Witty, Sexy, and Full of Heart❤️‍🔥

What a fantastic debut! It is an entertaining rom-com about second chances and the eternal battle between love and cynicism. Molly, a rom-com screenwriter who doesn’t believe in love, faces off against Seth, a divorce attorney who does, at their high school reunion. A drunken bet about love’s existence forces them to test their chemistry, leading to laugh-out-loud moments, sizzling tension 🔥, and a heartwarming story of finding "the one" when you least expect it. For fans of he falls first, and enemies-to-lovers tropes. It's worth the read!

Finding Mr Write is a slow burn romance with a fun unique premise. The cover and blurb drew me in but the superb writing and the characters kept my interest until the very end. Super cute story. I hope the author continues to write more romance. 4 stars.

Thank you for the chance to read this book! I enjoyed it from start to finish! I liked that it was spread out over multiple years, and included real feelings and emotions regarding the pandemic. I loved getting Molly & Seth's perspectives and how their lives kept taking different turns that always lead back to the other. I could relate to Molly a lot and am glad to see she got a happy ending!

Just Some Stupid Love Story
Katelyn Doyle

ok tbh if the cover was cuter I think I would have picked this up sooner

Seth and Molly are high school sweethearts that broke up right before leaving for college. He’s now a divorce attorney and she’s a romcom writer, reunited at their 15year school reunion. after a one night stand, they both make bets on who can better predict which couples will make it by their 20year reunion.

🗣️ dual POV
📖 engaging & fun on audiobook version! I think it’d feel much slower if I read on print
❤️‍🔥 strong friendships, lots of chemistry, and a splash of spice that spices
🧲 opposites attract - he idealizes relationships and she’s wary of commitment. loved their character development
🤪 combines the wildly unrealistic happenings of romcoms and the very real inner flaws of reality, ya can’t help but laugh and accept the narrative
🌟 these two main characters truly believe they are main characters in their lives (as in I feel bad for the people they date/interact with while their relationship is highlighted all others are an afterthought)
🫥 harsh realities of emotionally stunted reactions, messiness in action, and rooting for our flawed MCs

yeah I have SOME qualms about this book but as events + people that stay in this book, it was an overall positive experience? I’m still a lil surprised when the pandemic is slipped into books for me but it was ok here. this was a good mix of romance, friendships, and handling deeper moments well although I found myself surprised how long the book felt

thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and Flatiron Books and NetGalley for the e-ARC!

The writing style itself is good, but I couldn't connect with the main couple. They had too many issues between them to make me think that they were former high school sweethearts meant to be. Molly was closed off & Seth was clingy and annoying. He wanted to force her into being a partner she wasn't, and hurt others along the way. He was way too into a white pickett fence ideal & wanted her to fit the bill. This is cringe enough to read from a woman's POV, but even moreso from a man. And I found it way too improbable that they'd fixed their issues enough to marry only a year after their last big conflict.

I loved this book! High school relationship that broke each other's hearts, and what happens when they run into each other at their 15 year reunion. It follows them through their 20th reunion, with some ups and downs along the way. This was the first book I've read that included covid, so I thought that was an interesting part to weave into the story. Really got invested in the characters, and I enjoyed this book a lot! You root for them and feel for them as they navigate being together.

This was a great summer time beach read. I really enjoyed the chemistry between the characters & think it lived up to the hype I had seen.

This book really surprised me! It was SO funny, and the chemistry between these characters was SO good. I truly couldn't put it down. The scene at the end with the hot tub? I laughed so loud I had to put the book down and compose myself. I can't wait to read more Katelyn Doyle!

I liked this, but it was more angsty than I thought it would be and I wouldn't brand it a rom com. A romance, yes, but I think rom com is misleading here.

This book was amazing! I love books told over a long period of time and it made the love story between Molly and Seth feel so real! Their second (and third and fourth and fifth) chance romance had me really rooting for them! They demonstrated that while your flaws can make you stand in the way of your own happiness, they also can make you perfect for someone else! Molly and Seth balanced each other very well, with him being the only person that could get her to open up emotionally while she brought some realism to his hopeless romantic attitude. I also loved how their friends and family members played an integral role in their relationship, as they demonstrated how love can play out in different situations, giving hope not only to Seth and Molly but also to me as a reader!

A fun summer read for fans of rom-coms. It’s perfect for a quick, lighthearted read when you need a small escape from the real world.

Wowwwwwwwww! I was stupidly in love with JSSLS! The storytelling and characterization of both Molly and Seth was fantastic. It was so refreshing to read flawed but such lovable characters and see how they are able to work through conflict. Katelyn Doyle just became an auto buy author for me after this book.

Everyone should check out this book ASAP, it was dirty and emotional and just lovely.

Thank you to Flatiron Books and NetGalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Super cute and fun read.

Following over five years from one reunion to the next, our main characters make a beat and maybe find love along the way.

I even enjoyed the way the author briefly brought in the Covid crisis but didn’t allow it to become the main story or get political about it. Just kept to to how it effected people and work etc at the time. Was able to feel more connected and real this way.

Would for sure read again and recommend to my friends when this one releases.

Just Some Stupid Love Story was a quick read that I really enjoyed. It’s perfect for the beach or if you need something funny and sexy to read.

Grumpy vs. Sunshine is one of my favorite tropes, and usually, it’s the guy who is grumpy and unavailable. I absolutely love when it’s flipped around!

Meet Molly – she’s emotionally unavailable, with a host of problems she’s working through, including anxiety, depression, and some really deep dad issues. (Her dad sucks.) In a delightful twist, she writes rom-com screenplays and is very successful at it.

Meet Seth – an eternal optimist in search of true love. He’s loyal, funny, and just a tiny bit over the top. All he wants is a family of his own. He’s a divorce lawyer who tries his best to help his clients and their families get through a horrible moment in their lives without causing chaos.

The book spans from when Molly and Seth meet up again at their 15th high school reunion in November 2018 through their 20th in 2023. This is quite a time span for one novel, but I feel it was well done and not rushed. I enjoyed the email and text exchanges we got to read. It’s challenging when the characters are apart for a significant portion of the book, as they are here. But between their correspondence, chance encounters, and planned meetings, it was handled very well.

If you’re a fan of Katherine Center, Emily Henry, Abby Jimenez, or Ali Hazelwood, I think you’ll love Katelyn Doyle too. The writing is quick, funny, and flows so well. I also really like dual POV in my romance books, so I was happy we got to bounce between both Molly and Seth. There’s also a great cast of side characters that we get to know and love.

The author Katelyn Doyle writes historical romances under the name Scarlett Peckham, but this is her Rom-Com debut. I can’t wait to see what comes next!

Molly Marks writes rom-coms for a living but doesn't believe that love exists. Seth Rubinstein is a successful divorce attorney who believes wholeheartedly in love. They dated in high school until Molly decided to break things off to avoid messy feelings. They don't see each other until they meet again at their 15-year high school reunion and a late night discussion inspires a bet on whether or not love is real. They each have until their 20-year reunion to prove their side of the argument, with Molly convinced there's no such thing as soulmates even as Seth is sure that's exactly what they are.

It's a very emotional story that manages to touch on the many different sides and types of love that one can experience. I loved that Doyle gives weight to both Molly's and Seth's believe in love based on their lived experiences. It's easy to see both sides of the argument and how they got to that conclusion, so reading about the different things that happen to them and those around them and seeing how it changes their perspectives adds a great level of depth to the otherwise fluffy rom-com story.

The plot has a little bit of everything, from classic rom-com tropes to steamy sex scenes to emotional growth in characters that feels as natural as the passage of time. It's a fun read that comes with some emotional goodness to hit all the right spots.

Very happy thanks to NetGalley and Flatiron Books for the funny and emotional read!

I just finished this quasi-debut rom-com from Katelyn Doyle, who has written a number of romances under the pen name Scarlett Peckham. Just Some Stupid Love Story is a delight. It’s funny and endearing with just enough seriousness to give it some depth. The characters feel like the kind of fully formed and flawed adults that you’d want to be friends with. Molly and Seth have friendships and familial relationships that seem to operate outside of their relationship with each other rather than as devices to move the romantic relationship forward. And you know I love a romantic relationship-com with solid side characters.

This one will definitely be worth picking up for your summer reading! (For my closed door girlies, this one is definitely spicy but I’m sure there will be modification guides out there for you.)

Thank you as always to @netgalley and the publisher for the advance digital copy!

Molly and Seth were high school sweethearts until she panicked and broke up with him before they headed off to college. They cut all communication for 15 years, but then they happen to be seated next to each other at their reunion. Molly is a romcom author who doesn’t believe in love and Seth is a divorce lawyer who is obSESSED with it. They’re also still very much infatuated with each other.

This was def not my favorite story - not only was Molly super emotionally stunted, she also kept dragging Seth along. Seth was pitiful and felt like he was just afraid of being alone. Doyle did her best to mention their pitfalls and have them “deal” with their own issues, but it wasn’t enough to get rid of my skepticism of their relationship. I thought it was interesting that Doyle tried to spin Molly’s behavior as her being damaged and pining behind the scenes because it mostly felt like an emotionally abusive situation.

Overall would not recommend. The character development wasn’t sufficient for me to believe the story and I was just so annoyed by both of the protagonists that I didn’t think their happiness would be with each other.

This was a cute romance. It was a fun grumpy-sunshine romance, although I didn't find them male main character particularly believable. Was a quick fun read overall!

Thanks to Flatiron Books and Netgalley for this advanced copy!

This was a charming enemies to lovers story with a golden retriever of a mmc and grumpy fmc and I really adored it. I thought the author did a great job with the dual POV, really helping us see into their minds and why they just couldn't seem to get it together to, you know, get together. The banter was fun and I appreciated how the author wove COVID into the story without making it about the pandemic. The ending felt a little hoky to me, but honestly, I would have been disappointed if there had been any less hokiness, it was spot on for the characters.

Fun book!

Such a great love story! Just Some Stupid Love Story is a not so stupid love story about screen writing doesn't believe in love Seth and her high school ex soul mate believer now divorce lawyer Seth. They meet over the years when attending reunions, mutual friends' events, and visiting their hometown. Their story goes through COVID as well, which makes another interesting layer. I love the dialogue and this book had some very steamy scenes!