This book had it all for me! The story is adorable, emotional and the characters are relatable. It’s an opposites’ attract kind of situation and as of today, I’m a fan of this trope🫢😁. This is book number 3 in the Say Everything Series, but can be read as a standalone.

Eliza and Beckham are so terrific together!

Wow, what a wonderful story! Eliza is a therapist who is dealing with her own insecurities, while Beckham is a closed-off playboy on the outside but a huge, hurting marshmallow inside. The secrets this guy is burdened by are snatched-from-the-headlines relatable and deeply heartbreaking. Eliza's patient, indirect manner with him was exactly what he needed and I loved every charming bit of their relationship.

I really loved the focus on resetting one's life by going on a social media fast. I admired the way the author worked that situation into this story, especially considering both characters' occupations.

Hearts are healed, pasts are faced, bets are won, ghosts are exhumed and addressed, and a big fat HEA is secured for one of my all-time favorite book couples. I highly recommend this delightful romance. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.

You can never go wrong with Roni Loren.

Her books tackle social issues, and it's written without a fault. These two beautiful but flawed souls took their time to heal and grow. They learned so much about each other; it made their relationship worth every fight and reconciliation — lol.

No matter how they tried to keep it friendly, the chemistry between the two was off the chart. This was a spicy, slow burn, heartfelt story!

If you loved Part of Your World or Lease On Love, then pick this one up.

This series has my heart! This book just cemented these characters as some of my favorites!⁣
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Elizabeth and Beck start an office friendship on Christmas, of all days, and end up turning it into a friends with benefits arrangement. But as we all know, the benefits turn into real feelings…⁣
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Eli and Beck (how cute is Eli as his nickname for her) aren’t the most likely of couples, but their chemistry worked and made me fall in love with the two of them! ⁣
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This book touches on grief, the issue of privacy, and the role that religion can play in a person’s life. All serious topics and all handled with care and sensitivity. ⁣
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Other things I loved:⁣
💙 The spotlight on social media and the role that it plays in our lives.⁣
💙 The furry friends who brought these two together. ⁣
💙 Getting to see Andi and Hollyn from the previous books. ⁣
💙 The perfect amount of steam.⁣
💙 What is now one of my favorite epilogues ever!⁣
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If you haven’t read this series, I cannot recommend it enough! While these can all be read as stand-alone books, I’d encourage you to start at the beginning. You won’t be sorry!⁣
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Thank you to Sourcebooks Casablanca and NetGalley for the eARC and audio arc of this book in exchange for my honest opinion. I loved it so much that I ended up buying a copy for my shelf!

✨BOOK FEATURE✨

For You & No One Else ~ Roni Loren

Eliza Catalano is a therapist with all the answers and her social media presence is filtered and curated to reflect just that. But when a disastrous date is turned into a meme, she sees her perfect online persona start to unravel.

When she meets Beck Carter who works in the office next door, he promises to help her get it together but there’s on caveat - no social media and technology for 6 months. When the filters are gone, the real work happens offline and Eliza leans who she truly want to be.

The third book in the “Say Anything” series, For You & No One Else is described as “unique, swoony, and lively” and Colleen Hoover, the romance queen herself, has declared Roni Loren as a new favorite. The perfect trifecta to round out this perfect summer series is here. Thank you to @sourcebookscasa @roniloren and @netgalley for an eARC copy - out TODAY!

Happy Tuesday y'all and happy release day to For You & No One Else by Roni Loren! This is the third book in the Say Everything series and of the three books in the series, this one was by far my favorite! Thank you so much to Sourcebooks Casablanca and Netgalley for letting me read an eARC of this book (and all of the other books in the series)!
For You & No One Else 5/5 Stars
Summary from Goodreads:
She has the perfect life…and it’s a perfect lie.

Behind the careful façade, she’s struggling:

To feel like she fits in. To find her true voice.

Now, finally, she’s ready to start living her own story.
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 really, really loved Eliza and Beckham as main characters! Of the main characters in the books in this series, I resonated with Eliza the most- and Beckham might be my favorite love interest too (but man, Hill is a very close second). I loved how we started out with Eliza and Beckham becoming friends by adopting pets together on a day that's pretty shitty for both of them. Then there was the terrible date that Eliza went on that led to her agreeing to Beckham's challenge to get rid of dating apps and social media- it makes me so happy that Eliza was able to bounce back so well from all of that. I really liked Beckham's friends and there's so much mystery in his life and it was great to learn little snippets about him until the end when we learned his whole past. Pacing and plot wise, I loved everything that happened in this book and I devoured it so quickly! I stayed up so late reading it, but I just couldn't put it down. And the spicy scenes were so good! I was just a huge fan of everything about this book and I cannot wait for all of y'all to read it!

The Say Everything series returns with the third novel, For You & No One Else. After exploring the relationships of Hollyn and Andi in the first two novels, no it is Eliza Catalano’s turn. Eliza, Andi, and Hollyn share an amazing friendship and it was nice to see them support each other. Throughout the story, the exploration of mental health is represented, which I loved how it was included in each novel in the series. In this story, there is also an exploration into the world of social media and how what is online is not always what the truth. When Eliza gives up social media for six months, Beck Carter helps her experience life outside of technology.

As a therapist Eliza shares her advice with her clients. She also has a YouTube channel where she extends her expertise to her subscribers. As she is going through a lot when her life is not as perfect as she initially thought, I loved this concept. Many people go to a therapist to discuss their issues, so it was interesting to see how the therapist deals with their own struggles. As Beckham and Eliza get to know each other more as friends, I loved reading about their progression to something more. Not only does each character have their own backstory, but there is also an age gap between them. It was interesting to read about each character on their own and the two of them as a growing couple. While there was some exploration of the characters, I do wish that there was more to make it feel like an even more complete picture.

Overall, I loved how their story progressed and the epilogue in this novel nicely wrapped up everything. The two characters are very different from each other, but they learned from each other. There was a little bit of insta-lust in this story which I enjoyed compared to insta-love. While the reader knows more about Eliza in the beginning of the story, Beckham was more of a mystery. His backstory was revealed little by little over time where it begins to make more sense. I love stories with age differences between the characters, but there were moments where I felt Eliza used it against Beckham too much for my liking. This was a very interesting addition to the series and I cannot wait to read more from Loren in the future!

**I want to give a special thank you to Netgalley and the publisher, Sourcebooks Casablanca, for a review copy of this entertaining novel. The opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.**

Eliza Catalano is a therapist with a seemingly perfect life, at least according to her social media. That is until a drunken video of her on a terrible date goes viral. Luckily she has Beck Carter, her coworking neighbor and hacker, who can make it go away. When he bets she can’t go “analog” for six months (no dating apps, no social media, no filters), she decides to go for it. After all, Beck is absolutely gorgeous.

I love the Say Everything series so much and this addition is no exception. Luckily, we get plenty of appearances from Hollyn and Andi this time too. Although this is a series, you can jump in with any of the 3 books but, as always, it’s best if you start from the beginning! You’ll appreciate the epilogue so much more.

This book has so much to love:
📱themed NoPho (no phone) parties. Spin the bottle anyone?
🐶🐱the hilarious rescue cat and dog
👨🏻 a leading man with a very interesting past
❤️coworkers to friends to friends with benefits
🧠discussions about mental health
🎥When Harry Met Sally references

I really enjoyed seeing Beck and Eliza get to know each other without trying to be perfect. They’re so comfortable together as they very slowly learn why they’re each so guarded. We get all the best parts of friends to lovers. My only complaint, I wanted more of Eliza’s past! It’s hinted at but doesn’t go more in-depth.

So if you already love this series, or are looking for a new fantastic romance series to binge, this one is perfect for you!

First of all, I love this series, and I don’t feel it gets the hype it deserves. The characters are all really well developed, and the plot lines are engaging and believable. In fact, I would say these are some of the better written contemporary romances because the characters have emotional depth and behave the way real people would.

SUMMARY: Eliza is a therapist with a strong life plan who’s been burned by internet dates one too many times. Beck is her hot younger workplace neighbor whose history makes him hesitant to pursue anything long-term. What begins as a casual fling makes both question if what they want still works.

I think I particularly liked this installment because the chemistry between Eliza and Beck felt both so real and so drama-free. The reader is pulled along as their friends-with-benefits-ship evolves into something more, and I honestly would have been fine if things ended there. Of course, there had to be some Act 3 dramatic tension and resolution, but these characters gave me such positive vibes, I could see myself reading this book again in the future.

💖 Friends to lovers / let’s get this out of our systems / forced proximity tropes
💖 Third in a series but could be read as a standalone
💖 Released today!

4.5/5 (rounded up) - Book #3 of the Say Everything Series; Audiobook via eARC access

Ugh I LOVEDDD THIS Series! You get an enemies to friends to lovers situation-ship, with real life problems, and what I think is a really realistic romantic reunion and HEA. I seriously love that Eli and Beckham had a cool friendship that buds into a friends with benefits agreement. Both of their character problems were s unique that it kept me really engaged in the book! I also loved that the Epilogue gives us endings for Hollyn and Jasper, and Andi and Hill.

Overall an amazing series I totally recommend for any contemporary romance reader!

Brief Plot: On her second Christmas without her parents, Eliza goes into work, and ends up asking her crabby work neighbor to go with her to the pet store to adopt a dog. As she gets to know Beckham more, their friendship blooms when she needs him to hack a guys computer who posted a defamatory video about her, putting her job in danger. As they continue to get closer, their chemistry grow, but with Beckham keeping his life a secret, and Eliza wanting a relationship and family plan, how could the two possibly work together?

Thank you NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca Publishing for early access to For You & No One Else, by Roni Loren. This is my honest review!

It's been a long while since I've read Roni Loren, but she is still as wonderful as ever. I read this story in one sitting. It had more depth than I expected. It also made me give a lot of thought to just going analog for a bit. Not necessarily in the dating arena but just to connect with life in a better, bigger way. There was a lot of truth to the story. There was also some pain there for both main characters. Sometimes though, when you least expect it, expect it. Was it a little cutesy? Sure but I enjoyed the levity it provided. I have not read the first 2 in this series but intend to go back and read them soon.

For You & No One Else by Roni Loren is the third book in the great Say Everything series and was a great addition.

Eliza Catalano is a therapist with a youtube channel. She gives advice to her clients and to her channel subscribers. When a bad date goes viral, she decides to withdraw from all her social media accounts. Beckham, a computer security expert who works in the office next to hers, decides to help her with this and they make a bet to see if she can make it 6 months.

I really enjoyed this story. Roni Loren definitely knows how to make relatable characters. The romance was believable and had a nice amount of steam. Both Eliza and Beck have some heavy emotional baggage and I enjoyed watching them work through their issues. They supported each other and complimented each other's personalities, as a good friends-to-lovers trope should. They clearly really enjoy each other's company, and the attraction comes later.

The pace seemed a bit slower than in her previous books which I didn't love, but otherwise, it was a great addition to the series.

Thank you to the publisher and Roni Loren. The opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

LOVED!!!! I loved this book so much and I can’t wait to reread it. Eliza is a successful therapist who is ready to find love. However the apps aren’t working for her. She ends up making a bet with Beck who works in the office next to hers. She will give up all social media and dating apps for 6 months. Beck agrees to help teach her about meeting people in real life.

Even though they both feel the attraction between them - they know they are in different places and looking for different things. Beck doesn’t want anything serious and doesn’t believe in marriage. Eliza doesn’t want anything casual and is ready to be committed to one person.

Listen - every person reading this can guess where things will go. But that’s not the point. The point is the road taken to get to the ending. I absolutely love a new trend I’m noticing in romance where there is discussion of the joys of being single and that there isn’t just one definition of a happy ending. I loved the way these characters helped each other grow. I’ve enjoyed this whole series but this is definitely my favorite so far!!

Thank you to Netgalley and Sourcebooks for the free audiobook to review.

Today I want to talk about a book that I couldn’t wait to read. The author, Roni Loren, writes sweet and sad love stories between characters with many and real issues and she’s magnificent while doing it. Third of a triplet of stand-alones, I should have and wanted to love this book with all of myself. I couldn’t believe I had the opportunity to receive an eARC! After reading What if You & Me and wanting to tattoo it in my brain for how good it is, I had high expectations for For You & No One Else. Really high. Expectations that have been disappointed, one after the other.

Let’s start with the few things I liked, namely the style and the way in which mental health is portrayed. The first is smooth, never slow, deep, sometimes funny and sometimes incredibly sad. Regardless of the plot, which at times seems to plod on, the text is very well written. The second is a constant in Roni Loren’s books and she does it with delicacy, realism and without taboos. Seeking help is not a shame, quite the contrary. It is a strength. It’s only for these two aspects that I have not given a one-star review.

But let’s move to the things I disliked, which unfortunately are many. The preconditions were there, but the execution… a little less.

Eliza is a therapist who would need therapy first (she is completely alone, apart from two friends, and her parents died only a few years ago), but which she apparently doesn’t think it necessary to undertake. That’s okay, there’s nothing wrong with not recognising your own limits and demons—it’s easier to focus on those of others, after all. The problem is that she doesn’t behave like a therapist, she doesn’t work like one, she makes choices that she, as a therapist, would never recommend to her clients and, most of all, sometimes she doesn’t recognise people’s problems. This makes me think that if she had been, for example, a teacher, her story would not have had many changes. She finds herself thrown on the internet in a video that sees her very drunk and pissed off at the guy she had a date with and who made her drink without her knowledge to have sex with her against her consent (if I eat a dessert that contains the tiniest amount of alcohol, I would notice it immediately, but oh well… I’m a teetotaler, so I don’t count). She decides to close all her social media channels, to move to analog life for some time and to write a book about her experiment.

"All I’m saying is that you’re not having bad luck on dates because there’s something wrong with you. You’re having a bad time because you’re looking for something real in a system set up for show. You’re looking for a seven-course meal at a fast-food restaurant."

Helping her is Beckham, who works in the complex that houses offices for freelancers, right next to Eliza’s. He is a computer scientist, younger than her, who has a secret that I won’t tell you about so as not to spoil it too much, but which can be summed up as follows: he moved away from someone important to him many years ago but, despite everything, continues to give them importance in the most wrong ways. He may be cool and tattooed, but I found him deadly boring. Also, his backstory is really too much. Too far-fetched. Too heavy. Too much of everything. A bunch of messes that I wouldn’t wish for even to my worst enemy. In addition, a package of this magnitude should have weight and receive special attention, but it gets lost a bit along the way.

I found it difficult to empathise with both of them and didn’t fall in love together with them—in all honesty, I didn’t even care. As far as I’m concerned, they had the chemistry of a table.

There are many scenes where nothing happens and others where I wish what I was reading did not happen. Like evenings for adults without a mobile phone, spent playing games for teenagers. Cringe.

"Honey," Andi said with a little laugh, "a happy ending is the one that makes YOU happy. The hard part is figuring out what that is."

The ending seemed to go in a different direction from that of the usual romance, especially after the couple’s lowest moment, and it suited me just fine. The entire book is a huge faux pas at the institutions that impose us as children, at the ideas of the perfect marriage and how many children we need to have, at the falsity of what we show and see on social media. Something innovative, I thought! But an entire conversation between friends and the overall moral of the book, which seemed to hint just that, were completely thrown into the bin by the time the epilogue came. The fair of banality and clichés, in a book that should be anything but that. Supreme happiness does not necessarily come with a ring on your finger and many children to feed. But oh, well.

It was a huge disappointment and I’m so sorry; but unfortunately this book is not for me.

TW: cyberbullying, mention of loved ones death and suicide, alcoholism, religious obsession, panic attacks, victim blaming.

Thanks to Sourcebooks Casablanca and NetGalley for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

For You & No One Else

I have adored all of the books in the Say Everything series, and this third installement is no different. Roni Loren has an incredible talent for writing the most beautiful yet flawed characters and creating these incredible stories that not only entertain, but teach me and also deal with tougher topics. I highly recommend reading this entire series if you haven’t already.

For You & No One Else introduces us to Eliza, a therapist who works really hard to appear to have it all together despite struggling with the grief of losing her parents. After a HORRIBLE first date from a dating app that led to a career-damaging video being posted of her online, Eliza asks her techy office neighbor, Beck for help. He gets the video down and also challenges her to go analog for a while. They start spending more time together in the process, but spending more time with Beck also means Eliza is spending less time trying to put herself out there and meet her perfect match.

Oh Eliza and Beck….what amazing characters. I loved them and all of their imperfections. How they bonded and watching their relationship develop was beautiful. And the individual growth each character made was incredible. Truly there was just so much to love about this book. The sprinkle on top was getting little cameos by the characters from the first two books.

I flipped between the ebook and audiobook and adored the narration by Desiree Ketchum.

Thank you to Sourcebooks Casablanca, Dreamscape Media, and NetGalley for the advance copies.

Happy Publication Day!

Eliza Catalano is a 32 year-old therapist looking for her happily-ever-after. Enter Beckham Carter, her neighbour in the same office building and a 25 year-old cybersecurity expert who is anti-marriage and carries a lot of emotional baggage. Throw in a friends-with-benefits situation and what started out with very clear boundaries starts becoming blurred when feelings get in the way.

This is the 3rd book of Roni Loren’s Say Something series and she continues to blow my mind with the sheer honesty and healthy communication between her characters that permeates throughout nearly the entire book.

There will hardly be any miscommunication trope here because we have 2 adults who are actually willing to sit down and TALK. THINGS. OUT. There was a lot of character growth with self-reflection and self-awareness.

To be honest, I’m not really a fan of the friends-with-benefits trope (and it’s already been used in her previous books too), but I do like that clear rules and boundaries were established. And that anytime these boundaries were overstepped, they were able to say that they needed to talk and re-evaluate things.

I loved that we got to re-visit Hollyn and Andi, from books 1 and 2, and I really appreciate the wonderful friendship shared by the 3 of them.

I really enjoyed reading this book and am definitely looking forward to more books in this series. 4.5/5 ⭐️

Thank you Sourcebooks Casablanca and NetGalley for the e-ARC!

I loved this book for the complex and interesting characters and the steamy scenes. Eliza is a smart professional looking for someone to spend her life with. Beck is nerdy, complex, and sexy. I especially liked the hero, Beck, because it is clear he has something in his background and Loren drops little breadcrumbs throughout the story about what that might be.

I like that Loren’s books deal with difficult issues and that her characters feel real to me. Also, the alternating POVs help give both Beck and Eliza’s perspectives, which I appreciate in romance books.

This is the second book I have read by Roni Loren and I am struck by her ability to write interesting, compelling characters. The steam level of her books are fun and seem appropriate for the story. I also realize that somehow I missed the second book in the Say Everything series. I’m off to remedy that now!

4.5 rounded up

Roni Loren has become one of my favorite authors, after reading the first two books in this series. For You & No One Else was a book I couldn’t put down.

Eliza has the perfect life…online. As she builds her career as a therapist she has to make it seem like she has it all together. But after a first date ends with a viral video of her, her online (and real) life starts to fall apart. Which is where Beck comes in and encourages Eliza to take a social media break and go analog for six months. Somewhere along the way, Beck and Eliza become friends with steamy benefits. As it continues lines get blurred and they start to form more of an emotional connection then just a physical connection.

CW: mental health, alcohol addiction, the loss of loved ones, escaping a religious cult, and suicidal thoughts.

Eliza and Beck were opposites. They had such different views on their online presences; which is somewhat similar to my partners and my dynamic. I enjoyed the relationship building as the steam built, it made for an authentic and emotional connection. I only wanted the best for both Eliza and Beck and couldn’t help but root for them!

I enjoyed getting the glimpses into Hollyn and Andi’s lives (and the epilogue was a nice finale).

I loved that For You & No One Else explored internet privacy, being authentic, and loving for yourself and no one else.

Thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for providing me with an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

What I love about Roni Loren is that her stories don't shy away from hard, darker topics. She knows how to tackle mental health issues without sounding preachy. This remains true for her latest book For You & No One Else.
There's so much to love here. The characters are so well crafted and tear at your heartstrings. They were friends first they had a relationship were they could be honest with each other which only served to improve the romance between them.
This book doesn't only have serious moments, there are plenty of light ones too. I particularly liked the pajama party scene, it was super cute!
Although not as steamy as previous books, the scenes we did get were great. The characters had great chemistry and banter.
This is the last book in the series and while I recommend reading all of them, you do not need to read them in order,
If you're a fan of friends to lovers, friends with benefits to lovers, and office romance/workplace romance give this book a try.

Eliza is a marriage therapist who can't find a decent guy on the online dating apps. She just wants what her parents had - a good marriage, a long-lasting love. Beckham works in the office next door to Eliza. He's a computer guru who is completely offline. No social media, no digital trail. At first glance he seems rough around the edges, but inside he's a sweet guy. He convinces Eliza to get off the apps, unplug for six months and try to meet people the old-fashioned way. At first Eliza finds it easier than she thought. But that's because her friend Beck is there every step of the way. But Beck isn't who he seems, and his reason for being unplugged is much more serious than he says.

I always love how Roni Loren tackles the difficult topics, and how her characters are all a little bit broken. Eliza and Beckham are no different. Of the three in this series, this book is my favourite, hands down. Beckham's background was raw, and real, and really made me think.