Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher. This novel gave me similar feelings to The Truth About Cats and Dos mixed with The Holiday. This was fun and quirky. Low stakes but well thought out plots. I enjoyed this a lot! Love the cover too!

DNF. I didn’t like the writing. Didn’t even make it past the first chapter. It felt like it was written very poorly and esch dialogue quote that should be using “” is using ’ instead

One hundred and twelve- That’s the number of highlights I made while reading Love Me Do by Lindsey Kelk. This book is hilarious, endearing, and, if you haven’t gathered by that triple digit number, so relatable. I could not stop laughing and smiling all throughout reading this story.

The characters were incredibly lovable and their friendships were natural and genuine. I didn’t enjoy the romance as much as I had hoped, but I loved the friendships enough to make up for that. Phoebe’s friendship with Myrna, a reclusive and grumpy 82- year-old retired film star, outshone all of the other relationships.

I just wish the ending had been a little less rushed. So much happened at the end, and I think some of these events deserved a little more development- especially with the romance. Even though the romance wasn’t the main focus of the story, I was still hoping for a more passionate declaration of feelings. But if you’re looking for a story that’s more focused on friendships and self-growth, you may not mind that.

Thank you NetGalley for an early copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Love Me Do comes out September 5, 2023. Make sure to add this to your TBR if you want a great end-of-summer read.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy of Love Me Do! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Phoebe comes to LA to visit her sister during the week her ex is getting married. She hopes to just have a few weeks having fun with her sister, but when Suzanne leaves for a business trip the day Phoebe gets to LA plans change a little bit. Soon after arriving, she meets the cute neighbor and strikes up a friendship with him & with Suzanne’s personal trainer.

I wanted to like this book. It seemed like a fun idea and I loved the setting of a nice mansion in LA, but it really fell flat for me.

Liked:
-the LA descriptions, living here it’s always fun to see the city depicted in books

Didn’t like:
-the characters, none of them felt super likable to me and they all were annoying in one way or another
-it felt like it was trying to hard with pop culture references
-phoebe got close to people in this book unrealistically fast imo
-the love letter thing was SO cringey
-halfway into the book I still felt like we knew nothing about the main character
-the whole hike situation with Bel made literally no sense
-the kiss cam scene at the Dodger game
-I don’t understand at all how it was possible for every single character to hate themselves so much

special thanks to NetGalley, HarperCollins UK, and Lindsey Kelk for an ARC of this book!

this was a super fun summer read! the L.A. setting was so cute and made me wanna book a one way trip to LAX ASAP rocky. the little hints and nods to celebrities (i'm looking at you Harry Styles and the three name drops you had in this book) made it even more fun and i loved the illusions to old Hollywood. the romance was lighthearted and perfect for chick-lit. excited to read more by Lindsey Kelk in the future!

A fun and cute read but nothing really special. I didn't connect with the characters well and the love wasn't as 'swoony' as I would have liked. Phoebe's commentary is laugh out loud funny though.
I felt really predictable at times and no real surprises or cliffhangers to keep you intrigued. The Myrna storyline was interesting but also felt random and out of place at times.
Overall a really easy cute read but nothing special or memorable.

I loved this book! My favorite movie is The Holiday, and it definitely gave me the same feels! Check it out if you are in the mood for a fun, light book that will definitely make you laugh!

Love Me Do is a new favorite rom com for me! This is my first Lindsey Kelk book, I’m not sure how she escaped my notice. I’ll be checking out her back list for sure!
It takes a lot to make me laugh but Love Me Do had me laughing out loud throughout the whole story.
I loved all the other elements that were expertly woven through the love story (no spoilers). Lindsey’s characters had depth and were relatable in their own unique way. Honestly Myrna was the absolute best, I loved her humor and life experiences. I loved her more than Ren and Phoebe. I’d love to read Myrna’s story; it could be epic!
The slow burn romance between Phoebe and Ren was done beautifully. I loved seeing their interactions and connections grow as the story progressed. I was caught off guard by the kissing scene, I didn’t see it coming at all, which I loved (no spoilers).
Thank you NetGalley, Lindsey Welk and Harper Collins for the ARC, in exchange for my review.

Oh how i fell in love with Phoebe and Ren. Their chemistry was incredible. It broke my heart as Phoebe started helping Bel with dating Ren, all while she was also slowly falling for him. When they were at the game and Bel took out Phoebes letter out of the jacket and start reading it. Ouch, it hurt having to read how she had to pretend it was another letter from Bel for Ren. I’m glad Ren and Bel realizes they’re are not compatible. Also, I’d love Myrna as a friend please and thank you! I live about a 15 min drive from Disneyland and I love that the sisters made out to the park. I’m glad they had their special moment where they could finally express their feelings and baggage. Oh how I would like to one day get a reservation at Oga’s Cantina. In the end, I’m glad Phoebe realized “why not her?,” she deserves it. She deserves love and happiness, and that’s with Ren.

ARC REVIEW

Love Me Do
By Lindsey Kelk

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Publishing date: 9/5/23

Phoebe travels from the UK to LA to visit her sister Suzanne. Unfortunately, Suzanne has to work the majority of the visit, so Phoebe befriends her sisters trainer, Bel. Phoebe also meets Suzanne's neighbor Ren, who Bel is coincidentally INFATUATED with.  The problem is, every time she tries to talk to Ren, Bel loses her ability to speak and is totally head over heels.

Phoebe offers to break the ice and writes a love letter to Ren, pretending to be Bel. Ren feels an instant connection with the letter, but for some reason, the connection with Bel isn't flowing as naturally in person as it does on paper.

And what is Phoebe going to do when she realizes that she also has feelings for Ren.....everything she wrote in the letters pretending to be Bel was ACTUALLY how she felt.....oh no!

REVIEW

I read my first Lindsey Kelk book last year at Christmas. And it's EASILY, my favorite Christmas story. (The Christmas Wish, add it to your TBR) When I saw this one on net galley, I HAD to have it!

I loved this story! I really enjoyed the Los Angeles setting. I have never been to California and loved the LA references....a Dodgers game, hiking in the hills, Hollywood parties, etc.

The characters were fantastic. The standout for me was Myrna. I was ACTUALLY laughing out loud. The relationship between Phoebe and Myrna was so cute. Excuse me @lindseykelk can we get a book about Myrna as a young hollywood star?!😍

Overall, cute book. I liked it and think you will as well if you enjoy romance!

Thanks @harpercollins360 and @netgalley for the chance to read this one early!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Harper360 for this advance copy of Love Me Do by Lindsey Kelk in exchange for for my honest review. This one is out 9/5/23, only a month away!

I really enjoyed this one and the ease of how it read - we’re following Phoebe, who is on holiday from the UK visiting her sister Suzanne in LA. For some reason, Suzanne bounces for a few days to work and Phoebe finds herself in her house alone and meets up with Ren, her attractive bird-loving neighbor and Bel, Suzanne’s personal trainer who seems to have boundary issues. While this one is super easy to read, I think it could’ve used just a touch of focusing - Phoebe is noted to be a greeting card writer, which I suppose provides the premise of the love letters, but it’s literally never mentioned again. And Bel is really unlikable - Phoebe seems to not mind when she does really ridiculous things and I’m surprised these two managed to connect as friends because Bel was really hard to relate to. And honestly, the whole side plot with the grumpy next door neighbor made zero sense, and just provided Phoebe a “reason” to stay in the end, but if it’s a contemporary love story, shouldn’t love be reason enough to stay? I don’t know, I found myself rolling my eyes at her parts and wondering what she added to the story.

Ultimately, I’m landing on 3.5 stars and rounding up because it was very easy to read and the mermaid scene at the kids birthday party had me laughing out loud and cackling. Many thanks again to NetGalley and the publishers for this ARC in exchange for this review. Pub date is coming soon, 9/3/23!

She's a greeting card copywriter and knows how to write a good romance... except now she's found herself writing a love letter and playing matchmaker for her friend... to the very guy she herself might be falling for, too bad he doesn't know it's her words he's fallen for. Phoebe is spending time with her sister in the US, after a terrible relationship and breakup with her ex in the UK it's time for some much needed vacation. It doesn't hurt that her sister is super rich and living in Hollywood and that she'll have the place to herself for a bit. On her first day there she also happens to meet her sister's neighbor, a handsome carpenter who loves birdwatching named Ren. She also meets her sister's quirky personal trainer, Bel. Bel and Phoebe become instant best friends but Bel tells Phoebe that she has harbored a giant crush on Ren and wants her help, so Phoebe does what she does best, write the perfect romance letter, except what she doesn't realize is that she's using her own feelings for Ren. Ren thinks the letter is from Bel, and so Bel enlists Phoebe's help on going on dates and talking to Ren... yet the more time Ren and Phoebe spend together the more Phoebe's own feelings begin to grow. Can Phoebe go after the guy that's stolen her heart without breaking her new friend's and making sure that Ren doesn't think she was trying to make a fool of him or was it never meant to be in the first place? This is a mix of a Cyrano story with a dash of rom com fun. Overall its a cute story and a fun read for fans of the cyrano classic story.

*Thanks Netgalley and Harper 360, HarperCollins for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

Love Me Do is a delightful romance, but I was even more excited by the story about the friendships in the book. I couldn’t put this down because I needed to know what was going to happen. It was a really cozy, fun book.

I loved this and I loved Phoebe. This is a perfect romance. A great pick to read while longing at the pool for the day. It sucks you in and you completely lose track of place and time.
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This is my first book by Lindsey Kelk but it will certainly not be my last. The writing was fabulous and the humor in this book was so great. This Rom/Com was the most perfect vacation and summertime read.  All the characters were charming in their own way.  Phoebe is going on holiday in LA to see her sister. When she arrives, she meets an extremely good looking neighbor/bird watcher named Ren. Phoebe quickly puts him in the friend zone when she discovers her new friend Bel has a crush on Ren. She becomes a matchmaker for the two, despite her own growing feelings for Ren.. The story shows love, growth, personal development and friendships. Love the story and hope to see the characters in a future book, especially what happens to Suzanne.

Thank you to Lindsey Kelk, Harper 360, Harper Collins, and Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

3.5 stars
this was a lot of fun! I wish there was more time & focus spent on the actual building of Phoebe & Ren's relationship instead of Phoebe trying to get him & Bel together and her time with Myrna. but I thought the humor was great and really liked all the characters. crossing my fingers for a sapphic romance with a certain someone??? would def read from this author again.

Every book that Lindsey Kelk writes is a winner. Love Me Do had me laughing out loud, swooning, cringing, then laughing out loud all over again. Phoebe was my kind of girl- a pasty, self deprecating failed mermaid who just loves stacks of pancakes.

Phoebe was a highly likeable modern day female Cyrano. Who wouldn't want a handwritten love letter vs someone sliding into your DMs?! Her friendship with Bel was so sweet (let me tell you- I wouldn't be that nice!!), as were her heart to hearts with her sister. BUT! Phoebe's chemistry with Ren was PHWOAR. I'd like to take up bird watching to catch a glimpse of Ren through my binoculars!

Myrna was the character who truly stole the show though. All those side eyes and zingers (but also tough love, sage advice!) were a hoot. I'd love to have a neighbor like Myrna! Lindsey Kelk does an amazing job of writing both her main characters and side characters as if you would know them in real life, which makes them so easy to connect with. Bravo on another fantastic book!

Also- just wanted to say I love the reference to tuna pizza. It's an inside joke in my family and I was laughing my butt off!

If you can suspend your disbelief in the fact a new person in town can easily work their way into getting close to a group of residents, then this is a read I absolutely recommend. It is well-written, has some tender moments, sizzling chemistry between the characters, as well as a, wholesome group of people. This has all the hallmarks of a bestseller, and I'm sure it'll hit the lists. I'm absolutely going to want to read Lindsey Kelk's next book.

I liked the various characters in this story and it is a fun light read. The setting was great and well described. At times the storyline moved slow and I ultimately wanted more chemistry between the love interests. 3.5 stars

This is such a fun and lighthearted read! I was already a fan of Lindsey Keli from the I Heart series. This book did not disappoint. The characters and plot draw you in. I particularly enjoyed Myrna and the depth her character added to the story. This gave old Hollywood glam vibes and made me crave a trip to Los Angeles. Excellent book!