Something like fate was a beautifully written magical realism book, with a grumpy sunshine vibe of friends to lovers. I loved the psychic vision aspect of the book because it was a unique plot line for a romance book. Lo and Teller are the best of friends that make the book that much better because of their bond. They clearly care for each other in an immense way I mean the picture searching and hotel booking was so sweet and romantic! He’s even willing to step aside for her happiness which is amazing. I loved her realization of finding love in the mundane. Overall this was a great book and one I would recommend. I truly appreciate the eARC in return for an honest review.

Amy Lea is one of my favorite authors, and this story was no different. This road trip romance is absolute perfection. The setting was lush, the idea of fate an intangible force I’ve always been fascinated by and that I think Lea handled amazingly. I don’t typically enjoy love triangle vibes, but this was so well written. Highly recommend.

There’s just something about the way Amy Lea writes YA. Don’t get me wrong, I am a big fan of her adult novels as well, but when it comes to her YA outings — Woke Up Like This, and now Something Like Fate — she so deftly manages to capture the joys and thrills of being a teenager/new adult, while also working in just how hard and heartbreaking it is, and how life-and-death every seemingly small decision feels.

I was inclined to love Something Like Fate anyway, as Lea said it drew some inspiration from the criminally underrated rom-com Only You, starring Marisa Tomei as a woman who travels to Italy to find the soulmate she’s dreamt of since childhood, and in the process meets and falls for Robert Downey Jr.’s character instead. In this case, however, the books follows Lo, a young woman whose family is full of women who have visions of their soulmates. When she finally has a vision of her own on the eve of her trip to Italy with her best friend Teller, she becomes determined to find her soulmate, all while he helps her find the man from her visions.

Like Only You, Something Like Fate is an exploration of the idea that we make our own fate in life, and that whatever destiny has in store for us, sometimes it’s up to us to determine how we want to interpret the future and what it holds. The answers are not easy. Lo and Teller don’t always make the right choices — but really, who does? But what that leaves us with is a sweet, heartsqueezing story that earns every little drop of its happy ever after.

Something Like Fate is out on February 11. Special thanks to Skyscape for the advance copy for review purposes.

I’ve loved Amy Lea’s previous works and was so excited for a new release featuring the friends to lovers trope with an Italian setting.

For generations, the fortune-telling women in Lo Zhao-Jensen’s family have foreseen The One―the great loves of their lives―before ever meeting them. Except for Lo, who has zero psychic abilities. Just memories of old rom-coms and a lot of poor judgment when it comes to love.

Until now.
When Lo finally has the vision she’s been waiting for, her delighted aunties are convinced she’ll meet The One on her backpacking trip in Italy. Vero amore, here she comes.
Along for the summer is Lo’s best friend and confidant, Teller Owens, her opposite in every way. Upon arrival in Venice, Lo is saved from a runaway trolley by Caleb, a fellow backpacker. It’s a meet-cute so swoony, it has to be fate. But with each destination, Lo’s complicated feelings for Teller are becoming harder to ignore. From the cobblestone streets of Rome to the rocky cliffs of Amalfi, Lo begins to wonder if fate has other plans.
Unfortunately, while this is a cute story; it’s nothing new/unique/original. The psychic abilities existing to find your soulmate has become quite popular and quite honestly I’ve seen it done better than what was executed here.
I loved exploring Italy with Lo but all I could picture was Lizzie and Gordo not wanting to give into their feelings back in the early 2000s which again points to how unoriginal this is.

I loved the characters and Lo’s journey with grief was so so so well done, emotional and relatable. It was my love for the characters that really saved the book from being a DNF for me.

Overall, a cute easy palate cleanser but nothing special and not something I’ll remember for long.

I don’t think this book is for me. I really wanted to love it as I loved her Influencer series. I am going to dnf for now bit will try and go back to it soon. I’m about a third through. It is just super slow and I am not getting attached to either main character.
I will not rate it at this time.

Something Like Fate is a cute, young adult read! Lo and Teller's friendship really made me love this book! The psychic family/aunties cracked me up and I was thoroughly entertained by them. There were some themes that didn't mesh with a 19-year-old's point of view, it felt like Lo acted and thought much older than her age, but then turned around and acted more juvenile, which was a little off. Overall, I thought this was a really cute story about growing up and finding the love we all hope for.

For generations the Zhao women have been able to foresee the one. Lo is the one exception, she has zero psychic abilities. Until she doesn’t. A vision has her convinced she’ll meet the one on her trip thru Italy with her best friend Teller. Upon arrival in Venice a handsome man saves her form being run over by a trolley. Her meet cute with Caleb has to be fate. But with each destination her doubts grow, maybe fate has other plans.

This is such a sweet read with likable characters and emotional depth. Lo has been thru so much and it’s so inspiring that she’s reaching for the stars. She’s walking in her late mother’s footsteps and is doing what makes her happy. And in the and I thing she got way more than a soulmate.

There is a bit of spicy but not a lot considering it’s a ya novel.
I wish Lo would’ve figured out how her HEA would look sooner. But hopefully we’ll get an epilogue in the future.

I highly recommend Something Like Fate, you just can’t go wrong with Amy Leas books.

Read this if you like
🩷Soulmates
☀️Italian vacation
✨YA romance
🫶🏼Opposites attract

Thank you to NetGalley and Skyscape for this advanced copy! You can pick up Something Like Fate on March 1, 2025.

I loved the idea of a psychic, pre-destined vs. free will love story set on an international trip with best friends becoming lover. And while Teller and Lo's relationship was very sweet, I found that this book didn't hook me as much as I wanted. I think the college age/setting threw me off since I was expecting more of an adult book (and that's on me for going in with certain expectations). I love a good coming of age story, but I just wasn't prepared for it when I picked this one up. It made it a bit harder to connect to Lo right away, especially when we start off at this frat party.

But Amy Lea did a good job emphasizing familial relationships as well as romantic ones, and I appreciated the dedication to Lo retracing her mom's footsteps. Plus the scenes with her dad were very sweet.

This story is categorized as YA but I would say it's more new adult. Lo ends up doing to Italy with her best friend Teller and follow similar itinerary as Lo's mom who passed away when she was young.

The main thing with this story is Lo's family have the ability to see their true love and Lo sees a vision and is determined she will meet her true love on this trip.

The story is told in past and present timeline of Lo and Teller's time working at the movie theater together and in Italy. They compliant each other way and are fun together.

I didn't care for the love triangle and the lack of communication between Lo and Teller. So much could've been avoided if they weren't as immature. The vision was talked about so much in the story that it felt a bit repetitive.

I loved the family dynamics with Lo's aunts and how involved they are with her.

Thank you to the publisher @netgalley for a copy of the book.

I love Lea's adult romances, but this was my first YA from her and what do you know? I loved it too! Something Like Fate is absolutely charming, full of kea's humor and sweetness. I had a great time traveling through Italy with Lo and Teller, and the pages flew by. Recommended for people looking for older YA (it verges on NA), friends-to-lovers, and opposites attract stories.

Something Like Fate is a good beach book for the summer. Lo is an outgoing girl who just finished her freshman year of college, and just happens to come from a long line of female psychics who are destined to find their soulmates. Lo has her first vision of her soulmate right before a summer backpacking trip to Italy, and spends the rest of the novel searching for her soulmate and the right time to tell him he's the one. The cast of side characters includes her nerdy father, dorky best friend, and supportive aunts who have taken her under their wings after her mother dies. If this book was a YA rom-com movie I would absolutely watch it, but as a book I wish it had more depth. That said, the characters act their age and act as expected given the circumstances (ex: you have a vision of your soulmate right before a trip to Italy and your aunts say you'll meet your soulmate on your trip... you make some assumptions).

Thanks to Netgalley and Skyscape for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review!

*Something Like Fate* follows Lo, who comes from a family of psychics but has never had the ability to foresee her own destiny—until a vision leads her to Italy to find her one true love. This charming romance blends magic and self-discovery, with a sweet, adventurous journey and plenty of chemistry. A perfect pick for fans of fate-driven love stories!

Read If You Like:
- Friends-to-lovers romance
- Psychic family dynamics with a twist
- Italian travel adventures
- Slow-burn with heartfelt moments
-ya romances

Something Like Fate is a whimsical and heartwarming romantic comedy that weaves themes of love, destiny, and self-discovery. The story centers on Lo, a young woman who grows up in a family of psychics but has no powers of her own. When Lo finally experiences a long-awaited vision, her family is thrilled—it seems she’s destined to meet her soulmate on an upcoming backpacking trip to Italy.

Determined to embrace her destiny, Lo sets off on her journey, accompanied by her best friend, Teller Owens. Their adventures through scenic Italian towns bring both laughter and challenges, especially as Lo’s path crosses with Caleb, a charismatic fellow traveler. As the story unfolds, Lo is torn between the pull of her "prophesied" love and the undeniable feelings she develops for Teller, a tension that makes the romance both heartfelt and deeply satisfying.

The slow-burn friends-to-lovers trope is executed perfectly, with poignant moments that will have readers rooting for Lo and Teller.

This is a perfect read for fans of travel-inspired romance and heartfelt coming-of-age stories. With its charming characters and engaging narrative, it’s a story that lingers long after the final page.

Thank you so much to the publisher for my gifted ARC!

This book is everything I love about YA romance--the coming of age, the figuring it out, the want for the one, and the realization that fate and free will are more intertwined than we sometimes like to admit. It's the end of Lo's freshman year of college & she's tired of her major, tired of mindless hookups, tired of missing her best friend Teller (who went to college 4 hours away), tired of her Dad clamming up & not sharing much about her dead mother, and tired of the fact that she doesn't seem to have inherited her mother's and aunts' psychic-like visions that have all led them to find "the one." The only thing she's looking forward to is her month-long trip to Italy with her new college bestie Bianca to follow in the footsteps of her mother and aunt's past trip. When she finally has a vision and her aunts convince her it's a sign that she'll likely meet her soulmate in Venice, she's even more ready to go! After a broken foot takes Bianca out of the trip, Lo convinces her fresh-off-a-3-year-breakup bestie, Teller, to join her.

When Lo meet cutes Caleb after he saves her from a runaway luggage cart at their Venice hostel, Lo is convinced this is it. As they traipse across Italy, Lo is sure that gregarious, charming, adventurous Caleb is her soulmate, but if so, then why does she keep making eyes at Teller's abs and is seemingly jealous of his interest in another fellow traveler? And what does this say about her family's abilities? Is it all a lie? Or is it maybe something like fate if she chooses Teller over Caleb?

I loved the travel in this book (hello--Italy is my favorite!), and the opposites attract relationship between Teller and Lo. They had such a strong foundation of friendship, and I laughed so much when they were together. Waiting for them to try get together was torture, and I do wish there had been an epilogue at the end! I wanted to see how they navigated living in different towns and what path Lo decided after deferring college.

A fun, sweet read for anyone who enjoys travel romances & friends to lovers, opposites attract tropes with a side of astrology. This is out March 1st.

Thanks to Netgalley & Skyscape publishing for the e-ARC.

Something Like Fate is an adorable, funny and charming read.

I really loved both Teller and Lo, I thought they had great chemistry and I enjoyed the progression of their relationship! I did find their relationship frustrating at times, because it was so obvious they had feelings for each other, and I wasn’t a massive fan of how they finally got together but overall I did understand and like it. However, I wouldn’t have minded if it was done differently and we missed out on that last conflict.

The writing was fantastic! I’ve always wanted to go to Italy and this book made me even more,ore desperate, especially now in this horrible cold weather, reading about the sun and the heat made me yearn.

I liked the psychic element of the story and how the idea of fate and soulmates was explored. There could’ve been some more to it, but I think overall it was done really well and in an interesting way.

A cute, quick read about friendship and love. Set in the landscape of Italy, this is sure to make you swoon. Thank you NetGalley for the chance to read this sweet arc!

Thanks to Netgalley for the review ARC copy!
I'm a huge fan of Amy Lea and was excited for this YA (edging on new adult) rom-com about soulmates and fate. I really enjoyed this book and the build out of the main characters, Lo and Teller. The beginning felt a bit slow for me with some of the set up before they go off to Italy. The middle had me in a chokehold and I wanted to know what happened next. By the end (I would say 80% ish) I felt like the story faltered a bit. I understood what was needed to wrap up the story, but I just didn't have the same urgency as I did in the middle. All in all, this is a really good rom com that I enjoyed a lot! Loved the Canadian references too!

This book wasn’t good but not great for me. I liked the premise and characters, but the love triangle was more prominent and convoluted than I was expecting.

I really enjoy Amy Lea’s writing so I decided to give this book a try even though I am not a fan of love triangles. This story is more than just a love triangle, it’s about finding oneself and discovering who you want to be when you’ve always felt like your life should go one way.Lo comes from a long line of female psychics who have had visions of their soulmate before meeting them. Lo is the odd one out who hasn’t had a vision and is struggling to find her place in the world. Lo definitely went through a lot of growth throughout the book and had to ask herself some hard questions.

A few days before her planned trip to Italy to recreate a trip her mom and aunts went on, Lo has her very first vision and after consulting with her aunts they decide she’s bound to meet her soulmate on her trip. While for starters the trip didn’t go as planned as her intended travel buddy gets injured so she strong arms her male best friend Teller into coming with her since he’s fresh off a break up.

Teller and Lo are opposites in every way and balance each other out in their unlikely friendship so when Lo crashes into Caleb aka her soulmate it begins to change Teller and Lo’s friendship. The question that remains is it for the best and is it better to leave things up to fate?




Thank you publishers and netgalley for this eARC in exchange for my honest feedback

Lo is about to take off on the trip of a lifetime where she’ll be following her late mother’s itinerary from decades ago. After her travel partner becomes out of commission, she decides to loop in her guy best friend Teller in hopes to help heal his broken heart after his very recent breakup.

A few days before they depart, Lo experiences her families vision about her soulmate. More determined than ever, the pair are off to backpack through Florence, Rome, and more.

This was a delightful read and an insane slow burn. I was oddly rooting for Lo and Caleb, and appreciated how his travel whimsy was a perfect pairing to help Lo experience Italy. At the same time, I kept wondering how things would work out for Teller and Lo after so many years of friendship.

I found myself surprised at moments with twists and turns I couldn’t have foreseen. I’ve been a fan of Amy Lea for a while and this was my first YA of hers.

Fans of Lynn Painter will have a blast experiencing Lo’s italian adventure!