Lily is the love doctor, who gives relationship advice in a podcast. She’s a serial dater not looking for anything serious. Jay is desperate to meet ‘the one’.

This one wasn’t for me, I just couldn’t get into it. I couldn’t connect with the writing style. DNF.

I loved the premise of the book, and I enjoyed the story, it was sweet and funny, the characters were wonderful, Lily and Jay start to work together and and even though they both refuse to have a relationship, the chemistry between them is undeniable, I loved the secondary characters so much.
Read it if you are a fan of fun and cute romances.

I enjoyed certain aspects of this book, but overall my response was that it was just "ok." As I was reading, I found my reaction shifting between engagement and minor irritation at various plot points and character/dialogue choices that pulled me out of the story. As well, I don't feel that the title really reflects the story as a whole.

This was such a cute book! Absolutely loved it! The side characters were just as fun to read about as the two main. The writing was paced well and kept me reading!

I fell in love with Kitty Wilson after reading Every Day In December last year. So, when I received an email from One More Chapter asking me if I was interested in an ARC of her new book I felt like a kid on Christmas day and I decided to "unwrap" the gift immediately and... well... I was not disappointed!

The Love Experiment is a gorgeous book about love, and I mean every kind of love: romantic newborn love, tender love, passionate love, steady love, platonic love, self-love, brotherly love and also bad, limiting and abusive love.
What I adore about this book is that every single love story is told with no judgement. As a matter of fact, the author encourages us readers to constantly keep in mind that we must do what we're comfortable with, stay true to what we want to be and try and make our decisions based on our best selves; to remember that whether people are dating or not, whether people dream about finding the perfect match or rather live sourrounded by family or friends or cats or even dolls, whether people know they're worthy of pure and healthy love or have yet to realize it, people have to do things in their own time! And I really find it pretty amazing!

The other thing that I really liked is that characters were so beautifully explored that throughout the book I constantly knew how they really felt, I was literally able to read their thoughts and I never found myself wondering the reason behind their decisions or behaviour. To me, this is pretty crucial in order to be able to feel the tension between the two main protagonists, to feel the sparks and the mad chemistry between them so that I can't help but rooting for them. I am telling you... it is impossibile not to ship Kitty Wilson's OTPs. So far, I've read two books written by her and I think this is the best part of her writing style.

Finally, this book reminded me of Abby Jimenez's The Friend Zone... and I think if you loved the latter then you must read The Love Experiment!

Thank you One More Chapter and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book. Best Gift Ever!

For me this was a book of two halves. I think the issues that other readers have raised are really true here - the dual narrative without distinction of who is speaking being an obvious one (though perhaps this is something that was down to the ARC layout and will be remedied), the fact that not only Lily but ALL the characters are so in touch with what’s happening psychologically that they all talk like therapists in long, eloquent chunks about their feelings and motivations… I appreciated the sensitivity with which certain subjects were handled, but as dialogue it often felt quite stilted, and I found myself skimming more and more.

For me the biggest problem was with Lily and her issues surrounding her body and PCOS. Like many other women I have PCOS and I was horrified by Lily’s response to her body/exercise/eating and I thought this was going to be something that was unpacked through the book/ something she realised she needed help with but that didn’t really happen. This felt especially jarring given how switched on the book was in other areas.

I thought the way Cass’s coercive relationship was handled was brilliant, and I absolutely loved the drag queen storyline - really it felt like if the focus had been on these two things and embedding the romance there the book would have been so much stronger - there were sections here that were so funny, and so sweet. I think in the end it just tried to take on too much and ended up feeling a bit messy.

✅️ RomCom
✅️ Duel POV
✅️ LGBTQ +
✅️ Standalone

⚠️ Bullying (past tense)

Dr. Lily Galbraith, The Love Doctor, has a podcast and tries to reach out to people with advice that wouldn't necessarily be able to reach her. She is single and enjoying the single life!

Jacob (Jay) Cooper runs a community city youth program and falls in love too easily. So he and his sister have a bet going where he is to be single for 6 months.... see where this is going?

Nope!

Drag Queens 👸 They steal the show and I. WAS. HERE. FOR. IT! 👏👏
So funny!!! I loved Lily's gay best friend Kevin/High Jinx so much! 🤩🏳️‍🌈

Overall, a cute read with some underlying therapy. ❤️ Would recommend reading! 📖

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this eARC!

I thoroughly enjoyed Kitty Wilson's previous book, so was thrilled to be given the chance to read her latest release.
The Love Experiment is an easy-to-read contemporary romance book, which touches on several serious issues, such as abusive relationships, infertility and PCOS, as well as the fear of 'coming out' within, too.
"He can’t date, she doesn’t date…but what happens when they fall in love?"
Lily is an expert in all aspects of relationships. Such an expert that she is the Love Doctor with her own guidance podcast, on top of her day job as a real Dr. of relationships. Except she finds it extremely hard to commit, given her own medical history. As a sufferer of PCOS, she knows her chances of ever being a mum are extremely low.
Jay just wants to find the one. In fact, he seems to view everyone he decided to date as possibly the one until they disappoint him by not living up to his expectations.
He's forced to take a break, in order to deal with some issues surrounding his younger sister's relationship. and in doing so, vows chastity for six months.
And you know what is going to happen... as soon as you make a decision like that, you know that certain someone is going to come galloping into your life...
They are both lovely characters in their own right and have issues to contend with before they can see the wood for the trees.
I loved Jay's character. Such a kind, considerate man, with everyone's feelings at the forefront of his mind. There were times I fancied shaking Lily to make her realise she should be going with her gut instinct.
Thankfully I didn't have to as the cast of side characters were there to do the very thing I wanted. Not least of all Keith, or High Jinx, Lily's best friend and drag queen, who is still in the closet to his parents, and Cassie, a sassy sixteen-year-old, who only wants the best for her mentor, Jay.
I whizzed through this in a day and it is definitely a feel-good read with some added layers of seriousness, providing food for thought.
Many thanks to NetGalley, And Harper Collins, One More Chapter for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

2.5/5 stars - The premise of this book gave it a chance to be a fun book, but instead it just didn't seem to work for me. This book was marketed as a romance, but I think it qualifies more as a contemporary than romance. It took me a while to get into reading and even then I felt that it dragged a lot.

This book is dual perspective, but I found that the voices were not unique enough to make it so I knew who's perspective I was reading from. I would often have to wait until the character said something obvious (like using their pronoun) before I knew which character the chapter was about.

I struggled with Lily as a character. She had PCOS, and had a really unhealthy relationship with food and exercise. She seemed really to be preoccupied with control in her life, and even though there was some growth throughout, I don't know there was enough. I liked a couple of the side characters, and some of the drag scenes I found interesting.

I also found that some of the dialogue in the book, especially with the teen girls, sounded a bit like an older person trying to sound cool. Some of the other scenes and dialogue came off as forced and I don't think landed how the author intended.

I guess this book just wasn't the right one for me. I'll still check out Kitty Wilson's books in the future as I have enjoyed her books in the past. Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Collins UK/ One More Chapter for a copy of this book. All opinions are 100% mine.

Ahhhh I loved this book! It was full of inspiration, it was witty, compelling, and it kept me hooked from page one.

DNF @25%.
I found this book difficult to get into, the dual POV wasn't indicated which made it unclear as to who's 'voice' was talking. The dialogue was similar for both POV which also added to the confusion.

Honestly this book read confusing… for the first third of the book I had no idea who was narrating. Names on the chapters would really benefit this book. If that were the only issue with it I would be able to give more stars. However, I found his quick fall for her rather strange and rather odd. There were way more things that I will not get into, but this book was just not for me.

I did not finish this book and DNF’d at approximately 45%.

There were a few reasons I did not finish this book:
-A personal reason, and just a personal preference, is that I do not like the current tense in books. It always sounds and feels weird to me to read.
-There is a lot of passive voice in this book i.e. “has suggested” “had taken” “had done so” which always sounds strange when reading.
-There didn’t seem to be much chemistry between the main characters besides some rather forced banter and awkward encounters.
-The book is dual POV, but if there weren’t he/she pronouns, I would never be able to differentiate between the two POVs. Both characters sound the same and have the same voice. I would expect Jay’s voice to be a bit more masculine and in general to have different thoughts/experiences than Lily, but they both seemed the same to me.
-I understand the representation of PCOS and demonstrating the effect of bullying, giving a backstory, but there was more information on PCOS and the bullying Lily experienced than enjoyable interaction between the main characters.
-There is a lot of slang that sounds off and the author also uses “ha” and “haha” regularly which is good for texting but not in a novel.
-There are too many exclamation points. Way too many. One sentence was just “Wow!” for Lily’s internal dialogue. That could’ve been so much better had we gotten more insight rather than just “Wow!”
-The characters use so much slang - using words like “Yo” as a way to initiate conversation is so strange in a novel. Additionally, and this is just a personal preference, I don’t like when we hear the actual intros to conversations i.e. “Hey Lily” “Hey Jay” “How are you?” “I’m doing well thanks” “How are you?” “I’m doing well.” - just skip this. I don’t need to read this, just get to the important dialogue.
-There were several scenes with dialogue that was supposed to be funny but sounded contrived and forced.
-Finally, she’s a love doctor but sounds more like a therapist and talks about really tough topics but within 45% of the novel, I didn’t understand what qualified her to provide that kind of insight/advice. If the topics had been more of a humorous response or a funny podcast I would understand more, but these were really serious topics that require thoughtful critique from someone with actual expertise. If she has it, great, but I didn’t read/didn’t get that info.

I will not post a review on Goodreads or Amazon but wanted to provide general feedback here on NetGalley.

He can’t date and she doesn’t date, and her being the Love Doctor made this a promising permise. I was really looking forward to reading The Love Experiment, and I did enjoy parts of it, but I also found myself struggling to get through the amount of psychological explanations throughout the book.

The main and side characters were dealing with serious and complex issues, so some in-depth analysis on them was reasonable. But it consequently made the story packed and the pace a bit too slow for me.

DNF @30%

I just could not get into this one. I wasn't connecting with any of the characters or invested in the romance. The dialogue felt off to me as well. I didn't want to waste my time continuing, so decided to DNF.

I liked the representation in The Love Experiment and really liked the premise, but it did feel a whole lot like therapy to me (which was not what I was after). I do think there are readers that will really enjoy this one though!
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this arc ebook in exchange for an honest review, all opinions expressed are my own.

The premise of this book sounded interesting. Lily is the "Love Doctor" and broadcasts her podcast weekly. She meets Jay at a sauna. She doesn't date and he is supposed to stop dating for six months. They end up working together and attracted to one another.

This book lost me from the beginning. Some books give too much background information at the beginning and bore you, but this book didn't give me enough information to clue me in to who the characters were at the beginning. I didn't connect to Lily. There was also more therapy in the book than probably necessary.

Again, the premise was a great one. I also loved the character of Jay and the supporting characters. This book just wasn't my cup of tea, but will probably be loved by others.

Thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK One More Chapter for my ARC! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I enjoyed this book. It was a fun read. I likedthe characters. I look forward to reading more from this author

I enjoyed this book. It was a quick read. I liked that the Lee was LGBTQ+ representation and that infertility/PCOS were discussed. Plus it focused on mental heath which I always appreciate. The story was told in two POV, which was sometimes confusing early on. But I loved the strong female lead!

Lily is all about celebrating her sexual appetite but without feeling the need to settle down or settle for anything less than love. Just like she tells her podcast listeners. Meeting Jay in a cute meet sauna they end up working together. Although he has just made a bet with his sister that he'll give up on searching for love for six months - he finds it hard to deny the spark between them.