I need more stars!!!Finally London story and it was a super one. She hooks up with a guy she hated in high school and then falls in love. Drew was perfect for her and showered her with love. Now the road to love is never easy but this couple was able to overcome a lot to be together. It was nice seeing characters from the other two books in this one and it makes me sad that this triology is over because all of the books were fantastic. Bravo Ms, Rochon!!!

Wonderful conclusion to an amazing series.

London and Drew, what a ride! Two people who on the surface were sworn enemies but in reality, always needed each other. Made each other better, even when they didn't even realize what happening. Within the story, there were many layers related to relationships, friendships, health that further helped to enrich the story. Getting updates on the friends was great as well.

Highly recommend.

This is the third book in the project boyfriend series and I thought it was the best one yet. London is a pediatric surgeon whose hospital is at risk for closing. Thanks to her friends advice, she hooks up with Drew at her high school reunion, her nemesis who happens to be a hedge fund manager whose heading the team who determines the fate of her hospital. After spending more time with Drew, she realizes he isnt as bad as she once thought he was.

I loved this book! Enemies to lovers is one of my favorite tropes. I loved both London and Drew, and was rooting for them to end up together, and for the hospital to be saved.

Thank you netgalley and Forever for this Arc In exchange for an honest review.

London & Drew
This book is the 3rd book of the Boyfriend Project series .
Enemies/rival to lover.

This story was fun. The best part was the banter between London & Drew. High school rivals who end up as hook up partners. How does that happen especially since London is in her head and hates Drew and he has no idea why and Drew had a serious crush on her in high school. Both London & Drew are successful overachievers who reconnect at the high school reunion that neither wants to be at . What was supposed to be a one night stand turns into an agreement to hook up while Drew is in town when her job and his job collide.
The story also follows London and her two new besties from the first two books. The story is well written and the characters are well developed the transition from hook up partners to dating flows organically.. The steam level is at a 🔥🔥. I gave 4 stars because it’s a tad too long.
I recommend this book. It’s a great story and closes the series with more than one HEA.
( this is my second favorite of the series)

Arc provided by publisher & Netgalley for my honest review.

I LOVED THIS BOOK SO MUCH!!!! Spicy, sweet, swoony, and a hero to die for. Drew is a cinnamon roll, but don't let that fool you because oh boy can that man dirty talk. London is a tough pediatric surgeon who's just looking for a hookup. This book has two of my all time favorite tropes: two idiots who think they can keep it casual and clueless heroine with pining hero. This was an easy 5 star read and should be on everyone's tbr.

Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for an early copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

First I should say this was my first Farrah Rochon and while this is the third in a series it still worked well as a standalone. I’m interested to read the other two but not exactly running out the door to pick them up. This book mostly circles around the tropes of enemy’s to lovers and it’s just “hooking up” leading to more. And turns out that really doesn’t do it for me. If that’s your jam no judgement but as someone on the ace spectrum “hate f-ing” will literally never quite make sense to me. Also while Drew was falling for London and thinking fondly of his high school crush she was thinking over and over again about how much she supposedly hated him and then jumping on his dick (which I might not have minded if it wasn’t almost all fade to black, or pretty boring once we do get descriptions). Constantly being told how Drew was London’s enemy as she was spending every night with him made the first 50% of the book difficult for me to get through and if I didn’t have to review it might not have finished.

That is obviously a personal preference issue and as the book hit the midway point it did hit a stride with me. I liked the treatment of family and especially adult child and parental relationships. Drew is a pretty swoony romance hero but London frustrated me and I just didn’t enjoy the tropes. Not a bad book but definitely not my cup of tea.

The Hookup Plan is the third stand-alone romance about a woman who found out very publicly in the first book that she wasn’t the only woman dating Craig. Samiah, Taylor, and London bonded over finding out that the same guy was three-timing them and even though they’re extremely different, they became friends. This book is London’s turn. She’s a pediatric surgeon in her last year of residency at a beleaguered public hospital. London takes on too much and never takes a break. Even her high school reunion is busy since she was in charge of planning it. And it’s at that reunion that she runs into Drew, her old high school rival. Sparks fly, they hookup, and she thinks it’s a two-day stand until she shows up to work and finds out that his company has been hired to audit her hospital.

There’s so much to like about this book, and about Rochon’s keen and generous eye. London is very much not perfect. But she’s a great doctor, both with how she treats patients and staff. She’s confident and it’s an earned confidence. Getting to see a book center on a brilliant Black female surgeon who loves (most) of her job is so satisfying. Both she and Drew have parent issues, and Rochon does a good job of giving you a sense of what it was like to grow up as London. You also like to see Drew and her together. They’re both successful and good at what they do. Competence porn!

I also like that while this is a romance and it has a HEA, not everything is neatly tied up in a bow by the end of the book. We don’t see what London and Drew’s life will be like ten years down the road, but she’ll probably still have a shitty narcissist for a dad and work too hard. No one has done a 180. Character growth makes sense.

Small nitpicks, mostly about verisimilitude re: medicine: there aren’t pediatric surgery residencies, someone moving residencies because they were poached isn’t really done, fellowship applications and interviews happen in the fall, and no fellowship is going to pay enough to pay off med school loans. But these quibbles pale in the face of a story that gets so much right. It was good to spend time with these three women again.

Received an arc from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The Hookup Plan is the final book in The Boyfriend Project series. This series has been solid but I think this one is my favorite of the three. It featured a sweet, sexy couple, interesting family dynamics, and the wonderful friend group this series has been centered around.

London was my favorite from book one. She was so smart and successful and knew her self worth. I've been patiently waiting on her story and it didn't disappoint! Drew was funny, kind, and considerate. He was supportive of London (like the previous guys in the series) and fell fast for her. I loved the second chance element. It gave them a history that made their fairly quick love story credible. They both had work and family issues that they needed to work through, but they did it together and communicated like the adults they are, always a plus for me.

Overall, I recommend this series and this book in particular if you are looking for a cute, smart romance novel with a strong women's friend group.

Thank you to NetGalley and Forever Publishing for the advanced ebook in exchange for my unbiased review.

I think London was by far my favorite friend in this series! The most stubborn out of the three for a good reason, her expectations to be the best did not allow her room to be as free and make mistakes. I loved how relatable London was and there were a lot of issues that I found myself relating to.

In comes Drew, her arch nemesis from high school who rattles her feathers from the start. What started as a random hookup turned into so much more. Both characters were struggling in their own ways but yet they broke each others walls down to not only let themselves heal but allow the love they deserved in as well.

My heart broke for the relationship between London and her father but I'm glad she realized that she no longer needed his approval over her life, and that's when she truly started living freely for herself.

Thank you to netgalley and forever pub for the ARC in exchange for my review.

London Kelley carries a lot of worries and even more stress. She’s a pediatric surgeon in the final year of her residency at the local County hospital, which is currently state run but in serious financial trouble. At her 15-year high school reunion, London bumps into her high school co-valedictorian and nemesis, Drew Sullivan, who has made millions as a hedge fund manager. London’s best friends, Samiah and Taylor (from books one and two), have been encouraging London to find a hookup to help her relax more. And something tells her that Drew will work just fine for her purposes. Her only regret is the next day when she finds out that Drew’s financial management company has been called in to perform an audit of the hospital. She’s immediately skeptical, but she’s also still really into him, so they devise a plan to keep hospital business at the hospital, and largely *not talk* outside of it.

This was easily my favorite of the three books. It’s bantery and fun, complete with a one-sided enemies-to-lovers trope (from London) and all the pining (from Drew). London and Drew are both complex characters who face some serious problems, each of varying levels of complexity, and Rochoh does a wonderful job of conveying these to us. London has a messy relationship with her father, and I loved the way she comes to recognize it, and how she deals with it. Drew has a complicated relationship with money - he has a lot, but came from little - and some of that is linked to his relationship with grief over his mother’s death. He does recognize that money can’t fix everything, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t want to try to use it to solve his problems sometimes, too.

You can read these out of order. Strong female friendships are a theme, so Samiah and Taylor make as many appearances in London’s book as she does in theirs, and in romance world, you know that if a character has had her book, she has at least a HFN (i.e. their boyfriends make bit appearances in this book as well), but I don’t think you’d miss out on plot points.

This may be favorite of the trilogy! London is my far the most stubborn of the friend trio and her hard headedness is constantly thwarting any attempt at change in her life. Drew comes in and ruffles all the feathers. And some sheets 😏. Such a sweet story. Love Farrah Rochon!

Unfortunately this one didn’t work for me. I haven’t read the other two stories in this series and having read this one I don’t think I will. The premise sounded cute but like i said it didn’t work for me!

THE HOOKUP PLAN is the finale for Farrah Rochon's The Boyfriend Project series. I had not read the previous books in the series. I enjoyed THE HOOKUP PLAN and would definitely recommend this for Farrah's fans.

Second-chance (sort of) romance, enemies-to-lovers-to-friends are a couple of the tropes you can find here.

Drew was an amazing cinnamon bun of a character while London was more on the serious side. She's a pediatric surgeon with aspiring career plans, while he's already built his empire in rehabilitating hospitals in despair.

There's a lot of longing on Drew's part - 15 years to be exact. I enjoyed their coming together with him slowly chipping away at London's exterior.

However - I knew immediately there would be a fast "hookup" and that's okay, but not great. London literally hated Drew in high school, hated him at the reunion and quickly found herself being intimate with him. This happened within the first few chapters of the book and there was not much to look forward to after.

The two had many highs and lows of getting to know each other and that was good, but maybe the quick hookup trope isn't for me because it seemed the slow-burn possibilities were gone. She wasn't proud of herself for constantly reaching out to the man she hated.

She also seemed to blame her hatred on daddy issues and this was an exhausting subplot. Her anger with him stemmed from her being angry with her father. That's something he couldn't (and shouldn't) control.

I did like how dedicated she was to helping children and how dedicated he was to making her happy.

The slow pacing though left me struggling to see the end of the book. There was a good bit involving her friends from the series and maybe I would have connected more with them had I read those books first.

I think this would be a great finale for those who have read The Boyfriend Project series.

Thank you to NetGalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for an e-copy to review.

I rate THE HOOKUP PLAN three out of five stars.

Unfortunately this was not my cup of tea. I do appreciate the opportunity to read and review early!

I’ve been about ready to sell my spleen in order to get my hands on this book, so you can imagine my excitement (and relief that I wasn’t losing an organ) when I saw that NetGalley was doing a “read now” option for the first three days of April. Normally, I follow my planned monthly TBR to the letter, but I threw all my plans out the window to make time for this book – and it was so worth it!

My husband is a very kind man who listens to me screech, vent, cry, wallow, and rave about all of my current reads. So, he’s picked up on what I do and don’t enjoy in books. As I began to explain the premise of The Hookup Plan, he looked me right in the eye and said, “Is that what you would call an enemies-to-lovers story?” He’s learning, y’all, and he knows that’s my least favorite trope. So you can imagine his (and my own) surprise when I hyped up this book like crazy!

Something that I’ve learned over the years is that there’s a strong difference between toxic bully-love and a well-written enemies-to-lovers. This book definitely did not give me toxic relationship vibes in the slightest. London has held unnecessary hatred in her heart towards Drew since she was in high school because he made her fight for “first place” in everything, which took her down a notch in her dad’s eyes. Meanwhile, Drew’s been holding a candle for London all that time – and the only reason he ever pushed so hard to be as good as her is because he wanted her attention and respect. London has been stressed and pushed to her limits with her work and her besties said that the ultimate way to blow off steam was to get a little action. She thinks there’s no harm in a one-night stand with her high school nemesis since they’re not likely to see each other again any time soon – and she won’t catch feelings because she hates him, right? Drew can’t believe his high school fantasies are coming true when London suggests the hookup, but he feels a bit guilty because his company is, in fact, going to be working hand-in-hand with London’s for the next month – which means they’ll actually be seeing plenty of each other.

It’s a recipe for disaster in the best way possible. There’s so much phenomenal chemistry between London and Drew that it was palpable throughout every page. While London is the one “in the dark” about her feelings and the potential for a great relationship for the majority of the book, Drew is the ultimate “he falls first” trope and it’s absolutely precious in every way. Watching as they go from standing at odds to navigating life’s trickiest moments together was such a pleasure.

Considering the title of the book, I was surprised by how little spice was actually in it. Not that I felt that it was lacking in any way. The vibes were mostly just in the minds of each of the characters as they thirsted after each other. It was a weirdly slow burn since the whole concept of these two started with sex. Don’t understand what I mean? You’ll have to give it a read, duh!

Just like the other two books in this fantastic series, there was great emotional depth as the characters had to tackle some really challenging things like grief over a parent’s death, trying to know which path to take in life (especially when one way serves others but the other way serves you), and *dealing with truly toxic and abusive family members.

*If you have personally experienced familial abuse or gaslighting, this could be a triggering storyline for you. It’s a huge part of London’s story and it definitely made my heart race and blood boil multiple times.

I truly can’t get over how much I adored this book. I felt this way after reading both The Boyfriend Project and The Dating Playbook and it was such a delight to experience that all over again with The Hookup Plan. Do yourself a favor and read this series ASAP. You can thank me later.

[CW: (major) Sexual content, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting, (minor) Cursing]

Former high school enemies, London and Drew, reconnect at a reunion and a no-strings hookup is the result, since London knows she’ll never see him again…right?
Well, now they have to work together to save a public hospital that is in financial straits, but they decide the one night hookup can and should be extended. Will it become more? Drew says yes, London says maybe…

Family drama and past disappointments are included along with heat and heart.

This was my favorite of Farrah Rochon’s The Boyfriend Project series. There is a great epilogue that revisits all three women who met after a video of them exposing the man who was dating and scamming them all became a viral sensation.

Thank you NetGalley and Forever for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was my first book from Farrah Rochon and I loved it!

I really enjoyed the rivals to lovers romance. London and Drew had great chemistry, and I liked that they were both successful, strong, Black characters!

A little predictable at times, but made for a quick and easy contemporary read.

(I did find myself a little anxious during the hospital/medical scenes, so there's that lol 🤷‍♀️)

Thanks to NetGalley for the arc!

The Hookup Plan is the 3rd book in the series following Taylor, Samiah and London after all 3 of them went viral for being catfished by the same guy at the same time. London is finishing her residency as a pediatric surgeon but her beloved county hospital is at risk of being privatized, which is only adding to her stress. She reconnects with her high school archnemesis Drew at their 15-year reunion. London still holds all the animosity for Drew as she did their senior year of high school, but she’s in need of some stress relief and decides to take her friend’s advice in having a casual hookup with Drew. Little did London know, he is actually in town because his company is auditing the hospital and ultimately deciding its fate. He doesn’t just want a casual hookup but London feels like she can’t trust him and his intentions.

If you liked the first two books in this series, I think you’ll enjoy this one as well. I think for me personally, this was my least favorite of the series only because most of it was based around the hospital and out of the three careers these three woman have, this one personally interests me the least. I also felt like this one had the least amount of tension keeping the couple apart. But I still really enjoyed it!

London and Drew both had difficult parental relationships/scenarios that they ended up working through during the course of this story. I enjoyed watching them grow close together and become more and more dependent (in a good one) on one another’s support. This book was dual POV like the others, so you got to see Drew’s feelings towards London throughout the story, which I always love!

The Hookup Plan by Farrah Rochon is the third novel in The Boyfriend Project series, in which the author brings a cast of supportive female friends together as they deal with the challenges of life and love. The Hookup Plan is an excellent addition to the series!

London is a pediatric surgeon who reunites with her high school nemesis and co-valedictorian, Drew. What begins as a one-night stand for London to release some pent up stress, develops into something she didn't see coming. Drew is a consultant at her public hospital to audit where costs can be cut and whether the hospital should be sold, and London's ire is in full force at the realization that the fate of her hospital is in her sexy nemesis' hands. Can their undeniable chemistry cancel out her disdain for the direction their one-night stand has taken?

I really love the intelligence of the characters and the strength of the women in the author's books. The world-building is excellent and pacing is perfect. While this wasn't my favorite book in the series, I highly recommend it! I wish there could be an epilogue for all three couples set in the future because I love the characters so much!

4 stars
Rated R
CW: dysfunctional parents, mentions of terminal illnesses, grief
Advanced copy provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I was so excited to get an early copy of The Hookup Plan! I've loved this series, but this one was definitely my favorite of all! London and Drew were the perfect protagonists in this adorable story of somewhat one-sided enemies to lovers. High school rivals, enemies to lovers, unrequited love, what more could we ask for! I love the strong female characters, representation, and female friendships that are at the center of all of Farrah Rochon's books. In addition, London is the doctor and advocate we wish we all could have. Can't wait to read her next series! Thanks to the publisher, the author, and Netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.