Thank you to the publisher for the eARC. All opinions are my own.

EIKSYGF is a sapphic friends to lovers *almost* second chance romance. I loved Katie and Wil's relationship. It's so clearly obvious that they have feelings for each other, and the TENSION is unbelievable.

I also really enjoyed the subplots with Katie and Wil's respective careers. While both women are amazing at their jobs, they're kinda stuck and capable of more. They were so supportive of each other while also allowing each other the space to grow.

The side characters are amazing as well. Every character felt very rounded, which made reading this book so enjoyable.

I recommend this book for fans of friends to lovers, celebrity romances, and (almost) second chance romances.

If you believe that love is love is love then please read this book!!

It's so beautifully written and there's so much heart and trust on every page. It felt like a perfect love story and I want more of it!! Both lead characters have so much depth and compassion, it's incredible.

Wil & Katie led separate lives that eventually brought them back together. It gives you hope that other people can have that happen. Add in that they both have and love cats and you've got a winner!!! I mean, cats. C'mon, that's a good as it gets!!

If you let the people who love you love you, that's a beautiful thing.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

I received this book for free for an honest review from netgalley

Sexy and fun read for the summer. Sapphic love at it's finest.

This was a cute fun read! It was a very light easy to read in one sitting type book. It took me quite awhile to get invested in the romance for some reason and maybe the beginning is a bit slow but that could have just been me! I thought Will and Katie had nice banter and chemistry. Overall it isn’t anything like life changing amazing but a nice easy palette cleanser type of book. I did find myself wanting a little bit more from the plot but will still be adding to our library!

Everyone I kissed since you got famous was, ok. It is a sapphic (hooray for more and more sapphic books!!) with one women famous and the other not, it is also friends to lovers. Its def giving.
The idea of this book was really good, but was surely a little boring :( it lost me very early on sadly but there is definitely an amazing premise for this concept there,
However I did stick this book out, and there is a great writing there!!
3/5 stars
thank you net galley, and the publisher for the arc read

It took me a few pages to get into the story initially. That’s normal for me, so I was not overly concerned, and I was interested to see where this was going. Around 25% it seemed like the writing changed for the worse. Once Katie and Wil met up and were alone that first time it was like a switch flipped from Katie being traumatized by a bad relationship and essentially swearing off sex to getting exceptionally horny over everything. Wil touched her arm? Horny. Wil touched her foot? Horny. Wil wears business casual to work? Horny. Katie’s reaction to Wil is also excessively childish and twee. Nothing that I would have expected from the very successful woman in her 30’s that was described in the first chapter. The dialogue became even more clunky and unrealistic. I read as much as I could, skipped around a bit, and read the ending. It never got better, and I’m truly sad about that, because I genuinely believe there aren’t enough mainstream queer love stories.

Secondchance Romance and childhood friends to lovers. This is a LGBTQ+ book. I actually didn't realize this initially. Our main characters are Wil and Katie. Friends in high school and separated as they each went on their own path.
The author has an interesting premise for both main characters. Katie is a famous actress, while Wil is a confident insurance adjuster who moonlights as a tiktok sensation 2 days a week. On her tik toks, Wil chooses a random stranger to kiss for 60 seconds. The way the author describes these 60 second encounters is soo steamy.
The chemistry between Wil and Katie is off the charts. While the author doesn't get too graphic, the spice is there.
You become invested in each characters personal lives, their futures, and the choices that bring them back together. The author seamlessly weaves humor throughout the book.
I particularly loved the way the author wrote Katie. As a huge follower of pop culture. the author shines a lot on the sacrifices celebrities have to make. Their life is no longer their own. Every decision is magnified and dissected by public opinion.
Katie and Wil have a beautiful friendship and love that results in a deeply satisfying read.

If I had to describe my experience reading this in one word, it's detached. I did end up reading the entire novel, though I found it very boring and kept zoning out. I never once rooted for the characters or felt a substantial connection with them. Everything just felt superficial and slow. Nothing about this book interested me, from the narration to the dialogues.

This was a miss for me. I didn't care for the characters or the storyline personally but other people might.

A fun, light hearted second chance romance that did not disappoint at all! It was such a fun read, I was laughing throughout the whole book. It was super light and quick to get through, I read it in on sitting because I couldn't get enough.

Highly recommend!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

THIS BOOK MADE ME FEEL ALL THE THINGS!!!! ALL OF THEM!!!!

A friend told me she calls this “second opportunity romance,” where they had a chance to be together the first time around and they didn’t take it. Don’t ask me how I feel about this trope because I’ll start talking and I won’t stop talking.

Wil and Katie were inseparable in high school, but when Katie left Wisconsin and become an incredibly famous actress, the two friends didn’t stay in touch. Many years later, they finally get the chance to reconnect—and it’s only then that they realize what they had in high school was probably a little more than friendship. They have a second opportunity to explore their connection, but doing so is easier said than done. Katie is under constant scrutiny by the media, and Wil has certainly put herself in the public eye by filming viral videos of herself kissing a new person every week. (That’s exactly as hot as it sounds.)

This is the most wonderful book about friendship and trust and loving and being yourself. It’s about shitty men and exciting kisses and familial love and I promise it’ll make you swoon.

This was a fun romance! I found myself laughing throughout and it was like a warm hug. Overall, it was still a cute read if you're looking for something light and quick!

ARC kindly provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

At first I felt a little confused but that didn’t last for more than a few pages. It is a tough read in that there’s no skimming. Every word is important. I couldn’t wait to see the ending and yet I didn’t want it to end. Wil and Katie are formidable. I can’t remember when I’ve read such strong characters. And the mystery solved near the end is absolutely perfect! Put this one at the very top of your tbr pile! Actually, no, don’t put it on the pile just read it now! Seriously!

This was a super cute book and I look forward to more from the author.

Thank you to the publisher for the chance to read it.

This book came me laugh, made me roll my eyes and even made me tear up a little bit. It was a little bit slow in the beginning but I enjoyed it!

Fairly predictable rom com but it was still a good read that I enjoyed. And even though this isn't one that I would add to my reread list it is one that I would recommend.

I wanted more about that TikTok account and less about everything else.

Too much going on to focus on, it would have been more meaningful if something was taken out. The ridiculousness of stalking their old teacher preferably.

I wanted to like this. I kept waiting, until the last page. There was tensions that never paid off, emotional payoffs that weren't earned, but I couldn't get over that Wil and Katie just bored me. They had everything right, and seperate they were very interesting, but together they just weren't engaging. The book is well written, the spice is hot but the chemistry we are constantly told is there just falls flat. I think Marvel will be a fan favorite romance author with future books and I will be reading their next book, but something about this just failed to click start to finish

Heart-filled little romance that I would recommend quite a lot. The description shows some but quite a lot is hidden. Thanks for the arc

DNF at 30% this book is….odd. Just so odd. That’s the only word I can think of to describe it. On paper the premise is literally my dream book but the execution is so strange, I don’t even know how to put it into words.

The way the two main characters meet again and suddenly are back in each other’s lives like 13 years haven’t passed feels so unrealistic. Initially I loved that they jumped right into a conversation, I thought that was very cute, but then it got weird FAST. They’re so overtly sexual with one another immediately after meeting again despite never having a sexual relationship in the first place. This is especially weird when you find out they’d only really been friends for one year and had spent most of their lives as just acquaintances. If it felt like the characters had more chemistry, maybe I could buy it, but their conversations are extremely sexual, stilted, and (my new favorite word) odd.

Even odder I do think I could see myself picking this back up someday, but not today.