While this was a tad predictable, I have thoughts and feelings about it.
Teagan - aka the best friend - part of me loved her and part of me was exhausted by her. But all of me loved her when she told Lark about who Teagan was and wasn't.
Lark is quick to blame Teagan when things go wrong, but no one forced Lark to participate. The work thing was a genuine accident, on both parts, and forced Lark's hand but in a good way.
Lark seems like a very exhausting friend and I'm not sure I could put up with her.
Toby...I don't know if readers get to know him enough for him to be Lark's love interest.
I enjoyed this more foe Lark coming out of her shell than the romance aspect.
I received a copy via NetGalley, all opinions are my own.

I really wanted to be a fan of Text Appeal, but something about it just never really clicked for me. As much as I love romance, this happens often enough, and I don't think it has to reflect on the book. The characters didn't do much for me, but I hope other readers enjoy it.

Very hot characters. I think it was a good read after a crazy work day. Keeps you engaged and lets the mind relax and dive into the story.

In "Text Appeal", by Amber Roberts, Lark is frustrated with her job and her dating life. Everyone seems to be passing her by, and she just can't have any success. Along the way, Lark's best female friend and best male friend hatch up a plan to give Lark a new job and new relationship. I thought the idea was original but not very believable. I also didn't think Lark and Toby had much chemistry.

I really wanted to like this book more than I did, but I found myself flipping through just to finish it. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

Thank you netgalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Unfortunately I could not get into this novel. The protagonist is quirky but it felt like a long monologue of her miserable life. She hates her job and can't keep a man. Her phone number is posted online without her consent and jerks text her looking for a quick bang. She can't catch a break. There is zero chemistry between her and Toby. Just not what I was looking for in a romance novel.

I thoroughly enjoyed "Text Appeal" by Amber Roberts. A sweet, enjoyable rom-com that will be a great addition to any romance lovers shelf!

I did not like this book at all. DNF.
One star.

***********************I received an ARC from NetGalley for my honest opinion**************************

Thank you NetGalley and Alcove Press for providing me with an eARC of Text Appeal in return for my honest opinion.

I really wanted to like this book. I liked the concept and I do feel that the story started out ok, but somewhere along the way it became cringy and hard to read. There were several times where the cringe became almost too much and I just wanted to DOF, but I pushed through to finish. I kinda wish I hadn’t… Even the ending wasn’t satisfying, it felt rushed and extremely cringy. I liked the side characters, but I found it hard to like the main characters Lark and Toby and felt that they lacked serious chemistry. I also feel like there was no character development, especially for Lark.

Unfortunately overall this book just fell flat for me.

This was a very cute, easy to read romance novel. The character growth was nice and the plot was easy to follow. I will say that I did see right through the plot around 50% of the way and knew exactly what was going to happen, but I enjoyed it enough to see it through. This book is also very sex worker and sex positive and I really appreciate that in a book in a time where many people make a living doing sex work such as sexting and such. It is also very self observant; Lark understands the privilege she has as a white woman and does comment on how her life has benefited from that. She isn't naive to that aspect of her life and the situation she is in. I was a bit let down when the sexting scenes were steamier than the actual intimate scenes with the characters but that isn't the biggest deal in the world. While at first I found Lark to be a bit too stubborn, her character growth throughout proves she is human and learning from her mistakes. Would definitely recommend to my friends and look forward to more books by this author!

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and Amber Roberts for an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

3.5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

The concept for this novel definitely intrigued me! I’ve really enjoyed women in STEM novels in the past so couldn’t wait to give this a go.

While I did enjoy the story, it was predictable. From the moment that Lark went hiking with Toby, I knew he was CosmicKismet.

Overall, an enjoyable read but it did get boring at times

"Text Appeal" is a cute friends-to-lovers novel with a realistic view of a long time friendship and the consequences that might appear if a not-reciprocrate-crush gets out.
The characters are funny, realistic and interesting,
It's just sad that many things happen off-book and are only mentioned much later, even with little activities that could have been written in a little sequence, so the reader has a better view of the timestamps... it's sometimes a little bit confusing.
Personally, i liked that there's no spice, because recently there are so many novels with so much of it, that it's quite refreshing to have such scenes that fade to black.

I adored this premise and was so excited for a romance about sex work! but sadly, this book left me cold. The heroine, Lark, is reacting to life and basically just does what her friend tells her to do when she starts sexting for a living. The ridiculousness of this being a) how sex work works and b) that she would be able to earn a living while doing it badly and hating it kinda killed the mood for me. She's prudish and cringy about sexuality and while that might work as a PERSONA it wouldn't work in reality. She'd last 1 day. But at least there's a romance right? Well in THEORY there is a romance but I couldn't feel a single droplet of chemistry between her and the hero. I kept waiting for it to unfold and it never did.

The "everyday life before the adventure begins" part of the book goes on way too long. Why is she even at this job that has nothing to do with the story for what feels like an eternity? I kept thinking something was going to happen with her boss or a coworker but nope, that's just a random 30% of the book for no reason. This could've been one chapter.

Her best friend that gets her into sex work is also callous and annoying and put her in actual danger by giving her number to some rando as a ... joke? I'm sorry, it's time to instantly break up with this friend but then again Lark doesn't really make smart decisions for the most part.

I wanted a sexy fun book about hidden identities for a sex worker and sadly, this was a swing and a miss for me.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.

I wanted to like this one so much based on the blurb. And the cover! So cute. Unfortunately it fell completely flat for me. It was incredibly slow to start. It took almost a quarter of the book for her to get fired and be the catalyst. The characters were not likeable and there was zero chemistry between the leads. I mostly skimmed after reading almost half, because nothing was happening. Sorry. Just wasn’t for me.

Thanks to NetGalley and Alcove Press for an arc of this book. Below is my honest review.

I am always willing to read a book starring a female MC who works in STEM. So, I jumped on board with Text Appeal. Unfortunately, I am a very character driven reader and in this book, I didn’t really mesh with any of the MCs or the plot. This book just wasn’t for me, however, I do want to give points for representation. I’m sure there are readers out there who will like Text Appeal and I hope they find the book and enjoy it.

Unfortunately the tiny sizing of the texts in this story were really hard to read in Kindle format even when I increased my font. Given the focus on texts in this story it was hard to get past a few chapters. Thank you for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I did enjoy this book but I felt like it dragged on a bit and that caused me to lose interest. I love the friends to lovers trope and girls in STEM! Overall a good read!

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this arc in exchange for an honest review!

A lead heroine in STEM, an artist hero, friends to lovers, and a slow burn??? The premise of this book sounded amazing but unfortunately it missed the mark for me in the romance department.

I feel like this would’ve been better categorized as women’s fiction rather than a romance. I was so much more invested in Lark’s journey and her friendship dynamics than I was in her relationship with Toby. Lark and Toby as a couple fell completely flat to me. There was no tension or pining that I love to see in the friends to lovers trope. Overall, this wasn’t a total miss for me but it’s not what I was looking for in a romance book.

Thank you to Alcove Press for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

2.5 stars

* arc review * So I have to say, how the book is advertised and the cover are spot on because I was immediately interested. I love books with texts and emails oddly enough. So I was really exited to read this. However, I was expecting way more, especially spice. The fact that Lark is so uncomfortable with *exting just made the book drag along. I would have have loved to see Lark really own what she was doing, rather than hide it and give such such a meh responses. Toby and Lark lacked in chemistry for me. I loved the concept of the book, I just it had gone in a different direction. Thank you netgalley & the publisher for the chance to read it!

This was not for me, I could not relate with the characters and I ended up not finishing it. The story was a bit dry, I tried twice to keep on reading, but it did not work.

Thank You to NetGalley and Alcove Press for the opportunity to read and review this book in advance.

I really wanted to like this book. The cover and description seemed right up my alley and when I initially dove in, the humor had me satisfied. However, the book dragged. And dragged. And dragged some more. The first half of the book was a lot of nothing. No forward motion, no attempts at making any of the characters likable and then all of a sudden, 70% the book, everything started to happen. I'd say there was no build up but I'm guessing the 70% of nothing before that was supposed to be the build up. Big disappointment.