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I really liked this one. It didn’t have me completely hooked, so it took me a while to listen to. In theory, it has everything that love so I’m not quite sure why I didn’t want to devour this as quickly as possible. The spice was nice, but I didn’t get a ton of chemistry between the two for a while. It was still a really good read though, full of laughs, cries, fighting and love.

❤️ Tropes ❤️
💋 Enemies to lovers
💋 forced proximity
💋 fake engagement

Mel is an influencer who needs her career to be revitalized. Her followers are down and her parters are replacing her with new young influencers. When she gets a chance to have a week stay at a top notch resort in Nova Scotia, she jumps on it. But there was a mix up with the dates and she is there a week early. In fishing season. The only place that has an availability is an out of the way place in a small town that looks like it might be haunted and came with a growling lumberjack. Wonderful.

Amy Lea does it again! This time with a really grumpy and reluctant hero and a fiercely independent and closed off heroine, falling for each other when they least expect to along the gorgeous coast of Nova Scotia.

Take equal parts of While You Were Sleeping and The Proposal and mix in quite a bit of Deadliest Catch fisherman vibes and curated influencer vibes and you have this story! An “engagement of convince” leads to a whirlwind of romantic feelings and confusion, posing the question, do we really risk it all for a shot at love?

I loved these characters and the small coastal town setting. It was so fun to have a large group of secondary characters that become a found family for our heroine who is facing a lot of upheaval in her carefully crafted life. The banter and barbs were delicious and the spice was PERFECTION!

I absolutely will be thinking of this romance for a long time!

This might be my fav Amy Lea! I love her series but this one felt a little more addictive than her other two. Maybe because there was that element of "getting away" that I enjoyed. I liked the fake engagement trope and seeing Mel and Evan's relationship blossom. He's definitely that grump that flips his heart around. I think the only thing it lacked was depth -- there was a lot of surface skimming and I wanted a little more emotion packed in!

This is book three of The Influencer series.  Mel is the kind of influencer who portrays a picture perfect lifestyle complete with all the hair, makeup and the expensive clothes.  But the book also highlighted how she was constantly chasing the next new viral thing just to stay relevant, which actually led to a really lonely life.  

I went into this book not expecting much because influencers themed books tend to fall flat for me but I ended up really liking this.  Mel’s back story explains why she’s so motivated to keep that lifestyle and you feel for her.  It’s a grumpy/sunshine fake dating trope, not tropes I’m a fan of but it worked with this book.  I adore Mel and Evan together!  They’re very different people but I loved how they embraced it and found compromise in their relationship instead of giving up their entire life for the other.

I’ve heard everyone say that this is the movie proposal vibes and that exactly what this felt like to me it was sweet and another win for Amy Lea!

Thank you to the publisher for the gifted e-copy.

Amy Lea has quickly become one of my favorite authors over the last few years and I LOVE her influencer series! I'm sad this is the last book in the series, but absolutely looking forward to what Amy writes next!

The Catch follows Melanie, a lifestyle influencer from Boston that is headed up to to Canada for a week at a resort. The resort screws up her reservation but Melanie really needs this for her brand and feed (she's struggling), so she decides to stay at a B&B she finds online until she can figure something else out. There she meets Evan, a burly plaid wearing fisherman who is also running the B&B - and he makes it clear she is not welcome. He ends up in the hospital after an accident (that may or may not be Mel's fault) and a whole fake fiancé situation ensues.

I absolutely loved Evan's family, especially Nana - she's hilarious! The fake dating/engagement is always a favorite trope, and add in opposites attract and grumpy/sunshine, plus found family, and it makes for an excellent rom com!

A fun "city girl in the country" romance that delivers lots of steam while also carefully dealing with serious issues like grief, mental health, and abandonment issues.

Love Amy Lea! This story follows Melanie, a Boston fashion influencer and Evan, a rural Canadian lobster fisherman as they embark on a fake engagement to save Evan's family's inn. Melanie happens on the Whaler inn after she goes to a spa she has a collaboration deal with a week early and needs emergency lodging. Evan is very grumpy when she arrives and tries to tell her that the inn isn't open, but she insists and between her demanding and Evan's cousin's encouraging, they allow her a room. Later, after an accident leaves Evan unconscious and, Mel claims to be his fiancee to gain access to his hotel room, only to have the entire extended family show up and believe her ruse to be true. But when the lie starts to bring old grudges to a close, Mel and Evan decide to keep it going a little longer.

Things I liked: the setting was really fun, Evan's family was a delight, the ode to "While You Were Sleeping," the representation of a character who has a hard time opening up to her friends.

Things I didn't like: I felt like Mel's brother's storyline was a little tacked on.

Big thanks to NetGalley and Berkley for the free ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Oh my gosh, this was SO fun! I couldn’t stop laughing.

I don’t normally love grumpy x sunshine, but I was willing to give The Catch a try since it also features fake dating. I kind of expected to not like Evan, but oh my goodness I loved him from the start. Even though he was gruff and short with Mel, he was never mean to her. And from the start he watched out for her and took care of her (a man that relocates spiders and warns off weirdos at the bar? Yes puh-lease!). Evan was really a sweetheart.

I didn’t expect much of Mel since she’s a struggling influencer, but I actually adored her too! She felt real. She just loves her family and seeing the world.

Overall I really enjoyed The Catch! The characters were sweet and quirky, and I’m such a sucker for a woodsy setting.

Enemies to lovers, fake dating, small town rom-com. Quick, easy read. I enjoyed this one more than I thought I would. I have read all of Amy Lea’s influencer series. I think this one may have been my favorite so far.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me an early copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Book 3 in Influencer series

⭐️ 4.5
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If you love:

🦞 Pretend Fiancée
🦞 Small Town Romance
🦞 Enemies to Lovers
🦞 Opposites Attract
🦞 Grumpy/Sunshine

I absolutely loved this story! It touches on how we look at relationships through social media and how small businesses can really make a voice for themselves on social media.

Evan and Mel hooked me the minute they had their first meeting! Evan is the grumpy and Mel is sunshine and it was so easy to love both these characters. It really reminded me of the proposal and when you were sleeping movies. I couldn’t help but feel the love that Evan was slowly feeling and that Mel tried to keep away from what she didn’t think she could have. Definitely recommend this book for a good romcom!

This book has all the tropes I enjoy: enemies to lovers, fake dating, and grumpy/sunshine all in a small town setting. The banter between Melanie and Evan was perfect: and I enjoyed all the secondary characters. Overall this was a cute romcom and I would recommend it

This was a cute read. I didn't feel connected to Melanie much from the previous books in the series but Lea pulled out a solid character with her in The Catch.

I didn't so much connect with the social media influence bits but I know this will be very validating for many readers.

Evan was a quiet brood who I couldn't get enough of. Most of all, I adored his family and their tumultuous times.

Melanie and Evan took their time, but it was fireworks and I love this!

Thank you Berkeley for the advanced readers copy of The Catch.

Ahhh this was such a cute book. My favorite book for February. I loved her influencer series. I loved the extra Canadian aspects. I was laughing a crying in this one. A good fake engagement and enemies to lovers.

I started this one, and couldn't get into it, but I still finished! My library still purchased it, however; the book is right for someone, just not me, and that's okay! Thank you for early copy.

The influencer series is just delightful and so is this book. Melanie is a fashion influencer from Boston. When she somehow finds herself in a fishing village in Canada she tries to make the best of it. Of course, there’s a handsome grumpy fisherman. Some fake dating to save familiar relationships leads to what else, real love! This has a great cast of characters and I loved the setting. This is a great one for Valentine’s Day!
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Huge thanks to @berkleyromance and @netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. This one is out tomorrow!

Thank you so much for an advanced copy of The Catch by Amy Lea. I love Amy's writing, and this book is no exception.

I was completely swept away by this grump sunshine romance. I fell in love with the characters, the setting, everything! I love a good enemies to lovers tale too, and this book has some it as well! I think what I love the most about Amy's writing, though, is how well she pulls me in to the characters' world that she creates. I was completely invested in the characters and their outcome, and I could not put this book down. Love love love it!

I loved the meeting of Melanie and Evan. Melanie was such a kind but driven person. She tried to be gentle when turning down young stalkers, and she was willing to fake a relationship to help out a wounded man. Evan was definitely grumpy to start and had his own family issues to deal with. I enjoyed the witty conversations, sassiness, and taking a chance on someone different. Worth the read.

I received an ARC, and this is my unsolicited review.

I'm not a huge fan of books with the social media influencer as a character, but I think that Lea did an admirable job of fleshing out Melanie's character. The Enemies to Lovers trope didn't work the best for me here, but what really charmed me and kept me going during this reading experience was the family drama and the small town elements.

I went into this book with zero expectations as Instagram influenced lifestyle is the opposite of what I want to read about. Melanie stole the show and I immediately related to her fear of abandonment and desire for financial stability. Evan was a perfect blend or growly grumpy alpha and sweet cinnamon roll. I adored the whole Whaler family and the rom com aspects of this book. This is a very slow burn with delicious sexual tension. What a delightful surprise this book was.