This was such a fun holiday romance! Sawyer is a jaded romance writer with horrible writers block. That is, until she meets tv star Mason West and gets trapped in an elevator with him, the perfect meet cute. Except, she no longer believes in love. When the two of them keep running into each other, they decide they were fated to meet, to cure each other. Mason of his romantic notions, Sawyer of her writers block. So the two of them enter a pack with rules to help each other through a hard time, and go through all the romance tropes. I loved the main, and side characters, the character development, and the plot of this book. It was the feel good escape I needed this week! I haven’t read any books by this author before, but I’ll definitely be checking them out now! I received an ARC, and this is my honest review.

✯✯✯✯4/5 stars✯✯✯✯
okay this was SUCHHHH a fun read! i think this is actually the first romcom i’ve read, and it def didn’t disappoint. the plot, the writing, the characters and their banter, everything was pure perfection and i’ve never kicked my feet and giggled over a book as much as this one.
ℳ𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓉ℯ𝓇𝓈：
Mason ~ i am so in LOVE with this man! he’s so funny and such a sunshine character, and he’s also a hopeless romantic (same) so, he’s become one of my new favorite mmc’s <3
Sawyer ~ i wanna be her friend so badddd. this woman is so sassy, funny, witty, total black cat energy. i loved her personality so much and her banter with Mason was everythingggg! they were just too cute and hilarious together. plus the spice?? WHEW!
they ofc had their fair share of problems and had to face their flaws in order to make things work, but it all came together perfectly and made these two even more perfect for each other (i want what they havee). im already thinking about rereading it after having just finished it so, 10/10 recommend.
Thank you NetGalley for this ARC <3

This book was amazing.

As much as I hate certain romance tropes, they fit in this book since this book was about how many romance cliché's you can fit into one story!

Mason and Sawyer were amazing characters with believable growth. They had problems that everyone could relate too (Sawyer at least), and you were really rooting for them.

This was Erin Connor's first novel and I can't wait to see what she comes with next!

The first thing that caught my attention was the title of the book. “Unromance”, strange to say the least but equally appealing that I knew I had to read the book.

Funny enough it was a wonderful story. A plan to have a one night stand only to meet again at a Christmas market? Surely nothing could go wrong hahaha…

Well by wrong I mean falling deeply and madly in love😉

This was a perfect holiday read, and as it says in the blurb - it looks like it came straight out of a hallmark movie which is exactly the vibes it gave. Humor, cheesy, swoony, and absolutely romantic. Definitely going to read again later in the month!

Ruining one romance trope at a time 😈
Thank you, Forever Publishing,  for the gifted e-copy of Unromance {partner}

Genre: Romance
Trope: all of them!
Format: 🎧📖
Pub Date:  1.14.2025
Pages: 352
Star Rating: ☆☆☆

"Over the past few years, I've dropped a lot of glass balls thinking they were plastic, sacrificing them for plastic balls that I thought were glass."

I loved the premise for this - a jaded actor who enlists a romance writer to ruin romance tropes one at a time. Why? Because he's hoping it'll keep him from finding the romance in all the "little" moments of a new relationship. 

The book's first third was so much - I enjoyed the character's banter and especially loved Mason. There was just something about him that gave me major romance vibes. However, Sawyer was a bit grating on my nerves. Something about her irked me from the beginning, and as the book wore on, I started to resent the way she acted and treated Mason. His character deserved a lot more than she was willing to bring to the relationship - which is not her fault; she was clear about her intentions from the start. 

My biggest issue with the story is that there is no character chemistry. The only thing Mason and Sawyer are interested in is having sex or thinking about sex. When your two main characters lack the sizzle that makes a romance steamy, it makes it hard to believe in them as characters or see anything appealing about their relationship. 

One thing I loved was the humor that was mixed into the story - I found myself laughing out loud on several occasions. 

Read if you enjoy:
🫶🏼 He Falls First
👏🏼 Opposites Attract
📖 Debut authors
🤭 Fun humor

Now, take this with a grain of salt because this is just my opinion of the characters, but there are a lot of glowing reviews out there, so I recommend checking it out for yourself! I plan on reading whatever Erin Connor writes next 🥳

Unromance by Erin Connor. This was a fun read. Honestly, the cover is what caught my attention the most with this book and the story did not disappoint.

It all started with a meet-cute…

Anti-romance romance author Sawyer gets stuck in an elevator with a handsome stranger, and it is decidedly not a meet-cute. But then she can’t seem to stop running into him, so maybe it’s a sign: he can help her overcome her writer’s block, and she can help cure his hopeless romanticism.

Each chapter is introduced as a trope or microtrope, which was such a clever and well-done element. With 32 chapters, I’m sure you’re thinking “too many tropes!” but the author really does pull it off in a fun way.

I really enjoyed this one. I will say it had more spice than I prefer, so I just did some skipping. But Mason is SUCH a romantic, and I love how it all tied up at the end.

If you liked The Rule Book or How to End a Love Story give this one a try!

Thank you Forever for the gifted copy!

Oh how I adored this book! This novel was just so much FUN, and such a refreshing take on romantic tropes.

Unromance opens with Sawyer, a cynical romance novelist, experiencing the classic stalled elevator meet cute with a hopelessly romantic actor named Mason. After hitting it off while discussing romance cliches, Sawyer and Mason enjoy one night together before deciding that they would be better off entering into the kind of pact that you only find in a romance novel. Sawyer promises to destroy all things romance for the charming actor by breaking down tropes, while Mason wants to push the anti-romance Sawyer out of her comfort zone to end her romance writer's block.

This book was so charming, and I binged it in under a day. The characters had great banter, were both so genuine, and they both had fantastic development throughout the book. The ending and characters were predictable but not blasé, and it was such a joy to read. If you love romance (and mocking the overdone tropes), I can't recommend Connor's novel enough.

This was one of the better rom-coms by a new author I've read recently, and it didn't hurt that it had a lot of elements I'm a fan of anyway (hooking up and then falling in love, queer heroine, celebrity romance). I did find Mason to be just a little unrealistically too much of a cinnamon roll for my taste even allowing for this being a romance novel, and the big misunderstanding/fight at the end was likewise based on a ridiculously unrealistic response on the the part of a character who's supposed to be a bestselling author, but neither of these things were ultimately dealbreakers for me and I would still recommend this one, especially for fans of Emily Henry, Katelyn Doyle, and other similar authors.

I ate this book up!!!! First of all, this cover is so stinking cute and I love it. Second of all, this book??! Hello??? This was a debut!? WOW I can’t wait to see what the future holds for you Erin!
Anyways, if you’re a romcom lover who also loves 90’s rom com movies then you’ll absolutely love this book!!! What can go wrong (or absolutely right😉) when a cynic and a hopeless romantic get stuck in an elevator????

Okay this book was so fun and so well done. The romance and the story were just so cute and had me enthralled from the start.

It was utter perfection and frankly I will never love a man in tights the way I loved Connor in tights in this book. (Literally can't get over this scene, gasped and giggling and kicking my feet).

Thank you NetGalley for an eARC!

Unromance was so fun and flirty and I really feel like it is going to be a big success. A love letter to rom-coms, we see Sawyer and Mason start as strangers who have a one night stand and then embark on a mission: get her out of writing slump and change romance for him. What transpires is two people who realize they like each other more than friends and aren't sure how to admit their feelings. I had a couple moments where I wasn't a fan of how Sawyer behaved, and I don't love miscommunication or not communicating at all, but the story redeemed itself at the end. This was a great debut romance for Erin and I am so excited to see what comes next from her! Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for a honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

There’s something about romance authors writing about romance authors and romance tropes (unironically) that absolutely tickles me. I think Sawyer Greene was EVERYTHING. So witty and funny, true laugh-out-loud moments sprinkled throughout which is just a nod to Erin Connor’s writing. The tropes as the title chapters was such a beautiful touch 🤌🏼 Honestly, I can’t believe this is a debut!

I do think this book could/should have been released a couple months sooner. It actually feels like a holiday novel to me. But alas, I really really enjoyed this one.

Thank you always to Forever for the opportunity to read this one early ❤️

This was a fun book! I enjoyed the characters and the plot. I loveee books with a romance novelist as the main character. The characters were lovable, the plot fun and unique, and I will be suggesting my friends read this one!

Thanks @netgalley @readforeverpub and @erinconnorbooks for the chance to read Erin's hilarious debut, Unromance. It releases on January 14, 2025.

Romance author Sawyer has terrible writer's block, but when she meets recently dumped actor Mason in a stalled elevator (classic meet-cute!) they end up having a one-night stand. But as any romance reader knows, you are destined to keep running into the person who was meant to be one time only. So, they decide to team up: Mason will help inspire Sawyer's next book and Sawyer will ruin romance for him. Foolproof plan, right?

One of my favorite parts of the book is that Erin writes about romance tropes at the start of each chapter. For example, "The Meet-Cute: The love interests meet. It's cute. It upends their entire lives." It's such a love letter to romance and is SO MUCH FUN ❤️

Steam: 🔥🔥🔥
Tropes: he falls first, cinnamon roll hero, one night stand, grumpy/sunshine, promise not to fall in love

“I think about you constantly, and if you ever doubt my feelings for you, know that you have ruined romance for me in the best way, in that you have become the very definition of it for me.”

THIS. This is the rom-com we all deserve and that I’ve been craving for! I love a rom-com that is cheesy, and gooey, and heartwarming. But where is the clever, witty banter? Where are the side characters that are actually lovable, even if they’re only there for one chapter (shoutout to my man, Stan✊🏼)? Where are the main characters with layers and depth and an actual backstory as well as being lovably charming??? Look no further, because you can find all of this and more in this book!

Sawyer and Mason had me giggling and kicking my feet. Watching them go from strangers to friends to lovers was an absolute delight. The yearning, the tension, the butterflies???🥹 I love a cynical black cat and hopeless romantic golden retriever combo! I loved how we got to see Sawyer open up her heart to love again while Mason never gave up on love and romance; let’s get more hopeless romantic MMC’s out in the universe please and thank you!

Unromance comes out January 14, 2025, so get to preordering!❤️

Thank you NetGalley and Forever Publishing for this e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Fans of Emily Henry will absolutely love Erin Connor's sharp wit and unforgettable banter. As a writer from Chicago, I had high hopes for Connor's debut, UNROMANCE, which follows a writer from Chicago, and still the novel managed to exceed my expectations. I'm absolutely obsessed with Mason and Sawyer. Their love story is going to stick with me, and for the first time in a long time, I knew I'd be rereading the book soon after I started it. With thoughtful characters, a nostalgic wintry setting, and all the wry one-liners you can hope to find in a rom-com, UNROMANCE is an ideal read for the holiday season and beyond.

4.5 stars! This was delightful. Using romance tropes to try to ruin romance for Mason while sparking Sawyer’s creativity for a new book, there was no way this experiment wasn’t ending in failure for both characters. I was just waiting for the moment the realization crashed into them despite their desperate attempts to try to stay just friends. Add in the sexual chemistry from their one night (turned more than one night) stand, and Mason and Sawyer never stood a chance of not catching romantic feelings. I really enjoyed the banter and friendship along the way, and how the characters could be their truest selves with each other. Both Sawyer and Mason had moments when they figured out what would truly make them happy (and no surprise that loving each other was part of that). Overall a really fun read and I highly recommend!

I’ll start by saying that this book did take me about 30% into it before I started to really feel invested in the characters and the story. But once I was invested, I didn’t want to put the book down.

Sawyer and Mason are both extremely lovable characters and the banter between them was so fun. I love a good strangers to friends to lovers trope, and this one definitely hit the mark.

For a debut novel, Erin Connor wrote a good one, and I look forward to reading more from her!

UNROMANCE was so perfectly swoony and vibey. As a frequent romance reader, it feels fun to be ahead of the game with a book that I have a feeling will make huge waves when it's published. I can't wait to see UNROMANCE find it's reader community and get the recognition it deserves! January 2025 can't come soon enough!