I have mixed feelings on this book. On the plus side I loved the reverse Grumpy x Sunshine. I found the premise to be really fun: a high school reunion, a second change at love, childhood sweethearts, and the bet between Molly and Seth. I also felt that the banter between the main characters was great and I loved the writing style. I will definitely check out other books by this author in the future based on the writing style alone.

However, on the negative side I struggled with the episodic narrative. The multiple timeline skips interrupted the flow and made it easier for me to put the book down. This was definitely a SLOW slow burn that just ended up dragging in places. I also never connected well with either main character. Molly felt a bit too much like a bad copy/paste version of “Daria”- all 90s acerbic wit but lacking any kind of heart underneath her hard shell. Seth was too much of a Nice Guy and just over all too desperate to get married. Their relationship was also a bit too dysfunctional. It doesn’t feel like either character grew enough throughout the book to have a healthy relationship with each other by the end.

Overall this just didn’t work for me mainly because I prefer romcoms to be light and an escape from the real world. “Just Some Stupid Love Story” didn’t quite hit this balance for me but it had potential and I’ll be keeping an eye out for other books by this author.

Thanks so much to NetGalley and Flatiron Books for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Molly and Seth were high school sweethearts. Then before college she dumped him with no explanation.

Fast forward to their 15 year high school reunion and they are seated at the same table.

I found Molly so intolerable and thought Seth should stop wasting his time and just forget her.

There was also soooo much reference to covid it felt like too much. I don’t want to relive it anymore.

This was a fun read! I loved the premise of high school sweethearts meeting up with each other at their high school reunion and making bets on which of their friends will stay together or break up. A rom com screenwriter who doesn’t believe in love and a divorce attorney who does? Oh, the irony!

This book went through many years and is the perfect “will they-won’t they” and “right person-wrong time” trope. There were many humorous parts. Seth was darling! He was the perfect sensitive and sweet MMC who believes in love and just wants his happily ever after. I would definitely recommend picking up this book!

I truly loved this one! The main characters being a rom-com screenwriter who doesn't believe in love and a divorce attorney who's basically a hopeless romantic had me pulled in right from the start.

Seth and Molly are very entertaining with great banter and I was rooting for their second chance from the start. He's nerdy and adorable and she's just super cool. Taking place over the course of multiple years, including the pandemic, the two bicker, flirt, just miss each other, and keep popping up in each other's lives all while keeping their bet on which couples will make it from their 15th to their 2oth reunion -- inlcuding themselves -- in mind.

This one is sweet, nostalgic, a little sad at times, silly, and just an overall fun read. Seth and Molly have fantastic chemistry and I was invested in their love story the whole way through. We see a lot of character development for both MCs especially with the addition of the pandemic years and the toll the isolation and loneliness can take. The side characters also add a lot to the story and have some development of their own that keeps you rooting for them too and the writing is great overall. So if you're looking for a lovely, easy debut novel that's romantic, funny, and hits you with the feels then I highly recommend Just Some Stupid Love Story!

*enemies to lovers
*second chance romance
*oppposites attract
*missed opportunities
*golden retriever x black cat
*reverse grumpy sunshine
*dual pov
*spice


Thank you Flatiron Books for the digital ARC via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

While I am glad that this book was told in dual POV, I just couldn't get into the story. I felt Molly was too cynical, and I didn't really agree with much of her thinking, and Seth was just too idealistic. I never found a sweet spot where I was rooting for the couple. I just felt that Seth was just waiting for Molly forever, but there was nothing about their connection that made me want them to be together.

So let’s be honest, class reunions are not really fun. Though their circumstances, finances and outward appearances may have change. the mean people are typically still mean, the jerks tend to get jerkier and unless they’ve undergone some serious self reflection and therapy, they are who they are who they are. When Molly goes (okay, is dragged by her friends) to her high school reunion she is seated next to her high school boyfriend who’s heart she broke. She is a rom-com writer and he is a very successful divorce attorney and neither have found their own happily ever after though they’ve tried. He hasn’t found the one, though not for lack of trying and she doesn’t really trust in happily ever after or the one. When they have a little too much to drink and make he says something that she absolutely thinks is ridiculous and will never happen. It’s a fun read that is romantic, witty, snarky, silly, spicy and after some challenges leads to a wonderful happily ever after.

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley.com in exchange for a fair and honest review.

<i> A debut about a rom-com screenwriter who doesn't believe in love and a divorce attorney who does, forced together at their high school reunion fifteen years after their breakup </i>

Just Some Stupid Love Story is not in fact stupid, but rather a fun, sweet love story, a second chance romance that spans several years (including the pandemic era, which is written into the story, but not overly so). It was delightful to watch Seth and Molly banter and dance around each other as their story unfolded.

Christine Lakin and Tim Paige did a nice job narrating the audiobook.

Thank you Katelyn Doyle, Flatiron Books, Macmillan Audio, and NetGalley for providing this ARC for review consideration. All opinions expressed are my own.

Just Some Stupid Love Story by Katelyn Doyle is a romance novel following Molly and Seth. This is an enemies-to-lovers, reverse grumpy sunshine that I enjoyed. I am happy to see that this is a debut novel since the writing was great and I felt connected to the story. I loved that we got both Molly's and Seth's POVs because it helped me understand them even more. The competition aspect was also really fun. This is the perfect book to pick up in the summertime!
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for a review!

Exes Molly and Seth reconnect (in more ways than one) at their 15th high school reunion. Molly, a cynical rom-com scriptwriter, and Seth, a hopeless romantic divorce attorney, both believe they know love when they see it. Confident in their abilities, they place a bet: who can accurately predict which couples will still be together at their 20th reunion? The story follows their journey as Molly and Seth navigate their careers, personal growth, and the complexities of rekindling old flames, ultimately growing in life and love.

I loved Molly's sarcastic, dry humor, which perfectly contrasted with Seth's optimism and warmth. They embody the "black cat and golden retriever" dynamic, creating a delightful and engaging contrast throughout the story. Their differences both challenge and compliment each other, ultimately leading to growth. You can't help but root for them!

Read this book if you enjoy:
+ second chance romance
+ black cat/golden retriever vibes
+ opposites attract
+ classic rom-coms

Thank you to NetGalley and Flatiron Books for providing this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.

A grumpy romcom screenwriter and a sunshine-y divorce attorney reunite after years apart? Yes please! Doyle's writing is amazing (the banter is so so good!) and I enjoyed the dual POV, the snark and the steam. Definitely a must read for romcom lovers.

Thanks to Flatiron for the copy to review.

Seth and Molly were high school sweethearts, that is, until Molly broke his heart and fled to college. Now, at their 15-year reunion, they find that the spark is still there, much to Molly's dismay. She's built her life as a screenwriter around being cynical about love, traumatized from her parents' divorce, and unwilling to let anyone in. Add in the fact that Seth is now a lawyer specializing in divorce, and there's no way she could ever love him. However, over the next five years, life throws them together in various scenarios, forcing Molly to decide if this is a love worth fighting for.

Even with all of the serious material, this was a genuinely funny rom-com, and I found myself laughing out loud multiple times throughout the story. Seth and Molly were realistically flawed thirty-somethings, who both had valid reasons for their behavior, but their flaws complemented each other so well. All of the side characters were fleshed out enough to add to the story, but not steal the spotlight, and the COVID isolation plot line reflected that time period well without taking over the story. By the end, I was truly rooting for Molly and Seth to make it work, just like in one of Molly's scripts.

Thank-you to Net Galley for an ARC of this book. This book is a romcom that is a second chance at love. It features a semi jaded (in my opinion) FMC. The opening of the book was to me the hardest part to get through and once you got through that-I felt the book shines. I wish the author would've did a little vignette of the characters before throwing them into a class reunion. It took me a minute or two to ascertain what exactly was going on.
Overall this was a romcom with some emotional moments. I think if the beginning would've been changed -I would've given it a higher star rating. The author's writing is superb and I can't wait to read what's next, l'm giving it a 3.75/5

This is a fine if not blow the doors off great version of the "in 10 years" and "right person wrong time" book. I think I wanted more on-page growth from both lead characters versus what we actually got, which was trauma bonding experiences and unhealthy attachments every few years and reunions.

Just Some Stupid Love Story is spicy! It’s a hilarious enemies to lovers of two people who reunite at their high school reunion so expect lots of banter. Seth and Mollys second chance at love will have you turning the page to see what happens next.

There has recently been a trend with romcom books that have characters in the books that are somehow tied to romcoms, and I have so much enjoyed how meta this is! In this book the main female character Molly is a romcom screenplay writer. Naturally, however, she doesn't believe in love. Seth, her high school boyfriend that she breaks it off with just after graduation, is the hopeless romantic. Of course, they come back into contact at their high school reunion and emotions run high, and old flames are reignited. It all culminates into a bet being made regarding five different relationships in their high school class- betting on who would still be together romantically and who would be divorced by the next reunion. The final couple, according to Seth, is going to be him and Molly married at their 20 year reunion.

I really liked this story! I thought it was a quick and easy read, and I could not put it down because I wanted to know how these two seemingly opposite characters fit together. I enjoyed that it was a book that took us over five years. Seth is just such a cinnamon roll of a main male character. All he wants is to have a wife and kids, and he yearns for this. Molly is a bit too grumpy at times, but I still did enjoy her softening and development over the course of the book. I think one of the best parts of the books was seeing how each character is growing when they were not together. I was rooting for this couple the entire time, and I enjoyed the ending. Ironically, I could easily see this turning into the plot of a romcom movie. Overall, this was a great beach read that kept me entertained with the characters banter and gave me butterflies when it ended.

Thanks to NetGalley and Flatiron books for an advanced copy of this book. All opinions within this review are my own.

3.5 rounded up.

An enemies to lovers - Emily Henry-esque spicy novel.

A high school 15th reunion brings two people back into each other's lives and they make a bet about who will/wont be together at their 20th reunion. Cleverly written with chapters trading between Seth and Molly,

Liked, didn’t love. But a good in between if you’re reading a bunch of dark twisty thrillers lately,

Thanks to netgalley for an early reader

Just Some Stupid Love Story by Katelyn Doyle was an engaging, solid story from start to finish. I was rooting for Seth and Molly from the beginning, they were both likable characters that were well fleshed out. The story starts at a fifteen year high school reunion with Seth and Molly seeing each other for the first time since she dumped him at graduation. The two reconnect and end up making a bet about couples at the reunion with a plan to settle up at their next reunion in five years. The catch is that the fifth couple is them, but they aren't dating or really even friends. Seth has five years to show Molly they'll be the perfect couple and she'll fall head over heels in love with him.

This was a really good debut book. Katelyn kept me entertained through out this book. This story take place over a span of time so it's not something that happens fast. I think Seth and Molly were well written characters. Molly had trauma from her past so she feels like she doesn't deserve love. She had a lot to work through throughout this book. I’m I This book did have me laughing out loud and blushing at times from the spice! I had a good time listening to this book and look forward to the next book by Katelyn. I would recommend this book if your looking for beach read vibes!!

Thank you NetGalley and Flatiron Books for allowing me to read this ARC for my honest opinion.

2.5 stars

I was into the story because I got through it pretty quickly, but there were just some things that I didn't love about it. This is definitely a personal feeling and almost soured the story for me. This is definitely a spoiler! But when they had their third act breakup, it felt like the main female character couldn't function without the male character, and that just always rubs me the wrong way.

The timing hasn’t been right for a second chance romance between former teen couple Molly and Seth. After meeting again at their 15th high school reunion, they make a bet on whether true love actually exists.

I liked this more than I expected to! I enjoyed the plot (a woman who doesn’t believe in true love writes rom-coms reuniting with her divorce attorney former boyfriend) and the fact that it spanned years (and this was done well). I liked that we switched the POVs and the characters largely remained true to themselves. Overall really enjoyed it!