This was pretty cute! It had some sections that felt a little off to me, and sometimes I felt like there wasn't much "stand out" about it... BUT it was well written and pretty darn cute. Narration was quite well done too!

This book was such a sweet surprise! This new to me author is a great find and I hope to read more by her in the future.

What a clever plot.....two former loves meet up at a class reunion and place a bet. These two are polar opposites. He's the hopeless romantic who happens to be a successful divorce attorney (irony for sure) and she's the cynic about love who writes rom com screen plays (I mean how?). It was truly the perfect scenario and this author executed it with skill. I was hooked from the beginning and could not stop reading/listening.

I couldn't help but pull for Seth and Molly. They both grabbed a piece of my heart while I read this book and I believe I'll be thinking of them and their story for a while. They really touched me. They were both affected by the surroundings and the way others had treated them. Molly, specifically, was scarred by her parents' divorce and the callous way her father treated her. It messed up the way she viewed love. She continually expected others to disappoint her so she often tried to beat them to the punch by leaving first.

AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: The narration was good. I loved being able to go between the ebook and audiobook and was completely immersed in the storyline. 5 stars

Thank you to NetGalley for early copies of both the ebook and audiobook.

Molly writes romcoms for Hollywood. Simon believes in love. Molly and Simon used to date back in high school but is the second time around going to work out better for them?

Honestly, I’m being honest with this review. I didn’t love the audiobook version. I think I might have liked it more if I read it. The miscommunication at their age was so frustrating.

I received this book for free from netgalley in return for my honest opinion.

I really enjoy a romance where the main characters are opposites and I am very willing to suspend my disbelief about how they make it work. However, in this situation, I was skeptical that Josh and Molly could make it work long-term. I love he falls first and he falls harder but I need to be convinced she is in it too.

One thing that Katelyn Doyle nailed was Molly and Josh's banter. We see their relationship over a number of years (including the pandemic for people who'd prefer not to read about that period). They always have a connection and care about each other.

What they don't really have is wanting the same things. They know each other really well but I don't know that they use that knowledge when it comes to trying a romantic relationship. I ended up wanting Josh to find someone else. I wanted Molly to get therapy and leave him alone. Not the feelings I want at the end of a romance.

I think if you love banter and don't mind angst you might give this one a try. It is certainly well-written and it is fun to watch the bet they make about their friend's relationships develop.

What I really do recommend is the audiobook version of this title. Christine Lakin and Tim Paige do a great job with the dual narration. Romance readers may recognize Tim Paige from the Icebreaker audiobook and Christine Larkin from the Just for the Summer audiobook.

I loved this story. I loved the two narrators…it truly made it a great listening experience. Definitely spicier than I anticipated but that didn’t bother me. Such a fun listen!

Just Some Stupid Love Story was cute. It was a very slow burning relationship between the two characters in the beginning but it finally picked up 75% of the way in. I, personally, did not need the book to be that long. It kept me interested enough to finish it and see it through.

This was such a cute story. I loved the highschool reunion aspect of the plot and how each of the M/Cs viewed the relationships between their friends. Thoroughly enjoyed my time with this one.

❤️ REVIEW: Just Some Stupid Love Story ❤️

SUMMARY: Molly Marks is a screenwriter who doesn’t believe in love. Seth Rubinstein is her ex-boyfriend – and a divorce attorney – who does. After reuniting at their 10-year reunion, is a second-chance romance in the cards for this pair?

I ended up REALLY liking this book!

At first I was worried, because the main characters bring very strong black cat/golden retriever energy, and I was worried I could not handle Seth’s brand of golden retriever. He was just too excited and too cheerful – it was hard to imagine even being in the same room with him!

But as the evening of the reunion wore on, and Molly and Seth reignited their old chemistry, he became less of a caricature and someone I was really rooting for!

The promo material around the book likens it to Emily Henry, and I can definitely see that! Adults with baggage and significant history have a complicated slow-burn romance. If you’re a romcom reader, it’s worth checking out. I could definitely see myself re-reading this one again down the road.

You can expect:

❤️ Grumpy/sunshine
❤️ Second-chance romance
❤️ Self-sabotaging FMC
❤️ Romance that’s years in the making

I listened to the first part via audio and was so into the story, I switched to the ebook halfway through.

⭐⭐⭐⭐.5

DNFed at 15%.
At 15% I could tell the book was sex over content. The language was foul, including the way body parts were described. The narrator for the MMC sounded more like an advertisement than a normal person.
I liked the premise of the book- a bet that lasts 5 years- but at 15% between the casualness of cursing, derogatory way scenes were described, & just the general (yet terrible) sexual scenes- I couldn’t go any further.

Thank you to Flatiron Books and Macmillan Audio for the complimentary audiobook. These opinions are my own.

This book has such a great set-up. Molly and Seth were high school sweethearts. They run into each other at their 15 year reunion. She's rather cynical about love, even though she writes rom-coms for a living. And he's a true believer, even though he's a divorce attorney. They make a bet on whether 5 couples will make it to their 20th reunion. And he bets that the two of them will.

In some ways, this is a second chance romance that takes a look at how both characters need to grow and change to be ready for a relationship with each other. But in another way, it doesn't follow that script at all. Many of their interactions with each other are via text or email over time. But we also get insight into both character's perspectives.

I appreciated the longer storyline that fit the five years. And given those five years started in 2018, I was especially impressed by how well COVID-19 was incorporated. It felt realistic without in any way becoming a main part of the story.

I greatly enjoyed this and laughed a bunch while also getting emotional. And I owe some of that enjoyment to Christine Lakin and Tim Paige. Both did a great job narrating the ten and a half hour audiobook.

Molly and Seth.
Molly is a romcom screenwriter that doesn’t believe in true love. Seth is a divorce lawyer who can’t wait to find his soulmate and live happily ever after. The two dated in high school and are brought back together at their high school reunion. Will they have their second chance at love?

This was a fun debut!

I loved the standard role reversal ideas to love, second chance and relationship spanning over years concepts. However, this felt a little too stretched out and seemed to carry on longer than it should have. It did take me longer than anticipated to warm up to Molly. In the end, I was still rooting for the two.
I appreciated how much Seth understood and cared for Molly. Even though I had a hard time with Molly and her thought process, the character development was undeniable.

Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan Audio!

A def Rom-Con! Cute, quick listen. Very believable. I loved how this was a rom com and the main character was so adamant she didn't believe in love, but worked on rom con movies. I liked chemistry between the two main characters and was so glad it ended the way it did.

ℝ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘: ⭐️⭐️⭐️| 𝔽𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕥: 𝒜𝓊𝒹𝒾𝑜𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀

ℝ𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨: 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐈’𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐚. 𝐈𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐦-𝐜𝐨𝐦 (𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭), 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐞 (𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧). 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲, 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭-𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞.

𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓉𝑜 𝒦𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓎𝓃 𝒟𝑜𝓎𝓁𝑒, 𝑀𝒶𝒸𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶𝓃 𝒜𝓊𝒹𝒾𝑜, & 𝒩𝑒𝓉𝒢𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒜𝑅𝒞! 𝒜𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝓅𝒾𝓃𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓂𝓎 𝑜𝓌𝓃.

A rom-com writer Molly Marks, who does not believe in love runs into her high school boyfriend at a reunion fifteen years after they break up. Seth is a divorce attorney, but unlike Molly, he believes in true love. He makes a bet with Molly, that whoever predicts the faith of five different couples correctly, wins the bet about true love. The only catch Is the last couple is them.

This was cute. I like it. It was a cute, summery read. Seth is a total golden retriever character. He wears his heart on his sleeve, he does have a vulnerability to him, and in the end, I thought he deserved so much better than Molly.

Molly was frustrated, her break up with Seth in high school was a poor excuse but we can chuck that up to young love mistakes. But Molly does not grow out of her mistakes, oh no, Molly loves to self-sabotage herself along the way and knows that she is doing it but somehow is powerful enough to stop her actions.

I did like the fact that she finally stood up to her father. That to me was the first true sign of character growth for Molly.

Overall, an enjoyable read and would be a great book to pick up for the summer. I enjoyed Katelyn's writing. I did like that it included some back-and-forth emails between the two characters as well.

I got a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

I called it quits on "Just Some Stupid Love Story" after listening to the first 10% 4 or 5 times trying to get into it. It's a shame, because the summary sounded right up my alley.

Two high school sweethearts make a bet on the legitimacy of love and soulmates, and plan to see who wins the bet in five years. Interesting premise, and this hooked me in to the book from the beginning. The resolution to this debate is a little more complicated than you think.
I have mixed feelings about this book. While I think it was well-written, with very thought-out characters, I think that these two people should not be together. The female lead is the personification of avoidant attachment, and the male lead of anxious attachment. I know in reality a lot of people don't come to resolutions to these types of attachments into something healthier, but I would hope that two characters in a romantic comedy could. These issues don't really ever get resolved in the book, it's more like they get glazed over. And both characters are at the extremes of their attachment styles, which at points makes each of them very unlikable. But another part of me understands that this makes them all the much more well-written, they're human in their blunders and insufferable moments.
I'd definitely recommend this book to a friend, because I'd love someone else's perspective on most of the characters involved in the story.

I enjoyed this audiobook. As a Florida native it was nice to see a storyline that had a local Florida beach in it. The characters live in other states but came together for a high school reunion. These former high school sweethearts not only talk but have a wild night. But our main female MC is very guarded (daddy issues) and pushes away.
This book then follows their lives over the next 5 years until the next reunion. I love the other characters, I think the gay couple were my favorite! Them finding each other and confessing their love and then marriage was beautiful.
I’m glad I had the audiobook and loved the male narrator used. He matched the character so well to me.

I would be shocked if this book doesn't wind up on my top 10 of the year because I truly loved this book. I got the audio from Netgalley and it was like, from the moment I hit play, I was invested. This book is a bit unique in the way it's told, in that it covers five years of time from beginning to end and its only a little more than 300 pages. The way Doyle handles the time jumps kept the pacing really engaging, without compromising those slower moments where you really get to know the characters. And, given the plot of this book, getting to know these characters is vital to the success of the book.

Essentially, Molly and Seth dated in high school and they were very much in love. Molly broke up with him before they went off to college and it affected both of them pretty significantly. They are now back in their home town for their fifteen year high school reunion and during the reunion, they wind up making a bet about who knows more about love, him or her, by guessing the outcome of five couples for five years from now. Also important to note, Molly is a script writer for rom coms living in LA and Seth is a very successful divorce attorney in Chicago.

So essentially we follow both of them throughout five years and obviously (it's a romance novel) they do wind up interacting during those five years. They're also, though, working through some things on their own. If you aren't a big fan of personal journeys, of seeing characters with other people than the love interest during a romance, or of characters navigating some toxic family issues, this may not be for you. But for me, the way these characters grow on page was incredibly moving and I wound up really loving this book. Like, five stars, favorite of the year, loved this book. If you read it, please come share with me your feelings!!

"Just Some Stupid Love Story" is a fantastic debut novel that I thoroughly enjoyed! This grumpy/sunshine romance has a twist: our heroine, Molly, is the grump, and our hero, Seth, is the sunshine.

Molly and Seth's story began in high school, but she abruptly ended their relationship without any explanation. Fast forward to their high school reunion, and the spark between them is still undeniable. However, there's a catch—Molly lives in LA, while Seth is in Chicago. Molly struggles with commitment, while Seth commits too quickly, making them an intriguing pair.

I absolutely loved the back-and-forth dynamic and slow-burn romance. The dual point of view, which allows readers to hear the inner thoughts of both characters, adds depth to the story. I listened to the audiobook, and the narrators, Christine Lakin and Tim Paige were perfectly cast as Molly and Seth. This book is a must-read/listen! Perfect for a summer beach read!

Well this one was a journey!

I have been listening to Just Some Stupid Love Story for a bit and overall it's an entertaining read but the story was a bit too long for me.

I loved the second chance romance, reuniting at a high school reunion, and the bet Molly and Seth make but some of the story felt wayyyy too flushed out. I enjoyed Molly’s growth but at times found her really hard to connect to. I loved Seth’s character a lot and his journey to find someone to love and be loved.

I did really enjoy both narrators Christine Lakin and Tim Pagie a lot.

If you are looking for a breezy entertaining story with some angst, some spice, and a funny baby shower scene, I think you’ll like this one.