This is a more modern, R rated version of You’ve Got Mail. Very cute and an easy read. I see this as a vacation beach book.

Ummm hello absolutely wonderful romance that came out of nowhere! Holly Michelle, let's be best friends. Was this book statistically plausible, most likely no, but I also love that she called it out for that. But was everything about this book perfection? Yes. A million times YES. The banter, the enemies to lovers, the texts, even the weird bird band jokes. I started this book at 9pm and stayed awake until 3am finishing it. This book comes out in June and I recommend everyone run to NetGalley and try to get an advanced copy!

So glad I was given a chance to read this ARC from Holly Michelle and NetGalley, I will read anything she writes moving forward!

I’m a sports romance girly, so of course I got hooked on this book from the get-go (even though I partially forgot what it was about when I started). A rivals-to-lovers romcom with some serious “You’ve got Mail” vibes, I absolutely devoured each page with all its witty banter and sizzling slow burn. Gabe and Emmy are seriously a perfect pair, and I so enjoyed how their relationship came to be! Plus the spiceeee?? Not too much, not too little, was the perfect amount and fit the atmosphere of the book superbly. The third act conflict didddd anger me a bitttt, but the ending made up for it.

📚ARC REVIEW 📚

Last Night Was Fun⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️


When Emmy gets an unknown number text message, she engages in a conversation with the stranger. They instantly hit it off and start texting all the time. She looks forwards to these text all day, since she is under stress at work. She’s up for a big promotion in a male dominated field and her annoying co worker, Gabe, is also in the running for it. Deciding to take it to the next level, she invites “unknown number” to her sister‘s wedding in Cancun. But when they meet before the wedding, she is shocked at who shows up.

This book was easy to binge. It’s so good and I loved the text messages back and forth and the names they had for each other. Their banter was great and I enjoyed the real/deep conversations they had. Both characters had past trauma but were able to grow and help each other. This book did have some spice but can be easily skipped over without missing the details of the story. Overall, I really enjoyed it!

This book will publish on June 10, 2025. Thanks to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for my advanced readers copy. This is my honest and voluntary opinion.

This is fun and lighthearted read about how one coincidental text could bring true love who were fated to be together. Axe Murderer and Bird Girl.were meant to be! Although it was blatantly obvious that it was Gabe and Emmy given the texts that described situations that they both found themselves, Emmy took a leap.of faith when inviting him to Poker's wedding in Mexico. This was a choice that she never regretted even when asked to choose between him and the job in baseball. As Alice correctly stated, you can have both. The ending was perfect.

Gosh I loved this one! It was a cute baseball romance, but the characters also had a lot of depth to them. Working in a male dominated industry, it was relatable to see all of the challenges Emmy faced. I loved that she had a supportive manager, and ultimately, supportive coworkers (even when she wasn't really sure about them). I also liked that Gabe had his own stuff going on, and that their pasts brought them closer together. And my favorite was all the bird puns, I couldn't stop cracking up.

My first read from this author, but I am looking forward to more.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC.

Thank you, Avon Publishing and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review. This is an absolute classic rom-com done really, really well. It is fluffy and cute and the banter is everything you want from this genre. A really quick read that’s super fun.

Last Night Was Fun is a quintessential rom-com. I laughed and I swooned as I read.

Do you like sports romances? Do you love the one-bed trope? Then this one is for you!

I could seriously see this book turned into a movie. In the best way possible, it felt like I was watching a flick from the 2000’s in my mind as I read along.

4/5

A sports romance combined with a meet cute from “You’ve Got Mail” is a great combination! I really enjoyed the premise of this book and could not put it down.

To top it all off, in addition to the romance story is a great take on women working in a male dominant industry. I appreciated that there was more depth to the story. I highly recommend this one!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for an advanced copy of this book.

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon | Harper Voyager for the opportunity to read You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego in exchange for my honest review.
This book? So. Much. Fun. If you love classic romance tropes like rivals-to-lovers, fake dates to weddings, and the iconic one-bed situation, you’re in for a treat. It’s got all that and more, with a side of baseball stats and spicy text banter to keep things interesting.

Emmy Jameson is a total boss as the only female data analyst for a professional baseball team, but her job comes with a lot of pressure (and some seriously annoying coworkers). Enter Gabe Olson, her hot, smug rival, for a promotion. He’s infuriatingly good at his job, but when an accidental text from a mystery man makes her swoon, Emmy has no idea it’s actually him. Cue the drama when they end up as wedding dates in Mexico.

The banter between Emmy and Gabe is perfection. Their text convo nicknames—Axe Murderer and Bird Girl—had me cackling. And when they’re in person? Sparks fly. You just know their coworkers are side-eyeing them like, “These two are definitely hooking up, right?”

What I loved most was that they actually talked to each other. Like real conversations that build trust and connection (rare in rom-com land!). The romance feels genuine and sweet, even with all the chaos. And Gabe? At first, he feels like your standard, overconfident guy in a male-dominated field, totally oblivious to how his actions might impact Emmy. But as the story unfolds, he surprises you by stepping up, genuinely caring about her, and putting in the effort to make things right.

Sure, the book’s a little predictable—***SPOILER***

Yes, there’s a third-act breakup—Shocker!

But who cares when the journey is this fun? Also, Emmy’s arc of finding her confidence in her career and realizing she’s already respected by those around her? Loved that for her.

Oh, and the setting? A destination wedding with awkward family moments, tequila-fueled antics, and just the right amount of romantic tension. Perfection.

If you love baseball, witty banter, and a swoony rivals-to-lovers romance, Last Night Was Fun is the perfect comfort read. Just grab it, curl up, and enjoy the ride.

Holly can write no wrong. I loved this book just like I've loved every other book she's written. Pure goodness and romance. PLEASE add this to your list.

Romance in the digital age but still every butterfly of a traditional love story. Absolutely adored reading this and spent late nights o I could read the next text in the conversation. Such a good one.

Thank you to Net Galley and Avon and Harper Voyager for this digital ARC!

I could not have loved this book more - the description of You’ve Got Mail meets The Hating Game is spot on.

The book is set in San Diego, one of my favorite cities, and was a joy to read. The female working for a baseball team as a data analyzer was interesting - I learned a lot about baseball statistics.

If you liked “You Got Mail” and “The Hating Game” you will love this! “Last Night Was Fun” is an Enemies to Lovers book about Emmy and Gabe. Both work together as analysts for a Major League Baseball team and are up for the same promotion. With industry one for the boys, Emmy, feels she has to put on a tough exterior to keep up and win especially with handsome and experienced Gabe who is a former baseball player. Emmy has her eye on the prize and there should be no distractions.

One night, Emmy gets an unknown number text and instantly hits it off with the stranger. She breaks her own rules and finds herself texting mystery man more. She unexpectedly found someone she can connect and banter with and asks to meet up and come to her sister’s wedding with her. Much to her dismay, her pen pal is none other than Gabe, her work nemesis. Both are shocked by the reveal. With the pressure of knowing her awful ex-boyfriend will be at the wedding, Gabe still agrees to go. What Emmy doesn’t realize is that there really is a fine line between love and hate.

This book was so cute. I read it in one day and it had me giggling and clutching at my heart. Really loved the banter between the two characters. It was a 10/10

I received this book through the published as an ARC on NetGalley. Cannot wait for the book to come out!

5 stars! I absolutely LOVED this book - baseball! Banter! Bird puns! What’s not to love?

I loved everything about this book - the setting (we love a SoCal moment), the career of both MCs (stats/data nerds), the banter/comedy, && that it was an enemies-to-lovers sports romance is the icing on the cake! There were several points throughout the book that I was literally cackling and also points where I was giddy as all hell. I also appreciated that the MCs had some similar trauma and that the story wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows, this made it feel like their connection was even more real.

I loved Gabe, the MMC, from the jump. At first, I was frustrated with and wanted Emmy to be a bit more confident - but I quickly came to appreciate that as a reader we were on that growth journey with her!

I read this book in less than 24 hours, and will definitely recommend to my friends!

Thank you to the author, Holly Michelle, Avon and Harper Voyager, and NetGalley for the eARC of this book. I am voluntarily leaving an honest review after reading this eARC. I will post to Amazon when the book is published!

Emmy is one of few women in her field. She battles to prove herself and fit in amongst her male colleagues and often finds herself in competition with one in particular. Emmy will not let him beat her for the promotion she’s been working so hard to get. Work seems like all she has after her last boyfriend gave her the ultimatum of work or him. So dating is not a top priority.
Then she receives a text from an unknown number clearly meant for someone else. What could have been a quick “sorry wrong number” conversation turns into friendly banter and the wish for something more.

This was a cute, albeit predictable read. The characters are likable and realistic and the writing is better than average. I enjoyed it but it kept me wanting more substance. The storyline followed a simple path that didn’t have any twists or turns. The foreshadowing was painfully obvious. Based on other reviews, my thinking may be in the minority but the tropes felt overdone and clunky. You had secret identity, forced proximity/ one bed, enemies to lovers, he falls first, a bit of grumpy/sunshine, fake relationship to make an ex jealous, hot jock, and some. And I really couldn’t enjoy their nicknames for each other: are ‘bird girl’ and ‘axe murderer’ suppose to sound cute? I found both cringy. Even a simple ‘birdie’ and ‘axe’ would work for the joke without sounding insulting.

Thank you NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for this ARC in return for my truthful review.

I loved this one. Sports? Check. FMC killing it in a male-dominated field? Check check. Workplace romance, enemies to lovers, fake dating, one-bed. Check, check, check. Oh and a wrong number. All the things we love to see.

If you enjoyed The Hating Game, you'll like this one.

My only beef with this one? There was so much character development and the characters were handling the relationship in such a mature and adult way that the third act breakup was so frustrating. It was such a whiplash of over-reactionary tactics that it almost threw me out of the story entirely. Had I not fallen in love with both main characters and wanted to see them get their happy ending, I might have stopped reading entirely. But don't let that deter you -- overall it's a 5 star, stick with it!

I was awarded a NetGalley ARC from publisher Avon/Harper Voyager in exchange for my honest review.

What a cute, fun, romance!!!! This combined several of my top loves....love, baseball, and Southern California. What's not to love??? This was such a cute story. I loved the "unexpected" romance that went from spark to wildfire in an instant. The characters take a chance on following their heart with a love that probably shouldn't work out but does. Take those chances people....you never know what might happen! And a story of a woman trying to make her way in a typical man's world....always inspiring to me! I would have liked the MFC to be a bit stronger and more confident, but leaning in and growing in her confidence and sense of self is part of what made the story come together. She learned that she had more respect than she had thought from those around her all along.

Predictibale.....yes. Probable...no. Fun to read....ABSOLUTELY! Just curl up and ENJOY.

My first read from this author and I will definitely be looking for more!

#LastNightWasFun #NetGalley

Alright, let me just say it— Last Night Was Fun by Holly Michelle/James was delicious. Like, giggling-while-reading, clutching-my-chest, heart-eyes delicious. I’m already pre-grieving the day it leaves my NetGalley shelf because I need this on my actual bookshelf. June 2025 cannot come fast enough.

Emmy is super focused on her career as a baseball data analyst, navigating the pressure of being the only woman in her role and constantly proving her worth. Gabe, her equally talented coworker, is confident, occasionally blood-boiling, and carrying his own weight of expectations and regrets. Their professional rivalry simmers with tension (I mean I DEFINITELY would have thought they were hooking up if I worked with them lmao), but behind the scenes, an accidental text sparks an anonymous connection neither of them expected.

Here’s what I loved most: Emmy and Gabe talk. Like, really talk. Their relationship isn’t built on grand gestures or constant misunderstandings—it’s built on vulnerability, genuine connection, and the willingness to show up for each other, even when it feels scary. Sure, they hit a bump in the third act (it’s romance, hello!), but it didn’t feel contrived or dragged out. Instead, their relationship helps them grow, teaching them to trust themselves and each other in ways they hadn’t before.

The emotional depth in this story is so well done—grief, guilt, and the weight of family expectations are explored with so much tenderness. Emmy and Gabe are both carrying their own quiet heartbreaks, and watching them help each other heal was such a beautiful thing to witness.

And the tropes? Absolutely delivered:
✨ You’ve Got Mail vibes (without feeling dated—so charming).
✨ Slow burn (the kind where every glance, every touch makes your chest flutter).
✨ Workplace tension meets emotional connection (yes, please).
✨ Only one POV (Emmy carries the story perfectly).

Oh, and let’s not skip over the spice—it’s thoughtful, it’s meaningful, and it’s woven in so naturally that it feels like an extension of their emotional intimacy.

At its heart, Last Night Was Fun isn’t just about falling in love—it’s about learning to let yourself be seen, even when it feels risky. It’s about healing old wounds, breaking free from assumptions, and finding someone who feels like home.

So yeah, pre-order this book, clear that weekend, and let yourself sink into a story that will make you laugh, swoon, and maybe even tear up a little. It’s so, so worth it. 💛

Thank you netgalley for the chance to read this!
So I adore "You've Got Mail" so it was absolutely no surprise to me that this plot hooked me: a chance encounter over text between two singles leads to a not so exciting meet cute: Emmy and Gabe aren't actually strangers, but bitter work rivals. I adored all the extra smattering of tropes: fake date at a wedding, one bed, work rivalry: every single one of them worked for me. This is the kind of tension I crave: bubbling right under the surface until it crashes together. I also really loved that this was set in the baseball world of analytics (such an under-represented field!) but also really touched on issues like substance abuse and misogyny in the industry. It was done in a super tactful but impactful way and I loved that.
I really love Gabe in this: he is at times really oblivious to how his actions have undercut Emmy's career, but he clearly wants to stand up to those things and I thought his genuineness really shined. The banter is delicious, the chemistry is perfect, and while I didn't love the third act break up it got resolved quick enough that it was ok.
ALSO: yay for a quick Name Your Price shoutout! Loved it.