This was a very sweet love story. I loved both main characters.

I wish it had focused more on the podcast and Truly's name drove me nuts because I kept forgetting it was the name of the main character.

In her latest delightfully queer romcom about two disastrous bisexuals, Alexandria Bellefleur gives us her hottest book to date. In Truly, we get the delightfully sarcastic, whip-smart novelist who’s been burned in love and suspicious of Colin, a delightfully snarky yet earnest lawyer who falls fast and hard but keeps putting his foot in his mouth. Their banter is a series of zings and sparks, and had me, a diehard fan of the movie “Cutting Edge” wanting to say “toe pick!” while kicking my feet in delight. When they finally do stop arguing enough to realize they like each other, Colin gives a steamy lesson in how to please a woman and should probably give some sort of seminar, if not a full Ted Talk. What continues is a whole lot of escalating spice and readers will need a fan if not an ice pack by the end.

Bellefleur continues her long trend of love interests uniting in the midst of hard family dynamics and self-doubt, and includes all the touchstones of a perfect romance novel. What’s more, in their conversations about being bisexual, Bellefleur gives a beautiful depiction of what it feels like to be bi, especially when one comes out later in life. This book gets all the stars.

4.5/5 ⭐️ (rounded to 5)

Truly is a romance writer who essentially loves love and she believes she’s on her way to her happily ever after. That is until she catches her fiancée cheating on her and her parents, whom she based her entire view on love, are separating.
She joins to co-host a podcast where she’s supposed to give people advice on love and essentially feels like she isn’t fit since her entire view on happily ever afters has been destroyed. In the same podcast, she meets her co-host, Colin, a divorce lawyer, who is basically her complete opposite and has a more “realistic” view on love.
Although she finds him extremely attractive, the minute he opens his mouth they just don’t see eye to eye, he says something that hits close and she ultimately walks out of the podcast and doesn’t look back.
Colin, find his way back into her life, asking for a second chance, a fresh start between them, also apologizing for what he said and asking her to comeback to the podcast again.
Truly agrees, which leads to her getting to know him better, going from almost enemies to friends to more.

I read almost 50% of the book in one sitting because I was dying at their bickering and banter. The amount of times Truly would bite at Colin and would be stunned when Colin gave the same energy with his jokey flirty banter back, ohhhh I lived for it!!! THE MOUTH THIS MAN HAD, the amount of times I would scream and just say “Jesus Colin!” because I too, like Truly, would be shocked. And even though they bickered a lot, they were just perfect for each other, they fit. Colin was simply obsessed with Truly and would do anything his power to make her happy and comfortable and safe and I just simply loved that 💗
Truly, I loved her. She reminded me a little of January Andrews from Beach Read in the sense that they are both romance writers and whose views on love have been shattered. Seeing her open herself to Colin, even though she claimed to “hate” him, was just wonderful to see. AND THE WAY SHE STOOD UP FOR COLIN!! Bless her honestly.
I just love how she cares deeply about the people she loves, to the point that she even tried to Parent Trap her parents which was hilarious, girlie just has a big heart and I loved how Colin understood that.
In the end, Truly and Colin are my Bi icons! and I loved this book!!

What a warm fuzzy read. I really enjoyed the premise of this book, a heartless romantic getting her foundations rocked by the realities of love and trying to find her way back to it. While I found the main character Truly a little whiny at times I still found myself rooting for her and at the end of the day shes just a 27 year old girl (which, same girl, same). And Colin? Good god all mighty talk about swoon worthy! I love a man who is just absolutely down bad from the jump and gives as good as he gets.

I loved this book and would definitely read again, 4.5 stars

I absolutely adored this book. It gave everything a romance needed to give. I loved both of the main characters, and I loved the best friend as well!! This romance was a perfect slow burn, but also about two individuals who really clicked so fast. The banter and the tension was everything and I fell in love and could not put the book down. I love love love text messages in books, and these literally had me giggling like I was the one texting Colin. Speaking of Colin! One of my new favorite book boyfriends. He was funny, sweet, obsessed with truly, and so patient and kind with her. Truly is someone who is a romantic at heart, but all of her depictions of romance in her life (her own relationship as well as her parents) start to crumble in front of her eyes. I loved reading about this and the fears that Truly developed, and then seeing her love someone again with her whole heart. It was so beautiful to read and I loved this element of it, with truly normally being a romantic and colin being more of a realist. The connection they formed over their sexuality journeys as well added a whole other layer to it and I loved it so much. Seeing both of these different but similar people come together in one of the most romantic stories was everything and more.

I felt so ambivalent about the book. Truly (the FMC) catches her fiancé with another woman (though the fiancé seems like a jerk and they were on a break). She breaks it off and then she meets Colin on a podcast his sister hosts and the sparks fly. So far so good. Very spicy times. (Top notch spicy) She believes in love and marriage because her parents perfect marriage. Then they tell her they are splitting and she looses her mind. This is where the book kind of lost me. She comes up with a parent trap scheme to get her parents back together, because if they don’t work no one does. And Colin is a level headed family lawyer who’s ex broke up with him because he came out as bi and then she started dating his twin brother and his family likes the brother better than him. Which is all a bit out of left field and is never resolved past Colin kinda telling his mom off (I wante a statement of them going no contact it give me the whole HEA). But my biggest issue was the parents go from being separated to getting back together for no real reason and so Truly can believe in love. I wanted her to realize her own love path without needing to have the last chapter be about her parents salvaging their marriage. If the reunion of the parents had bee an epilogue moment, maybe I would have felt better about it, but by making it the lady chapter, the writer made it the most important moment in a book that should have been about Truly and Colin.

arc review
Romance author Truly Livingston believes in love and happily ever afters, until her parents and idols for true love decide to separate. With the addition of her fiancé cheating on her, her view on love as drastically shifted. As a love expert guest on a podcast, she meets her cohost Colin McCory, cynical divorce lawyer and realist. After a spat on the podcast causing Truly to walk out, Colin hunts her down and begs for her to come back. Truly realizes that they have more in common than she thought.

I have not stopped thinking about Truly and Colin since I finished this. I flewww through this and finished it in under two days. BISEXUAL REPRESENTATION!!! This is really such a cute, feel good book. The enemies to friends to lovers made my heart swell. Colin is so perfect to me, he is truly an ideal bf; so caring and kind and patient and understanding. Ughhhh🫠 The banter was unreal and the chemistry had me blushing!!! Colin has a way with words like no other.

This book has made its way into my ultimate favs and I cannot wait to reread it.

Everyone please read this, releasing on April 30th. Thank you netgalley, Avon and Harper Voyager and Alexandria Bellefleur

“Because everything she wrote had a teeny tiny piece of her embedded in it. If Colin liked her books, he had to like her, right?”

One of the best romances I’ve read this year! It was so funny & the banter between our two MC was just *chefs kiss* there were so many moments when I literally laughed out loud & other times when I cried (twice, but I’m a cry baby)

This is the perfect enemies to lovers, he falls first, slow burn. Not only is the spice absolutely delectable but the way he just absorbs freakin lutely adores the FMC will for sure make you swoon.

Thank you so much NetGalley & the publisher for this incredible ARC, not only will I be buying a physical copy but I will also be shouting from the mountains how great this book is. Can not wait to get my grimey hands on Colin & Truly 💗

Alexandria Bellefleur hasn’t had a miss for me yet so I was super excited for Truly, Madly, Deeply, and this is one steamy, adorable read! Romance novelist Truly just found out her fiancé is cheating on her when she walks into the podcast studio to guest star and meets the host’s brother Colin, a divorce lawyer and sparks fly. This opposite attracts romance was fun and sexy. The banter was just perfect and funny and witty. It’s sharp and quick and I loved this enemies to lovers. I will say Truly has some only child syndrome and she feels very immature at times. This is a very sex motivated romance book book, and I don’t say that as a bad thing. It’s sexy and these two have sizzling chemistry. They balance each other, they push each other, and they do such great steps to grow and I liked how the third act conflict played out. Colin is a dream, he’s so attentive and just shows up for Truly in such meaningful ways. And Truly has such a beautifully big heart. It’s a fun romance with a lot of heart. It’s heartwarming and witty and I’d definitely recommend!

Delightfully swoony and deliciously steamy, Alexandria Bellefleur’s latest is a must read for all romance lovers.

Truly is a romance writer. Colin is a divorce attorney. It’s no surprise when they clash as guests on a popular podcast. What is a surprise is the fact that Truly can’t get Colin out of her head. It doesn’t help that he keeps popping up in her life. These two flirt ridiculously, endure social media mishaps, and reappear on the podcast all before everyone in their life eventually gently pushes them together.

This book is just. so. good.

Colin is down soooo badly for Truly it is unreal. He’s the definition of emotionally-intelligent, if-he-wanted-to-he-would, book-boyfriend-material. Truly swings between a relatable disaster and someone I want to be when I grow up. The side characters are hilarious, the banter is on point (and abundant!), and the chemistry between Truly and Colin could light the book on fire. If you haven’t (pre)ordered this one yet— what are you waiting for?

THIS BOOK WAS AMAZING I LOVED IT SO MUCH!!

maybe it was me, but the podcast element seemed like it was a big part of the book, but honestly there are like only 4-ish episodes that are talked about and one 1/2 that are in depth.

COLIN WAS HEAD over heels for truly and it was the cutest thing ever. one of my favorite things is when the male lead calls her “baby” i love me a unique nickname, but sometimes it gets stale when it’s said over and over again, so i lvoe a classic “baby”. he was so willing to go down on her and it was… hot. colin is like my new book boyfriend, he’s so sweet even when truly was not doing well and supported her through everything. him being obsessed with her AND BLUSHING!! UGHH!! THATS SO CUTE

truly is honestly an amazing character, but i do wish she would stop putting her parents’ relationship on a pedestal and thinking she knows about their relationship more than the actually people in the relationship. she was very flip floppy about her relationship with colin which i get, but honestly she was still such a good character to read from.

i wished the parent trap part of the book was removed, but overall it was so cute!!

I've really loved the author's other books, and even thoroughly enjoyed parts of this book SO MUCH. However, it felt like a speedrun challenge with how quickly the characters raced from rivals to friends to lovers, and it was so repetitive in wording choices and descriptions (which I can usually overlook a bit, but it happened a lot and, in my opinion, the choices weren't great the first time, let alone the second or third).
In addition, there was at least one scene that hit my brain as "this is from [insert rom com]," and it took me out of the story I was reading because of how directly it matched. I say at least one because I can name the one but vaguely remember having the same thought at a different point but can't remember what it was.
Truly's immaturity throughout was also a struggle for me - I can understand where it's coming from to a point, but it was just... a lot. I fully expected to identify with the romantic over the realist here, but there wasn't a point where I could because I was so exasperated with her.
If I didn't know better I would've thought this an early draft waiting to be fleshed out more rather than a book nearing publication and I was sodisappointed by that. If you're looking to pick up something by this author, I'd recommend her other books.

2/5

Truly, Madly, Deeply was a quick read. I enjoyed the banter between Colin and Truly. I liked that their relationship had a little bit of a slow burn to it. The texting scenes between Colin and Truly were cute. It made their relationship feel more authentic. I thought Truly and Colin's characters were well developed. It was nice to see characters with depth. Although Truly had some dramatic moments, it tied in to her overall story arc. I liked the side characters, especially Lulu. She added an amusing comedic layer to the story. The only thing that wasn't my cup of tea was the show tunes storyline.....those discussions went over my head. Overall, this was a fun and easy read. Thank you to NetGalley and Avon for the ARC.

Truly, Madly, Deeply follows Truly, a romance writer whose life begins to fall apart after finding her fiance Justin cheating on her with another girl, and Colin, a family attorney who has a very real-world take on love. The two meet after agreeing to guest star on Colin’s sister's podcast and from there, things heat up in both their professional and personal lives.

This book was a very quick read that I found hard to put down once I began reading. I found myself laughing with the characters and falling in love just as fast as everyone else. All the characters were easily likable and the writing made for a fun read that I will absolutely be recommending to friends and family.

Thank you NetGalley for the early copy of this book! I absolutely adored Truly, Madly, Deeply. The representation with both of our main characters was flawless, and I loved how readable it was — I found myself not wanting to put it down! It was funny, romantic, and the chemistry between the characters was jumping off of the page. I found myself relating to our main character so much as well. I’ve never read another book by this author, but I will definitely be reading whatever she releases next. Super excited to see what else she writes!

Okay, the WAY I LOVED THIS! 👏🏼 Colin is a bisexual ZADDY. Truly and Colin were perfect in this book. It was sexy and romantic and sweet and I just loved it. There wasn’t really a third act breakup and I liked that. It was wrapped up nicely with a sweet little epilogue. I also really loved Truly’s best friend Lulu. She needs her own book. 😆

The banter was my favorite part of this book... so good! The bisexual rep was fantastic. Lots of laughing and swooning throughout on my end. I really enjoyed this overall and would read more by Alexandria!

Truly, Madly, Deeply was a fun read! I have never read anything by Bellefleur and "truly" enjoyed my first book by her. It is a fast-paced, swoony romance, with fantastic bisexual representation!

Thank you netgalley & avon and harper voyagers publishing to allow me to read this book!

Truly is a romance writer with gaining her inspiration of romance from her parents- who are in the theater career and met on set well before truly was born. Truly is engaged, in a good career spot, everything’s good… or so she thought. is she just seeing everything from rose colored glasses, “writing” the life she wanted to see?

Lo and behold, her and her fiance, justin, break up and dropped a bomb that her parents are taking a break after 33 years of marriage. She’s at a loss- her whole life is upturned and she can’t write.

in comes Colin. Heart stopper family attorney who she DESPISES. Until you know, she doesn’t and things realllyyyy pick up the pace if you know what i mean 🌶️ 🌶️ Colin is all bout Truly and nothing can change his mind. There’s no third act breakup which i LOVE. He communicates & listens to her even when she’s second guessing herself and trying to push him away. isn’t that what we all want and crave??

This was such a great quick read!!

The banter .... THE. BANTER. This was god-tier level banter, and I just sat there eating it up like hot buttery popcorn at the movie theater! Reading this book was a full-body experience, with squealing, head-tossed-back laughing, deep sighs, and literal swooning. This was my first Alexandria Bellefleur book, and now I'm going to go back and read the rest because WOW have I been missing out.

Bonus points for Truly's parents, who were sweet and hilarious.