"Kissing Liana was beyond description. Beyond Italian food. Beyond whiskey. Beyond sex. Every vice in my life; I’d trade them all for the moment to last forever."

The blurb of the book had my attention and on top of that, the cover was attractive too which made me want to read the book. While Kade & Liana were great main characters, I feel like there was something special lacking in the story. Both Kade & Liana had bad family history and the people closest to them were going through some difficult situations. Liana blogs about love advice and Kade connects with her via that asking for advice whether love is real. The concept of the story was well plotted but I did not like any of the side characters tbh. And I started to really feel the chemistry between Kade & Liana around the 72% mark which was the only enjoyable part of the story. The first half focused more on Kade's bestfriend's situation & Liana's annoying sisters which I skimmed through. The only likeable part about this book was Kade & Liana's relationship in my opinion.

ARC received from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review

So sweet, very funny and entertaining! I couldn’t put it down, because I had to know how it would end!!.

"It was hard to pinpoint when I'd gotten the rush of new feeling that settled in my stomach, but I knew it was there...Words could say so much about a person-their intellectuality, their personality, their heart... their soul.

I knew Liana's like the back of my hand. And I was dazzled by it."

This was a fun read. Right off the bat, I really liked Liana. A love advice columnist? I'm in. Then when we were given our first Kade chapter, my a**hole radar was blaring at me. I knew it was gonna take some solid character growth to change his outlook on love and I'm happy with the way it played out.

It was cute to read these two fall for each other in spite of their arrangement. The author also had a ton of backstory for both of them. I enjoyed reading Kade's relationship with his best friend Stephanie, in particular.

Some of the plot lines/big plot points felt abrupt as they came up, but the emotional tugs alongside solid character growth really made the read worthwhile.

Thank you to Lake Country Press & Review, NetGalley, and Allie Doherty for the early copy in exchange for a review!

Rating: 3.75 out of 5

Thank you netgalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I thought this book lacked spice and was too awkward to be a true romance. Kade was too stuck on his lack of a love life that it made having sex with Liana uncomfortable to read. He seemed to be going through the motions. Just not what I was expecting.

I DNFed this book after finishing chapter 7. I just couldn’t get into this book like I normally do. My critiques are below:
- The formatting is off on almost every page. Either there single letters on a line that is a part of the word on the second line or paragraphs are chopped up. I could get over formatting like this especially from an arc if it was occasionally, but it was almost every page.
- I don’t feel like there was enough detail/backstory to the main characters to really dive into this story.
- I don’t like a ton of unimportant details in a book, but I do like feeling immersed into a story (details of a house, restaurant, work office) and this lacked that. I felt like I couldn’t be in this book.
- The flow of the story felt very choppy and rushed to me without getting good information.

I will not be posting my review on platforms as I don’t want to sway anyone from not reading this book.

When I picked up this book, I was hoping for a light and fun romance novel, to help me decompress after a long work day - and I got just that! However, I must say the book, the characters and the story didn't really grab my attention. I found it to be full of tired clichés, worn out plots, and unrealistic dialogue. I feel many people would like it (especially if you are only looking for an easy read), but it just didn't cut it for me.

3 ⭐

Liana and Kade are two incredible characters with complex family histories and heart-breaking backgrounds - I loved them both, in their own way, and seeing them grow together was fantastic. I think Kade is one of the most interesting MMCs I have read in a while.

There were many things in this book that didn’t exactly work for me, but there were specifically two main ones (mild spoilers):

1. The focus her family gets during the first half of the novel is, ultimately, irrelevant.
2. The unnecessary heartbreak brought on by the stereotypical third act break-up.

Overall, this book was sweet, romantic and with many more triggers than I thought it would have.

3/5 ⭐

I loved this book and the characters! I really felt their connection and their story was emotional and consuming. Loved everything about it!

Thank you NetGalley for an ARC copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

The book is about a Liana who is a freelance romance advice columnist who receives an email asking for advice from Kade.

I ended up DNF'ing this book 20% in. I could not get into the story at all. There were a lot of issues with the spacing. I couldn't get into the writing or the story. I read a lot of romance books and I just didn't notice anything that set this apart from the thousands of other books out there.


I did like how the chapters headings were done. I like how Liana and Kade have different designs from font and the wiskey glass for Kade and coffee cup for Liana.

Critiques:
- not sure if this is an issue with my copy, but the spacing seems off
-- first word in chapter 1 "oh" the O is not on the same line as the h.
-- weird line break after "i'd"
- I wish the font of the letters between Liana and Kade were bigger
- why is some of the font red?
- When Liana and her sister are speaking there are no spaces between paragraphs, where before there was a space between them.

I really liked this book and devoured it in less than a week. I was given an e-ARC from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review and I’m so grateful to them!
Liana Dawson is a romantic advice blogger whose readers push her into adding a section for sex advice. However, she doesn’t have much to say in that department because well, her sex life is kind of non-existent. Then we have Kade Jennings, the king of one night stands and the answer to her problem. The two characters decide to team up after Kade requests her help to understand love which leads them to embark on a journey of self-growth, friendship and ultimately love.
There was so much sexual tension between Liana and Kade and their banter and chemistry was top notch and I liked that there was a considerable amount of focus on side characters's stories and the fact that the author addresses heavy issues such as mental illness, domestic violence and drug addiction.
I can’t wait to read more books by this author! In the meantime, I highly recommend reading this one.

I loved this book so much!! The chemistry and sexual tension between Liana and Kade was honestly off the charts; they were both amazing leads and made me want to keep reading to see them get their happy ending. The only thing I wasn't a huge fan of was that there was a little too much drama going on for my taste, but it wasn't so unbearable that it took away from the cuteness that was Liana and Kade

There were so many funny scenes and banter between them that I absolutely loved, and the rollercoaster of emotions that the last few chapters took me through was such a journey but one that I was obsessed with! Would highly recommend this book to all romcoms lovers!!

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC!

3.5 Stars. A young love advice columnist connects with a serial one-night stand guy. I thought this book was pretty good, I mean the basic premise was interesting. There was great chemistry between Liana and Kade. There was also a LOT of drama going on with the supporting characters. So much so that the late-in-the-story “conflict” between Liana and Kade didn’t seem necessary. I think as a reader I was asked to suspend disbelief more than I’m used to in most Rom-Coms. That being said, I think this is a young author who is only going to improve so I look forward to reading her next book.

Thank you to NetGalley and Lake Country Press & Review for this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.
#LoveLianaSincerelyKade #NetGalley.

Where do I even begin... this book was a whirlwind of emotions, plot lines (and pick up lines ;-)
Would recommend to anyone interested in the following tropes:
-dual POV (yearning can be experienced from both sides)
-charismatic ml/fl
-family issues
-'dating'
-past loves
-angst, a lot of angst
-betrayals
-therapy
-snarky comments
-LOVE

Liana is a love-advice blogger with no real love experience. Then playboy Kade drops in her Inbox.
6/10 ⭐️
Tropes | Alpha Hero, Trauma Bonding
Heat Level | 🌶🌶, open door, on-page
TW | domestic violence, parental loss, drug abuse
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Summary: Liana’s love-advice blog is popular but needs a little more oomph in the sexy department. Kade is an alpha player who writes to her asking if he’s broken because he’s getting lucky, but not lucky in love. The two team up to cover their blind spots and fight a growing attraction.

Liana and Kade have a lot of chemistry. Sizzling, in fact. Which makes each of their one-on-one scenes crackle with witty banter and tension. When they’re on-page together it’s hot and we catch the feels with them.

Unfortunately, Liana and Kade aren’t the stars of their own love story. Secondary characters and jam-packed subplots steal the show.

Neither Kade, nor Liana, behave like real people or lead plausible lives. Some things – like Liana being a love-advice expert who knows little about love or Kade going from Chicago street kid to wildly successful New York literary agent – can be ignored for Romance Reasons.

A few winks and nods to believability are part of the fun in a romcom – but here the suspension of disbelief and reliance on coincidence rocks the ride. In one of the largest cities in the world, do people run into each other everywhere at exactly the right or wrong moment? Work, finance, friendship, family dynamics, travel, infidelity, decision making, apartment hunting, and the rules of time in the criminal justice system run through a Sex in the City fuzzy world filter first.

Even the love story rests on shaky ground. We are expected to believe what holds them back from hooking up, when they both want to, is because he’s her “client.” No, he isn’t. He’s a guy who emailed a free-blog advice site. Taking a trip to Bonetown, NY together isn’t a conflict of interest unless it’s forced to become so as a slave to the plot.

Still, put their love story front and center? I’d overlook the glitches.

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Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review. Expected publication September 27, 2022.

This book just took one of my top spots for favorite books of 2022 so far!

I absolutely fell in love with the characters and the story! Liana's and Kade's chemistry was adorable and swoon worthy. There was banter and so much sexual tension between them you couldn't help but fall in love with them both. This book had so many good elements, it had drama (just the right amount), humor and it made you not want to put the book down! I read this book in just a few days because I needed to know what would happen next.

You have Liana a single romantic-advice blogger who LOVES love but who at this point had only had one serious relationship that ended badly, she lacked experience and was kinda of shy when it came to sex; then you have Kade Jennings who exudes sex and has the looks to go along with it, who preferred sex / hookups with no attachment, making him to opposite of Liana. He writes in to her blog asking about love, was it real? wondering what's wrong with himself for wanting nothing to do with it [thinking himself a psycho].

Next thing you know this unlikely pair come together in a business opportunity neither of them can pass up! Made for an ADORABLE romantic comedy you are sure to love!

2.5 Stars Love, Liana… Sincerely, Kade was a sweet rom-com, that was ultimately, just okay. There were a few things about this story that made it hard to get into. First, I wasn’t able to really believe that Liana was twenty-three years old and running a romance advice column (that she apparently started at eighteen, or at least that’s when she pitched the idea to her father). It’s also hard to believe that at twenty-three she left a successful and lucrative job in favor of running her own blog. For these things to be believable it would’ve been better if she’d been at least her mid- to late-twenties. Second, I couldn’t get into Kade as the romantic lead. I get that he’s supposed to be the king of one-night-stands and is looking to change his ways to meet someone to spend the rest of his life with, but his character was confusing and his actions often clashed with what he said he wanted. I’m still confused as to why he didn’t introduce himself as Kade and lied about his identity when he first met Liana at the cafe where she had asked to meet him.

For some reason I really struggled with reading this ARC! I’m not sure if it was the fact that different emails were written in red ink in my copy and the writing felt choppy. I made it 50% through before having to DNF. I feel so bad. I will not post my review because I do not want to persuade readers based on my opinion.

I was so excited for this book based on the synopsis. And I thought the first half was pretty good, but then it became very repetitive and a bit too much. The beginning was bit like an updated version of You’ve Got Mail. I loved Liana and Kade emailing back and forth even after they met. I wish the book had more of that aspect. It started going wrong for me when there was constant turmoil in both their lives. It was too much. Liana had issues with her family, Kades best friend was struggling and he was also trying to be better. It was just a lot to keep track of. Also, the book focused on Kade trying to grow and be better but Liana seemed just as bad and it was never addressed that she was pretty terrible to her family. It seemed to resolve by everyone trying to make things up with a Liana instead of her acknowledging she was behaving terribly. The last half just seemed very pieced together and didn’t flow well. I didn’t understand how Liana became instant best friends with Luka (the guy that broke her heart in high school by sleeping with her sister) after seeing him twice. And the conflict at the end between Kade and Liana seemed forced and should have happened sooner than it did with Kades history.
I really wanted to like this book and it had so much potential but it just went too far off track in the second half of the book.

I loved the chemistry and tension between Liana and Kade. I could not put this book down
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.

There was so much tension and chemistry between Liana and Kade. I loved reading it from both of their POV! It was fun getting into both their heads.

There were so many great references to romcoms. I enjoyed seeing Kade breaking down some stereotypes.