I am and always will be a Kasie West fan. I love her writing, I love the stories she chooses to tell and I love that her books are never simply just about the romance. We get to see characters grow and learn and this book had dogs which made my heart happy. I laughed and cried and thoroughly enjoyed this book (and no, the dog doesn't die.)

An adorable YA love story. My only frustration is that the ARC was not made available for kindle download, making it extremely difficult to read

This was a very fun YA book. I loved how Kasie West can pull you into the story. The characters have so much depth to them which makes reading the book more compelling. This was a quick read and very enjoyable.

I didn’t love this book. I didn’t hate this book. It was very average.

I’ve read a lot of books by Kasie West, and although the plots are different, they are essentially just a standard ya romance. I’ve also read a lot of ya romances, so for something to get a very good rating, there needs to be something extra special or memorable about it.

I liked the plot a lot. I liked the characters (except Dale for obvious reasons). But will I remember it in a month? A year? Probably not.

The main character, Wren, has a list of rules that any person she dates has to follow. I honestly feel like this whole plot would have been the exact same even if she didn’t have the list, so I don’t see why it was necessary.

My favorite part of this plot was the animal shelter. I liked the games they set up so Bean could get adopted, and felt like that was one of the more interesting parts of the book.

The part I didn’t like was Dale and Kamala. Kamala is Wren’s best friend, and she STILL managed to like Dale even at the end of the book after the big plot twist (which I guessed really early on in the story). Asher also stayed friends with Dale?? He even wanted to undo the thing he did at the end of the book, and they just laughed? Like Dale would have totally done it without permission (he pretty much did earlier in the book).

If you want a cute ya romcom, I would recommend giving this author a try. She is very consistent and you know what you’re getting when you read her books. This is not my favorite of hers, but I’ve liked her books in the past!

Thank you to Netgalley for providing a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review!

Wren is a rule follower especially when it comes to her to heart which has had it fair share of heartbreak starting with her mom leaving her.

She has a soft spot for those in need so when she hears a guy getting made fun of for being catfished by his friend she pretends to be the girls he's meeting up with. Lines get crossed and he helps try and find a home for her favorite shelter dog.

Borrow my heart was a cute read! I love how West gives such great details on the interactions. Asher was a sweetheart and Wren had a great group people surrounding her.

I would definitely recommend! Can't wait for read more from Kasie West! I love all her books!

Since her mother abandoned her, Wren has set a very comprehensive set of rules in her life, especially for the boys she would date. She even has one at her part-time job who is very close to filling all the requisites, she just needs a little more time—another rule. But that's when she meets Asher, a cute boy who is waiting for a girl he met online while his best friend films his embarrassment of the girl not showing. Wren decides then to pretend she is that girl. She had no idea someone so out of her rules could make her not care about breaking them.

Disclaimer? I'm a fan of Kasie West. But I didn't enjoy that much the last book I read by her. This one seems like a safer bet, so it's probably the reason why I enjoyed it so much. Plus dogs. Wren needs to find a way to have one of the dogs at her work adopted, but the dog in question isn't cooperative at all. The scenes with him were so precious, I loved them. And as I read, this book made me feel something I think it's been long since I last felt it—Asher is a great book boyfriend. I don't mean the romances I've been reading didn't have a good romantic interest, but Asher made me feel safe that wherever things would go wrong, he'd never truly disappoint me. (Perhaps, that's why I was so surprised when the climax did arrive.) I love Kasie West's book boyfriends, it was another recurrent thought as I kept reading.

It's a comfort read, the place you can get into a bubble and just enjoy the silly and the simple. Highly recommended to everyone looking for a distraction from the world.


Honest review based on an ARC provided by Netgalley. Many thanks to the publisher for this opportunity.

This is such an adorable read. A perfect cute summer romance read. I love that it surprised me and wasn't a predictable as I thought it was gonna be. Asher and Wren were perfectly written in my opinion I loved the way they were together and their storyline plus their family portrayals. 10/10 recommend for the summer

I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Katie West has consistently written the cutest YA rom-coms, and Borrow My Heart is no exception. Sometimes you just want to read something light to read as an escape. I really liked the dynamic between Wren and Kamala and I honestly wish more YA books portrayed female friendship like this. My favorite character by far, though, was Bean. I'd read an entire book about him and the Bean Games.

An absolute delight. I truly love this author, even as an adult reader of YA!

Catfishing remains a thing, even though we have shows and books to show us that we need to be wary. Teens, however, are more trusting.

This YA novel involves a catfishing incident as well as an adorable story of first love.

Love, love, love!

I'd like to thank Net Galley and Delacorte Press for approving my request to read this. I'm a new reviewer on this platform and I appreciate the opportunity of spreading the word about this book.

Publication Date: June 13, 2023

This is the first Kasie West book I have read. This book is under 200 paged and it is perfect book for teens or even adults getting back into reading. Books with more pages can be intimidating for people who don't read a lot.

I liked this book. It had a light-hearted, cute vibe that a good YA should have. Wren and Asher were a perfect match, even though their relationship started off with a huge lie. I liked that her friend Kamala was also having a good time with Asher's best friend, Dale. This leads into some moments i was not crazy about, there were a few meet ups, specifically when they go to a beach where it would of been a great scene if Dale and Kamala were not there. Their presence in some scenes doesn't add anything to the plot at all.
I liked Wren's character progression a lot. She start off very closed off to other people, aside from Kamala. Each chapter has a rule she made up to keep her heart safe from possible boyfriends.

Did I tell you there are cute animals too? Because there is.

Kasie West has always been an instant read with all her books and most I have really enjoyed. However, I'm a little disappointed that I didn't really care for this one. I like Wren enough but honestly I didn't like Ashers (or his friend Dale) at all. I actually found myself hoping something would happen between Chad. However, Bean (the dog), was my far my favorite character.

Thank you netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for a honest review.

Kasie West consistently delivers pitch-perfect YA romcoms. A highlight of Borrow My Heart is the relationship between Wren and her sister Zoey. Asher seemed cute, but without giving away spoilers, I will just say I felt like the *big offense* was forgiven much too easily.

Thanks to Netgalley, the author, and Penguin for the eARC in exchange for my review.

This is such a modern day romance. I just wish people didn’t have to go through being catfished; but it was thoroughly enjoyable.

ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS BOOK!

First of all, this author is an auto-buy for me, and I've read nearly every one of her books as an adult. Her books are YA "no stress" reads for me, in that they always end happily and are just so endearing.

I loved the catfish element as well as the TikTok addition.

Thank you to Random House Children's, Delacorte Press and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.

this is a YA book with a target audience of 12 to 17 year olds, which i am not. i did not realize that until i was a few pages in but i decided to give it my best and i read it.

this is a short story compared to what i usually read so i finished it in 1 day. it was funny, entertaining and at times i did get me a bit emotional.

we have Wren who has her own reservations about dating and a set of rules her future BF must meet.
one day in a cafe, while waiting for her friends shift to be over she sees a guy being made fun of since he was catfished, she decides to step in an save the day. she pretends to be the guys date. now they are fake dating, expect that the guy has no idea its fake.

Asher was with his friend Dale waiting to meet Gemma, his online friend. his friend was recording the whole thing since he was sure that the girl was made up. a girl shows up and our story picks up from there.

the story is well written, funny due to all of the shenanigans they go through while trying to come clean with whats going on and getting deeper and deeper in to the whole thing. we even have some cute moments with dogs, since they work in a dog shelter and they are trying to get an old grumpy dog adopted.

my issue with the book comes with the fact that i am not the target audience, for me, it felt childish. while it was explained why Wren felt the need to jump in and get in Asher's business to me it felt like she had some kind of Saviour complex. or mommy issues to be honest.

also we find out that while Wren is feeling guilty about lying to him and expecting him to hate her, he knew the whole time. and he was ok with it. he was actually trying to tell her too. which is nice i guess. they start dating and then we get swap into a reunion with the mom, who left her when she was 10 and that takes a good chunk of the book.

This sweet and funny book by Kasie West had me shedding tears from ¾ of the way through the story. I’m so happy I didn’t grow up in the era of social media. Still, Borrow My Heart was a joy to read and Bean, the unloved Pit, was the cherry on top of this cute YA romance.

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Children’s for this complimentary ARC. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

I received an advance reader's copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review. Thank you, NetGalley!

I love all of Kasie West's books. There's something about her writing that is sweet and simplistic, yet so real. I really related to the story of her mother and father...I'm so tired of the dead parent trope, so I appreciate that this was about an absent parent instead. This mirrored my childhood, and I think a lot of kids will be able to relate to it, as well as Wren's need to constantly act like an adult to fill the gap. West's books are favorites of my students, and I love that they're not explicit like so many other YA romances these days. I'm sure my kids will grab this one off the shelf as they plow through all of the others!

Fan favorite Kasie West has done it again with a clever, witty, insightful YA romance! When Wren pretends to be someone else and comes to the rescue of a boy about to be humiliated by his friend, she suddenly finds herself in a dilemma. Should she reveal the truth and risk rejection? Find out in this engaging story about love, feisty pets, and second chances.

Kasie West is one of the few YA authors I still read and love! This story is so fun, forced proximity, into a romance, my favorite kind. You’ll definitely want to add this to your TBR!

Wren is visiting her friend Kamilla while she's working at a restaurant near the beach in their west coast town. While there, Dale and Asher, two guys around their age come in because Asher is supposed to meet a girl name Gemma he met online and Dale is filming it because he thinks Asher has been cat-fished.
Wren feels sorry for Asher and decides to pretend she is Gemma, even though she has no idea what they have been talking about online. After this initial meeting, she mentions she works at a dog shelter, and Asher goes there to find her and actually starts helping out there and they start liking each other, even though the relationship is belt on a lie.

There are other plot complications, such as Wren and her sister Zoey visiting their absentee mother, Dale posted the video to TicTok without Wren's knowledge, and a hard-to-adopt dog at the shelter.

Strengths: Student like her books, and this one has a cute cover, though this is different that her other books. Students will enjoy the romance and dogs.
Weaknesses: I didn't enjoy this as much as some of her others, but I think students will still read it.
Thank you to NetGalley for the e-ARC.