I loved this book. It was an adorable story about a kid figuring out that your actions have consequences and the world is bigger than you. And sometimes the ones think you care you about the least are the ones who mean the most. Jackie and Wilson are an adorable duo who start out as enemies but end up working toward the same goal. BUT MISCOMMUNICATION trope strikes again.

This is a sweet, quick read and if you love some banter and an adorable story this is for you.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for a chance to read and review.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this arc!

Alex Light is so great at writing excellent, movie rom-com quality banter. Really enjoyed this super cute and sweet novel.

This book was so cute and I was able to read it so quickly. I really enjoyed for a little romance.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy to honestly review.

Such a sweet book, Jackie doesn't really know what she wants to do in life. Her best friend is leaving for college, and she is the frog for the restaurant she works at. She really needs more money so she can get a car to go on a road trip with her BFF and figure things out. Her manager boss is a jerk (or is he). This book is about family, love and friendship. But can Jackie have all three with her secret account about breaking people's hearts?

It's Not Me, It's You is such a fun read that will have you giggling and kicking your feet for days! The book manages to be both romantic, humorous and serious all at the same time with characters you can't help but root for. The banter between Jackie and Wilson is like something straight out of a movie and it's hard not to fall in love with them both.

I would recommend this for anyone who loves:

- a bit of scheming
- enemies to lovers
- heartfelt romance

📚It’s Not me, It’s You
🖌️Author: Alex Light
🖋️Publication: @harper360ya
📚P.g.: 384
🗂️Genre: Young Adult Romantic Comedy

5/⭐️

📌Summary:
Jackie Myers is a fraud. Or she might be a genius—the jury’s still out.

The thing is, she secretly runs pleasebreakmyheart, a gone-viral account aimed at breaking hearts and ending relationships…. And she just used it to break up her insufferable eternal nemesis’s picture-perfect relationship.

Wilson is the buttoned-up, type A assistant manager of her nightmares—but it turns out he’s also, apparently, a really great boyfriend.

So with her conscience (and paycheck) on the line, Jackie decides there’s only one thing to do: She’s going to help Wilson win his ex-girlfriend back. Which should be easy, considering Jackie hates him…right?

📌Review:
This was such a cute read. I totally adored the premises of the story. The banter between Jackie and Wilson is chef’s kiss. An exceptional read, especially for teens.

📌Thoughts:
This was my first contact with the author, and I can’t wait to read more from her.

I would like to thank @harper360ya for the free copy.

In It's Not Me, It's You Jackie is struggling with what she wants for the future. She works at Monte’s Magic Castle to save up for a road trip from N.Y. to California to drop her bestie off at film school. Her annoying new boss Wilson has demoted her to wearing a frog costume for texting while she was supposed to be waitressing. As she tries to find herself, Jackie launches a social media account giving break-up advice, secretly drawing on her older twin sisters’ dating experiences. When she learns that Wilson’s girlfriend, Kenzie has used her anonymous guidance to break up with him, she guiltily tries to help him win her back. Getting to know him and his backstory leads to her develop feelings for Wilson. Of course, her break-up advice backfires on her, but not before she realizes that helping people is her calling.

This was a fun, lighthearted story. There was enough angst and growing pains to make the plot interesting while keeping the humor going. The characters were really interesting with such unique personalities and quirks. I loved how the author showed the love between the characters while still having them not understand each other - or outright fight with each other. The dynamics were really well done.
I appreciated the author showing how sometimes we don't always know our path, or how our path is pushed in a new, unknown, scary, direction. It is true for all ages.
The boy - girl love story was really enjoyable to watch develop. As well as all of the other diverse relationships.
Enjoy!

witty and fun ya romcom with an awesome pair of main protagonists and some really fun themes. 4 stars. tysm for the arc.

A cute enemies to lovers YA rom-com. Our main character Jackie spends a lot of time hating her new boss, Wilson. But at a certain point, you just know where this is headed. Jackie offers to help Wilson fix his relationship with ex-girlfriend Kenzie, but then keeps kicking herself for it when she realizes that she has feelings for Wilson too. Super cute and fun. My students (mostly the girls) will love this one.

First of this was a 4 ⭐️ for me. I really loved this . It was easy and cute . It had good banter and you really watch the main character grow up . It is the big summer before her best friend goes off to college and that summer before college always causes a shift . I think this really brought back that feeling of nostalgia of things changing and finding yourself. I loved the banter between characters and how their relationship grows so naturally. It’s so cute! If you like YA romance then you will like this because it is very YA and slow burn. I do have to say that you can see everything coming but it unfolds so naturally it was like watching a movie . I think it was a perfect quick read to give you all the warm fuzzies of enemies to friends to lovers.

Idk if this was a me thing or if I really thought it was just mid. I liked it enough, but my head just wasn’t in it. It worked because I didn’t have anything super exciting and it didn’t have anything that I had any real issues with. It was fine and it did what it was supposed to do.

Ok so the FMC was a little bit weird tho. She did A LOT of weird shit that she shouldn’t have done. Like the notes thing? That’s sketchy and not her business. ESPECIALLY if she didn’t even like him. So basically I was side eyeing her after that. I never really felt like she redeemed herself after that either because she kept it a secret from him. She definitely should have told him. And the way she was so obsessed with everything BUT being a good person? Yeah she wasn’t my favorite, but I understood why she was written that way. The MMC was just basic tho. It was supposed to be enemies to lovers, but he was just regular. I didn’t feel like there was anything special to him. And the way she was saying she was falling for him with some of the ways he was special and the way he was when they hung out and I also thought that was weird. Like she fell for a dude that that was planning dates and other things for someone else? Is that not weird?

Ok so the romance was cute, but again, it wasn’t anything over basic. She fell for a dude that had feelings for someone else… And then, she tried to gaslight herself by saying he was doing it subconsciously for her. And I’m like uhhh ok. I don’t want to be a subconscious thought? I want to be the first thing you think about? And like, she was feeding him this stuff? Idk it seemed sus to me. I know I’m not everyone, but it wasn’t exactly Earth shattering. I don’t think I would have remembered what happened at all if I hadn’t written notes down immediately after lol

It’s not that it was bad, it was just basic. I’m not sure if I had my mind shut off because of WHEN I read this and I just needed to be reading words, or what, but whatever it was, I just didn’t feel all in. I don’t know that it was my fault either tho. I have read another book by Light and wasn’t exactly super moved the either. I guess I have to read their last one to see.

"It's Not Me, It's You" by Alex Light is a very cute YA novel. The banter between Jackie and Wilson was done so well that it is actually my favorite part of the book. This title feels like a coming-of-age story. Jackie, Suzy, and Wilson all are faced with the realities of growing up and moving on to the next stages of their lives. I enjoyed how the romance played out. Yep, this was really cute!

Thank you NetGalley for the arc!

Thanks to her accidentally-viral social media account, Jackie Myers becomes a heartbreak expert almost overnight. Along with the ups and downs of her friendships and family relationships, this experience brings her to confront where her passions lie.
This was a sweet coming of age story and romance and a quick read. I enjoyed the chemistry between Jackie and Wilson. The nicknames they had for one another were funny and cute. I enjoyed their banter along with that between sisters and friends in the book. I wasn’t quite as engrossed with it as I have been with other teen romcoms, however.
I definitely related to Jackie's hesitancy and inner conflict as she struggled to find her interests and the sort of career path she wanted to follow. At times I did feel a little annoyed with some of her immature behaviour, but she definitely progressed over the course of the novel.
The plot was resolved nicely and demonstrated the healthy approach to mending mistrust and frustration in broken relationships. This book would appeal to fans of young adult romcoms.
Thanks HarperCollins for providing this book for review via Netgalley!

Super-cute and I loved how it focused on the relationship between the sisters, not just the romance. The MC was believable and fun to watch grow and process her foibles and mistakes. Enjoyable and real to read!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for granting access to this book in exchange for my honest review.

While I am a little older than the intended audience for this book, I still thought it was a fun and enjoyable read. I would definitely read more books by Alex Light in the future!

I thought this book was so cute. Pretty quickly I was invested in the characters and their backstory. The pacing of the story was good and it felt easy to read. The deeper connection between the two main characters was fun and the tensions of the story were also very relatable. It was a sweet story that I honestly wish I could read again.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the arc.

3.5 🌟

This book had me smiling at my phone as if I had been texting a crush. I will say, that there were quite a few storylines going on, and because of that, they all didn't seem as fleshed out as they could have been. Overall though, it was cute, it was funny, and it had heart. I had a good time reading it.

Thank you, Harper Collins, NetGalley, and Alex Light for allowing me the opportunity to review this book!

I was expecting an adorably cute, slightly cheesy YA romcom, which I LOVE. I enjoyed the upside of falling and positively loved the two comparison novels mentioned in the summary and so had high hopes for this one.

And y'all, I was just plain bored! There were so many side story lines that the book just lost focus. I wasn't sure if there was meant to be a romance brewing as there were no possible male leads and when you're halfway through and still unsure of what the book is about......

In my core I cannot DNF, so I powered through the second half in hopes that it would get better but instead there was a rush wrap up of about 5 different story lines and we didn't really get to enjoy rooting for the two MCs because by the time they finally get together, it's about 77% and we don't see much of them after they admitted to feelings. I will absolutely pick up the next story by this author but ultimately this wasn't for me.


Thank you Netgalley and HarperCollins Children's Books | HarperCollins for the ARC in exchange for my review!

Alex Light is a fantastic author! I love her books! I love the enemies to lover trope. Banter between Jackie and Wilson is great makes you smile and laugh when reading. It has a coming of age plot, relatable main character, and writing is easy to read. Would recommend this book if you love all those things in a book!

Thank you to NetGalley, Harper Collins, and Alex Light for the opportunity to read this book. The thoughts and opinions are my own.