This is the perfect book for a warm summer day!

I was a bit skeptical when I started this book because a lot of the YA books I recently read disappointed me. But the premise sounded interesting and like something I would really enjoy.

This book is all about love, finding true love and what it feels like to be in love.

The writing was nice and easy to read and it gave me a really cozy summer vibe. A lot of scenes made me laugh out loud. It was a fast read with lots of plots.

At some scenes I thought that Mo is really annoying but that made her so relatable for me. Mo is a 17 year old girl who (almost) desperately wants to be in love and to be in a real relationship.

I would have loved if Mos and her moms “magic” would have been a bit more explained because sometimes I thought I was missing something about the story.

Overall this was a really good book and I highly recommend it if you like YA contemporary and romance with magical elements!

Thank you to Netgalley and Sourcebooks Fire for this EARC!

I am so pleased that SOURCEBOOKS Fire and NetGalley for letting me read this YA novel early.

Publication Date: June 6, 2023

As a 31 year-old, I enjoy reading YA/Teen novels as they hold a certain nostalgia to me of simpler times. The summary itself caught my eye as one of my favorite shows Sex Education has is similar to this book as the main character is the child of a love/sex therapist (they are different jobs but in my mind they seemed to be under the same umbrella)

Once I got into the book, I read it within 2 days. This is a shorter book, around 235 pages. It's an easy book to read and keeps you intrigued.
When August was described as an "emo boy", it caught my attention since that use to be my weakness when I was a teenager. I still love men who still rock the moody rocker persona.
This had a great love triangle as well thought out love triangle between Imogen, her long time crush Ren, and her fake boyfriend August. It was fun to go along for the ride to see how Imogen figured out which guy was the best one for her.

The most unexpected part was how Imogen's mom had her own love problems, even though she's a professional matchmaker. It would of love to see her mom's book from her perspective.
This was such a cute little read that I rated it four stars!

Thank you Netgalley and Sourcebooks Fire for this ARC.

A super cute YA/Teens read.

Falling in love is not easy no matter what age. And it’s not made easier even though she is a matchmakers daughter. Mo and Augusts relationship was really sweet too.
Really easy quick fun read.

Recommend.

Want a book that will leave you with butterflies in your stomach after you've experienced a Rollercoaster of emotions to get there? Laughter, anxiety, stress, love, friendship, anger, betrayal, acceptance? Pretty much all the feels? Well, that's this book.

Comes out June 6. It's a great summer read, full of all the good things you'd want in a YA novel- including food.

Thank you @netgalley for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

A few things to note: lgbtq side characters, language, loss of a parent, mentions of affairs, and will leave you with a desire to go to the beach and/or buy a camera.

- new to me author
- I can't resist the siren call of a contemporary YA romance!
- I always enjoy chapter headings- quotes, rules, song lyrics, whatever
- solid opening paragraph. I'm totally intrigued
- did you have a best friend in high school? I have one in grade 10, but then I moved. And I had good friends in grade 11 and 12 but never someone who was my obvious best friend. Sometimes I wonder if I missed out.
- auras are cool. I'm not sure I buy into them though.
- well, this is awkward
- kind of reminds me of The Broken Hearts Gallery. I love that movie
- these last few books I've read make me want to go to North Carolina
- I'm not sure I like Ren
- I wanna see a meteor shower
- Blackout poems are cool.
- Owen is cute. I like the big bro, little bro dynamic
- everything has blown up. Everything.
- I like the art teacher, Mrs Clemente

I DNFed about 30% in.

The premise is rife for secondhand embarrassment. There was so much lying. It exhausting. I’m sure the value of honesty would eventually prevail but I was not supportive of the plot-critical deception to get there.

The odds of August, or any teenage boy, being this cool or romantic is slim to none. I know this is supposed to be a romantic fantasy but it sets very unrealistic ideals for teenage girls.

So much of the love advice was contrived or wrong. Love is so much more complicated or nuanced when you get older. Gifts and grand gestures cannot replace communication and support in tough times. Maybe that comes out later but I don’t want to sift through hackneyed romcom crap to get there.

The writing is good. The characters are interesting. Too much just didn’t work for me.

Super cute YA rom com. Imogen is totally relatable in how young girl feel pressured to be in love and love up to all these expectations of posting it all on the internet. I love how they tell August’s side of wanting to be with her.

This was such a cute book! This was the first book I've read from this author and I really enjoyed it. The story was different from anything I've read recently and really captured my attention. It was so well written and the characters were fantastic.

So Sweet!!! A fantastic story of a 17 year old matchmaker's daughter, who wants the perfect relationship on social media. First of all the friendships, found family, relationships with parents and parental figures is heartwarming. Her BFF is a sassy spitfire who tells the main character exactly what she needs to hear even if it is not what she wants to. The love interest is a great, (not perfect but great) example of how a man should treat a woman he cares for. Yes, mistakes were made, egos are bruised, and lessons are learned. It is all written so beautifully. A great example of taking social media too far and also not to stay stuck "in love" with a crush who doesn’t feel the same. Their whole life is ahead, and they are learning not to turn down opportunities for something mediocre.

Thank you NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

This was so MESSY ohmygod. Messy plot/character-wise not writing-wise. Like EVERYONE was so MESSY except for Gemma (Imogen’s bff) and her dads. Like it just kept getting worse, I don’t know if I was entertained or annoyed. I thought I was about to read a cute hopeless romantic comedy YA but no, drama followed Imogen everywhere! Well, to be fair, majority of it was on her. I will say though that despite of everyone being messy, it was still written well. I love the fact that everyone’s actions were held accountable (especially Imogen’s). They all had their stories tied up in a little nice ribbon in the end. I also did love the magical aspect of love in this book. I would love to have the same abilities of seeing the auras of people when they’re in love or heartbroken but I guess it would also be kind of a curse and then I end up doing something dumb like Imogen. But, love triangles are just not my thing.

Solid 3 star read. The story line was well done, the characters well developed. I wanted a little more explanation of the magic that Mo and her mother experience cuz it felt out of nowhere.

Also I super appreciate the Norwegian forest cat reference because they are the most underrated cats and they’re so beautiful.

This book was such a cute, fun read. I’m not always the biggest fan of YA, but this was done rather well. The pace moved quickly and once I really invested I couldn’t put it down. I mean, to me, a book with fake dating is always an amazing book.

The book had great character development, from both the main characters and the supporting characters. I loved reading about Mo and her magic . And I can definitely say, without a doubt, if I had read this book at 17 it would have climbed to the top of my favorites list.

If you’re a fan of YA, match making, fake dating, and a girl with a crush, definitely read this one.

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC.

Interesting Take On High School Love Angles. This book is quirky enough to make everything work, and yet has a lot of things about it that will throw various groups off - often having some element that may be popular with one group, yet having another element that will be off-putting to that same group. For example, you've got the aura-reading ability where our main character sees emotions as colors and you've got the nonbinary side character - and yet the book's very premise is that our main character is openly catfishing, gets caught doing so, and yet things somehow still work out for her. You've got some good, hard work ethic going with both our main character and her best friend, and yet the best friend openly chooses the boy over her best friend. You've got the seemingly rural small town North Carolina vibe going on - and you've got the aforementioned nonbinary character that seems mostly tacked in just to have an excuse to go off on "small minded Republicans" and to be able to promote that the book has a queer character. It could be argued that doing this character in this manner isn't inclusive, but exploitive - and off putting to at least some potential readers anyway. And yet, despite all of its contradictions and issues... the book truly does work. If you're into young adult/ high school romance at all, this book is going to scratch most every itch you have there, and it does in fact have the interesting wrinkles of the auras and how to *use* that ability to set it apart from the field naturally, without needing all of the other aspects. In the end, despite coming close to seeming to try too hard, this really is a mostly benign and fairly interesting tale within its genre, and a very easy and mostly inoffensive summer/ beach read that won't get the pulse pounding too much, but will instead be a more charming and breezy read while sitting poolside or oceanside soaking up some sun. Recommended.

PS: There is no such thing as a love triangle without at least two of the three people involved being bisexual. Thus, while some describe this book as featuring a love "triangle", as all three involved are never described as bisexual, it is most accurately described as a love "angle", with three points and two line segments, the segments meeting at a common point. But this could well be the former math teacher and Autistic in me coming out. I admittedly tend to be a bit pedantic on this particular point. :)

Imogen (Mo) has never been in love... despite being the daughter of a matchmaker. So she decides to make one up. It goes greatly until the boy she based her fake boyfriend on comes to town.

The Broken Hearts Club was a quick fun read. I really enjoyed the relationship between Mo & August but I really loved all the talk about food. By the time I finished I was disappointed I couldn’t go out & get a Frankenbiscuit for myself!

Big thank you NetGalley and to the publisher for the chance to review this book pre-release. This was SUCH a cute book, I couldn't put it down! It gave me a mixture of "The Summer I Turned Pretty" and "To All The Boys I've Loved Before" vibes. It was an excellent quick summer read (though it technically takes place during spring break). A more formal review will be available on my IG/TikTok and Goodreads.

I received a digital ARC from Sourcebooks Fire through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.

I loved Imogen (Mo), August, and the rest of the characters in this novel. The story was uplifting, and kept me turning the pages. I think this novel makes for a perfect Young Adult summer read.

This book was about a girl who wanted true love like all the princesses we watched as kids. It took just one week to smash her world into pieces, but she did learn a thing or two about love. 1 there are NO rules to love 2 that love will happen where and whenever it decides. This is what I would consider a clean book with no on-page sex, the do mention the fact one boy and girl are alone in a bedroom, and the main character states that she is, in fact, a virgin and nothing will be happening, there is in fact deep kissing.

This was such a cute and chaotic story with a touch of magical realism and I fell in love with it immediately!

I am a sucker for character development and this book didn’t disappoint. The main characters development was really well done and I really liked the way her view on morals and love changed throughout the book.

I do however think that the whole thing was a bit rushed and it would have been a lot better to slow things a bit down and maybe add another 100 pages instead.

All around it was a really great book and even though it is set during spring-break, I think that it would be a pretty cool and light summer read. I will without a doubt recommend this if you are looking for a cute, fun and light story.

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Fire for providing the E-Arc in exchange for my honest review!

The Broken Hearts Club by Susan Bishop Crispell is a cute and quick Young Adult Romance with a hint of magical realism. We meet Imogen Finch the main character, she is the daughter of a famous matchmaker.

I think I would have love this book more if the author can explore about the magical realism aspect more than this. It was clever to put the whole seeing aura thing for Imogen and how she uses her gift for trying to pursue her future as a photographer, but other than that it felt a little bit flat. The main character doesn't really have a deep depth to her personality as well in my opinion.
I should've known that this book would have a love triangle trope, and this trope doesn't really work out for me.

I love the LGBTQIA aspect in this book and wish to read more about it and about Gemma, she added a lot more personality and fun to this book!

Overall, this was an okay read! This is my first time reading a book by this author and it was definitely not bad.

A sweet YA romance with some magical elements. I think that this will be a popular read with some of my romance loving students. Thank you netgalley for this arc in exchange for my honest opinion.

{3.5 stars}

High school is hard. Dating in high school is even harder. Imogen has it even harder as she can see people's auras, particularly when they are in love. This means too much pressure for any boy who might fancy her. So she creates a fake insta relationship with a boy she meets once. She felt like it was a victimless crime. Until that boy finds out. At first, he agrees to help her fake their breakup so she can have a chance with her real crush. But then they vibe and the stakes change. She is forced to face her actions, everyone she hurt and grow up a little bit as she learns what love is really like.

This was cute. Especially if you can tolerate a little self-centered teen drama. I went from really liking Imogen and her friends to being quite annoyed with them. She does get her comeuppance which felt gratifying to read. This one definitely takes some common rom-com tropes and gives them a new twist.

Thanks to Sourcebooks Fire for gifted access via Netgalley. All opinions above are my own.