This book. THIS. BOOK.

First, I need to admit that I have not read the first two books in this series yet, but this worked great as a stand-alone.

Eliza and Beckham are total DARLINGS who are completely realistic and well-fleshed out characters. They both contain multitudes, y’all. Eliza is trying to get out of a rut of bad dates and constant social media comparison (fueled by a very viral date that could put her job at risk). Beckham is running from family trauma that is best revealed by reading the book (for maximum emotional impact).

All of these topics are handled in such a real way. Humans are full of complex emotions and contradictions, and both Eliza and Beckham are smart and totally clueless all at once.

The pacing is perfect, the banter is so cute it made my head spin, and the spicy is spiiiiicy. 12/10 would recommend.

Read this if you like:
- friends to lovers / (sorta) workplace romance
- Friends with benefits
- Good chemistry / spice

Sadly, I think this is my least favorite of the series 😭 While it started out really strong, I really did not like the conflict and how it was handled throughout the story and then leading up to the reveal towards the end. I'm also not sure I really loved either of the characters? Ugh idk.. I liked this, but just didn't love it, which is a bummer as I REALLY enjoyed the first two books in this series! There was just SOMETHING that didn't hook me in and make me route for them.

Rating: 3.5 ⭐️

*I received a free ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*

This book had the best meet-cute and the best first kiss I’ve read in ages. The chemistry between these characters was exceptional, and I ADORED Beck. When he tagged along when Eliza went to the animal shelter, and ended up adopting a demon cat? The way he jumped to Eliza’s rescue after the date from hell? Wearing Star Wars pajamas to the NoPho party? I just loved him!

The author did a great job of revealing their backstories, and I loved the overall arc of self-growth that both characters went through. While this is the 3rd book in a series, it worked perfectly as a stand-alone. I binge-read this in a single night, and will absolutely be going back to read the previous two books!

Wow. I just loved this. Loren writes characters with such exquisite emotional baggage and I am here for it. Her characters are real, with all the flaws and foibles of regular people. But the communication between Eliza and Beck is the stuff of mature relationships we all wish we could have!

Eliza and Beck are opposites attract in the very best way and they absolutely complement each other. The slow burn of this friends to lovers was terrific! I’m pretty sure I was yelling “Kiss her!” at my book.

I loved how Beck was there for her when she was in crisis, and she was able to return the favor. These two are such great friends (on top of being smokin’ in bed together) but they both have a some significant baggage to unpack if they are going to be in a relationship.

Beck is definitely worthy of book boyfriend status, I mean who else adopts the meanest cat in the shelter?! And Eliza is the kind of friend that would light herself on fire to keep you warm. This is a couple that deserves happiness together. I love that we got to see what’s going on with her friends Hollyn and Andi and their partners from the previous books. Their friendship is just the best!

This is such a great book. I cannot say enough good things about it or how much I liked it! Read this!!

I requested an advance reader copy of this book from the publisher and these are my honest opinions.

Roni Loren completes her excellent trilogy in the Say Everything series with a wonderful final book, this one focused on Eliza. (The first two books focused respectively on Hollyn and Andi, all of whom work at a shared workspace in New Orleans.) Eliza is a therapist in her early 30s and the love interest in this book is a younger man (mid-20s), Beckham, whose workspace is the office next door to hers. He works in cybersecurity. As with the other books in this series, there is an emphasis on mental health issues. This time there’s a lot of emphasis on the downside of social media, especially dating apps.

When Eliza’s bad date experience goes viral, Beckham helps her get the video taken down. Their relationship started “cute” when he agreed to accompany Eliza to an animal shelter to help her adopt a dog on Christmas Day, as they were both alone and at their desks. And he winds up adopting a grumpy cat! It then proceeds, in fits and starts, to friends with benefits. Beck helps Eliza with a digital detox, introducing her to his similarly-minded friends. The NoPho (no phones) party he takes her to was really funny. Beck has his own demons that we gradually find out about (wish we’d have learned more about it earlier in the book, though). Steam factor is pretty high, so this book is not for those who only enjoy “clean” romances. I could see the late-stage conflict coming, but it didn’t cloud my enjoyment of this book.

CW include: discussions of past alcohol abuse/addiction, panic/anxiety, past death of parents via a drunk driver, conservative religious cult backstory and more.

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for the opportunity to read an advance readers copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

For You & No One Else is the third book in Roni Loren's Say Everything series. Having absolutely adored the first two books, I couldn't wait to get my hands on this one and immensely enjoyed it.

The series is set in New Orleans around a co-working building, Work Around. Each of the previous heroines have met through the co-working space, as well as the series's first couple. In this story, Therapist Eliza and her Work Around neighbor, Beckham, strike up a friendship as he helps her wean away from social media after her most recent dating app date goes horribly wrong and horribly viral.

Roni Loren does great romantic build-up and the way she interweaves emotional and traumatic character backstories makes her books seem very real. These characters are imperfect. They aren't shiny. They are flawed, they are learning, they have scars and wounds that haven't fully healed and they make decisions that make you yell at them. And yet, the stories are full of hope and romance.

The friendship between Hollyn, Andi and Eliza is one of my other favorite parts of this series. I love how much they support and champion each other.

For You & No One Else also succeeded well in wrapping up the series in a very satisfying way. I will miss all these characters! This series was my introduction to Roni's writing and I can't wait to see what she writes next.

This is the final book in the current series of moving and emotional contemporary romances that are not afraid to tackle heavy subjects. This is how I discovered Roni Loren, my first book of hers was The One You Fight For from her series The Ones Who Got Away who focuses on lives of school shooting surviours finding HEA year later.

This current series though lighter in tone, also explores serious issues - mental health, disability, depression and suicidal ideation, childhood and adult trauma.

I appreciate how the author treat her characters with care and empathy and doesn't exploit their issues for sensational value only. Mind you, I am speaking from an outsider's perspective here and can't say how ownvoices readers would feel about these series. I would definitely recommend checking more reviews and especially CWs before picking any of the books.

This one, I can say, is my favourite in the series. It is a romance featuring an older heroine and a younger hero who try a friends-with-benefits relationship while she is searching offline for Mr. Right.

I liked Eliza a lot. I can't comment of how realistic her representation as a therapist but I found her relatable in her personal life - an intense sense of loneliness after the loss of her parents, longing for a long-term partner, following a specific plan in life both personal and professional.

I found the element of performance on social media and in real life relationship very interesting. She kept putting a happy face online and on dates with the goal to impress, to win people over up to the point that she forgot who she was and what made her happy.

The social media and our presence on it is becoming very noticeably present in contemporary romance but sometimes I feel it overtakes the plot. This was not the case here, mostly because she took a SM break after a non-consented video of her was leaked and went viral going viral for all the wrong reasons. And because the other MC, Beck, was very much anti-SM. The NoPho parties he took her to were interesting and certainly unconventional but they struck me as a bit juvenile. While I liked Beckham a lot, he remained a mystery till the end. He came off as confident and very much in control of his life. He appeared sure of his priorities and life goals. Until he wasn't any more. It was his relationship with Eliza that was eye-opening for him.

There is a third act break up and both parties were to blame for it. They each violated the other person's trust in a way that is hard to forgive. Still I found the groveling and forgiveness scenes convincing and could see Eliza and Beck being together, trying a relationship.

Something that I liked in the series as a whole is the great friendships. Eliza had her friends by her side at all times, talking with them helped her reconsider what happily ever after could be for her and disentangle her own happiness from what society tells you happiness should look like.

It's the epilogue that is my main issue with the story. It was so over the top, a nice wrap up to the whole series but really unnecessary here. It was too conventional for the MCs, like after all the talk about different forms of HEA, they just got the most traditional one. Yes, it took a while and they worked hard for their HEA - he got the counseling he needed and she wrote the book she wanted to write but still it undermined the whole point the story was trying to make about the possibility of alternative HEA.

With this minor complaint in mind, I still would recommend the series if you are looing for contemporary romances with complicated characters finding love where least expected. These are rich, well built stories that don't shy away from heavy themes but ultimately leave us with hope and optimism for the future.

CW: religious cult, addiction (in the past), loss of parents in car accident (in the past), embarrassing video leaked out

I was so excited to get this one because I adored the other two books in the series. This one, unfortunately didn’t quite hit the mark for me. I really enjoyed the beginning of the book but I think what frustrates me a bit was when Eliza started secretly writing the book. I think as a therapist she would know better than most then importance of respecting boundaries and being open and honest but apparently not. This book definitely had cute and funny moments…I’m just a character driven reader and when I can’t get behind a character it’s hard for me to get as invested.

Roni Loren's third book in this series is just as charming, funny, steamy, and delightful as the other two! I love that the characters communicate like adults and are open with one another. I love the WorkAround space, which allows for office place romances without all of the awkward potential for HR complaints. This world is so wonderful, and I want endless more romances in this series!

Eliza is so tired of online dating. When she starts a friendship with her office neighbor Beckman, he suggests a digital detox. Delete the apps, deleted social media, and meet people in the real world. It sounds like a great plan until she starts to fall for the one guy she shouldn’t. Beckman doesn’t believe in marriage. Will they be able to keep their friendship at just that?

Man I have loved this series so much. Andi, Hollyn, and Eliza are so perfectly imperfect. While I truly enjoyed every second of this book, it felt a bit different from the first two in the series. That didn’t keep me from enjoying it though. I loved the twist of why Beckman was the way he was about privacy, marriage, and relationships. It wasn’t the typical reasons to be commitment phobic, so I thought it added a new layer to his story. I do wish we had dug a little bit deeper into his background, as well as Eliza’s. Overall this was a great way to end this series, and I truly enjoyed it!

This was the third book i have read by Roni Loren. I can see myself reading more. This book was good. At first I thought it was predictable but then i got into it more and it got better. Im grateful that netgalley let me read this in exchange for an honest review.

Gah I loved this book. As a romantic who has dreamed of my wedding since I was a girl watching Barbie movies, I could totally relate to Eliza’s desire for marriage, kids, the whole shebang. It’s not a bad desire to have either, but it was interesting to see how her plans and goals changed through her friendship with Beckham as he constantly challenged her. Beckham’s backstory was interesting to me and I usually have a hard time reading about religious trauma but I think the author did a pretty good job with it. Major kudos to her for the scene where Eliza emphasizes that religion isn’t inherently bad and can really be amazing, but yeah, it can also be twisted and used for evil. Basically, I appreciated how Beckham’s story wasn’t an excuse to say all religion is bad.

Beyond that, I loved Eliza and Beckham together. Their friendship was so sweet and it was so evident how comfortable they were with each other. It felt natural for it to profess romantically. I was hardcore rooting for them and thought the ending was great. The epilogue was unique and while I’m not sure it was my favorite format, I do believe it worked well for them. It just took me a little to read and picture the Instagram posts that were described.

Eliza finally got her book and I'm SO excited! While this installment is heavier on the romance than the 2 previous, I quite enjoyed it. The whole cult escapee aspect was a bit strange, but we make up for it with all of the adorable animal antics. Like seriously, Trent? I'm in love. The mix of an angsty hacker and a sunshine-y therapist was a great new flavor, but it also feels familiar with tropes like friends with benefits and age gaps. And the epilogue? THE EPILOGUE!!

I think that this is likely the final installment in the Say Everything series, and I'm happy to say that it stuck the landing.

*Thank you to Sourcebooks Casablanca and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest review*

One of my favourite books of the year!
I loved it so much and I really wanted that regency part from it to be something real, some real book that it’s out there available for us to read it in full.
The chemistry and build up tension in here was amazing and I loved how they learned to love each other slowly.
Beautiful romance story that it’s unmissable!

“For You & No One Else” is the third book in the “Say Anything”series. You can read it as a standalone, but it's so much fun to know the other characters first! Roni Loren has definitely climbed to one of the authors that I look forward to reading. The first two books from these standalone series were so great! I love how realistic Loren’s storytelling is. There's always a special focus on the characters and the story develops from there. Overall I liked Loren’s writing style. Eliza and Beckham have sizzling chemistry that leaps off the page, fantastic banter that makes the reader laugh out loud and a whole lot of back and forth that made their scenes together incredibly entertaining. It was inevitable that they would become more than friends. This book was a bit of a slow burn, with that first kiss happening around the 50% mark, but their tension building was well worth the wait. I loved how vastly different these two were and how those conflicting thoughts and views really sealed the deal on their connection. I liked how Beck and Eliza’s relationship progressed, how they were able to be there for each other, even when things were not going well.  I have to say that I loved their pets - I couldn't stop laughing while reading the scenes withEliza's dog and Beck's cat! I love the mental health rep in this series, for both the men and women in the books, because it makes them more real and relatable and you truly feel their panic and worries with every passing moment.  I loved the epilogue, it was fun to revisit the happy endings of the previous two couples and see where Eliza and Beck are.  I’m happy with where she left the series, but I hope that we can re-visit the “Say Anything” universe down the line. Roni Loren continues to nail every book she writes, and this one was no different. I'm so grateful I got to read an ARC. Thank you to NetGalley Roni Lauren and SOURCEBOOKS Casablanca for the ARC of this book in exchange for my thoughts.

Beckham decides he needs therapy to deal with his long-standing issues but Eliza never gets therapy and that bothered me SO MUCH. She wants to be with him NOW. For a therapist, she makes a lot of choices that I don't really agree with or understand and while the book ends with a HEA and an epilogue that involves a glance several years down the line to them married and with a kid, it also leaves me doubting their HEA. Because it all cones to easy and too quickly for two people who have a whole host of issues that only one of them ended up dealing with because there is never any mention made of Eliza ever seeking therapy for her own issues.

All that to say, the premise had potential but the execution just fell apart for me.

I really enjoyed this book! The relationship was so sweet and the tension was amazing. Eliza and Beck were well developed characters and their backstories were sad but interesting to read about.
I loved the references to rom coms! And the ending made me so happy, I was smiling so hard. I definitely recommend for romance readers.

eARC provided by NetGalley for an impartial review.

Yay! Eliza's book is here. She has been such an awesome friend through this series, so I was thrilled to get her story. Eliza is a therapist, and she rents office space at WorkAround to meet clients and to film her YouTube content. Beckham has also moved to WorkAround with his company, and he is in the one office far from the rest of the group, conveniently next to Eliza's.

This was a bit of an age-gap romance, and I loved seeing Eliza as the older of the two. This book demonstrated so well that as adults, life experience is so much more important for compatibility than age. And I especially loved that Beckham, the young guy, showed Eliza the ropes of going analog and getting off social media and dating apps. It's fascinating to think about how life would be without social media and about how much of life is performative.

And of course, with Eliza being a therapist, the discussion around mental health was so good and normalized seeking help. I really appreciated the author's note with content warnings at the start of the book (you can DM me for them).

My favorite part of the book was seeing Eliza with Andi and Hollyn. I'll miss seeing the three of them.

Thank you to Sourcebooks Casablanca and NetGalley for the advanced reader copy. These opinions are my own.

Eliza and Beckham are such a great match. Roni Loren does an incredible job weaving her love interests together and make them so real you feel like you know these people. Her frank and honest perspective on mental heatlh is so relatable and encouraging since I always feel like I relate to the characters so much.

I totally get Eliza - she wants to fit in and be seen as someone with the answers, but she also wants a partner she can lean on so she doens;t have to make all the decisions. Beckham grew up in a conservative home, a cult and he's remade himself and now he's scared on connection. My childhood was conservative but different from Beckham's and I still found myself relating to him and his struggles.

I was so excited to get an ARC of this book from NetGalley. This is the third book in this series, but it can be read as a standalone (although I reccomend the other two for sure)!

Synopsis: Eliza Catalano has the perfect life. So what if it actually looks nothing like the story she tells online? As a therapist, it's part of her job to look like she has all the answers, right? But when Eliza ends up as a viral "Worst Date Ever" meme, everything in her Instagram-filtered world begins to crumble.

Enter the most obnoxiously attractive man she's ever met, and a bet she can't resist: if she swears off social media for six months, Beck Carter'll teach her the wonders of surviving the "real world." No technology, no dating apps, no pretty filters, no BS.

It seems like the perfect deal-she can lay low until her sudden infamy passes, meet some interesting new people, and maybe even curate this experience into a how I quit the online dating racket book along the way. But something about Beck's raw honesty speaks to Eliza in ways she never expected. She knows he's supposed to be completely hands-off...but as complex feelings grow and walls come tumbling down, rough-around-the-edges Beck may be exactly what Eliza needs to finally, truly face herself-and decide who she really wants to be.

I have loved the other two books in this Roni Loren series and this was no exception. I just love the way Loren writes interesting, imperfect characters. Eliza, therapist and friend of Andi and Hollyn from the first two books, is grieving the loss of her parents and struggling with another Christmas alone. She goes in to her office at the WorkAround co-working space and finds her office neighbor, the hot, quiet, possible tech bro Beckham Carter is working too. She spontaneously convinces him to go with her to the animal shelter so she can adopt a puppy, but Beckham ends up leaving with a very finicky and difficult cat named Trent (who is basically the perfect cat character). They strike up a tentative friendship that is solidified when Beckham helps Eliza get rid of an unflattering video that a bad dating app date posted of her after he tried to get her drunk and take advantage of her. Beckham convinces Eliza to do a digital detox for six months, not only cutting out dating apps but also her whole social media presence. He introduces her to an analog world where there are NoPho (phone free) parties and lots of meeting people in real life. Despite the fact that Eliza wants marriage and a family and Beckham is completely opposed to that whole thing, they have a strong attraction that complicates their friendship. I liked Eliza and Beck and was also happy to get a little bit of Hollyn and Andi. I will be anxiously awaiting the next Roni Loren!