I Love You S’more by Auriane Desombre is a delightful and heartwarming romance that will leave you with a smile. With its charming setting, witty dialogue, and lovable characters, Desombre crafts a perfect summer love story about finding yourself and falling in love along the way. A sweet, feel-good read that’s ideal for fans of lighthearted romantic comedies.

After being in a reading slump this cute, queer, YA summer read was the perfect book to take me right out of it.

Ivy Raines needs the comfort of Acorn Hills this year. Still reeling from her public breakup with famous actress and now ex girlfriend, Ally, Ivy is hoping becoming a summer camp counselor and director of the camp's end of the year theater production will prove enough distraction from the outside world. What Ivy doesn’t expect is Rynn, her ex best friend and competition for the director's spot. Navigating early teen hood, middle schoolers and her complicated feelings for Rynn, Ivy is in for a summer of self discovery, friendship and maybe even love.

This was so adorable. First as a girl who always wanted to be a summer camp counselor, I loved the setting. I thought it was an excellent backdrop to the tumultuous feelings our main character Ivy experiences. Second, Ivy frustrated me so much and I loved it. Being a fifteen year old girl isn’t easy and Ivy definitely showed us that. I wanted to shake her and tell her “You’ve got so much life left! One breakup isn’t the end of everything!” But really, if I had my first big heartbreak at Ivy’s age I too would have made a passive aggressive social media post and instantly regretted it. I really appreciate how fleshed out of a character she was. She felt real and relatable.

The side characters really stole the show for me. I need a spin-off book of Ben & Fitz! They were so cute. I need them to get together! The drama between campers Twyla and Vanessa was such a nice addition to the story. I thought it made Ivy more likable and gave her a nice character arc in the end. Also who doesn’t love a bit of drama? Especially middle school drama? I loved to see it. I think my favorite character was definitely Broccoli the dog though. He was such a good boy!

Overall, this was such a cute and quick read. I enjoyed the characters and setting. I enjoyed how it brought me back to my middle school days. I would recommend to anyone who always wanted to be a summer camp counselor, theater nerds, and those who need to get out of a reading slump!

Thank you to Random House Children’s and NetGalley for providing me with an arc in exchange for an honest review.

show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before, unafraid to reference or not reference

I want to thank NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to review this ARC! I thought it was a very sweet sapphic romance but was a little predictable at times. It was definitely a quick and cute summer romance read with all the campfire and night time bonfire vibes and I think it’s perfect for those who are looking for that type of light hearted read!

Agh! Been having so many misses lately.. as much as I wanted to like this, it just feels too young for me. (I’m late twenties) so this is def heavy YA.

I Love You S’more by Auriane Desombre is a sweet, contemporary romance that combines the charm of a summer camp setting with a familiar enemies-to-lovers trope. While the novel delivers an endearing narrative about two teenagers learning to navigate their differences and open their hearts, its character development feels somewhat superficial at times. The dialogue is witty, but occasionally veers into clichés, detracting from the emotional depth of the story. Additionally, the plot's predictability might disappoint readers looking for more nuance or surprise in their romantic reads. Overall, while I Love You S’more offers a fun and lighthearted escape, it lacks the substance and originality needed to elevate it beyond a typical YA romance.

DNF this one unfortunately, I just can’t get into the story, I might not be the demographic for this one!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review of I Love You S'more. I really wish this was set as college age kids instead of high schoolers as I think the story would have read better. Overall I like the setting at camp and premise! Broccoli was a cute addition.

I really enjoyed this as a rivals-to-lovers and had that romance element that I was looking for. The realistic concept worked overall and enjoyed going on this journey with the characters. The concept was so well done and I enjoyed getting to go through this journey with these characters. Auriane Desombre has a great writing style and left me wanting to read more.

this one is pretty good. i honestly expected a bit less cheesiness and a bit more on the romance aspect, but it's still well-written and pretty cool. tysm for the arc. 3.5.

Overall, this was a wholesome YA sapphic summer camp book and I enjoyed the ride. However, I've read another YA sapphic summer camp book I liked more, so this wouldn't be my top recommendation.

I liked Ivy's overall character arc and I definitely related to some of her struggles. I also liked how the problems the campers were facing related back to Ivy and Rynn's problems from the past.

My biggest letdown from this was the lack of character depth across the board until the very end of the book. We barely get anything other than surface level characterization from all of the side charcters. Even Ivy I felt was very flat until she started to fall apart and put herself back together. IMO, summer camp settings really lend themselves to deep late night chats, so I really wish the counselor campfires had a bit more bonding and not just rehashing relationship drama.

Thanks to NetGalley and Random House for the eArc.

This book was so cute! I love books that have elements of fame and explore the consequences of being/ being with a public figure, so this book was so fun! I also adore books set at camps, so this was definitely a great read for me. The characters were all pretty good, and I liked the main pairing in this book. I feel like the main character’s feelings for the love interest could have been shown more in depth, but I think the author still did a good job, especially since this is a pretty short book. Also, the background characters were fun, and getting to see their personalities was definitely a highlight of this book. Overall this is a great teen book that explores lots of themes that both younger and older readers can enjoy.

#ILoveYouSmore Is a cute, summer, camp read that has you rooting for love. The characters are teenagers and you have to understand that when picking the book up. They make very teen decisions which is appropriate for the characters. Overall this was an adorable quick read.
Thank you #netgalley for the ARC copy.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of this book. I truthfully didn’t think this was going to be a YA book haha so I didn’t love it like I thought I would, but it was a pleasant quick little read. A bit cheesy, but perfect as a YA novel.

If you want a quick, easy, summer camp romance 'I love you s'more' has you covered. When picking this up (and I mean this in the most complimenting way) I needed something that wouldn't make me think a ton whilst still enjoyable and digestible and this was perfect for that.

The characters made annoying decisions. the romance wasn't super compelling but it didn't need to be for me to enjoy the book. Sometimes a good no thoughts, head empty book is still all you need. and I'm happy to have read this.

This story is about Ivy, who just went through a breakup with her girlfriend Aly, who is famous. Ivy goes to her old camp to be a camp counselor and finds her ex-girlfriend before Aly is also a camp counselor.

I will say I really liked Rynn's character and loved the growth from Ivy, but I could care less about Aly, and every time information about her character popped up, I would find myself rolling my eyes.

Overall, this story is great for YA readers, because I feel like the way problems finally were resolved was great and loved the overall lessons that are taught, but for the time between I could feel myself at my age now fixating on wanting them to hash out early so it frustrated me for how long it took them to find a common ground.

Thank you to Netgalley and Penguin Random House for my advanced reader copy.

Releasing April 8, 2025

I Love you S’more
By Auriane Desombre
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Category: Enemies-to-lovers

Overall, I found this to be a cute read. It did take me some time to get into the book, as I wasn’t a huge fan of the constant conflict. Reading other reviews, I wasn’t the only one who was tricked by the age range. I was about halfway through the book when I realized the age was never explicitly stated and made for some confusion on my end thinking she was older. I didn’t find the media posts at the beginning of each chapter added anything to the book and was confused about what I was reading at the start each chapter. I do agree with another review that making this a dual POV with Rynn would have added a nice touch, and maybe have balanced the attitude of Ivy. I did enjoy the side characters and their personalities. Truly felt the summer camp vibes!

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Children’s for the ARC.

It's a good book. I don't have much to say because I realized it's not the type of book I like to read, I prefer more young adult books. Some of the actions and thinking of the characters didn't make sense to me which makes total sense because they are teenagers! Despite that, I was able to connect with the main character and I did in fact cry. So I do think it's a good book.

The main characters are Ivy & Rynn. Ivy was just dumped by her famous girlfriend and is trying to lay low. She decides the spend the summer working at a camp. What she doesn't know, is her first love, Rynn, is working there the summer too.
There is tension between the two due to the time that has passed. There is also the fact that all the campers have figured out who Ivy is and are always trying to get online to find out what is going on.
I would recommend.

I enjoyed reading this. Though, it seems like I fell into the same problem as a few other reviewers in mistaking it for a different age range as I was genuinely surprised when I realized it was YA. But overall, I really enjoyed this cute little book. I wish we’d gotten to see more of Ivy and Ally pre-breakup. But I feel like everyone can relate to the awful drifting feeling that comes after your first big breakup. Ivy is just super unlucky in the fact that her first big breakup was with a TV star on a beloved sci-fi series. She goes to this camp in hopes of proving her dream of becoming a teacher is something reasonable. There, she runs into her former best friend who she had a horrendous friendship breakup with years ago.

The writing style initially felt a bit juvenile. Then I realized oh, it’s YA. So it’s age appropriate. Honestly? Everyone does act their age. Yes, the main character makes some decisions that are a little frustrating. But she’s 15/16. No one is handling their big breakup in the best way at that age.

It did feel a bit tropey with the enemies to lovers mention. But there is clear chemistry between the main couple from the jump. I did like some of the side characters, espcially the other counselors. And the kids. They did feel like genuine preteens. Which I appriciate as I have read too many kids acting like tiny adults or idealizied perfect angels.

As a former theater kid, there was something sweet about the theater aspect of the camp. I love the rehearsal portions.

I would complain about how quickly the main couple go from I hate you to getting together. But again, they’re teenagers.

Overall, it’s a cute little book, I would say I think the marketing needs to be more clear that the main cast are teenagers as the blurb did come across as being more college-age. It’s also definetly more YA contemporary with a romance subplot.

I will be recommending this to my teen librarian friends.