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Beautiful

This was a very sweet and spicy story. It had a great opposites attract story line. Lots of sharp banter and that lovely feeling of finding the one.

I absolutely loved this book, it has the whole fake dating trope going on which flowed so well. I do like that the topic of depression and anxiety were touched upon and also death. This book isn't just all lovey-dovey, it does get into some serious topics but it is done so gracefully. I'm definitely excited to forget about the book and read it again in like a month or so. I definitely would recommend it to friends.

Olive is an ER nurse on her very first flight to run a marathon in honor of her brother. She is terrified, but is swift into action when there is a medical emergency on board. As a result she is celebrated as a hero and this is how she meets the pilot, Stella.

After being stranded on her diverted flight, Olive spends a magical day with Stella and the two part ways. A video begins circulating of Olive from the plane and people mistake the two women as a couple. Stella jumps on the opportunity in hopes of a promotion at the airline, and they begin fake dating.

This book was great! The characters were easy to fall in love with, and their backgrounds gave depth to the story. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this advanced copy.

Thank you to the publisher, author, and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest rating and review.

4.5/5

CW: anxiety, depression, panic attacks, mental health issues, estranged family, loved one on life support, phobias

Fake dating trope…. I can’t decide if I love to hate it or hate to love it. Either way I really enjoyed this one. I thought this was going to just be a light-hearted fluffy romance, but it was so much more than that. This dealt with a lot of really deep, emotional, difficult, and emotional topics. While the romance was a bit contrived (not a bad thing because they typically are in fake dating tropes), it was so cute and I thoroughly enjoyed the characters. The depth and realness of the main character was so refreshing. Also, the dynamic cast of side characters all brought something really great to the table!

*I received this eARC in exchange for my honest review.*

I’ll be honest, from the title, Fly With Me, I expected a lot more flying in this book, but once I got into it, I didn’t really care anymore.

Olive is a nurse with anxiety and depression, grappling with a breakup, family drama, and the tragic accident of her brother. Stella is a pilot, a career typically held by men, desperate to rise through the ranks. When Olive saves the life of a passenger one on of Stella’s flights, and Stella offers to help Olive get to her next destination, sparks fly.

Tropes in this are: fake dating, toxic ex, “I’m not good at relationships”, and opposites attract.

I really, really enjoyed reading this! Andie Burke really captured Olive’s anxiety in a way that is readable without being anxiety-inducing, and I, as a person with intense anxiety, appreciate that. Watching Olive and Stella navigate their “fake” relationship, was a lot of fun, and while there is a bit of angst, it’s not heavy handed or overly dramatic.

I think I would’ve have enjoyed closure with Olive’s family, whether reconciled or not, but I really appreciated the ending!

Some content warnings: homophobia, sexism, manipulation, verbal abuse, minor depictions of a coma patient.

*I give this 4.5 stars rounded up.*

I really wanted to love this book but it was ultimately just average for me. It started really strong, getting right into some action and plot with a whirlwind trip in Disney. But then they went back home and it was like a whole other story started. The entire subplot with the ex was so cringe and uncomfortable, and unnecessary tbh. There were pieces throughout that were enjoyable but then some really frustrating pieces. This was a fake dating story but not executed well, there wasn't anything fake about their dating and the trope felt forced. It wouldn't been better without the trope.

The good:
- great spicy scene (though it takes 70% to get there)
- the MC's are very likable
- mental health rep
- the rep of how the nursing industry is

Overall, a decent debut, and looking forward to what Burke has in store for future works.

The depth of this book really got me. I went into this hoping for another cute sapphic storyline and while I did get that I also got these characters with deep backgrounds and such amazing representation for grief, estranged/struggling families, mental health, queer community. Absolutely loved it. What a great debut novel from Andie Burke. I loved their writing style and humor. I will definitely add them to my list of must read authors.

Really cure story and perfect for younger audiences! I love a romance that has a little more depth to it and I can take something away from the story

Olive is on a plane, but she doesn't really want to be. Soon though, all the fear and anxiety goes from her head as there is a medical emergency. She then goes viral, and also meets the copilot, Stella. They find each other and Stella had a proposal, they be fake girlfriends so that Stella can get maybe finally get her Captain's wings. It goes about as you'd think. Love gets involved as well as a helluva an ex, yikes to her.

It was an okay read, there were some parts that seemed too subtle to me (or maybe it was just me). Stella being a Latina came out of nowhere for me. I guess I didn't read the signs right. And the bisexual part seemed like an afterthought thrown in too? I also loved Hector so much and wish that there had been so much more about him (short story? Just kidding...). Overall it was a fun read though, with definitely interesting characters.

An awesome sapphic romance with a lot of heart. I came here for the pilot and stayed for the Disney and the awesome characters. Fun pop culture references were sprinkled in this book. It handled a lot of heavy topics in a very digestible way, it never felt like too much to read. I loved this book.

This book was perfect and fantastic, and I would read everything by this author always. I can’t wait to see what’s next.

I absolutely loved this book so much!! The cover is what grabbed my attention and I’m so glad I came across it. Not only was it a ride, but I was happy and even cried.

Olive when through so much in this book. From her brother, her father, her ex and more. But Stella comes around when needed. Nothing makes fake dating more fun when it’s someone you’re already into.

I don’t want to give too much away but I really enjoyed this book.

Thank you, NetGalley for the EARC! As always, my review is my opinion and thoughts. This review will be shared on my Instagram (Alexandriavwilliams_) and blog https://www.sidekickstyles.com/blogs/lit-sidekick-chronicles-adventures-in-bookish-bliss shortly.

Thank you to Netgalley and the Publisher for this Advanced Readers Copy of Fly with Me by Andie Burke!

"Fly with Me" is a beautiful, heart-wrenching story.

Olive is an ER nurse who has a fear of flying. She's been struggling mentally to cope with her family’s enmity of her after an accident left her brother, Jake, on life support. Since then, she’s been trying to honor Jake by completing his to-do list, and appease her family.

Stella is a pilot with type A personality who has dreamed of becoming captain ever since she was a child but keeps getting passed over for a promotion. She’s determined to be promoted for her ailing father’s sake before it’s too late.

After a video of Olive saving someone’s life on one of Stella’s flights goes viral, Stella asks Olive if she’ll be her fake girlfriend so that Stella can further use the publicity to get promoted. It’s a win-win for both because Olive’s hospital wants her to do publicity to gain more donors and Olive would get to spend more time with the charming Stella.

I loved that Olive and Stella are total opposites who fit so perfectly together. They clicked instantly over many shared interests and had great chemistry and banter. I loved Olive's character and could relate to her a lot. The story about how Stella became passionate about flying and becoming a pilot was cool to read.

In terms of relationships, both characters feel like they’ve considerably let others down. How sad that they felt like disappointments to those they cared about.

Stella doesn’t think she’s girlfriend material because she’s too focused on her career and taking care of her father. So she tries extra hard to make the fake relationship believable.

As for Olive, for the past year she’s felt like a failure, especially with her whole family against her. No one’s ever been in Olive’s corner or accepted her fully (mental illnesses and all) except for Jake. So she tries not to be too much (too needy) when interacting with Stella.

"Fly with Me" was a wonderful and engaging debut novel. I wanted to give Olive and Stella the biggest hugs and tell them that things would be okay, that they are worthy of love. The story did a fantastic job of discussing and depicting grief, mental health, and family problems.

CW: anaphylactic reaction, family member on life support, family member with Parkinson’s, generalized anxiety disorder, depression, panic attacks

Thanks again St. Martin's Griffin and NetGalley for the eARC to read in exchange for an honest review!

Queer and fake dating? Sign me up! Andie Burke does a remarkable job at crafting this story, with its layered plots and intriguing, yet accurate, dynamics, which all successfully enrapture readers. The slow burn was excellently done and I loved reading how Olive and Stella grew to trust one another, which all had me rooting for these characters throughout.

I would love to read what Andie Burke has in store for their next book!

I loved this read!! I thought the characters were relatable and wonderful. The build in their relationship was just perfectly paced for somebody like me that likes denial of feelings as much as a traditional slowburn.
I want to say that Olive's anxiety is described so well, without triggering the reader but while letting you know that she is experiencing it.
Their personal battles feel so, so real.
I thought the conflict could have been handled a bit better, it felt rushed at the end with no real resolution, which is the reason I took off a star. I would have loved to see more of the external conflict mixed in with them managing their emotions.

Thanks to the publisher/Net Galley for allowing me to read an eARC of this amazing novel.

I thought when I began this book that it would be one that I would enjoy. It was funny and quirky and had characters in it that I thought would blend to make a great story. But sadly, I did not enjoy it and found it to be dull and very slow paced going over the same thoughts and actions way too many times. I tried to keep reading thinking it would be better but finally just gave up on it. This is just one I cannot recommend. But, others seem to love it so , I hasten to say it was just not for me.

I wish to thank NetGalley and St Martin’s Press, St Martin’s Griffin for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this book. I have voluntarily read and reviewed it. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Thank you to the Netgalley and the publisher, St. Martin’s Press, St. Martin’s Griffin, for the opportunity to read this advanced reader copy. This honest review was based off my experience reading this eARC, which in no way biased me. All opinions are my own.

Andie Burke is a new to me author, I saw that it was a sapphic contemporary romance and that’s all I really needed to be convinced to request this ARC.

In my opinion, this book had a lot of potential. It had an interesting premise, but unfortunately fell flat to me. Olive and Stella’s interactions felt robotic at best and forced at the worst.

I believe that this being a single POV told in third person also felt quite disconnected.

There’s so much happening outside the romance that honestly I would much rather call this a women’s fiction book with a romance subplot. Olive is dealing with the aftermath of being power of attorney to her brother, and when she makes the difficult decision to remove him off of life support after an accident that left him with a traumatic brain injury that put him in a permanent vegetative state, her very religious mother brings in a priest and a lawyer to prevent Olive from fulfilling her brother’s wishes. Because of this, she has become estranged to her family and has put it upon herself to make a list of things her brother wanted to do that she will be doing in his place. Including running a marathon at Walt Disney World. She’s also dealing with a toxic ex.

On the other hand, Stella is dealing with her father battling Parkinson’s and trying to fulfill her father and her dream of being a captain.

I enjoyed the representation that this book included, a sapphic relationship, Olive’s mental health condition and panic attacks.

Overall, I couldn’t find myself interested in the story or the characters because I couldn’t even root for the romance because it felt like such a back seat to all of these heavier themes. It felt like 80% heavy and 20% romance fluff but since the romance felt so disconnected and robotic, I was not invested. Unfortunately, this was just not my cup of tea.

Yall. I'm in love. No really. Actual whole heartedly in love. Stella and Olive have now moved to the very top of my fave sapphic romance characters list!

Stella, a pilot, and Olive, a nurse, meet when Olive saves the life of a passenger on Stella's plane. Thrust towards each other in a once in a lifetime meet cute, Stella soon realizes that having Olive be her fake girlfriend will up her chances of making Captain. While this is a rom-com all the way, its also a true to life love story. Both have very sick family members. Both have demanding careers. Both deal with anxiety, depression, past relationship trauma, etcetc. A picture perfect romance this is not. But therein lies the absolute perfection. These two learn how to love the other well. How to calm them down when they're on the edge. How to show up for each other. And how sometimes Swedish Fish are all you need. 😉

I loved this book. Adored every single page. Somehow the author crafted a super sexy book with hot shower sex on one page and a sexist homophobic man getting what's coming to him on the next. The transition from fake dating to falling in love happened at a perfect and absolute believable pace. This is a real and raw love story with more soul than any I've read in awhile. Everyone take note, Andie Burke is going places. I only hope she lets me read an ARC of her next book. I'm already anticipating it!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

I received an advanced copy for free and am leaving this review voluntarily. Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martins Press, and Andie Burke. ❤️