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Very cute love story!!! I loved the setting so much and the strong family love surrounding the main characters. I also loved the relationship that developed between Levi and Ollie. It was so wholesome and adorable!

Highly recommend this book!

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Jillian has been back in her hometown with her daughter for 4 years, when Levi also arrives back in town. Jillian has had her heartbroken and Levi (her brothers’ friend) has achieved his biggest chef dreams and wants to settle down. Their teenage crush flames are immediately fanned and they waste no time spending time together. While I’m happy the author didn’t create too much tension between the brothers and their friend for his interest in their sister (seriously - grown women can decide for themselves), this story lacked tension overall. Until it’s clumsily built up just to create the third act breakup. Why do authors do this? There was a much better option with the ex-husband than with the new love interest for the 3rd act drama. While the characters were sweet and clearly enamoured with each other, the story felt kind of flat. The town is your standard cutesy small town with everyone up in each other’s business and for that, I’ll give it an additional half star.
3 stars overall for Jillian and Levi.

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Star Rating: 3.5/5
Spicy Factor: 2/5

Hallmark season, my favorite season, is fast approaching and this read fits right in. It definitely gives the small town warm fuzzies and it's almost, but not quite, a second chance romance. This is my first book by Sophie Sullivan and I was so excited to be chosen to receive an ARC.

Jilly and Levi are childhood friends who have both returned to their childhood homes after some time away. Jilly is returning after a messy divorce and with her daughter. Levi is returning after giving up a successful career as a chef at an esteemed restaurant and learning that he yearned to be closer to family. Jilly has always had a crush on Levi, but he is her older brothers' best friend and has always been off limits and unattainable to her. After running into each other shortly after Levi returns to town, the sparks fly and Jilly soon learns that her feelings were very much mutual. Despite this, Jilly is initially hesitant because of her experience with her ex-husband. She is reluctant to enter ANY relationship despite the very real feelings that she and Levi have for one another.

I have to admit, the book was very slow in the middle, which led to my lower rating. Jilly continuously doubting Levi's feelings for her didn't make much sense because Levi couldn't have been more transparent about how he was feeling. Also, her somehow correlating his slight change in his career path to his intentions towards her didn't translate for me. People don't change partners like they change jobs. Could you imagine?!

I thought the drama would increase once we were introduced to the ex-husband, but it was pretty anticlimactic as well. Since he seemed to be the reason behind all of her internal angst, I truly expected there to be more conflict before the resolution. I guess I'm just the kinda girl who likes a little more strife before the HEA. I definitely will be trying again with another one of her books because I enjoy her writing style. This book just didn't hit the spot for me.

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I absolutely loved this sweet romance - the characters, the setting, the story. All of it was so good. I haven’t read the others in this series but now I definitely want to!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC.

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This was a very sweet and cozy romance with Hallmark vibes. If you're a fan of chefs, found family, single moms, and small towns as your tropes, this book is for you!

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This book made me giggle and kick my feet! I have never read a Sophie Sullivan book and now I want to go and read everything she has written!!

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If you're looking for a book that feels like a warm hug, this book is the one. It's a classic second chance at love, set in the most adorable small town you’ll want to pack your bags for immediately. Jilly and Levi are the main characters, and let me tell you, their chemistry is off the charts!

Levi is the kind of guy who’s been carrying a torch for Jilly for what feels like forever, and when fate brings them back together... swoon! The romance has all the feel-good vibes you could ask for, with just the right amount of spice to keep things interesting. And the best part? That sweet, satisfying happily ever after. Seriously, by the time I finished, I had the biggest smile on my face.

It’s cute, cozy, and has all the small-town charm mixed with a second shot at love. If you’re into romances that leave you with a happy heart, definitely give this one a read!

Thanks to NetGalley and the Publisher for the opportunity to receive the ARC.

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This was the most adorable romance I've read in a very long time. Jillian and Levi's story is sweet, nostalgic, and so fun to follow.

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With this being my fourth book by Sullivan, she’s becoming a go-to author for feel-good, second-chance romance, and small-town romance stories. Her writing is always super consistent and I know when I read a book written by her I’m going to end up with the warm and fuzzy feels I am looking for.

This story is a treat for me because she chose to have the male lead character be all in the relationship from the beginning. With this being a second-chance romance, they obviously had prior history and unrequited love that we get to explore today. Levi is a delight, especially with his relationship with her daughter and the way he treats and honors his love interest, Jilly.

While I have not read book one in the series, it didn’t hold me back as many of the characters (family) crossed over, and there was plenty of explanation as to who was who. The location in this book is divine and certainly an added bonus in many parts of the book.

The main characters had a wonderful, sweet, and loving relationship. Get Lost With You is truly a story that you can easily get lost in.

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Jilly and Levi had last seen each other when they were fifteen and seventeen. More than fifteen years passed before he returns to his hometown. He was allegedly working as a successful chef in an upscale restaurant, but he comes back to stay in his parent’s houseboat, and then a converted garage apartment. Jilly is living with her daughter at her parents house years after a divorce. These characters are supposed to be in their 30’s. They act like they’re twelve. The instant attraction and falling back into old patterns was frankly unbelievable. If they cared that much about each other you’d think one of them would have made an effort to stay in touch or reunite sooner intentionally. But no, we’re treated to pages and pages of internal chatter where the characters can’t seem to keep their mouths away from each other, but have a litany of reasons they may not be in the best position to start a relationship. I could not get into the story, and by 39% I really wanted to DNF. I actually set the book down for almost a week, read four or five others, and came back to try again. I vowed to give it another hour of reading, but I ultimately only made it to 52% before throwing in the towel. The cover and premise are cute, but the writing is not doing it justice.

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Second chance romance is not my favorite trope but I love the author. Glad I gave it a shot. While this is the second book in a series, it works as a standalone. This book feels like a warm hug. This definitely has Hallmark vibes, I really enjoyed the little quirks that made the town unique.

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I love Sophie Sullivan books, and this was no exception. I loved Get Lost Lodge in Love, Naturally, and I LOVED getting to reunite with some of the characters in this book. When you read a Sophie Sullivan book, there are really no surprises- I can typically guess what will happen in the first few chapters, but sometimes I just need this. I saw another reviewer describe this as a warm hug, which is absolutely an accurate description. Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this eARC in exchange for an honest review!

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This is the kind of book that you'll want to read with a cozy reading chair with a blanket and a hot cup of tea or cocoa. The book itself feels like a hug with how sweet it is.

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Ok this was a super cute book! It hooked me from the very beginning. It felt like a Hallmark movie, wrapped up in a blankie on a cold day with some hot chocolate. I loved how fun y it was but while also being swoony! Adding this Sophie to my author list!

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Jilly and Levi were each other's childhood crushes. They never got to act on their feelings for each other but now they are both back in town and those feelings have not gone away. This book is so sweet. Levi has decided that he is going to pursue Jilly and make sure she feels loved. At times this book is almost too sweet and idealistic with a random breakup thrown in at about 80 percent to cause some stress but.it only lasts about a chapter because these two are so gone for each other. I wish there wasn't a third act break up but instead something else to happen at that point. Other than that the book was very enjoyable and Levi is the best!

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Jilly has finally gotten her feet under her after her divorce. She’s helping her brother run a lodge and staying with her parents while raising a kick ass kid. And doing this all happily single of course. That is until Levi Bright comes into town, Jilly’s high school crush. Levi is everything her ex wasn’t. Kind, caring, attentive, sweet. But Jilly has trouble trusting it. With her ex causing drama and her new love interest moving into her life so quickly, Jilly is not sure what to think. Will Jilly be able to accept Levi’s love before she pushes him away?

This is a really sweet second chance romance about could’ve been high school sweethearts. Levi and Jilly are both kind and caring and easy to fall in love with characters. If you liked Love, Naturally then you’ll definitely love the return to Smile and Get Lost Lodge.

Small town
Second chance
Dual POV
Single Mom
Hot Chef

Thanks NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

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This sweet small-town romance follows Jilly and Levi on their road to a second chance at love. Jilly is a divorced single mom who moved back home four years ago. Levi has just come back after leaving fourteen-ish years ago to pursue his dreams of becoming a chef. They run into each other just a few days after he moves back to town. Levi is a very sweet and swoony book boyfriend, but Jilly has some major trust issues from her previous relationship, so he has his work cut out for him.

This was a very cute read that's set in small-town Michigan. It has all of the Hallmark vibes and very little spice. This book is part of a series, but I didn't have any trouble following the story or figuring out who the characters were. The book starts off great, but the middle felt like it was a little bit drawn out. There is a big build up to the confrontation with Jilly's ex, but it didn't amount to much and was resolved pretty easily.

Overall, I recommend this book. It's a quick and easy read that is super sweet. I pretty much had a smile on my face the whole time I was reading it. This was my first time reading anything by Sophie Sullivan and I was not disappointed.

Thanks to St. Martin's Press for providing this book for review in exchange for my honest opinion.

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Get Lost with You takes readers back to Smile, Michigan and the Keller family!

There is no doubt from the opening chapter that Jilly and Levi are #mtb. They were childhood friends, almost sweethearts, and now are both living in their hometown again after a decade plus apart. Levi is a pretty perfect MC, so most of the conflict from this book comes from Jilly and the impacts from her past relationship. The plot of the novel was predictable, but that doesn't matter because Sophie Sullivan writes characters that you really want to get behind.

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3.5 ⭐️ A sweet romcom that was ultimately not fully for me. While well-written, it was just too slow in the middle— and the romance itself was not particularly for me. Still, the setting was vivid, and there were enough moments in this that got a laugh from me for me to be more satisfied from my reading experience than not.

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Loved that this was another story in the Smile universe! The story had me rooting for the main characters the entire time. Would definitely recommend even if you haven't read the first in the series.

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