Set on You by Amy Lea is a fun read about a confident, curvy woman who meets an alpha male in the gym... attraction is there and so is the chemistry. What I really loved was how great of a guy Scott is. Coming across as a macho dude, he has so much going for him. Their miscommunications are one of their obstacles...will Crystal and Scott find their way to the love that is building between them?

I also loved the refreshing perspective of a plus sized woman being a fitness guru on social media. Lea takes a deep look at the complicated views of how we as woman feel about our bodies.

Thank you to NetGalley, Berkley Publishing and author Amy Lea for this temporary digital review copy for me to read and enjoy. As always, my reviews are voluntary and my opinions are my own.

I really enjoyed this! The way Lea handles the nuance of body positivity and the way that social media impacts the way we think about ourselves and see ourselves was uniquely portrayed through this book.

Set on You by Amy Lea is a contemporary romance. Curvy fitness influencer Crystal Chen built her career shattering gym stereotypes and mostly ignoring the trolls. After her recent breakup, she has little stamina left for men, instead finding solace in the gym – her place of power and positivity. Enter firefighter Scott Ritchie, the smug new gym patron who routinely steals her favorite squat rack. Sparks fly as these ultra-competitive foes battle for gym domination. But after a series of escalating jabs, the last thing they expect is to run into each other at their grandparents' engagement party. In the lead up to their grandparents' wedding, Crystal discovers there’s a soft heart under Scott’s muscled exterior. Bonding over family, fitness, and cheesy pick-up lines, they just might have found her swolemate. But when a photo of them goes viral, savage internet trolls put their budding relationship to the ultimate test of strength.

Set on You is a read that does a great job about unpacking some of the self esteem and image issues that run rampant in some of our lives. I liked Crystal and her circle of friends, family, and clients. I thin the variety of approaches to liking and caring about yourself was very well done and will resonate with a variety of readers. I think the situation and aspects around social media and reactions of other people was on point, sadly. I enjoyed the journey with Crystal, and I think that many of us, including those that never got comfortable in the gym, can relate to many of her experiences and thoughts. I will say that as much as I understood and empathized with her I also had moments when I just wanted to shake her and give her some tough love- but I am also a person that tends to turn pain in to manic cleaning or side projects rather than cocooning. I also find Scott to be a little flat and maybe too close to perfect. Yes he had his own issues from the past, but I did not feel like I got as much growth and insight into him as Crystal- and the dual growth and change is something I really enjoy in a story. All of this is my personal preference, and nothing that is actually wrong with the book.. I van think of many people that would connect to this read more closely and deeply than I, and I have a few I will be recommending it to.

Set on You is an engaging and entertaining read.

Spoiler alert, this book is so…much…fun! Thank you @netgalley for my eARC.

I loved this gem about a curvy American-Chinese influencer and a hot fireman love interest who is based on Chris Evans 🏃🏼‍♀️

You’ll get a super funny and sexy all-round fabulous romcom ft enemies-to-lovers (!), super witty banter and a first kiss not dissimilar to the one in The Hating Game #iykyk - I loved it!

I wasn’t a big fan of the writing in this and it took me a while to try to get into it. I didn’t finish it but got most of the way through so I decided to give feedback although I didn’t read it all the way through.

A breath of fresh air from a new author!

Crystal was so damn likeable! She's smart and witty and real! Scott was totally swoon-worthy, hello new book BF! They made total sense together! It wasn't hard to imagine them as a couple at all. The secondary characters were also pretty great! I certainly didn't find myself wanting them to head out of the scene!

As someone who has struggled with my weight for my entire life this part was handled brilliantly! Honestly, there will be people who disagree but it made sense to me. I have never identified with a character so much! I especially loved that she worked in a field that isn't typical for someone who doesn't have the "right body"!

I cannot wait for the next book!

Many topics women struggle with are covered in this story - self-love, body image and shaming, bullying, curviness, exercising. However I didn’t really find the romance that exciting. Crystal was ok as a character, her motivational insta posts were spot on but she was a very judgmental person when it came to Scott at the beginning. Not a story I’ll read again.

This one had a super cute premise and I was stoked to read it. The audio is fantastic and the narration is great. This is a cute and fun romance and I look forward to more from Amy Lea.

This book is kindly provided to me by net galley and the publisher for review. All opinions are my own. I’ve flew through this book, I really enjoyed the romance. I thought it was fun engaging laugh out loud we’re also having some serious topics as well. As someone who’s probably a little bit more midsize also in the athletic fields, a yoga instructor, there is sometimes this pressure to look a certain way and to always say you love yourself and I love how this book tackled that kind of reality that it’s not always gonna be that way. There will be good days and bad days I loved how the author worked on the heroin coming to the realization that that doesn’t make her fake but it makes her human. It was so well done, I cannot wait to read more from this author. Love the hero so much.

I appreciated the message about the issues in body positivity and how it's actually toxic to try to love everything about yourself all the time. Unfortunately, I found both Scottie and Crystal irritating. However, the smut was good.

Set on You by Amy Lea was an absolutely incredible book! First of all, the romance was entirely addicting. I couldn’t get enough of Scott and Crystal’s interactions. The banter, the tension, the yearning was all impeccable.

I love how their relationship played out, the enemies, to friends, to lovers happened so perfectly and seemlessly I couldn’t put it down.

And as a fat woman, this book meant more to me than I can express. Seeing a fat woman being a fitness influencer was such valuable representation. I love that Amy didn’t shy away from the good or the bad that it entails. I love that she explored Crystal’s relationship with her body and with fatness in such a refreshing way. She didn’t hate her body. She wasn’t in love with her body either, it was a complex, ever changing relationship, which is one of the most accurate representations I have ever seen written. I loved the idea of body neutrality that Lea promotes with this book, and I think everyone should read this. Skinny, fat, it doesn’t matter this book teaches such an important lesson for ANYONE with a body.

Set On You is such a cute book! I loved the forced proximity, playful banter, and pop culture references (I am a HUGE Real Housewives fan, so these references made the book seem even more relatable).

I love the enemies to lovers trope and this one is perfection. I loved the two main characters, Crystal and Scott. Crystal is a curvy fitness influencer who has an unpleasant gym encounter when firefighter Scott steals her favorite equipment. I loved Crystal's message about self-love and being kind to ourselves and our bodies. Scott is swoony and respectful...and did I mention a firefighter?!

Set On You was a sweet, joyful read and I look forward to more books by Amy Lea. I highly recommend this adorable rom-com!

I wish I could say I thoroughly enjoyed this book like I originally thought I would. But it was just okay. It had a really nice concept, I liked the writing style and the Instagram post captions.

Crystal (the fmc) was a little annoying at times and a bit hypocritical but I’m glad the other characters in the book called her out on it. I liked the relationship developments though.

If you’re looking for a quick read that has nice banter - pick this up!

This was a great enemies to lovers with a twist of surprise family. I really loved this and will definitely be reading more Lea in the future.

I've followed Amy Lea on Bookstagram every since I joined the community two years ago and became obsessed with her picture-perfect pastel feed. I could not have been more excited when it was announced Berkley would be publishing her debut novel, and am so thankful to have gotten my hands on a copy! And it did not disappoint. With a plus-size Asian, fitness influencer heroine, there's a lot to love in this book a lot of of originality. While the hero seemed a bit like a little boy on the playground pulling a little girl's pigtails, I grew to love him and him and the heroine together.

Thanks to Berkley for my eARC and finished copy! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

5 stars - 9/10

Adorable if not predictable. Overall, a decently suitable pool read. Loved the representation and romance was sweet to read.

Amy Lea is now an auto buy author for me. I absolutely loved Set on You. I ended up flying through this book in two settings. I want Crystal as a friend and my personal trainer and Scott is definitely book boyfriend material. The banter between the MCs was *chef’s kiss. I really loved the message in the book and seeing both character’s personal growth, but especially Chrystal’s. I really liked and appreciated that it was more than just a romance, but didn’t feel too heavy or veer into too dark and dramatic territory. I’m very excited for her next book to come out.

I absolutely LOVED this book!!!
Crystal Chen is a fitness Instagrammer, she’s curvy not stick thin, growing up she was insecure about her body, but when she discovered the gym her confidence grew. She had a large following and talks about body positivity and living a healthy lifestyle, and not to stress about days where you want to eat dessert. After a recent break up she finds herself at her favorite place the gym. When a handsome but rude man steals her squat rack and doesn’t follow the gym rules. Soon these two find themselves going back and forth and they can’t deny the heat. When Crystals grandma announces she’s getting married she’s shocked, at the family dinner in walks the rude man from the gym, and she find out it’s her grandmas new finance’s grandson and his name is Scott and he’s a firefighter. Soon Crystal and Scott are helping with the wedding and becoming closer. The more Crystal learns about Scott she can’t help but want to know more and be closer to him, they become friends and both want more. Crystal has trust issues after her previous relationship and Scott just ended a relationship and she doesn’t want to be just away to get over his ex. But when Crystal shares a photo internet trolls begin to affect her confidence and she begins to question does she deserve love and to be happy? Scott was amazing and Crystal had me rooting for her I loved this book so much!!

You don’t want to miss this debut.
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-Influencer/ personal trainer
-sister is a bookstagrammer
-Hero is a Firefighter who is said to look like a Hemsworth brother
-enemies to friends to lovers
-the steamy scenes were so well done
-bi-racial heroine and curvy
-talks about healthy views about body image
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From the moment they meet sparks were flying and so were some not so nice thoughts. Ha. From the representation it had to the romance it was amazing.
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Scott gets on Crystals bad side after a gym incident and then starts to have other run ins with her. THEN they are thrown together because of other circumstances and it was so much fun to read. I think a lot of the conflict in the book was due because Crystal was learning to be more accepting of her person and being more trusting. Scott was amazing through this process. Did he mess up at times? Yes, but he recognized where he mess up which I appreciated. Also, the moments where he mentioned the he tried his best to get her attention but it kind of backfired on him. So adorable. They developed a beautiful friendship that lead to some delicious tension.
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The author touched on growing up biracial, toxic gym culture, social media (good & bad) and also accepting one’s body. Love the fact that just being positive about it can also be toxic. It’s ok to have some bad moments of self doubt. I think this will resonate with many.
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Thank you to Berkley for my review copy.

Loved the idea of the book and heroine Crystal - but overall I mostly struggled with the book.
I really enjoyed Crystal although she is pretty quick to judge other people. But when it comes to the plot it was unremarkable, not as funny as expected, and quite boring at times. I skimmed and skipped my way though it, with many stops and goes. At the end I never connected or cared for the characters and story except for Crystal.

I'm also not a fan of misunderstandings, especially just for the sake of conflict. And Crystal going viral because of her not fitting certain criteria is such an overused conflict, and lacklustre. Instagram drama is just not my forte, there is too much of it already in real life.

It wasn't a bad debut novel, just not a great one either. On the other hand, with each book it can only get better.