Phenomenal. Once again, I’m blown away by this series. Somehow book 3 is the best one yet!! Highly recommend this series, and if you haven’t picked up the first one yet, do it!

This was a enjoyable read! It was well paced and dealt with difficult topics, such as grief and leaving a religious cult, really well. The two main characters were likeable and having dual POV is always a plus. Additionally the side characters were also interesting and I’ll definitely be reading their books next. I loved the concept of going analog and enjoyed reading their no phone adventures. Lastly, the epilogue is also worth mentioning as it was written and structured in a unique way and gave a sweet conclusion to the book.

Overall this was a funny and at times emotional read, I would recommend if you enjoy reading romance books which have an added layer of depth.

I’ll be posting a video review soon on my tiktok account (@BooktokUK)

love love loved it. truly beautiful characters, a great pace, and an *interesting* story. my first roni loren, and i’ll definitely be backtracking for hollyn and andi’s stories!

#netgalley

An unusual, angsty, and ultimately romantic read - I loved it! We follow two introspective people (Eliza and Beckham) who grapple with their own hangups as they develop a fast and deep friendship that could turn into something more if they let it.

Though I am not typically a fan of angst-filled stories, I found the push and pull between Eliza and Beckham irresistible! Eliza is a therapist and Beckham is an introverted hacker/video game developer - they have great chemistry and communicate well with each other (for the most part!). As a bonus, there are charming and supportive friends and delicious food as the story is set in New Orleans.

For You & No One Else is the third book in a series but can be read as a stand-alone story (I’ve read the other two books and recommend them - they are all great in their own ways and I think each book gets better and better). We get insight into how the couples from the first two novels are doing. I recommend this to fans of smart, sweet, and sexy romance.

Thank you very much to SOURCEBOOKS Casablanca and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC.

Rating: 4/5
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Read If You Liked: Say Everything Series or Part of Your World
Steam: 3/5
Tropes: Friends to Lovers, It’s Just A Hookup, Age-Gap, Workplace Romance

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for proving this advanced copy in exchange for my honest opinion. For You & No One Else will be released on July 5th, 2022.

The Say Everything series is a dark horse of a romance series….These books are so good, talk about relatable humans and I don’t think they get enough hype. So I’m you’re hype girl now!

Things I loved: The bold honestly between these two humans, they were also so kind to one another. Eliza was so relatable. I loved the pets. All of the NOLA foodie mentions. Star Wars. I loved the concept of going off social media and going analog. Sleepover/Pajama party was so much fun. The way it tackled aspects of purity culture, self-improvement and therapy. That epilogue was so perfect I could cry! The friends! Age gap was handled well and didn’t feel odd, especially with Beck’s history and maturity.

Things I didn’t care for: Something was missing, I can’t put my finger on it. The middle of the book was fun, looking at their F2L/FWB story, but I wish we got a deeper look into who each of them were. We get glimpses of their stories when there was an opportunity to do more with it.

Overall, I really suggest this series! Sad it’s over but can’t wait to see what Roni Loren writes next.

"We can make all these plans, but all we get is today. That's the only thing we can count on. So I can spend my days trying to find a hypothetical someone for my future, or I can spend my right nows with someone who makes me happy today...I've really like my rights nows since I've met you."

I'm so in love with this book. The entire "Say Anything" series by Roni Loren is one of my favorites of all time and this one did not disappoint. Eliza and Beck are a DREAM.

Eliza, a therapist in her early 30s that dreams of the perfect life, is on the search for the perfect husband to create the perfect love story she's always dreamed of. Little did she know her search would be interrupted by her next-door office neighbor, Beck, an anti-social media type who strives for the exact opposite type of life and is adamant about keeping his relationships as casual as can be.

After formally meeting/chatting for the FIRST TIME, Beck and Eliza find themselves on the way to an animal shelter on Christmas Day together.

I LOVED THIS. Eliza and Beck felt so thoroughly explored in terms of their character development. Reading them from beginning to end was such a delight. Eliza and Beck both had thick emotional walls to break through and I felt compelled to read through every single page of it.

I laughed, cried, and laughed some more through every bit of this and I wish I could read it again for the first time. AND THAT EPILOGUE???? I sobbed the entire way through. :')

Thank you to NetGalley, Sourcebooks Casablanca, and Roni Loren for the chance to read this early!

Roni Loren's Say Everything series is my favorite of all romance series. I love every single character in her stories and I love the way they talk to each other and the way they care for each other.

And this one is no exception.

Eliza and Beck make the most lovely couple. Each struggling with their own journeys and each reserved and scared and closed off for different reasons. And yet they find each other and can't help but love each other even if they don't want to admit it to themselves.

I love these imperfect and yet deeply kind characters who understand that the world is not perfect and that we can love and care for each other just the way we are.

Love everything about this series.

with gratitude to netgalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

I really struggled to get into this book, just because it hit a few markers that do not do it for me. Some of these were not abundantly clear from the blurb I.e. age gap - and yes, I have the same issue whichever way that goes!
Unfortunately I wasn't able to finish this book, I found this first book in the series quite similar, but really enjoyed the second.
Thank you to netgalley and the author for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you for the opportunity to review this book.

I have mixed feelings about this one.

I enjoyed the friends-with-benefits trope, and I liked the banter and chemistry between the leads. The steamy scenes were great, and the writing was quality. I loved the reflections on how we are constantly portraying ourselves via social media.

However, Eliza felt really immature to me, and some of the scenes felt immature too (eg adults playing spin the bottle at a party). The digital detox + subsequent writing a book about it seems very common in this day and age, and so I’m not sure I bought into Eliza’s desire to do this and the resulting complication. There was also a lot of internal monologuing that I found hard to engage with. It would have been nice to have some early interactions between Beckham and Eliza in their offices.

The heavy themes in this book were handled sensitively. There were quite a few of them.

This had some Penny Reid vibes - particularly Love Hacked (therapist/hacker, age gap).

In short: it’s not an instant re-read for me, but it’s not at the bottom of the pile either. It was a quality romance, I just felt that some of it was immature for my tastes.

For You & No One Else is the final installment of the Say Everything series, which has been a hit-or-miss for me. I DNF Yes & I Love You twice, absolutely adore What If You & Me and continue to recommend it to realistic romance lovers, and For You & No One Else falls somewhere in the middle.

Eliza Catalano is not the person social media thinks she is - as a budding social media influencer and full-time therapist, she's supposed to have a perfectly manicured life and have all the answers when in reality, she's chronically lonely, addicted to digital affirmation, and honestly isn't someone you'd want life advice from. After a disastrous first date goes viral and nearly tanks her career, she vows to undergo a digital detox for six months and turns to her enigmatic, carefree coworker, Beckman, to help her navigate the "real world" and explore a friends-with-benefits situation while she figures out the dating scene outside of apps.

I love how realistic Loren's storytelling is. There's always a special focus on the characters and the story develops from there. Eliza and Beckman are real people with real struggles who make really bad decisions but still learn and grow.

With that said... I don't like Eliza at all - imo, her focus should have been on embracing the single life and working on herself instead of desperately searching for a boyfriend - and having to observe her POV for most of the book made this a tedious read. Beckman is far more interesting, especially after his backstory is slowly revealed, and I would've preferred to read more about him outside of his relationship with Eliza.

The writing itself? A little questionable for my taste. It felt very cringe-y and over-explanatory at times. It was not at the same high caliber as WIY&M imo, but it wasn't DNF worthy.

Despite my eye rolls and qualms about the writing, I mostly enjoyed it. It's a genuinely fascinating, absorbing read and romance readers who prefer a deeper connection to the characters will enjoy this.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5

Thank you Sourcebooks Casablanca + NetGalley for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review!

Pub date: July 5, 2022

This book was so interesting to me. The story was one that I've witnessed a couple times, where it's based around technology, but this one was the opposite, it was more surrounding what happens if we just went technology less. It was an interesting topic to dive into for a romance book.

The character of Beckham (really cool name!) was an enigma to me from the very start. From the beginning, we have no idea who Beckham is, just that he's good looking and has secrets from his past. Throughout the book, we see glimpses of his past life and a new layer of his gets discovered every time. That's the opposite case when it comes to Eliza's character. We know a lot about her and we are following her for the ride of her finding her own happily ever after.

I have been loving this series so far, and each book has some really interesting topics of interest. This book may not have been my favourtie of the series, but it definitely gets you thinking about technology and religion and just everything that these characters have gone through.

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for the earc in return for an honest review.

Let me start by saying how much I adore Roni Loren’s books. Every one I’ve read is better than that last one, FOR YOU AND NO ONE ELSE no exception.

Therapist Eliza is looking for the perfect mate and invests way too much time on the internet and dating apps.

Cyber security ( and hunk) Beckham is seven years younger than her and vows never to get married.

These two start as office mates and when Eliza is caught in a viral video made by a troll guy she meets at an on line app, Beck steps in to save the day. Thus starts a friendship based on what each thinks they want.

As the way of Friends to lovers romance stories go, though, we know keeping it strictly in the friendzone is not what they want. When they become Friends with bennies, each vows to keep emotion out of the relationship.

And then do.

Until they don’t.

I hate spoilers so I won’t go further with the plot, but Beck has a secret – and man, it’s a goodie – that makes him think about relationships the way he does.

The ending is perfect, but then the rest of the story was as well.

Hot love scenes – one on the phone – add to the depth of how the characters fall for one another.

This was a really good, sexy, emotional read and I’m so happy Netgalley and Sourcebooks let me have a sneak peek.

5 great stars to another fab read from one of my one-click auth

I absolutely loved Yes & I Love You by Roni Loren so I couldn't help myself with requesting her latest work For You & No One Else and book #3 to the series.

For You & No One Else follows Eliza Catalano a therapist who relies on her social media presence to promote herself. Eliza finds herself on the negative side of the social media after her really bad date goes viral in the worst way. To navigate this public shame, Eliza is forced to step away from her social media accounts. While doing this she befriends the man who offices next to her, Beckham Carter, who is obnoxiously handsome. He offers her a deal, ditch her social media presence for six months and he will teach her how to live in the 'real world' and how to live an 'analogue life' unedited and unfiltered.

Eliza can't help but think this is the perfect deal. She can ride out this negative online attention while getting to interact face-to-face with real people, unfiltered, but the more time they spend together, the more Eliza can't help question who she truly wants to be.

Overall, this is a story worth reading. It showcases the value of self-worth offline and online, the damage social media has on our self esteem and self-worth, and the value of real, genuine relationships while offering plenty of steam and the best friends-turned-lovers trope. You will laugh, you will cry!

Make sure to check this out once it releases as well as the other books in the series!

This was my first time reading Roni Loren and I was very impressed! Initially I did not know this was book #3 in a series, and I was concerned I would be missing out on plot details. However, this definitely works as a stand-alone book. It’s my understanding that the series spotlights different characters in a friend group, but enough background information was provided for me to understand their relationships without having read the first two books.

This book follows Eliza and Beckham who are each facing different struggles in their romantic lives. Beckham is afraid of commitment, and Eliza has had one too many bad experiences on dating apps. Throughout the course of the book, each is challenged in different ways to confront their past trauma. Roni Loren handles their trauma thoughtfully, and it was refreshing to see mental health issues explored in such a sensitive way. This definitely added depth to the story and made it more special than your average romance novel. I also loved the Epilogue because we got to see what the future looks like for these characters. It was a satisfying and unique way to end the book.

I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys the romance genres! I look forward to reading more books in this series.

Thank you to Netgalley for this eARC.

I LOVED the first two books in this series. Yes & I Love You is one of my all time favorite reads. So I had high hopes for Eliza's story and book 3 of the series. While I enjoyed the book, it felt like it had a very different tone from the other two and I was left wishing I had gotten more of a deep dive into Eliza and Beckham.

Eliza is a therapist who relies on her YouTube channel and social media presence to promote herself. After a really bad date, she finds herself unexpectedly on a viral "worst date ever" site and ends up having to step away from her social media and internet presence. She befriends the handsome, somewhat nerdy man who works in the office next door to her, Beckham Carter, and he convinces her to take a break from her phone and digital life so she can learn to exist an "analogue" life. He offers to show her the way and guide her in this new, unplugged existence, but they both end up with more than they bargained for.

I loved the first part of this book. I was so hooked from the beginning with how Beck and Eliza meet and get to know each other. Beckham is immediately endearing and interesting. I also LOVED the ending of this book and the look at where all of our friends we have gotten to know over the 3 book series end up.

What left me a wishing for more was the middle of the book. While this is a fun friends to lovers/friends with benefits turned relationship story, I wanted more of a deep dive into what made Eliza and Beck tick. We get glimpses of Beckham's history and why he believes the way he does, but we don't fully get the whole story until the end of the book and by then I felt we just got the story, but never really a deep dive into how that history truly affected him or made him who he is. Same with Eliza. Although we get the factual story about her family and tragedy she has seen, we don't really get the deep dive into how that has affected her. Maybe because the other books did this so beautifully, I just had (maybe an unrealistic) expectation that we would get more from these two on a deeper level.

But regardless of that, the book is an enjoyable read and there are some moments that left me laughing out loud. The chemistry and steam between these two is undeniable and I instantly fell in love with Beckham and wanted to know more. I would definitely recommend this book to others and am glad I got to see this series to completion.

I cannot wait to see what Roni Loren gives us next! Thank you to Sourcebooks Casablanca and NetGalley for the EARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

“Day 1: On Friday morning, I woke up with a hangover and more than a hundred notifications on my phone…”

I enjoyed the first two books in this series, the second one, What If You & Me being my fave, but sadly I have to give this one 3 stars.

I think Roni Loren writes realistic characters, where they are coping with their own traumas, insecurities, etc and then meet someone who unexpectedly forces them to face those things to be better for themselves and the people they love. I really admire that approach here in this series specifically. The humour is also a nice balance to all the darker tones that are addressed here as well.

For me, the main male character was exhibiting signs of such intense trauma that I couldn’t let myself enjoy the romance here. I did enjoy how things were wrapped up in this series and the ending definitely helped, but the journey to get to that point made me feel for Eliza.

Overall I’m happy that I read this series. I liked the awareness to issues addressed in each book. I appreciate the breaking of social expectations in relationships and the support system between the 3 main characters of this series. I am glad that they each got their time in the sun.

3/5⭐️

& thank you to NetGalley & Sourcebooks for an arc in exchange for an honest review.

Eliza, a therapist grieving the loss of her parents, and in a dating rut, befriends Beckham, a hacker specializing in cybersecurity, dealing with his own traumas. When Beck agrees to help Eli start a “digital detox” in order to find a more suitable love interest (i.e. someone who won’t spread rumors about her all over the internet), she starts off on her analog journey ready to meet “the one”. But when she and Beck decide to pursue a different kind of friendship, things start to go a bit offline.

After hearing all the buzz surrounding her first two books, I was very excited to dive into Roni Loren’s latest, “For You & No One Else”, to see if the hype was justified. When I requested this arc, I had no idea this was part of a series and I worried that I would a) spoil the books that came before for myself b) not be able to follow the storyline. Thankfully, it functions just as well as a stand alone without a ton of spoilers or recap from previous books.

Right off the bat, Loren’s writing reminds me so much of Colleen Hoover (this is probably why CoHo also loves her books). From page one it is clear that it is not going to be a light hearted rom-com but rather a story about how grief, heartache, and psychological trauma can impact our abilities to form romantic attachments, but also how we can overcome that when we find friends, lovers, etc. who value us for who we are at our core and not who we pretend to be.

There is a lot of focus around the idea of “performance” in this book and how detrimental it is when we perform in our various relationships, whether on first dates, at work events or on Facebook and Instagram. I found it to be very eye opening especially in the age of social media, where the desire to perform has become inherent in our day to day actions as we plan what to “show” our friends/followers.

I really enjoyed getting to know both main characters and the friendship they established based on their own set of rules. And I felt more connected to them then I had thought I would, given that the book is written entirely in third person, which usually keeps the characters at arms length.

The only criticism I have, and perhaps it’s a selfish one, is I wish we had more interactions between Eli and Beck earlier in the book. There were a number of other characters introduced, and while it was interesting to see how each of the two MCs interacted alongside these supporting characters, I really wanted more moments between just the two of them (and maybe Mabel and Trent).

I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it, although I would suggest starting with the first two in the series. I know I will be.

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

I absolutely loved this romance. When I first received the ARC, I was a little disappointed because I didn't realize that it was the 3rd in the series and I was worried that I wouldn't be able to catch onto the story and characters. I quickly realized that this book very much read like an individual story and now I just bought the other two books in the series. Eliza and Beckham's friends (with benefits) connection was steamy hot. I loved reading about each of their careers and how their jobs shaped them as a person. The book was a quick, fun read and I can't wait to read the other 3 books in the series!

RATING: 4/5 STARS

The third installment to Roni Loren's Say Everything series is another hit! I thoroughly enjoyed Eliza and Beck's story. This book is realistic, swoony, and so enjoyable. The mental health representation is also excellent. Really loved how Eliza and Beck's relationship developed and how they overcame their obstacles.

Thank you Netgalley and publisher for the opportunity to read and provide my honest feedback on this arc.

Roni Loren is quickly becoming a favorite author. This is the 3rd book in the series Say Everything, and I've loved them all. Each book encapsulates a character from a friend group and they're fantastic. I really enjoyed this book and devoured it in a day! Am already recommending this book to others!