This just wasn’t for me. I couldn’t connect with any of the characters - they all had too many flaws, and the over the top cheesy romance mixed with steamy smut felt forced. The constant lying and miscommunication trope didn’t win me over either. I loved Ashley’s last book (Make the Season Bright), so this was a surprising letdown.
Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

I'm a big Ashley Herring Blake fan and I was so excited to get an ARC of this book in the newest series. I enjoyed the Delilah Green series so I was looking forward to this one. If you love romcoms, this will probably be up your alley. Love the queer representation, it has humor and romance combined with every day struggles, making it relatable.

Dream On, Ramona Riley is about discovering who you are, rekindling long-lost dreams, and having the courage to trust in something wonderful. I love it! I have Blake's other books in paperback so I'll be getting a copy of this one to add to my collection.

My first five star read of the year! I usually like my romance books a little less messy than this one gets, but when one of the main characters is the somewhat dysfunctional daughter of two rockstars, things are going to be a bit disastrous. I loved Ramona and Dylan's second-chance romance.
Bad girl Dylan is trying to change her image with the new queer rom-com she's filming in the small town of Clover Lake. Ramona left behind her dreams of costume design when she came back home to help raise her much younger sister. The new movie filming in Clover Lake might be her first chance to follow the dreams she's put on hold. This isn't Ramona and Dylan's first time meeting, though. When they were thirteen, they shared their first kiss in a secluded cove. But Dylan doesn't remember she's already met the cute waitress helping her prepare for her new role once before. With so many secrets and dreams help between them, will the two women be able to build something that lasts more than the summer?

Another great book from Ashley Herring Blake. I loved that this book connected back to Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (the movie Dylan stars in is based on her bestselling novel) while establishing it's own context for a new series. I'm already anxiously anticipating the next book following Ramona's tattoo artist best friend April who's still hung up on a life-altering one night stand from years ago.

A wonderful start to a new series for Ashley Herring Blake. I found the characters to be really compelling as both Ramona and Dylan were heartfelt and messy and relatable. The book has a very hopeful tone that I think is really needed right now, that the future can hold more for us if we allow ourselves to dream. Someone we lost in the past can come back to us. It's a cozy sapphic love story filled with queer community that offers something for every reader.

I was so impressed with this book. It felt like there was so much going on plot wise but everything had sufficient page time that it felt addressed and resolved by the end. Loved Ramona!!!! Loved Dylan!!!!

i didn’t really like the book. it had a lot of potential but feel like it was set up to be a cute YA summer vibes book that ended up having really explicit sex scenes and the two vibes didn’t really mesh. i think the characters are cute and its a good concept but could have been executed better

So, I'm not the biggest fan of the Delilah Green books, I think they're okay but a little too hokey for me. I enjoyed the Christmas book from AHB, so I thought I'd give this one a try. However, it's even more hokey than the Delilah Green books.

I really wasn't connecting with the characters in this one and idk the whole town feels so fake - it's just not my jam personally - but I think if you enjoy romcoms in general and or if you've enjoyed other books by AHB you'll likely enjoy this one.

Not the books fault, just not my cuppa.


💗Bisexual/Bisexual Couple
💛Fake Dating
💗Hollywood Setting
💛90s Nostalgia
💗Disaster x Dependable
💛Dreams Deferred
💗Celebrity x Normie
💛Steam x Kinky
💗Small Town MC
💛Movie Set
💗Each Other's First 💋


Many thanks to Berkley Publishing (ily) for reaching out via NetGalley with the complementary advanced digital copy. All thoughts are my own. 💐🎀

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Thank you, NetGalley and Berkley for the ARC of this book.

I'm a big fan of Ashley Herring Blake's Bright Falls series. So I was very excited to read the first in her new series, and it was as wonderful as I could have hoped. The little town of Clover Lake, New Hampshire is as charming and full of fun characters as Bright Falls. But don't let the cozy vibes fool you. This book is spicy and sexy and hot in all the fantastic ways Blake is known for. More than anything, Blake creates worlds that you want to live in. I found myself staying up late to read just one more chapter and picking the book back up when I woke up in the morning.

When Ramona Riley gave up her dream of being a costume designer for movies to move home and take care of her sister, she never dreamed the movies would come to her. And more than that, she never imagined the movie would bring back the woman with whom Riley, as teenagers, shared their first kiss. Of course, as luck would have it, that sweetheart from long ago is now a big time movie star that has a bit of a PR problem thanks to some very public bad behavior. But Ramona can't help hoping there might still be a bit of warmth in that fire from long ago. But when Dylan Monroe doesn't initially remember that first kiss, Ramona is tries to let it go and focus on her opportunity to work with a legendary costume designer. After some very romantic moments, and some very tense ones as well, Ramona has to decide what really is important in her life and what she can't let go.

If you are a romance fan, especially a contemporary romance fan, and have never read a sapphic or queer romance because you think it's not for you, I encourage you to give Ashley Herring Blake's series a chance. It's nearly impossible to not be completely charmed by them.

Loved this book and the characters, especially that Ramona and Dylan’s love story mirrored the film, but was flipped. Also loved that there was tons of personal development along with the romance. Probably won’t buy for my high school library because of the explicit sex scenes, but would recommend to friends!

Ashley Herring Blake's new series is as fun of a romp as her previous Bright Falls series--with a cute little cameo from Iris Kelly for past readers. Sweet and sexy and heartfelt, this bi4bi romance hits all its cues.

Thank you NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group!

I feel like when it comes to Ashley Herring Blake, I am constantly living in the shadow of how much I adored and felt so seen in Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail. I read Astrid at the perfect moment when I was also having my late-in-life coming out, and it just hit so deep.
As I continue to read Blake's books (which I always will), they're just becoming a little more hit or miss with me.

- Delilah Green Doesn't Care: loved
- Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail: LOVED
- Iris Kelly Doesn't Date: it was fine
-Dream On, Ramona Riley: it was fine

I don't know what it was exactly, but I feel like I just couldn't connect with the characters. And that is not to say that these weren't charming and well developed characters, because they were! I just can't really care about the woes of a famous nepo baby, and I'm not close with my own family, so there was always a disconnect? Idk. It's a personal problem.
One thing that will always be consistent with Blake though, is achingly sweet and spicy romance, and she never disappoints.

Thanks! <3

So phenomenal and incredibly adorable, Ashley Herring Blake has mastered the formula for tooth rot romance. It’s actually so unbearably cute I caught myself giggling and kicking my feet. Ramona and Dylan yearn like no other.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Berkley for the opportunity to read this book early!

Do you love bisexual women, daddy/mommy issues, nepo babies with emotional baggage, cool little sisters, small town romance, flipping people off in helicopters, movie stars, dildos with names, mushrooms that look like brains, and/or second chances at childhood crushes? Then Dream On, Ramona Riley will be the perfect book for you.

I requested this book with hope of truly loving it, as Blake has released some books I adored and books I did not much care for. And ultimately, it was fine. It didn’t change my life, but I didn’t hate it either. Good enough that I definitely will consider it whenever anyone needs a recommendation for a sapphic love story though.

I did really enjoy Dylan and Ramona’s story and the journeys they went on individually. The parental trauma between these two was A LOT and seeing them come to terms with and work through it was so satisfying. They both had such interesting family dynamics and baggage to work through that I found myself caring more about their individual development than the love story.

That being said, I am still so excited for Ramona’s best friend April’s book. I really loved her from her appearance in this book and I cannot wait to read her story.

Thank you again for letting me meet Dylan and Ramona early. I cannot wait for more people to get to know them!

Really enjoyed this book! A fun romcom with heart, humor, and heat. The writing carries emotional depth and her writing has grown from book to book. A beautiful sapphic romance and I’m already anticipating Blake’s next!

Ashley Herring Blake you angel <3 This was SO LOVELY and sexy!!!! Cannot wait for the next one in this series

A good small-town summer romance. Huge kudos for the bisexuality rep. I’ve read some of Blake’s other work, and this feels in-line in terms of writing style, including the spice.

Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley for the ARC.

I'm never not impressed with Ashley Herring Blake, who gifts gifts to queer readers with her books. These are lovely, and swoony, and what queer readers deserve. Bravo.

Well, the best part of this book, for me, was seeing my beloved Iris Kelly again! And in such a good and successful place in her life! Love you forever, Iris!

Our new couple — an actress with a tough past and a history of tabloid shenanigans, and the super responsible small town girl who hasn’t had a chance to spread her wings — were very cute. I especially loved the flashbacks to their original meeting when they were teens. The modern day narrative wasn’t quite as compelling to me, though I’ll admit I’m a real stickler for having conversations about kink before sliding the word “slut” into the middle of your first time having sex, so that did take me out of it a bit.

I’ll definitely read more in this universe. I’ll read everything Ashley Herring Blake writes, in fact. All her books don’t need to be as perfect for me, personally, as the Bright Falls series was for me to appreciate them!

Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for the opportunity to read this book and provide an honest review.

Dream On, Ramona Riley is filled with big, messy emotions, characters learning how to love and believe in themselves, and a love given a second chance in the sweetest way. I adored the small town comfort and the big dreams of every single character Ashley Herring Blake gifted us with in this one. There's a reason she's one of my favorite romance authors of all time and this just reminded me again. Her stand alone books are good, but I'm so excited for another series - I can't wait to read April's story next!

I enjoyed this book being set in the same universe as the Bright Falls series however it doesn’t have the same charm of that series. There was so much miscommunication between the characters it drew away from the story. The last quarter of the book was better and helped to boost it in my opinion.