other than that, there wasn't much I can say I liked or disliked about this one. It was just another mediocre romance.

Thanks to Netgalley for providing a free copy in exchange for an honest review!

As much as I loved Piper and Brendan in It Happened One Summer, when I found out Fox and Hannah were going to take the stage in Hook, Line, and Sinker, I couldn’t wait! I couldn’t get enough of them and their weird little dynamic in IHOS.

The friends to lovers trope is not normally for me but I thought this book did it so well! I was completely hooked by both Fox and Hannah’s journeys in dealing with their own insecurities and coming to terms with their attraction to each other. It’s angsty, it’s steamy and you just fall in love with how they see/respect each other. You also get a good amount of Piper’s electric energy and Brendan’s charming grumpiness!

And honestly the 10 years epilogue was the perfect cherry on top. Normally, I feel like epilogues are only a year or two in the future and don’t actually give me any real satisfaction or closure. This one does!

Also I need to find/make a playlist of their songs on Spotify - they have good taste lol. 😉

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I jumped right into this digital ARC, thanks to @netgalley, after reading It Happened One Summer. I could not stop reading this book! Like to the point where my @amazonkindle went into the shower with me because I needed to shower, but wanted to read! 🤷🏻‍♀️⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The story between Hannah and Fox was a slow-burn for me, but it was totally worth it! The chemistry between them was 🔥🔥🔥! A sweet friends-to-lovers story line that I couldn’t get enough of. All I know is I like Fox 100% better than Brendan from It Happened One Summer. So glad he didn’t use “honey” and “babe”. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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THIS BOOK GAVE ME ALL THE FEELS, and you have to preorder it now! It comes out March 2022, and I will def be re-reading the finished copy then!