Thank you so very much to NetGalley and Tessa Bailey for the opportunity to read this book early! I absolutely love Tessa Bailey, and I’ve been following this series since it started. She really outdid herself with this one, and I can say with confidence Sig is my favorite character of the series so far.

Chloe and Sig’s ~drama~ is everything. The tension, the suspense, the heartbreak, everything about this book keeps you hooked and so very committed to the romance. Tessa Bailey does. It. Again.

This was everything I’ve come to expect, know and love about Tessa Bailey! Wildly dramatic, spicy as hell, and just fun! Sig was dream level romance man goals. I not so secretly loved the “taboo” aspect of this story, something different and fresh and really had me turning the pages to find out how these two were gonna make their relationship work. A fun read!

Color me surprised when I was actually approved for an ARC! Bigthank you to AVON for the chance to dive into this one early and offer areview.

After the disaster that was TAPA, I was so hopeful for Sig’s story. SO HOPEFUL. And I can'tlie; I was let down. Maybe I’ve been reading romance too long—maybe I’ve readthe same story thousands of times over, and really can’t see anything truly original anymore—I don’t know, but this book was a mess for me, with a big heaping spoonful of cringe on top.

It started off with promise, but the whole golf course insta-love thing to then finding out she’s going to be his stepsister in less than an hour? Meh. Not for me. I was hoping for a gradual fall—that they’d connect over helping to plan their parents' wedding, get to know each other as Chloe came into her own as an adult, etc…but the fact that Sig went insta-caveman-alpha-male and claimed Chloe, all while pulling her from her mothers’ control into…his. It was, as I said before, really cringey. I couldn't do much but roll my eyes at all of the things I <i>wanted</i> to come off as swoony when it came to him helping her out.

And then it just dragged on, and on, with the whole step-sibling thing thrown into our faces for almost the entire book, so much so, that when the big reveal happened, I didn't really care any more if they ended up together. 

In all, this series has been a disappiontment for me, especially as a huge fan of Tessa Bailey.

Tessa Bailey delivers another irresistible read with Dream Girl Drama, an unconventional love story between Chloe and Sig, who discover they’re about to become step-siblings after already meeting and forming a connection. The chemistry between them is undeniable, and Bailey keeps you hooked from the very first page with her signature mix of humor, heat, and heart.

Rating: 3.5 stars.

The book is a quick read, with a cute meet-cute and adorable moments between the leads.

In "Dream Girl Drama" Sig and Chloe's romance blossoms after being introduced in a previous book.

Their relationship is filled with "forbidden love" and a mix of step-sibling and step-sister romance. However, the drama was dramaing. Chloe's character feels less independent than expected. Overall, the book is enjoyable, but could benefit from more development in its characters and plot.

I found the entire plot to be hard to swallow which made it difficult to enjoy the book. The stakes seemed to be fabricated as though we lived fifty years ago and not 2024. Would Chloe's mother be scandalized by the idea of her husband's son dating her daughter? Possibly. Enough to ruin her relationship? Doubtful. And I absolutely don't believe the hockey team or society in general would turn their noses up at them like it's some kind of scandal. If anything it would probably be the OPPOSITE and make them all more popular. Sig and Chloe's relationship was very sweet, even when they were trying to stay only friends, but I wish the stakes had been something believable.

Tessa Bailey remains a hit or miss for me and for the second time in the Big Shots series, it’s a miss. I felt like both Sig and Chloe were too one dimensional— it was hard for me to care about them when they both just didn’t feel real. I had no reason to be invested. Their relationship developed too quick for me and the resolution was too deus ex machina. Also, let’s talk about secondary characters! Tallulah is supposedly Chloe’s best friend in Boston, but we barely even hear her name in this book. The only people we see Chloe interact with, outside of Sig, is her mother and Grace, who suffers from the same one dimensionality issue. Overall, this one just missed the mark.

What a ride. Dream girl drama definitely lived up to its title. Tessa delivered on he step siblibg-ish taboo. I laughed, I cried, I got mad! I would definitely recommend this book.

I've been waiting for this one ever since Tessa started this series!! I loved their meet cute - I was so impressed with how Tessa went slightly back in time for this relationship.

Chloe and Sig meet and fall for each other an hour before they find out they are about to be stepsiblings. I'm generally not a fan of the instalove trope. But it really worked for this book. It was nice to see Tallulah and Burgess again in this book as well. I hope that Mailer and Corrigan get their own books. They brought some great comic relief.

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC.

3.5⭐️

I want to start off by saying that I really enjoy this series and get into and finish each book super quickly. They’re fun, and the characters are sweet and lovable.

This book was absolutely love at first sight. That’s not usually my thing but I was totally taken by Sig’s want to pamper and take care of Chloe.

However, I personally found the main plot of the story, the thing keeping them apart, to be… dramatic for no reason? So the fact that it was the entire cause of the slow burn, reason they couldn’t be together, constantly brought up as being so so wrong, seemed a little overdone and excessive. The thing is, they met as adults, never lived as siblings, weren’t brought up as siblings, had a romantic connection prior to finding out about their parent’s relationship, are not related in any way. I just don’t understand the “big deal”. From SOME perspectives and as a public figure I could talk myself into just going with the flow of what the book was trying to do, but I found myself getting a little irritated at that plot after a while. I just think there probably would be solutions, not to mention he was basically estranged from his dad from the start. So idk I guess I just don’t get why it was oh so terrible they had romantic feelings for each other, two unrelated adult people who met independently even from a family setting. It’s not like they met at a family reunion and had to clarify.

Anyway. I had to get past that quite a few times because it is the main plot of the entire book. BUT other than that, I did enjoy the experience of reading about their connection and loved how head over heels Sig was.

Thank you to Net Galley for the chance to read this early! It was fine overall, but certainly not my favorite of Tessa’s. The instant love and changing your whole life plan felt like a bit too much for me, but the story was cute as a whole.

Avon and NetGalley have blessed me with an eARC and I am so grateful! Tessa is on my short list of ride or die, read anything they write, no questions asked, authors and I am here to tell you Dream Girl Drama is a great time. Forbidden romance, insta-love, slow burn, angst, touch her and die, found family, BANTER I just loved it all and can’t wait to add the physical book to my shelf in February!

Tessa does NOT disappoint in this one. Chloe and Sig are actual soulmates and the story is just outrageous enough. I loved every bit of this.

FORBIDDEN LOVE?! HOCKEY ROMANCE?! I ATE THIS UP SO FAST!!!

Tessa Bailey did it again!!! I knew I would love Sig and Chloe when they were introduced in the Au Pair Affair book! This screamed Romeo and Juliet to me, and that was my favorite in high school! The chemistry between these two was steamy!! The way Sig was head over heels for her and her well being, and her biggest cheerleader had my heart skipping beats! I loved that he helped Chloe find the confidence she needed to follow her dreams!

I am hoping for another book, because how can characters be introduced and no story be in the plans?!

Thank you NetGalley, Avon, and Harper voyager for the arc! I am honored to have read this in exchange for my honest review!

I really wanted to enjoy this book, I’ve liked the authors previous books so I figured I would enjoy this one as well. It started off right away with insta love and attraction. Which isn’t really my thing. I prefer more of a plot with my romcoms. But if that’s your thing you will love it! The story follows two adults Sig and Chloe who met and instantly know they are the one for each other. There’s just one problem… Chloe’s mom and Sig’s dad are now engaged and in a short amount of months they will be step siblings and what does that do for their friendship they are trying to navigate without making it messy. There’s plenty a tension and if this sounds like a book you would enjoy, I say go for it!

Thanks Netgalley for the ARC for an honest review. Happy reading!

Dream Girl Drama is filled with drama and a somewhat toxic relationship.

We follow Sig and Chloe who are soon to be step siblings dance around each other for months. The thing is though is that they met first before they had any idea that their parents were dating. It didn't necessarily seem like too big of a deal to me, they are both adults, Sig is nearly 30. They weren't raised with each other. Both of them being in the public eye however as an all star hockey player and a world class harpist, the optics do not look good. I feel like they could have explained this to the press and everything would have been fine but alas what is a romcom without some drama. I did eat up every minute of it. Will Sig and Chloe find a way around their parent's upcoming marriage? You'll need to read to find out.

The steam and tension were great. The side characters from the other books made me want to go back and read their stories and any upcoming ones. It isn't necessary to read them first though which was good for me. It's always a plus if you can follow along interconnected standalone without any previous knowledge of the other books. Would I read this again? Probably not but I will definitely be picking up other books by this author.

Thank You Tessa Bailey and NetGalley for letting me get a sneak peak at this book.

Another fun story by Tessa Bailey - I hadn’t read any of the other books in this series but that didn’t make any difference. Both the FMC and the FMC were very likable and the (future) step-sibling tension/drama gave them both good storylines. While I knew how the story would end - c’mon, it’s a romance novel - the twist was unexpected.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC ebook!

This was SO fun!!! Sig was completely gone for Chloe, totally smitten, just entirely down bad!! And Tessa is the queen at writing obsessed MMCs! The motherfreaking TENSION!!! OMG - Outstanding! The spice!! The laughs!! The swooning!! I loved this book!!

I finished reading it around 11:00pm and woke up wanting to start it again, I love Sig and Chloe so much! I knew this was going to be a slow burn, given the nature of their relationship, but the way Tessa wrote it, it didn’t FEEL like a slow burn. I was hooked from page one, totally invested in their love story, and didn’t want to put the book down!

And the big Ah-HA! Moment toward the end?? I didn’t see it coming. I was trying to figure it out the whole book, but I didn’t see it coming! Tessa got me good, and I thank her (and Net Galley) for it!!

Thank you NetGalley and Tessa Bailey for the chance to read this book.

I enjoyed this book and really liked Sig and Chloe’s relationship. But at times she felt childlike and his obsession seemed unreal at some parts, but overall I enjoyed the development for the couple.

The burn was slow, I honestly wish they would have just hooked up the first night and knew what it felt like so maybe then the yearning would have felt a little more realistic, and I wish they would have just spoken to the parents more in depth about their feelings for each other. In the end though, it all worked out and I was happy with the overall story line.



The length it took me to read this is not a reflection of the book, I really did enjoy it… I was sick with the flu for a week.