An interesting story and blend of romance, tech, and unexpected chemistry. I did not like Jack AT ALL and he made the book less pleasant for me
Many thanks to Harpercollins UK and to Netgalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

I can't do the whole married thing. I hate cheating or close to cheating tropes. That whole plot point was far too muddled for me and kind of ruined the whole book. It was cheesy and sweet right until that reveal. This man sounds like he is still obsessed with his wife and Leonie deserves better than that.

really had high hopes for this but overall just fell flat. i wasn't interested in the plot, characters or setting at all.

DNF at 27%

I couldn't get into this. I thought the main character was unrelatable, complaining about everything and her friends were obnoxious. When she met the love interest, the interaction was weird and it gave vibes that he might be cheating and I am not here for that.

I really enjoyed the first 50-60% of this book and then it went a bit downhill. There were a few too many references by Eric on Leonie owing the family back, I think it took her far too long to stand up for herself and it became a bit annoying. I also think the drama at the end was polished up a bit too quickly it was quite unrealistic. I still gave it three stars as I overall enjoyed the book and didn’t find the Irishness of Jack too stereotypical.

This is the first book I have ready by this author

A fun easy read

I enjoyed it, it was easy going and fun based on dating.

It did what it said on the tin!

thank you to netgalley for the advanced reading copy. I really enjoyed this and will be getting copies for my shop.

This was the most random confusing book I’ve ever read. As a stem girl myself I was so excited to get a book after the brief description and the title. A couple pages into it I realize that this is more STEM based than romance. You seriously had to understand coding and app based knowledge to understand half this book.

Do not compare this to Ali hazelwood. She is a queen and this book is not in the running with her. It was confusing as hell and honestly you didn’t need half the book. The chapters were long and drawn out. It was honestly boring and did not keep my attention.

Lastly, and warning spoiler, I hated that they made jack married. Like she took back a married guy. That is not okay at all. And the stepbrother was awful. I know that was the point but like it was not enjoyable. This book was not enjoyable. I hated it and I don’t say that lightly. Do not read this book.

Thanks NetGalley and the publisher for this advanced copy.

I really enjoyed this one! I love a nerdy romance and this one was right up my alley. Leonie and Jack were great and while it took a bit for the book to build up, I found it to be a satisfying read.

This was well sell to me. Chemistry! I love them so much. It's so cute. Their relationship is full of cuteness but also hot and healthy. Love that for them! I loved this book, the writing style is on point.

I received this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I really wanted to like this one. It was almost there but there were some issues for me personally.

This was an enjoyable romcom based on a dating app that matches Jack and Leonie together. Whilst I thought the storyline was cute, I did struggle to stay invested and didn't feel a strong connection between the two main characters.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an e-arc of this book! My opinions are my own.

I don't read a lot of romance novels, but I do like to read something a little lighter every once in a while. So I was quite happy to pick this one up!
This book is about a woman who has been single for a while. Her friends convince/force her to go out with a tall handsome stranger (called Jack) when they are away for the weekend in Paris. After an interesting night out, Leonora gets back to London to work on a project for her stepbrother. Guess who works there, too?

I loved how this isn't a typical romance book where the woman is more of a 'damsel in distress' and the love interest is an alpha male type, being extremely protective and controlling. In this book, Leonora is successful in her job, has a group of friends who support her and she knows what she's worth. She doesn't need anyone to save her - she just needs to learn to lower those walls she built around herself.

I thought this book was well written and I enjoyed it a lot! There may be some more negative reviews here on Goodreads but I don't think this book deserves that. It really isn't that black and white. If anything, Leonora tells Jack exactly what she thinks of his behaviour and honestly, to me that feels a lot less red flag than the extreme protectiveness that is so often part of romance novels.

If you like a romance novel with lots of tension, some technical app-building management language and not too much spice, I certainly recommend this book!

This book is just not great. I usually try not to DNF books and power through but this one I just couldn’t handle it. I wanted to love it b3cause it sounds so good in the blurb summary. I found myself hating the characters and I felt like they were all over the place.

This book was ok and had some good parts but sadly I didn’t love it as much as I hoped. For a non technical person the pages of coding were completely lost on me and meant I did have to plough through a bit.
My biggest sadness was the cheating and that the main character was married, sorry not a good thing for me.
I felt there were lots of good aspects and liked the female friends.
A solid start and would read more from this author in the future
Thank you for my advanced copy and opportunity for an honest review

When i first saw this book i was pulled in by the blurb and instantly knew that i wanted to read it and i definitely wasn’t disappointed.

This book was billed as a ‘brand new spicy STEM romance’ and i think that this described it perfectly.

It contains a few tropes that i love, including enemies to lovers, opposites attract, forced proximity, workplace romance and age gap and i thoroughly enjoyed all of them so much.

I really enjoyed this book and liked how the story unfolded, it definitely kept me engrossed right until the very end…….

I really did not love this book.

I was so excited, especially with the "for fans of Ali Hazelwood" comment. But, no. I was not a fan.

For starters, Jack is a dick. There's no two ways about it. He's hot, yes, but god, he is a dick. He's rude, he's unforgiving... He's married?! There was absolutely no reason he couldn't have said oh, hey, we are still married btw, just so you know. Leonie was boring and I couldn't really understand her job role. There was far too much coding and dev talk that was just filler and boring and I ended up skipping several chapters towards the end.

I had great expectations for this book and was sorely disappointed.

Thank you net gallery and harper Collins for this arc in exchange of a honest review.


Unfortunately I could not get into this book at all so I ended up DNFing at around 30% as this book wasn’t for me.

Fun easy read from a new to me author. Perfect train journey book.

Surrounded by friends in happy relationships, but struggling with her own love life, Leonie writes a writes a list with her friends and off on the dating apps she goes.

On a trip to Paris she uses the app Opp/Att, an app that leads her to our MMC Jack, a romantic night and a sudden misunderstanding that lands her back in London with a bump. At the request of her brother she agrees to assist him with work and on her first day at her new job, comes face to face with… Jack.

What follows is a fun, chemistry filled enemies to lovers story with meddling family, misunderstandings and a real deep dive into the app building world.

That was one of the things I found I enjoyed about this story, the depth of detail of the work they do. Whilst this might put people off, I found it fascinating.

Whilst I can often binge read romance books straight through, this book was one I put down but was always interested to pick up again, making it the perfect romance for commuting!

Thank you to Netgally for the chance to read this book. All options are my own honest opinions.

I would like to thank Netgalley and the publisher for this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

I don't think I really understood this book. I never figured out what the main characters job is, apart from making plans? There was a lot of unnecessary miscommunication. At the end I just wanted to finish the book, and I even considered to dnf the book. I never really understood the plot twist at the end either, which is probably because I was just over this book at that point.

The book might only get 1.5 stars from me, but I believe it can be a really good book, it was just anything for me even though I liked the premise.