Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for this arc.

I am such a sucker for a good romcom.
This book is an easy read that has a great flow. I laughed, I cried and I got angry. Iykyk.
I wouldn’t consider this a 5 star read for a few reasons. First of all, I feel like there wasn’t really much closure with Cindy, which felt odd.
Secondly, I didn’t particularly enjoy the whole TikTok aspect of the story. I know it’s a more new age story, so I get it. But it was just a bit much.

Overall, it was a delightful read and I look forward to reading more from the author.

Just My Feelings* Rating: 3.5/5


Empowered Romance** Rating: 🆗 - This isn't the type of book to redefine your worldview. That being said, it didn't promote toxic or unhealthy ideals. So ultimately, it gets the green light.


The "Did this book make me stay up until 4 am reading even though my kids wake up at 6:00 am" Test - Not really.



Just My Feelings Rating Breakdown:
I enjoyed this book and liked the characters. I did feel like something was a little off about the pacing and that the character development could have been stronger. I would've loved more interaction between the FMC and her BFF. I didn't really feel the depth of their connection.

Overall, it was a fun read.

Empowered Romance Rating Breakdown

⭐️ Authentic Sexual Health 🆗

⭐️ Awareness of Social Issue 🆗

⭐️ Book Boyfriend + Main Character 🆗

⭐️ Representative Storytelling ❌

⭐️ Smash the Patriarchy 🆗 - I'd say this was mostly neutral while definitely written for the female gaze.




*100% based on how I felt while reading this book.

**A 5-point criteria rating based on how much this book empowers readers to better know themselves and live with more pleasure, passion, and connection in their lives. This is written from my feminist, sex educator point of view.


I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Unfortunately, I struggled to finish Plot Twist. I am glad that the author chose to cover real issues, but I found the female MC of this book to be very annoying. She was so annoying, I almost DNFed this one, and I really, really hate doing that.

I would give this book a 3.5/5, but I have to round it up to 4.
Sophie is a writer on a deadline, with 6 weeks left to hand in her draft of her second books. Her problem? Besides having total writers block, she's never been in love and has drunkenly announced it to the world via a clip someone posted to tiktok.
Now with the help of Dash, her grumpy landlord/neighbor, who just so happens to be her childhood actor crush, she is on a mission to ask all of her exes why it didn't work out and why they think she's never been able to say those three little words.
Dash is on his own mission as well, to continue his sobriety and navigate his growing feeling for Sophie, the first kind of feelings like this he's had since getting clean 18 months ago. But she's his sister's best friend, so it could never happen...right?
This book has a lot of potential and I wanted to like it so much, but something about it just didn't hit the mark for me. I honestly liked Dash a lot more than I liked Sophie. Her character had an air about her that was kind of annoying. A "I do no wrong, but everyone wrongs me" vibe. At times I liked her and other times I almost DNFed. There was so much that could have been solved if they were just honest with each other, but I get that their personalities weren't like that.
I love how Dash's addiction was covered. I think it was done so well and his journey was my favorite part of the book. Honestly any time Sophie was the main part I found myself skipping paragraphs. I love a book that involves tropes and romance books and things like that, but sometimes they get thrown in your face too much. This may have been that time.

Read this book if you like:
*Grumpy/Sunshine
*Best friend's brother
*Childhood actor crush
*Pansexual representation
*Addiction/recovery
*disability representation (kind of?)
*one bed
*romance book author

Enjoyed this romance about two likable/not perfect characters! Liked that they are a bit older than many romance main characters.

I walked into this expecting a cliche rom-com and I was very excited to read it. I was even more excited to realize that this was so much better than I was expecting it to be.
The books plot was really well executed and had a really easy to follow timeline. The characters had great development throughout the novel as well. I loved seeing how the characters helped and supported each other in their hardest times.
Thank you to NetGalley and Canary Street Press for an eARC of this book.

Super cute story about an author in the rut and her gorgeous landlord who happened to be her childhood crush and best friends boyfriend. I enjoyed the banter, homemade doll, pottery and Richard the squirrel.

Sophie has a rough night and a video got posted of her that puts her career five steps backwards. She has never been in love? Sophie is already having a difficult time getting words onto the pages and now this happens. She tries to make the situation better by posting a new video confessing her thoughts. She is helped by her landlord, Dash, who is trying hard to keep his sobriety. As Sophie and Dash continue their friendship, she seems to want more, but Dash isn't ready for this with his new ways to stay sober. Will a casual fling wreck their friendship?
Great story!

I really wanted to like this book, but it just didn't do it for me. There were parts of it that were well written and funny but in the end. The plot was disjointed and the characters weren't well developed.

This is a fun contemporary romance. The characters are loveable and the plot fun. Overall an excellent reading experience.

A good book about finding yourself. Our main characters are carrying baggage from family and previous relationships. She doesn't understand why she can't say those three little words. He is desperately clinging to his sobriety. They each take a journey both good and bad and find each other at the end.

Thank you NetGalley, Erin La Rosa, and Harlequin Trade Publishing for this ARC copy of Plot Twist in exchange for my honest opinion and review.

This was a wonderful follow up to Erin's previous book: For Butter or Worse. This time around we follow along the FMC's sister: Sophie's love story with former Hollywood heart throb: Dash. I love the more modern elements of involving TikTok and social media influences with romances. These two find themselves benefiting each other in more than one way as this hilarious and charming story unfolds.

Read if you love:
-Grumpy/Sunshine
-Landlord/Tenant
-Friends with Benefits
-Best Friend's Brother
-Celebrity Romance
-Mental Health/Addiction
-Situationships

I loved the tension in this book right from the start! Absolutely a must have on your summer reading list.

Dash, being Sophie’s best friends brother and her landlord, has always been off limits. But when Sophie and Dash exchange her writing skills for his TikTok ones, they end up spending more time together than expected. They also get to know each other outside of the boundaries of their regular passing acquaintance status and start learning things about each other no one else knows. Soon, the physical connection they initially feel grows into something deeper and they challenge each other to face their demons and be their best selves.

Really enjoyed this book and can’t wait for the next Erin La Rosa book!
#indigoemployee

This is a really sweet, swoony romance book for anyone who loves:

- grumpy / sunshine
- neighbors
- celebrity (or ex-celeb) MMC
- best friends brother
- forced proximity (he is her landlord)
- friends with benefits situationship

It definitely had laugh out loud moments and lovable characters, however I felt that I really had to push through this book. I wasn't connecting with the plot at first and then I felt like it picked up steam but overall I thought the tension in their relationship could have been a little higher? Really I just felt like the plot was dragging a bit.

this pun-filled steamy rom-com was written by my agent sibling, it was one of the most requested books on netgalley in april 2023, and it has a BEAUTIFUL pink cover (with a pan main character) so you KNOW i just had to request and read!!!

PLOT TWIST comes out in november, and i am so sorry to everyone else who has to wait that long to dive into these pages (could never be me) because it is such a fun time. our main character is named sophie lyon. she's the sister of the fmc from la rosa's fiction debut, FOR BUTTER OR WORSE, and it's her turn to find love in PLOT TWIST—in the form of her landlord, local hollywood heartthrob actor-turned-craft-tiktokker (and recovering alcoholic) dash montrose. if that sounds like a lot, it is! but la rosa handles all the twists and turns of PLOT TWIST with a hand that clearly knows how to juggle elements—from the "only one bed," "best-friend's-brother," and "friends-with-benefits-but-not-actually" tropes, to sophie's struggles with writing her second book (as a romance author who has never been in love) while meeting up with her (four) individual exes after a TikTok goes viral of her drunkenly confessing this fact at a karaoke bar, to a weird crocheting stalker who makes weirdly-accurate dolls of people (I KNOW!!!), to supportive friends and dysfunctional families, and over-involved (bad) momagers.

all in all, a lot goes on in this book, and it is an incredibly enjoyable time. i especially loved reading about dash's struggles with alcoholism and his arc as a character, from believing he isn't worthy of love to finally accepting all the good he finds in sophie—he deserves a big hug and the best nap of his life tbh.

thank you to netgalley, my absolute best friend. for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review! and thank you to erin la rosa for writing it. <3 excited for more from her to come!!

This book was just so refreshing. Can we talk about how straightforward and communicative the two leads were?? I know there were still secrets and a few "hmm better not say that" moments because it was good for the plot, but overall reading characters who, for the most part, just said what they were thinking or feeling instead of letting misunderstandings take control of the narrative was exactly what I've been needing in a good romance lately. And their chemistry? Their first scene together?? Holy heck, I was not expecting that. The banter was engaging, the relationship dynamics were well-rounded, and I just has such a good time strolling through their story. I could not put it down. 4.5 stars rounded to 5 because I loved it so much.

this was my first Erin La Rosa book, and it was definitely a cute read, but i felt it was lacking some of the angst that the issues tackled in the plot could have brought in. both main characters have their flaws that make a reader love them, but something just felt like it was missing in how easily conflicts were glossed over between the main and secondary characters. it was still a decent read, just felt a bit more fluffy than my own personal preference and what i often gravitate towards. if you’re looking for something easy, steamy, and not too tense, i think this would def be enjoyable for that kind of mood read!

Plot Twist by Erin La Rosa is not out till November 14th, 2023, yet I have been seeing it EVERYWHERE. I have a feeling this is going to be a hit when it is released, so I wanted to read it as soon as possible!!

Romance author Sophie Lyons, just did the unthinkable. Got drunk and went viral on Tiktok for never being in love. Not only does she have writers block and her next book is late, now the entire world knows she is a fraud. How can a romance author write about love if they never were in love themselves? That is until her landlord (and new friend) Dash tells her about using Tiktok to help her career. Sophie comes up with the idea of interviewing all her exes and finding out WHY she has never been in love. By writing and sharing her journey on social media, she is hoping it will spark inspiration and her second book will be released.

The word that comes to mind about this book is CUTE. The characters were cute, the theme was cute, and of course the ending was cute. I enjoyed the use of Tiktok in the book because it's so relatable. I also enjoyed that the main character had both heterosexual and homosexual relationships throughout the book so it could relate to most audiences. This book had me laughing out loud while also gasping at some of the hot and heavy romantic scenes. When Plot Twist by Erin La Rosa is released this fall, it will definitely be all over Tiktok for being a must-read romance.

This was my first book by Erin La Rosa and I hope to read more in the future! I loved the concept and got into this book right away because it gave off serious rom com movie vibes.

This book has some of my favorite tropes such as grumpy/sunshine, best friends brother, friends with benefits and there’s some wonderful LGBTQ+ representation!

I was rooting for Dash and Sophie from the get go but I feel like there was a missed opportunity to let them mutually pine and let the tension build a little bit longer.

Thank you to the author, the publisher, and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!

The cover and summary of this book had me very excited to read it. The main character is a romance author that is having trouble writing and realizes she's never been in love. Her landlord is a former actor turned crafter that helps her with figuring out what went wrong in her previous relationships.

There are so many issues that both characters Sophie and Dash have to work on with themselves that it feels wrong for them to be in a relationship. Dash is working to be sober and constantly states that he is not ready for a relationship. It is difficult to root for the characters to be together when it would be best for their mental health to be apart. The characters do support each other through their struggles but it I would've liked to see more of their relationship developed once they are settled within themselves rather than while still in the middle of some serious life issues. The really electric love scenes between them would have more satisfying if they were after when the characters had more stability and confidence in themselves.

Thank you NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for the chance to review this ARC.