Sleeping with the Frenemy by Natalie Cana is a enemies / friends to lovers romance I enjoyed the Vega family again ! Sophie and Leo are hilarious their families are hilarious I love this interaction I love the banter I love the storyline this was a good time !!🩷🩷🩷Natalie Cana can do no wrong!!! Her writing keeps you coming back for more.

I was so excited for this book but it ended up falling short of my expectations. It should've been a quick read but FMC ended up driving me crazy. I love an imperfect FMC but not when it's all at the expense of the wonderful MMC. In the end I really did enjoy the book up until the last 80%. The ADHD rep was great and I really enjoyed the Puerto Rican culture. I loved having to look up the Spanish throughout the book - there were some funny one liners too! especially from the grandparents who were huge meddlers that were a great time. I really wish it had ended in a way that I enjoyed, but I don't love third act breakups and this one didn't sit well with me at all.

This book definitely has its audience even if it wasn't quite me!

Another excellent addition to the Vega Family series from Caña - and what a fantastic series it is!

I really enjoyed Leo and Sofi’s story. Their long-term, secret, on-again, off-again romance that was hidden since high school because he is Sofi’s best friend’s older brother… Sofi had left town and her friendship with Kamilah and her relationship with Leo were over, but she is now back - back from the studying abroad trip to Paris the girls were supposed to do together, and the catalyst for the break in their friendship. Back after other family issues finally came to a head.

The whole thing about getting trapped into caring for a stray dog together… and everything surrounding that part of the storyline? Chefs kiss! If you only get this book for the dog, you won’t be disappointed.

I know this is my favorite book in this series - it’s just so good! I absolutely recommend it. Too many excellent things happening but the cute dog is the very best part. The way the second chance comes about is the next best. Excellent Latinx representation. Everyone needs to read it!

Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing (MIRA) for an early copy. This is my honest feedback.

I love Natalie Cana's writing. Her characters feel so real and flawed but I am always rooting for them to succeed. I love seeing two characters fight loving each other and keep trying to get over each other but they just cant. This book also features beautiful friendships, found family & personal growth. I love this series and hope it never ends.

Thank you HTP for giving me the chance to read an early digital copy of Sleeping with the Frenemy by Natalie Cana. I was immediately drawn to this one based on the cover. I have heard of the other 2 books in this series, but I have not read them yet. I do think that this one can be read as a standalone and that you don't necessarily need to read the other two in order to fully understand or enjoy this book. I like that our two main characters had a bit of a complicated past. Although you couldn't pay to be in a roommate situation with any of my exes, it was a fun scenario/premise for a book. Of course, we knew it was only a matter of time before things turned romantic again. I can't wait to go back and read the other two books in this series.

I love everything Natalie Caña has written, but honestly this new one is my favorite, and it seems serendipitous that this romance (centering Puerto Ricans) came out on the heels of absolutely disgusting rhetoric against Puerto Ricans.

After the reveal of a pretty big lie from her best friend, Sofi cut contact with the entirety of the Vega family and left for France. But now, a year and a half later, she’s forgiven her bff and is back in Chicago. And one of the people she needs to deal with is her best friend’s brother - Leo - who she’s had an off again on again thing with since they were teenagers and who felt abandoned by her when she left. Once they’re thrown back together, Leo is determined to have a real and not secret relationship with Sofi, but after feeling abandoned by her dad and still being stung by her fight with Kamilah.

I LOVE a second chance romance and this did such a good job with the familiarity but hurt that are central to a second chance. I’m also obsessed with their grandparents who are kookily pulling strings in the background. I also love the way Caña shows Sofi’s struggle as a Puerto Rican woman, but also as an Afro-Latina in contrast with the Vega family’s Puerto Rican identity. Leo has adhd and the hurt he long term feels from how he was treated growing up felt super true to life and I loved how vulnerable he was. This was funny and spicy and sweet and I just loved it.

This is for you if you love:
🇵🇷found family
🇵🇷best friend’s brother
🇵🇷Latine, Afro-Latine, and adhd rep
🇵🇷second chance romance
🇵🇷kooky grandparents
🇵🇷the dog is a character
🇵🇷third act breakups that make sense

Anyway I love this whole series and you should read them all

PUERTO RICO x Second Chance Lovers 🇵🇷😍

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Spice: 🌶️🌶️ 🌶️


After realizing running away to her dream travel destination didn’t solve all her problems, Sofi finds herself back home in her mother’s apartment trying to find her true passion and make amends with the Vega Family. Well all but her ex - sex buddy Leo who she left high and dry. Leo, still struggling to get back to his normal after being shot, finds himself falling back into old habits around Sofi but hoping for a better outcome.

Leo’s patience and dedication to being a present and supportive partner was truly endearing. You could see his intention to growup from that goofy kid that just went with the flow. The vitriol Sofi often spewed towards those who didn’t deserve it made her so hard to root for even with the knowledge of her upbringing. Otherwise her go getter, business mind was something to be admired.

This second chance romance moved along pretty smoothly minus the second act breakup that was hard to read. I didn’t feel like their was a balance of emotional maturity or responsibility. Leo truly understood and appreciated Sofi, but she constantly questioned his character. The onus was on Leo to make things right and I did not feel he should’ve been the one to go through such great lengths.

At the core of this book was a sweet love letter to Puerto Rico. I loved the nods to the island, the acknowledgment of the devastation from Hurricane Maria, the cuisine and specific music artists across the genres. I also appreciated the inclusion of Dominican artists and bachata to help tie in her father’s heritage. It was jam packed with cultura and nothing screams Boricua more than an outfit covered in Puerto Rican flags for a Puerto Rican Parade. This aspect definitely uplifted some of the heavier tones of abandonment, racism and trauma.

This was my least favorite book and couple of the series. I felt like the previous two couples had a more equally yoked relationship. Whereas I feel like Leo gave, gave and gave but was expected to take what he can get and just patiently wait for Sofi to eventually offer more.

I will say though, this book seemed a lot spicier than the other two and I’ll give an additional half a star for that fact alone. I’m hoping we get another installment of this series featuring one of the twins, or both I’m not picky!

Thank you Harlequin Trade Publishing | MIRA for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

Warning: This book does involve the discussion of trauma, abandonment, racism, mental health representation, a shooting (off-page) and familial death (off-page).

I truly enjoyed getting to know the Vega family in Natalie Caña's first two novels- A Proposal They Can't Refuse and A Dish Best Served Hot- and I was so happy to discover that the third book in the trilogy, Sleeping With the Frenemy, is just as wonderful as the first two.



Leo Vega is recouperating from a gunshot wound from a year ago and is secretly trying to get strong enough to get his job back as a firefighter. In the meantime he is working at his soon-to-be brother-in-law Leo's whiskey distillery creating craft cocktails.



When his his sister Kamilah's best friend (and his secret on-again, off-again lover) Sofi returns to Chicago from Paris, Leo wants to pick up their affair and make it public. Leo wants Sofi to acknowledge them as a couple, something Sofi reluctant to do, fearing it will complicate her already rocky relationship with her best friend Kamilah.



While Sofi fights her growing attraction to Leo, he pulls out all the stops showing her what she is missing. When they end up living in the same apartment, sparks and more fly. Caña writes spicy scenes just about better than anyone. You may need to crank up the AC as you read these sexy scenes.



I love that once again, as in the first two novels, Leo's grandfather works overtime to get two people together, this time along with Sofi's grandmother. I also liked that we circled back to Kamilah and Leo, the couple from the first Vega Family novel, as planning for their wedding plays a big part in the story.



I also get to brush up on my Spanish language skills reading these novels, and I like the feeling of community you get reading about this proud Puertominican neighborhood in Humboldt Park. I highly recommend Sleeping With the Frenemy and all of the Vega Family novels. I hope we get to see more of them in the future.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC. This was a cute quick read. I loved the representation of people of color in a romance book. Getting to see different cultures highlighted is always a plus. I'm a sucker for a second chance romance. The miscommunication throughout this book was insane. I wanted them to just get on the same page. I loved how characters from the other two books were sprinkled into this one. I'm looking forward to going back and reading the other 2 books in the series. Another special touch in this book were the grandparents. Good read overall!

I love this book. It was so good. Remind me very much of Priscilla Oliveras who I adore? This was a series. I think it was the third one. It said the Vega family. So I have not read the first 2 but you can cheer bet that I will be reading next so obviously. This book can also be a stand alone. This is the story of sofi and leo - sofi and Leo have known each other for years and years and years. Leo sister is her best friend. But the secret is that they've been a secret. Nobody knows that they've been on and off since teenage years this is third story and how they are trying to reconnect and make something work. If they can-- throw in the best friends, wedding and Sophie needing to figure out what she's doing with her career. And then you add in a meddling set of grandparents. (Sofi's Grandma and Leo's granddad. Who are my favorite and I need them to have a sequel ASAP.) What's a new dog? This book was so good i highly highly highly recommend it. Gotta go now. Need to go read the first two

I absolutely love stories where the characters are so complext and multifaceted. With this gem we get to revisit the Vega family right where things were left off with the bomb drop in Sofi's life. The tension between her and Leo was burning up my kindle!!! Really enjoyed how the author build up Leo as a MMC that is not just one sided. There can be times were you can roll your eyes at and in another instance you just want things to work out for him!

Readers opening this book will feel they’ve arrived at a Vega family reunion. Personalties leap off the page- the mischievous humor of the grandparents, the cute antics of the only grandchild, and the Vega siblings who found their own loves (from her two prior novels). The romance between Sofi and Leo is grounded in these close family ties, in the pride they have in their Latino backgrounds. Excellent read !

This ARC was provided by the publisher, Miramar, via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I was so emotional about the whole series, but I was not prepared to see myself so clearly in the character of Leo. His journey with ADHD and how his parents were dealing with it was something that hit very close to home, even as an adult. My main trouble with this book was how Sofi responded to Leo in the “prologue” and how she expressed herself about his family and mainly his sister. It really felt super disrespectful and I felt that it was never resolved(apologized for). I loved seeing the shenanigans of Abuelo Papo and Abuela Fina, and how into it Leo was. I loved that Natalie gave these siblings such healing HEA and made them go through it to get where they belonged.

It pains me to say this one wasn’t for me! I was very excited for the first Afro-Latina FMC in the series, only to really dislike her. I thought she would eventually grow on me but she never did.

However I enjoyed being back with the messy but loveable Vega family. Seeing the previous couples happily in love warmed my heart.

I appreciate the representation covered in this book with speech impediments and adhd diagnoses. Also a sapphic couple who doesn’t want children and seems to be seen as complete without them. If there is one thing I can count on Natalie for, it’s making her books informative.

Leo and Sofi have a past, a long drawn out past that seems to be never ending, even when Sofi ends it over and over. Leo has gone through such a traumatic event and he knows he's ready to settle down. He wants to stop playing the games he has in the past and when Sofi comes back he is determined to get her to see they are meant to be together.
Sofi had a lot of apologizing to do after "breaking up" with her best friend and leaving the country for some much needed time away. Now she is back and planning her friends wedding all while trying to resist falling for her brother, again.
Sofi and Leo have some deep rooted issues and it shows in the way they communicate with one another, but there is absolutely no doubt that they love one another. They just have to be able to trust themselves more than anything to be what the other needs.
I really loved this book up until the conflict, it felt like she got more upset than she should have and it made me like her less. I am really glad that she had a conversation with her dad though, after 10 years of just trying to be what he wanted her to be. They both need to enroll in some therapy. I really did enjoy this love story though, mostly because Leo was just so sweet.
Thanks to Harlequin, Natalie Cana and Netgalley for an early copy.

Sleeping with the Frenemy is a delightful enemies-to-lovers romance filled with wit, sass, and unexpected depth. Natalie Caña brings the heat and humor as she tells the story of two clashing personalities forced into close proximity, only to discover there’s more to each other than meets the eye.

The chemistry between the characters is electric, with banter that crackles and heartfelt moments that give weight to their relationship. Caña does an excellent job of weaving humor with relatable challenges, making the characters' journey from rivals to lovers both believable and satisfying.

Perfect for fans of playful yet emotionally rich romance, Sleeping with the Frenemy is an engaging read that will have you rooting for love to conquer all—even the fiercest rivalries.

A heartfelt, fun and spicy second chance Latine romance in the Vega Family trilogy that sees Leo Vega, a Chicago firefighter recovering from a gunshot wound and unexpectedly becoming roommates with his first love, Sofi - the woman who got away much to his deep regrets. With more meddling family and lots of great ADHD rep, this was a great read dual POV romance that was excellent on audio narrated by Frankie Corzo and highly recommended for fans of authors like Adriana Herrara. Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital copy in exchange for my honest review!

This was a great last installment in the Vega Family series. I absolutely love Natalia Cana's writing and the ability to have such complex characters with complex history. Leo and Sofi are anything, but simple in the way they love each other. They have been hiding their 'relationship' for years. I can relate to Sofi and why she feels like everyone will eventually leave. (daddy issues) However, my whole heart broke for Leo. He did everything in his power to ensure Sofi was loved and heard. Once again we have meddling abuelos and I loved it! Sofi's grandma was a great addition to this book and reminded me so much of family. we also have Kamilah and Sofi rekindle their friendship. This part of the story seemed like Sofi overreacted, but the more we get to know Sofi, the more we realize why she reacted to Kamilah's lies in this manner. I cannot wait to see what else is next for Natalia!

Thank you Netgalley for this E-ARC! This in no way influenced my review of the book.

Overall rating: 4.5/5 stars

Papo Vega is at it again! And this time he has help from Doña Fina, former Miss Puerto Rico, and current co-conspirator to get her granddaughter to give her “boy toy” a second chance in Natalie Caña’s Sleeping With The Frenemy.

Sofia Maria Rosario Santana and Leo Vega have secretly hooked up for a decade. And with Sofia’s return from a year in Paris, and her vow that she was done with Leo before she left, their grandparents decide some gentle nudging is needed to rekindle the relationship. So when Sofi needs a free place to stay, Leo conveniently has a spare room. Then they rescue a dog who just so happens to be outside after they were told to take out the trash. There’s plenty of forced proximity and opportunities for Sofi to see Leo shirtless, and then the heated glances turn to kissing!

It would not be a Vega family story if everyone wasn’t in each other’s business, and Kamilah’s wedding to Liam (from book 1) is the perfect setup to throw Sofi and Leo together while they hide their attraction and try to figure out how to pursue their dreams when they’re both at turning points in their careers.

I saw a lot of myself in Sofi — raised by a single mom, ambitious in her career and education so she can overcome her upbringing, plus the fractured relationship with her dad — it was A LOT but that made me love the story more! Leo truly steps up for Sofi and knows they’re meant to be together even when they’re both pushing each other away. They’re both Leos so it’s no wonder they can’t resist each other.

I’m hoping this isn’t the last we’ve seen of the Vega family. I need to know if Papo Vega and Doña Fina officially become “more than friends” and what’s the deal with Alex and Gabi’s mom returning plus the theater and Chord Bailón???
Whatever @nataliecanawrites does next, I’ll be there!

- second chance
- antagonists to lovers
- best friend’s brother
- Afro-Latina FMC/Puerto Rican MMC
- moderate steam
- WDTK? Chapter 7

Thank you to @_mira_books_ and @harlequinbooks for the e-ARC in exchange for a review.

Amazing book that redeemed Leo and Sofi for me! Loved being able to see both perspective as they navigate their lives and circumstances. full review found here = https://www.tiktok.com/@stephawithbooks/video/7427277488230862110