I had high expectations after loving ‘Set on You’ and this did not disappoint in the slightest. Grandma Flo is once again a star in her own right and Tara and Trevor’s developing relationship is a joy to read.

Thankyou Ne galley and Penguin General UK - Fig Tree for an early e-arc in exchange of an honest review.
i was initially interested in reading this after finding that it could be a pick for the Illumicrate Afterlight Box early next year. I haven't read anything from Amy Lea and was curious. Well, I'm so glad I did as I loved it! I found the characters really relatable and likable. It really exceeded my expectations and I'm now going to have to go back and read the first which even though its the second book of the series, I didn't find that it hindered my reading experience at all.

Exes and O's
A fresh, funny, chemistry-filled rom-com from the author of Set on You
by Amy Lea
Earc:NetGalley
Publisher:
Penguin General UK - Fig Tree, Hamish Hamilton, Viking, Penguin Life, Penguin Business, Penguin
Publication Date: 19 Jan 2023
Genre :Romance, Women's Fiction, General Fiction

A very cute witty romance story. Tara has had no luck in love and now is currently hunting down her former lovers. She's an influencer on Tiktok called Tara romance queen and had follower who spied her roommate tell her to get with him. She big on the booktok scence about romance books.

Crystal and Mel her two best friends they all team up at points in this book. The girls have a beautiful friendship one that loads would envy.

Trevor the room mate and a firefighter. He's a looker and good at his job.

Angie pulls so much at your heart strings. I want to cuddle and take care of her so much.


It took me a bit longer than I wanted miss me getting this book but once I got any I couldn't put it down. It has a feel good feeling and I highly recommend it to any romantic comedy lovers.

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Trevor Metcalfe = dream boyfriend 👩‍🍳💋🤌 (chefs kiss)

Really liked this book - forced proximity, cute fluffy scenes spread throughout, a lil bit of spice 🌶

Plus the fmc is a romance book fanatic and the mmc also reads (win win)

It did take me a bit to get into it - but that’s probably because I didn’t realise it’s the second book in a series 😬😬

But overall it’s a fast paced, great book - with an epilogue set one year later ON VALENTINES DAY of all days of the year 💕💕💕

I didn’t particularly like this book. I almost DNFed a couple times to be quite honest. I made it through and it was entertaining but I probably won’t be recommending it. I understand that her being a walking trope was the point but it felt like it was reinforcing the stereotypes of romance readers even more. I found her to be exactly what she didn’t want to be portrayed as. She didn’t want to be too much (bc no one is ever too much, be yourself!) but she is the exception. I didn’t find it amusing or cute that she was hiding in bushes, stalking or naming her boyfriends on the internet. Also, didn’t really feel the connection between the leads. So I guess maybe this romance novel wasn’t the one for me. 2.5/5

I was very excited to have received this arc as I have seen this book all over bookstagram. Loved the pace of the book but it is a slow burn. This has various tropes and I especially loved the main character who is a bookstagrammer. I highly recommend this as one of the most popular romance new releases of 2023.

Huge thank you to netgalley & Penguin books for sending me this arc in exchange for my honest review.

I loved this book! After reading Set On You earlier this year and hearing that Tara was also getting a book, I was very excited to read it - especially as she's a bookstagrammer!

I loved the relationship between Tara and Trevor. Seeing them develop from roommates to friends to lovers was so cute and I really enjoyed seeing their feelings change. Trevor was so sweet with Tara and really loved her for who she was and seeing him treat her so well after her previous relationships was so cute!

I really liked how Amy Lea addressed the idea of the 'crazy ex girlfriend' and seeing how being perceived as this affected Tara's view of herself. I liked that Tara acknowledges the standards that men put on women and then twist it to make women look bad - I thought it was addressed really well.

Overall, this was a really sweet romance and I loved Tara and Trevor together!

A delicious slow burn!!

The slow burn in this was impeccable, the building of tension between Tara and Trevor was so good. Normally I'm not a huge fan of a slow burn however this was done so good it was deffo worth the wait at the end

Trevor is going on my list of book boyfriends cos he's just so 🥰🥰🥺🥺🥵🥵

4.5 stars

Was delighted to get my hands on a copy of this book! Tara is recovering from a heartbreak, after being dumped by her fiancé Seth. She moves not shared app, with a firefighter Trevor. After their awkward first encounter, Tara and Trevor begin their friendship.

What I love about Tara is that she’s a book influencer and talks about bookstagram and doing book stack challenges etc! Love this aspect of the character. Tara is a true romantic. After her last relationship fails, she decides she wants to try her hand at the second chance romance trope. She begins to develop her “ex files”. Tara enlists Trevor’s help with her endeavour. As Tara is trying to find love with her exs she can’t help but fantasise about a room-romance with a Trevor, which she knows is not possible as he only wants non-committed flings!

I loved the contrast between the two main characters. She’s an all out big romantic gesture kind of a gal, and he is a one night only kinda man!!! I fell in love with Trevor. He seems like such a genuine guy. He is constantly reassuring Tara about her insecurities when faced with disappointment after disappointment. It seems to be that Trevor is the only one who appreciates Tara for who she is…. Trevor carries his own baggage with Tara tries to understand. I found Trevor so relatable. Lovely easy read

A must read for romance book lovers! Exe’s and O’s should be one of the first romance books you’ll read in 2023.

“EVERYTHING IS FINE. EVERYTHING IS FINE.
I mentally repeat that phrase as I haul myself up the stairwell to my new apartment. To my new life”
Wow !!! This book made my entire week … no, it made my year !!!!
I loved this contemporary romance !!
Fan of the movie “The Ugly Truth”, this book is exactly what you don’t know you needed !!!!
Tara is a romance reader. She knows it all; every tropes, every characters’ stereotypes… every fictional men you could fall for.
I absolutely fell for Travor … hard … really hard!!!
He is, not perfect, but he encompasses everything I love about book boyfriends … and I’m not going to say more about it because y’all need to read the book!!
The pace for this book was great and I loved going through Tara’s endless chances at second chance romance with her ex-boyfriends.
I loved how, despite everything she’s been through, she still believes in love. And I loved the role Travor played in making her realise her worth.
And whenever in a book there’s a very funny, outgoing and modern grandma … the book is a masterpiece !!!
And don’t let me start on the spicy times or the tension between the main characters … I had actual chills throughout the entire reading !!!!
I’m so glad I had the chance to get through this story and I truly hope the same for everyone who will have the chance to read it !!!
“Nonfictional feelings for fictional men”
“Crystal says I have an annoying tendency to box people into romance tropes and stereotypes."

Wow! This book was so much fun. It was light but had enough depth for the characters to feel real. It was soooo much steamier than Set On You in a good way. I'm not sure how I got my hands on this through Netgalley but not complaining!! It was such a joy to read 🥳

Tara is always the dumpee and never the dumper. After another failed relationship she finds herself rooming with a sexy firefighter who has no trouble getting women. But can he help her find a forever in her list of Exs?

It sort of reminded me of the movie He's Just Not That Into You and To All The Boys I Loved Before.

Reasons you should pre-order this book:

👨‍🚒 Sexy firefighter (seriously 🔥🌶)
❌️ Destruction of terrible ex boyfriends
🙌 Friendships
💁‍♀️ Fun MC
🌶 x100 👏
👨‍🚒 Did I mention the sexy firefighter?

Thanks to Netgalley, Viking UK for this ARC in return for an honest review. I looooved it!!!

💭 ᴍʏ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛꜱ:
I loved every thing about this! It’s cute, it’s funny and it’s an Ex hunt! How fun is that?! Adding a hot firefighting roommate to the mix who has more layers than meets the eye and a bunch of witty side characters and I just couldn’t get enough. The main character is, like most of us, a Bookstagrammer believing in all the love tropes! Making it super relatable! Such a quick paced fun read!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🤓 ʀᴇᴀᴅ ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪᴋᴇ:
Romance
An Ex hunt
Bookstagram
Witty characters

ꜱʏɴᴏᴘꜱɪꜱ:
𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦-𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳 𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘯--𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 "𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦-𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳" 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘯𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮? 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵-𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘴. 𝘚𝘰 𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦-𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥-𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦.

𝘉𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘴 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘛𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘺-𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳-𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯?

Thank you NetGalley for my e-Arc of this wonderful book!

Exes and O’s by the wonderful Amy Lea is a slow-burn, friends to lovers, grumpy sunshine, roommates, romantic comedy that is a must read for all you romcom lovers. I’m personally a sucker for a grumpy sunshine trope and this book absolutely did it for me.

Trevor is the grumpy playboy firefighter and the last man you’d see get into a relationship with the nurse roommate, Tara Li Chen, who so happens to be a romance-novel obsessed social media influencer on the side.
With Tara’s hunt for a second chance romance with one of her exes, Trevor cannot help himself but to agree to help her despite his feelings about relationships.

These two create such a strong friendship by not only being roommates but by Trevor helping Tara out on this adventure that had me screaming at my kindle “KISS HER!”. The plot unravelled so smoothly and I was hooked. I mean, who doesn’t love a grumpy firefighter who only has eyes for you? I know I want one myself!

Well, this is excellent. I loved Set On You, and I might have loved this more?! Too. Cute. I loved how unapologetically extra Tara is. Honestly, this is a masterpiece of rom com - laugh out loud funny but so incredibly sweet.

Amy Lea books never disappoint. This was the best book I've read in a long time. This book was a slow, slow burn but my god was it worth it and so much fun!!!

I enjoyed this book so much :)

When I first saw this book on goodreads I knew it would come on my most anticipated reads for 2023 so imagine how happy I was to read that I was accepted to read an ARC.

The ending definitely made me tear up a little because I relate to Tara quite a lot, like her I also want a romance book worthy love story. The things about this book I love the most are the messages in the book, no matter what the one person you’re meant to be with will never think you’re too much, even if everyone tells you you are and I LOVED the grand gesture Trevor did for Tara at the end

Got a long list of ex lovers. They’ll tell you I’m insane. -Taylor Swift

Wow… this book had me hooked from chapter 1. The slow burn almost killed me off. I read this in under 24 hours…it would have been a single sitter but I have responsibilities :(

Exe’s and o’s is about Tara. Tara is an bookstagrammer and she is struggling in the relationship department and she decides to revisit her exes - all ten of them. With the help of her firefighter new roommate what can go wrong. Everyone needs a Trevor in there life!

This book has all the tropes you could wish for; friends to lovers, forced proximity and grumpy sunshine There is a page at the start of the book with trigger warnings which is a nice touch. One of her ex’s is a walking 🚩 .

Filled with pop culture references from Taylor swift to Disney princess. If you love cartoon covered books this book is for you.

A book featuring a book blogger who loves romance books and second chance romances, who becomes room mates with a grumpy fire fighter? What is not to like!!!

This book was a hilarious read! I loved every character and the banter was top tier.

I loved how he was your typical closed off love interest who only opened up to her, you could tell how much Trevor cared about Tara straight away and I loved watching their relationship develop as Tara went on the hunt for the perfect ‘second chance romance’ but ended up with something completely different.

This was a slow burn. But i was so invested in the characters and living vivaciously through Tara that when things started to heat up I was smiling so much.

The character development was really good and didn’t feel rushed, everything seemed to happen at a good pace.

Can we talk about Trevor? The way he was so supportive of Tara and loved all her quirks. The way he would drop a packet of Cheetos on her lap when she was reading because he knew she liked to snack while reading “hello” 👋🏻 . When he saves her from being stood up on a date. The way he supports his niece was very sweet. He is just the loveliest character.

I highly recommend this one 🥰🫶

Read if you like…

🤍 Forced proximity
🤍 Grumpy vs Sunshine
🤍 He falls first
🤍 2nd chance romances
🤍 Friends to Lovers

This book like the main character, is a lot. Literally.
I think I would have liked it more if it was shorter and with less intensely detailed internal monologues + the romance was not built well enough in my opinion.

Other than that the whole over the top, Tara loves love concept works pretty well and I chuckled a few times but I also got annoyed some others and for those reason this books sits right in the middle with the rating.

Thank you NetGalley & Penguin General UK for the digital ARC.