TL;DR:
- 3.5 stars
- Content warnings: IVF, miscarriage described in detail, infertility issues
- A surprisingly deep novel (heavy on the women's fiction) with Gemma's hopes, fears, truth and honesty at the center of it all. Doesn't index as highly on a core romance if that's what you're looking for.

Loved:
- I loved Josh. He was so cool, interesting, cute, and not once did he make a decision during the course of this book that made me want to pull my hair out.
- I also loved Gemma's mom-hopeful friend group. They were all super unique characters who had different experiences with fertility and love and I appreciated the perspectives they brought to Gemma.
- Gemma was VERY well written - I know because I absolutely have been Gemma at times in my life. Her inner monologue and the way she internalized and externalized her emotions was all super accurately written, IMO. But I didn't love the character herself (I'll get into that later.)

Less into:
- The book is advertised as a romance, but I do think it actually comes across far more as chick-lit. The book is about Gemma at its core, and her story with IVF, making the baby she wants, and finding love. Women's fiction is not really my genre of choice and so I was a bit disappointed by how it's portrayed as a story about Josh and Gemma and we don't get a lot of that.
- I didn't love Gemma - I think that's okay and shouldn't be a reason you don't pick up this book. I have found in a lot of women's fiction I read that the lead is not my favorite character! After all we are getting a real view into the personal thoughts of a person going through a difficult situation in life, and there are bound to be a variety of behaviors and emotions that are not pleasant, but are truthful. Gemma's choices frustrated me constantly, but I recognize that they were totally normal responses based on her life experiences. SUPER well written.

Overall this is a very honest look at a woman trying to navigate making the baby and relationship she wants in her life, and the ups and downs that come with it.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

While the book had its cute moments, and fun friendships, so much of the infertility experience felt like fantasy, which was challenging. This book felt very bittersweet with all of the fertility challenges of the different characters, but for all of them to end up with babies at the end felt unfortunately unrealistic.

So I came into this expecting a romance and it really wasn’t, at least not by my definition of romance. The main female character spent most of the book dating a guy who wasn’t the male main character, and even when she started to realize her feelings for the main male character, she was terrible to him.

Gemma was an extremely judgmental person and it was extremely frustrating. She literally destroyed every relationship she has but was able to fix them all with a simple apology. It didn’t feel like enough.

I really liked the concept of this book, but Gemma sort of ruined it. Josh was a wonderful character and, honestly, he deserved better.

Gemma is unable to conceive naturally, but with the help of modern science she can conceive through IVF; now all she needs is to find a donor.

This was a beautiful and a little bit of an emotional read, taking on the sensitive subject of miscarriages and infertility in a narrative that will leave you only wanting the best and the most beautiful outcome.

Gemma's family gave me 'Bridget Jones' Diary vibes,' and I was pleased that by the end she was able to stand up for herself but her family only meant the best; this showed great growth throughout the character.

And I loved the Thursday group, which I was thankful for in the novel as this made everything more real and more emotional.

From the start you know Gemma and Josh are meant to be together and I couldn't put this novel down.

3.5 stars
I have to admit - I`m not the biggest fan of pregnancy romances, but this one was well done. A sweet story and a cute relationship between the main characters.
I really liked it.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for giving me an e-ARC of this book in return for an honest review.

First, I hate that it took me so long to read this book. OMG! I loved it so much! Gemma and Josh <3 words cannot describe them. I laughed, cried, and rolled my eyes so much in this book. I literally could not put it down. Yes, I have bought the ebooks and yes I will be buying the physical copies. This book deals with pregnancy, miscommunications, infertility, deception, and most importantly growth. Brother’s best friend since childhood. Just read this book. I cannot wait to read book 2!

There were parts of Josh and Gemma Make a Baby that I loved and parts that I hated. But all in all this had my heart full by the time I finished!

A romcom that features IVF as a main part of the story? Sign me up! This is such a unique idea for a romcom but it worked so well! I grew to really care for the characters and loved going on this journey with them. Brother's best friend is also a favorite trope of mine so I had a feeling this book would be a hit for me and it definitely was!

Rom-coms can be a hit or a miss for me but this one was definitely a win. It was the perfect escape on a rainy weekend. It made me laugh out loud and it was hard not to fall in love with Gemma. This was my first read by this author but it definitely won't be my last.

Gemma is such a fun character who takes us through her becoming a mother through sperm donation and IVF. The sperm donor ia her brothers beat friend and before she knows it feelings are sparking and things are moving forward. I truly enjoyed this story!

I wanted to like this book but I felt it was hard to get through.I was slightly bored and felt myself checking out and forgetting what was happening in the storyline. I wanted to like it, but it was a solid 2 star romance.

This loved this book so much. It goes through the struggles of miscarriage's and IVF treatment, the ups and downs that come along with it. The happy moments, the sad moments, I loved following Josh and Gemma through their journey, I loved it all. i would highly reccomend this everyone.

This is a rom-com with a new trope as the female lead wants to have a baby through the IVF method and the donor is his brother's best friend.

I don0t usually find romance entertaining, I need a little bit of smut or comedy for me to finally enjoy a romance story, but even though this one doesn't have too much of any of those, I ended up enjoying it for the most part.
I disliked Gemma, our main character 90% of the time, but apart from that, the novel was quite entertaining.
Also, I liked how the author treated the infertility of the main protagonist. You don't usually see stories like that.

I don't often love romance books. I'm always more likely to give a romance book three stars or less, but I keep reading them because sometimes I come across something like Sarah Ready's 'Josh and Gemma Make a Baby'

I loved this book from start to finish. I loved the relationship between Josh and Gemma. I loved the emotions and the flaws of the characters. I loved that the romance. I loved the group of friends she found.

I just throughly enjoyed the entire book and I'm super excited the read the sequel.

When I requested it I thought it would be a funny book that maybe would represent us that struggle with infertility. But I forgot about this book until now when I decided to go read reviews on it and the things that I read were horrible so I wont be reading it. I received a free digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review

I just couldn’t get through this book at all. I’m not sure if it was the writing style or the plot or something else, but I didn’t make it very far. Maybe I could find another book by the author I would like more, but this one just wasn’t for me.

Josh and Gemma make a baby! What a doozy this one was. I totally felt for Gemma and so glad she found her happy ending! This was a super cute read!

Looking forward to reading the next one. I really enjoyed this book, the characters were well written and the plot had some laugh out loud moments. Glad I read it.

I was excited for this book, but I was let down by the writing and some issues with the characterization, or should I say how the book tells a character. Apart from Gemma being so annoying, I noticed a lot of stereotypes in this book, which was enough to make me DNF it.