This was so cute!! I loved reading about Sori and Nathaniel. They were so cute together and I love how Sori found herself in this one.

I thought this was very good and I will have to add this to the shop shelves. Thank you for the chance for us to review.

Axie Oh makes another gem with this book!! Like her previous book XOXO you will definitely fall in love with ASAP!!

Thank you netgalley for granting me early access to this book! It was a joy to read another Axie Oh hit before it hit the shelves.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for granting me free access to the advanced digital copy of this book.

Axie has done it again! The story was wonderful, and the characters felt fully fleshed out. This was such a good sequel, but can also pretty much be read as a standalone. I can’t wait to dive into whatever stories this author writes.

Oh my GOD! This was so good and such a great follow-up to XOXO. I pretty much had to exact same giddy feelings reading this as I did with XOXO. I normally am not a fan of second chance romances, but the way that Nathaniel obviously pined the entire book made it totally okay.

I really loved Sori as a character and her relationship with all the characters in this book. I also loved all of the plot going on behind the romance and I was especially obsessed with the filming of the shows they were on. It was such a fun addition to the book. I will say that there was nothing overly amazing about this book. The writing was good, but not amazing and sometimes it felt like the romance rushed a tad bit too quickly. There was no real questioning of if they would get together. The lack of that tension made it a super cute fun read, but not a 5 star that I'm going to super remember long-term, which is why it gets a 4. So I still loved the book, but I wanted to feel a little bit more strongly about the characters and what they were going through.

I would like to thank Netgalley and Harper Collins Publisher for approving my request to read ASAP arc.

I was ecstatic to hear Axie Oh publishing another book in the XOXO world with two of the characters from it, especially my other favourite from XOXO being Nathaniel. In this one it is more about the struggles of Sori and her coming from a wealthy family, giving up what she really wants for what her mother wants her to do, including her past relationship with Nathaniel. She faces the struggles of the spotlight, and wanting to her privacy not being shown to the netizens.

I just love the world of XOXO, the struggles it addresses of those in the loop industry and also fulfilling every loop fans dream of having a love story with a kpop star.

XOXO by Axie Oh is one of my favorite YA romances and I was over the moon for this sequel. Second-chance romance usually isn't my favorite trope, but it worked perfectly here. I was so happy for Sori to get her story and she and Nathaniel were such a perfect couple. Their super-seriousness works great together, and the forbidden love was tantalizing! Highly recommend for a fun YA read.

I love this author so I was really excited to get this as an ARC. It is a companion book to XOXO which I really loved. I love the way she writes her characters. The book starts off kind of slow, but if you stick with it it really picks up and you won't be dissapointed!

I thought this book was so cutie! I loved being able to keep up with other characters. The slower pace in the beginning is right up my alley. I just loved this!

I didn't realize this was a sequel when I requested it, and I haven't read the first book. So sorry for the confusion.

Sori wants to make her family proud and to be an easy child. With her mother as the CEO of a company and her dad as a politician, the expectations are high. After returning from school. it's time to start. But as Sori realizes that she doesn't want to become an idol, she promises her mother to train the newest idol to join a new girl group before figuring out what she really wants to do. Just as this happens, her ex boyfriend and member of the biggest boy band, Nathaniel, comes back into her life and Sori is forced to deal with him and not cause a stir with his fans or with her mother. Sori must make big decisions that may end up hurting everyone or herself.

This book was reaaallly great! I gifted the first book in this "universe" to my cousin and she loved it. With that still on my list, I was excited to get an ARC of this one and although I didn't know what to expect, it had me engrossed! I couldn't stop reading. it really was laid out like a korean drama and was interesting too, especially in the aspect of a young/new adult. it was so great and i'll definitely have to go back and read the first book!

I picked this one up without realizing it was a companion novel to "XOXO", but since I love the author, I figured I'd give it a shot! I do think you should read XOXO first if you want to read this one; while you aren't necessarily missing any important points for plot, a lot of the relationship between the main romance is clearly built in the previous novel. As someone who hadn't read the first book, I felt like there wasn't any reason for the main character to be so obsessed with this boy, who was basically a non-entity (besides showing up where she was at every possible chance). The romance did develop a bit more as the book went on, so eventually it was pretty believable. I thought it was cute, albeit a little predictable. I think overall, this book is for a younger crowd more interested in the idol culture than I am.

Thank you Netgalley for an arc in exchange for an honest review. Ahhhh this was so cuteeeee. I loved diving back into the XOXO world and visiting characters old and new. All the Jenny and Jaewoo cameos were so adorable. Nathaniel and Siri have my heart and I love them so much 🫰This one was a bit slower for me to get into but it was so good once I got started! The cute storylines and everything ahhhhh. I can’t with this book is makes my heart melt! ❤️ I love Axie’s books so much.

This book is like reading a kdrama instead of watching it. I would recommend to people who like this kind of stuff to try it out. Also I would recommend to read XOXO first as it does have some crossover!

This was so cute! I love returning to the world of XOXO and seeing how some of the other characters are living their lives and following their dreams. Sori and Nathaniel are a great pair.

After loving XOXO so much, I was beyond excited to read ASAP and be back with these characters. Axie Oh does YA contemporary so well and I know I sound greedy, but all I want is MORE!!

The sophomore/companion to Oh's first book XOXO didn't match the fervor for which I tore through and adored the first one because it was slow and awkward to start. I found myself picking it up and putting it back down because the romance wasn't front and center and the character interactions didn't build anticipation or excitement at the start.

Without the pizzazzy beginning, it was the rekindling old flames that was fine. And the family drama wasn't as high impact. It was a dud for me though those loving Kpop Kdrama life will want to pick it up as there is so much behind the scenes peeks into the world of living in the spotlight that they'd enjoy.

I think I went into this expecting it to be too much like XOXO. Well that’s what I wanted anyway. But it doesn’t even scratch the surface of my love for that book and that hurt for sure. It wasn’t terrible, but definitely not as good.

For the most part, what I had issue with was the romance. It just didn’t have the chemistry that the XOXO had. And I hate to keep comparing them, but it just didn’t seem real for me. And I KNOW I’m not the biggest advocate of enemies to lovers. But this one wasn’t even that. It was childhood friends to lovers, usually my favorite. But there was some second chance in there too, but I only like those if there’s some good groveling. And they’re teens, so there was none of that lol She just accepted that she was wrogn and hoped for the best. But even if that was the reasoning for it, I wish that the author had shown that. It was more told in like flashbacks and things.

I did like that it was still about K-Pop. In the last book we saw someone from the band and someone who just didn’t believe in fun. In this one we see someone in the band and someone else who wants nothing to do with K-Pop at all. For that to be their dynamic, I don’t think their relationship was that interesting. They were cute or whatever, but it was just ok to me. I didn’t really get it. I think I would have liked it more if we had seen some like, Idk more K-Pop stuff happening with the main characters instead of just around them from like shows or mentoring someone.

This wasn’t as memorable as the first one. And I think it really messed me up lol I hate that I’m writing this review, but it just wasn’t good to me. I can only hope that there is another one and it turns out better than this one. Because Lordt knows I don’t want this book to be the last note. (Pun intended)