I am so sad that this series is over, but what a way to end it. I have loved all three of these books. While they are fun and flirty they also offer real life issues that many face.

London's relationship with her dad in this book had me all up in my feelings. And I loved the way it ended.

London and Drew were great and I loved how their romance progressed and this story because it was different than a lot of romances.

I will forever sing the praises of these books! So if you haven't yet go get these books and devour them! You won't regret it.

London is a highly sought after pediatric resident in her hometown of Austin, Texas. She also went viral for being one of the 3 girls one guy was dating….and only dating because she didn’t want to go to her 15 year class reunion alone. At the reunion, she runs into her arch nemesis and co-valedictorian, Drew. After a few destressing hate sex sessions, London finds Drew auditing her hospital, which is on the cusp of being sold. Can London put aside her animosity long enough to help keep her hospital from being sold, and maybe find something better?

This book was a lot of fun to read. Hot hate sex that turns into more, snappy banter, unrequited high school love, and two best friends you just can’t help but love (well, we did already fall in love with them in The Boyfriend Project and the Dating Playbook). There isn’t just romance in this book, there’s family drama, work drama, and Texas wineries. I really enjoyed reading it and found it a fitting closure for the trilogy. If you enjoyed the first two books, you’ll love this one, too.

There was a lot I loved about The Hookup Plan by Farrah Rochon including dynamic characters, sizzling attraction, and a bit of conflict to make it interesting. What didn’t work for me was a high school one sided rivalry that one character can’t let go of even 15 years later (can we all agree therapy might be in order?).

Pediatric surgeon London Kelley hasn’t learned work/life balance. Between a busy work schedule and planning her 15 year high school reunion, London is in need of stress relief badly. Her two best friends have suggested a brief hook up but considering she got the two best friends after her last attempt at getting a life, she’s not sure that’s the answer until Drew Sullivan turns up at the reunion. Drew who stole her thunder in high school and she had to share the valedictorian title with him. Turns out grown up Drew is even better looking than high school Drew and after a long night she decides that hooking up with someone she knows and semi trusts and who turns her on is better than a stranger and since he’s not local anymore all the better. Turns out Drew left out why he’s in town and that’s about to turn London’s hook up plan on its ear.

Drew’s company is in Austin to perform an audit on if the hospital London works at should stay a county hospital or be sold. London isn’t one for mincing words and I actually liked that about her most of the time and to say she is vocal about how she feels about the county hospital being sold to the highest is putting it mildly and she isn’t happy that Drew didn’t mention this before they had their one-night stand and I can’t say I blame her. However, she sees the merits in him being in town for awhile, a short fling might really help with her stress level and Drew is more than willing to help.

I really did love both these characters Drew especially because he was just so even keel and although he was a multi millionaire and he wasn’t opposed to having someone take care of his day to day things like grocery shopping and ordering food he also didn’t go out of his way to flaunt his wealth AND he gave back to the communities and projects close to his heart.  His early life was not pretty and despite growing his wealth, there were times when his job kept him to busy for the things he should have spent more time on and gave him a good perspective on living life because tomorrow is not guaranteed. There was no doubt London was a force of nature and dedicated to her patients and felt everyone deserved first rate care no matter the hospital. She had some issues, not just health issues but issues with her father that skewed her vision about so many things and people in her life. What I loved about this book was watching her step back, reassess, and grow even though at times she fought it so hard.

The Hookup plan is what I like to call a reverse romance, it starts out as just a one night stand and then the couple slowly builds a relationship out of that one night. This type of story moves at a different pace but I enjoy watching couples who don’t plan on needing or wanting more from one another craving being with each other, looking forward to that text or just missing the other when they have other things going on. I feel like this sort of romance is even harder because you’ve already had the s*x, now you have to put in the work to really figure out what makes each other tick.

My biggest complaint about this book is that London held on way too tightly to what she perceived at Drew ruining her high school experience and this was mentioned to often in this book. I’m never a fan of people rehashing something that took place over 5 years, and in this case 15 years either drop it, or get therapy and move on. When you’ve become a smart, successful and highly sought after doctor you really don’t need to be bringing up petty high school bullsh*t.

From beginning to end I found The Hookup Plan smart, engaging, and thoroughly entertaining.

This is my first read of the The Boyfriend Project series and now I am so excited to go back and read the other two! I really love the rivals to lovers trope and a strong, deeply layered female lead and London did not disappoint. I learned a lot about being a surgeon and loved the exploration of family relationships and dynamics. I know The Hookup Plan is the last in the series but I am really looking forward to going back to the beginning and seeing how the friendship all began between London, Samiah, and Taylor. I loved their dynamic most of all and it really reminded me of my best friends. Definitely recommend this feel-good rom-com!

Thank you @readforeverpub and @netgalley for the early copy of this book!

4.3 stars

London was just minding her business in high school, comfortable with her top spot in the class, until Drew came along and challenged her valedictorian status. Fifteen years later, she’s still not over the feeling that he was her archnemesis, but now he is super-hot, single, and lives out of town so perfect for a one-night stand. That is, perfect until she goes to work on Monday morning and finds Drew there, heading up an audit of London’s hospital—an audit that will determine what programs are cut and whether or not the hospital remains public. But as much as she doesn’t want to like him, London begins to see that Drew isn’t an enemy after all and might just be good for the long haul.

This is the third and final book in the Boyfriend Project series and I think it just might be my favorite. The chemistry between London and Drew is crackling and I just love me some smarty pants banter. They are both highly competent in their respective fields and, even when they butt heads, have so much respect for each other. London’s inability to take care of her own health even while treating her patients and Drew’s complete lack of street smarts (has no idea how to use a food delivery service because his assistant does it for him—a fact that totally embarrasses him) were completely endearing. And bringing it all home, the scenes between London, Samiah, and Taylor were delightful, as always. This is a great summer read (and how gorgeous is this cover?!😍)! CW for past death from cancer and narcissistic parent. Available 8/2/2022. Thanks to @netgalley and @readforeverpub for the eARC. #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookreview #stlreads #steamyromance @farrahrochon #thehookupplan #theboyfriendprojectagram.com

After reading the entire Boyfriend Project trilogy, I can understand why people love it! The feisty female MCs and their friendships. The sweet and spicy romances. The career goals.

This one was no different in that sense, and was a fun read! Would recommend for people looking for something fun and frothy!

This series has been so much fun and London's book was no different. I love seeing strong women go after what they want. I did get a little hung up on some details being wrong. Both working with, and seeing my brother go through residency, I know a little about how jt works and the book was very wring in several aspects. That said, this was a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ read.

I have read all of the books in this series and this is by far my favorite. I could see myself in London that it was almost scary. And that is my favorite part of reading, when I can relate to a character so much that I am able to take the lessons that they learned and apply them to my own life.

But one of the other things that I loved was seeing the end of this series. Having followed all of the stories, I was glad to see that all of the characters were able tog et their happy ending and were able to grow as people at the same time.

I'm looking forward to seeing more from this author in the future.

‘The Boyfriend project’ started as the result of Craig trying to date three women at once. While that would normally be the end of story, in this case it brought our 3 heroines together. Fate decided that London, Taylor, and Samiah needed each other, and now they’re the best of friends. We’ve already had Samiah and Taylor’s story, so now London is our third & finale female character of the trio out to find love, and honestly I was most excited to hear her story!

London is an overachieving, successful pediatric surgeon. She loves her job but besides the once weekly meet up with Taylor and Samiah, her social life is in tatters. With her hospital on the verge of being sold, her stress levels are through the roof. The key to relax, per Taylor and Samiah, is to get laid! When she hooks up with her high school rival, Drew Sullivan, at their reunion, London thinks it’s the perfect one night stand to get her back in the game. Except, Drew’s company happens to be auditing her hospital, which means her one night stand didn’t exactly pan out the way she planned. Now London will need to get past her rivalry and try to work with Drew to save her hospital.

Things I love about this book: Set in Texas, strong female characters, and witty banter. While there isn’t a ton of steam in this book, the chemistry between Drew and London was fabulous. They both had well developed personalities with plenty of depth, making them likable and realistic. This is a great enemies to lovers story, and if you’re looking for a fun series, this one is for you!


The Hookup Plan comes out August 2nd! Huge thank you to Forever for my advanced copy in exchange for my honest opinion. If you liked this review please let me know either by commenting below or by visiting my instagram @speakingof_books.

A couple of months ago, I messaged a friend to let her know that The Hookup Plan by Farrah Rochon was available to request on Netgalley. After having read and enjoyed the second book in Rochon's Boyfriend Project series, The Dating Playbook, I was already sold on London's story and I knew instantly that it would be right up her alley. After all, it's an enemies-to-lovers, workplace, millionaire romcom—what's not to love?

Absolutely nothing. There's nothing not to love. (Apologies for the double negative there LOL.) Because The Hookup Plan is a fabulous book; a multi-layered and completely captivating enemies-to-lovers romance. Despite going into it in a <<mood>>, thereby running the risk of disliking it just because I was crabby, I was immediately sucked into London and Drew's wonderful tale of high school rivalry turned professional distrust turned sexy hookup turned more. From the first chapter, I couldn't put this book down. And now? Well, I'm only sorry it's over.

If you enjoy smart, sexy romance with likable characters (in particular, a *perfect* book boyfriend, because Drew is a wonder), then you're going to LOVE this one. Enjoy!

Even though this can count as a stand alone contemporary romance, it is the third in The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon, and I will say my favorite of the three.

Our Main characters: London Kelley, a pediatric surgeon in the final year of residency and Drew Sullivan, her high school archenemy and co-valedictorian whom she literally bumps into at their 15 year high school reunion. To break a dry spell, she decides to sleep with Drew as a one time thing. But when she gets back to work, she finds out that Drew is in charge of a big audit at her hospital. Of course, they try to keep is casual because drew is only in town temporarily..and you know how this ends.

I was concerned at first with the amount of spiciness this book was going to give us compared to the others but after a suspicious start, it did live up to the hype.

All in all this was a great enemies to lovers contemporary romance. Perfect to read by the pool this summer.

Thank you to Net Galley for the free ARC. All opinions about the book are my own.

3.5/5 - Audiobook, via NetGally eARC

I really enjoyed this book. It wasn't my favorite in the series, but the benefits but not friends trope isn't one of my favorites. However, I loved Drew falling for her in high school, and the complexities of both of their characters. Overall, I absolutely recommend this series and the three female MC's were all so strong and relatable! This book just wasn't one I'll be obsessing over. Additionally, I enjoyed the narrator - I'm not a fan of a single narrator for a romance, by Marissa Hampton did well at distinguishing the two voices without make either sound obnoxiously exaggerated for their gender.

Brief Plot: After attending her high school reunion, London is face to face with her school nemesis. Who's incredibly attractive now. So attractive, they end up having a one night stand. But the next day when she goes to work, and he's there on a specialty assignment, the two begin to spend more time together for a friends with benefits situation, but London isn't ready to even be Drew's friend. Until he proves to her time and time again that he is a man she can start to put her trust and faith into.

Thank you NetGalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for an eARC copy of The Hookup Plan, by Farrah Rochon. This is my honest review!

Thank you to NetGalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for providing me with an eARC in exchange for my honest review!

Farrah Rochon is publishing her latest contemporary romance novel, The Hookup Plan, which is the third standalone entry in her The Boyfriend Project series and comes out tomorrow on August 2nd. The two MCs here are London Kelley, a hardworking pediatric surgeon who’s in the final year of residency at her hospital, and Drew Sullivan, her high school archenemy and co-valedictorian whom she bumps into at their Austin, TX high school reunion after being apart for fifteen years. Since London’s friends, Samiah and Taylor (who were MCs in the previous books), have been encouraging her to break out of her sex dry spell, she decides to get into bed with Drew despite the surprisingly deep resentment she harbors against him. However, once London is back at work in her hospital, which is in a financial quagmire and needs to make budget cuts, she’s astonished to learn that Drew himself is going to conduct an audit on her hospital—an important little detail that he failed to disclose to her ahead of their night together. It takes a bit of time, but they end up agreeing to keep it casual with the eponymous hookup plan until Drew flies back home. How long will it take, though, for things to serious?

**Trigger Warning** Readers, please beware this book’s depiction of gaslighting, misogyny, sexism, a toxic relationship with a parent, discussion of the past death of a parent due to cancer, and minor inclusions of body shaming and eating disorder.

Having read the two previous books in Rochon’s series, The Boyfriend Project and The Dating Playbook, I was anticipating how The Hookup Plan would wrap things up with our core trio of women—Samiah, Taylor, and London—who had all formed such a powerful bond after realizing at the beginning of The Boyfriend Project that they had been dating the same three-timing dickweasel. Now, I’m glad to say that The Hookup Plan provides the series with a rewarding conclusion that merges the evolution of London and Drew’s rivals-to-lovers romance (I think this trope is more befitting than the enemies-to-lovers umbrella under which the book has been promoted) with the growth that each of them make as individuals who are dealing with personal baggage.

For London, she has to gradually untangle the grudge that her highly competitive teenage self had always held towards Drew and reflect on its connection with the approval she’d yearned for from her selfish and uncaring asshole of a dad. The emotionally riveting quality of her internal journey is a major part of the book that I couldn’t get enough of. The fact that she’s such a diligent surgeon who’s capable of allowing her perfectionist tendencies to push her to the breaking point and take a toll on the hypertension she’d inherited from her dad (yep, give all the thanks to him) makes her even more endearing as a Black woman who has to weave her way through workplace politics and perpetually grapple with the twin patriarchal forces of misogyny and racism. The companionship she builds with her kid sister Nina is just as engaging.

For Drew, I appreciate how he had to resolve the guilt he struggles with over his mom, who had died from cancer, and the perceived responsibility he believes he had for being unable to transfer her to a different hospital that would have been better equipped to detect her ailment, although it didn’t feel as fleshed-out as London’s arc. And I’ll admit that I was initially turned off by him thanks to his unnecessary cockiness at the reunion, which was succeeded by his choice to not inform London about his role in the upcoming audit. Granted, he made that choice because he was being an impulsive fool who had sex on his brain, not because he’s an ill-intentioned douchebag, but it peeved me nonetheless. Thankfully, he proves himself to be a cinnamon roll who knows just how to take care of London with thoughtfulness and generosity. On top of that, he’s rich, which is a notable plus.

Aside from London and Drew’s relationship, the book thrives on the robust and supportive dynamic between Samiah, Taylor, and London. Sometimes, it feels like we don’t get enough depictions of powerful and loving friendships between women of color to counter all the portrayals of women being hostile to one or another or of friendships between lily-white women. While it isn’t necessary to read The Boyfriend Project or The Dating Playbook ahead of The Hookup Plan, I’ll still recommend consuming the series in chronological order so that you can fully enjoy the development of their union.

As strong as this book is, I do have a couple gripes with it. One concerns the spice factor, which is perfectly adequate but not stellar. It doesn’t help that I’d started off feeling quite annoyed due to the first two sex scenes fading to black, which led me to wonder if the whole book was going to match that tone. It doesn’t, with the majority of the sex unfolding on the page. While I don’t mind reading romances that choose to go down such a route, it befuddled me this time because of the high amount of steam in Rochon’s previous books. When the sex does happen, it comes off as vanilla and doesn’t feel like it’s advancing London and Drew’s relationship.

My other issue is with the odd involvement of body shaming. It pops up every now and then in the form of characters, particularly London, worrying over their weight and feeling ashamed for eating junk food. I’m very uncomfortable with this after The Dating Playbook had promoted a depiction of traditional diet culture that counters the tenets of body inclusivity. We’ve been getting more and more contemporary romances that support being comfortable in your own skin, no matter what your body type, from authors like Talia Hibbert and Olivia Dade, and it’s crucial to keep the genre moving in that direction. Again, the body shaming in The Hookup Plan isn’t blatant, but I still wish it had been excised entirely.

All in all, The Hookup Plan brings Rochon’s romance series to a heartfelt close that leaves me missing Samiah, Taylor, London, and their partners already.

The Hookup Plan is the third book in The Boyfriend Project romance series, though it can definitely be read as a standalone.

At her high school reunion, pediatric surgeon London Kelley (almost the same as my last name lol) runs into her former classmate and arch nemesis, Drew Sullivan. They were co-valedictorians of their class and were pretty competitive. But that was then, and this is now and they hook up. Should be just a one-time thing, but then it turns into more.

This book is a great enemies-to-lovers romance. Drew is a likable character and I loved to know he always had a crush on London even when she couldn't stand him. Every romance has some conflicts and drama, but nothing feels over the top or unnecessary. It's just a great contemporary romance.

Highly recommend checking this series out if you like romances with banter and steamy love scenes.

Thank you to Forever and Netgalley for providing me with an advance copy in exchange for my honest review!

Sassy, charming, and sweetly romantic!

The Hookup Plan is a heartwarming, amusing, enemies-to-lovers romance that transports you to Austin, Texas and into the lives of London Kelly, an intelligent pediatric surgeon who is juggling the end of her residency, offers from across the country in far more prestigious facilities, and a temporary arrangement that sees her falling into bed with her adversary from high school, and Drew Sullivan, a successful businessman who has his work cut out for him between coming to grips with the guilt over his mother’s death, auditing a hospital in need of serious financial help, and convincing his high school crush to give him a chance to woo her out of the bedroom as well as in.

The writing is heartfelt and light. The characters are hardworking, passionate, and stubborn. And the plot is a push-pull tale full of familial responsibility, workplace drama, tender moments, witty banter, expectations, friendship, community, chemistry, and love.

Overall, The Hookup Plan is the third and final story in the Boyfriend Project series, and even though it’s a little bittersweet to say goodbye to these three strong, independent women we’ve come to know and love over these past three novels, it is nevertheless a superb ending to a fabulous series that I highly recommend and will undoubtedly miss.

I loved this, the third in a series (could possibly be read as a stand-alone but you get so much more if you read them all plus the first book covers the whole set up ) the three friends all cheated on by the same man and their following romances, this is the third and final, could also be my favourite but it’s so hard to choose !

London holding onto a grudge for 15 years is so unhealthy, bad for herself, but completely relatable to me and understandable when you read the story, could just be me though who understands has to work through letting go of past pain ! But I completely got her, love London so much she is probably my favourite of the three friends. Such a great strong, independent woman. Then we have Drew, Oh Drew (sigh exaggeratedly) how can you not fall in love with him, I love he falls strongly for London (and who wouldn’t) I love that he’s trying to learn and correct mistakes, I adore that Farrah’s characters are all ‘real’ complex people, no one is without a past or mistakes, that she she’s them growing and changing. I won’t say more as I won’t ruin the story.

Overall this is a fantastic conclusion to the series, I look forward so much to more, hopefully many, many more books from Farrah Rochon and can’t wait to devour her funny, brilliant characters, fabulous stories and perfect escapism long into the future

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion






Just a quick note on a review left on netgalley, why would you request this book when you didn't like the first two , that’s just wrong and out of order (this is my polite version) completely unacceptable as a reviewer and to other readers, but most of all a gross insult to the author, not all books are going to be your cup of tea but this isn’t how you behave as a reviewer (or an adult)

This is the third book in Rochons The boyfriend project series which follow 3 women who were all cheated on by the same guy in book one and their individual romances.
This one follows the surgeon and it might be my favorite one.
The romance was cute but the female friendships were cuter.
Thank you to the publisher for the advanced copy.

After discovering they were all dating the same man and the very public breakup was caught on video and quickly went viral, Samiah, Taylor, and London have become good friends and met up weekly discussing plans to focus more on themselves. Now six months later, both Samiah and Taylor have found love and London is still just searching for a hobby to destress from her fast-paced career as a pediatric surgical resident. Her friends encourage her to find a hookup, but the only people she ever talks to in her busy life are her coworkers and she doesn't want that awkwardness after. At her high school reunion she runs into her archnemesis, Drew Sullivan. She had been top of her class until junior year when he showed up and it was a competition from then on until they became co-valedictorians at graduation. Feeling a mutual attraction, they agree to a hookup arrangement while he's in town. But Drew's keeping a secret... he's part of the company doing an audit on her hospital and will ultimately be the one to decide its fate.
This was such a great ending to the Boyfriend Project series, the best book in my opinion. I didn't really understand how London could hold onto a grudge for fifteen years, but the more it's explained through the story, the more I understood. And Drew <sigh> with his secret crush on her and growing feelings throughout their arrangement. How could you not catch all the feels? I look forward to more by this author.
I received an advance reader copy of this book. The views and opinions expressed in this review are completely my own and given voluntarily.

The boyfriend project series closes out with this final installment. You can def read these as stand alones. These three girls meet because they were car fished by the same guy. And each book centers around one of the three girls.

I liked all of them! Silly and witty. Super likable characters. Amazing female friendships. Strong women.

This one was not quite my fav in the series (dating playbook was) but it was still a great romcom. Lots of funny moments played nicely w some real life serious stuff. Some of this book got a little slow and repetitive.

Overall these books are fun!

3 is my lucky number for a reason!

I loved this story so much!!! The banter between London and Drew was everything!!! I also love when the men fall first! Farrah has not disappointed yet with this series and this one was just amazing!!! The best one, in my opinion!

I loved how the love built between them. London is a strong independent women that knows what she wants and is not afraid to get it. Drew is all about waiting patiently because he knows he will always get what he wants. They both have their own personal things to deal with but I love how they dealt with it together. They helped one another become even better versions of themselves. They have to be my favorite couple out of the series by far!

I recommend to all!