I finished ‘Unromance’ in 24 hours, that is how delicious it is!!!!

I was instantly intrigued by the cover — I love the moody diner setting — but I did not anticipate the chokehold Sawyer & Mason would have on me.

This book is a mash-up of all the best rom-com moments I’ve ever loved and I am so grateful to Erin Connor for putting ‘Unromance’ out in the world.

What I loved:
💌 quirky, fun banter
💌 fake dating with a transactional twist
💌 the development of the main characters; I genuinely enjoyed both their personalities
💌 the playful settings for their fake dates
💌 laugh out loud moments
💌 well written spice — not too much, not too little
💌 their grand gestures 🥹
💌 quick paced plot

If you love Jessica Joyce or Julie Soto, you will absolutely love Erin Connor. This is a fantastic debut! Erin, you’re officially on my auto-read authors list 🫡

Thank you Forever Publishing & Netgalley for my e-ARC!

The book itself says it best:

“ONE-NIGHT STAND TO STRANGERS TO FRIENDS TO LOVERS TO IDIOTS TO LOVERS–Invented by Mason Álvarez-West and Sawyer Greene, probably.”

What a fantastic debut. Mason and Sawyer couldn’t be more different in the views and approach to love. Yet what they find in each other along the way ends up being so perfectly perfect for who they are. Neither one of them changes who they are, but they do find ways to adapt and compromise to be the kind of partner the other needs — and that is true even at the friendship stage of their relationship journey. The times they have to face apart make sense for the characters and their path. They both have moments where they’re frustrating and you want to shake them, but they’re so purely human.

The banter/rapport/dynamic between Sawyer and Mason is so good right from the jump. They both have quick wit and play off each other so well. They match each other’s humor and spark. In their time together, it’s clear they truly *see* the other, and while it’s definitely not always smooth sailing or an easy fall, there’s never a doubt that they each know the other is something special and important in their life.

One of my favorite touches of the book were the romance trope/microtrope definitions/descriptions at the beginning of each chapter. They never failed to make me smile or laugh and they were a great little bit of foreshadowing guiding the story along.

This was such an impressive debut novel and I can’t wait to read more from Erin Connor. Thank you to NetGalley and Forever for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

An absolute must read for rom-com fans: this book reads like love letter to the genre! Sawyer and Mason will instantly hook you and have you rooting for them from start to finish. This book is full of witty banter, nods to famous rom-coms, and plenty of swoon worthy moments! I was stunned to find this was a debut novel and cannot wait until their are more books by Erin Connor: she instantly became an aut0 buy author for me.

Great book!! Interesting characters and believable plot. The book was just the right length to tell the story. Would read another book by this author

I loved this book! Erin Connor is a debut writer I will be keeping my eye on. Her voice is so fresh and funny and I loved her twists on the classic tropes. This is a book for every romance lover!

Unromance has so many romance tropes I adore, and even plays on a few romcom movie scenes as well, that it's no surprise this book swept me off my feet. We have Sawyer, a romance author who's a cynic when it comes to love IRL, and her work is suffering for it. She makes a pact with a hopeless romantic named Mason (whom she also had a one night stand with) to cure them both of their ailments: they'll romance the crap out of each other so she can get inspiration for her next book, and he'll forever be unphased by romance and stop falling in love all the time only to end up heartbroken. At least, if they don't fall for each other first (;

This book charmed me from the get go. The banter, the swoon, the spice--all top notch, all had me giggling and kicking my feet. Despite it's title, Unromance is a funny, spicy, wintery dream of a romance book that will have you rooting for the couple from chapter one. I loved this one so much, I am DYING for a physical copy to hold in my hands.

I'm so excited for more people to read this book soon!!!