“it’s not your job to keep my ego intact, least of all, by minimizing the way you feel”
Zac and Melody were high school friends, Zac and Mel’s twin brother played football together and were basically brothers.
Mal and Zac had feelings for each other but didn’t know the other felt the same way, it just never worked out before they both went off to college, Zan stayed in their small town playing football, Mel went to the city.
Zacs character is written so well, he is the sweetest most adoring man ever.
Melody is considered “grumpy” but her personality is so amazing, she’s witty and so so funny, her humor is complex and not everyone would love it, I certainly did.
Mels story was devastating, I loved how well her mental abuse was written, not everyone understands that abuse doesn’t always have to be physical.
I absolutely loved Noah and Zacs relationship, really hoping we can get more about his life after getting drafted, even more about his life growing up in a not so great environment.
I really hope I get to see more of Brooks, Summer and Parker,

This was super cute and fun!

Zac and Melody’s story definitely read more like a college aged romance than an adult one, but I loved it. The “breaks up with the horrible big city boyfriends, comes back to fall in love with the small town boyfriends from her childhood” is a trope we see all the time but I feel like I’ve never seen the moment she realizes just -how- much he had manipulated her actually written on page before this. Everything about the camping trip was beautifully written.

This wasn’t a crazy exciting book or one that moved all that fast, but I didn’t mind.

The clover thing was precious, the shoelace thing was even more precious

Every time Noah was mentioned I wanted to scream because that whole relationship was so special I love it

ARC from Atria Books

“If Zac Porter wasn’t Zac Porter, I’d let him destroy my life and ruin my credit rating.”

Perfect read for fans of The Notebook and Sweet Home Alabama. I absolutely loved this one. Couldn’t put it down. It was so easy to love Zac and Melody. Their chemistry was off the page. Truly. This was solid plot and spice 🌶️ .
The pacing was a bit quick upfront, but it still hooked me. And Oh my God. A reverse “Who did this to you?!”
This absolutely sets up a series and I am dying to see who gets the next book: Parker (Melody’s twin), Summer, or Brooks. Also anyone else secretly rooting for Summer to have to choose between Brooks and Parker?

CW: controlling ex boyfriend, alcoholic father

Sports Romance - Football
Second Chance
Best friends sister/Brothers best friend
Enemies to Lovers
He Fell First/Harder
It Was Always You

Thank you NetGalley and Atria Books for this republished eARC.

First off, thank you NetGalley, Ellie K Wilde, and Atria Marketing for an ARC of Only in Your Dreams.

Brother's Best Friend
Friends to Enemies to Lovers
Forced proximity
Miscommunication

I loved this book! Zac and Melody started off as friends but after a kiss gone wrong followed by miscommunication, they haven't spoken in over 10 years. Forced together on a disastrous camping trip, they begin to rebuild their relationship one mishap after another. Melody also is reeling from a recent breakup and begins to see red flags in her previous relationship. Zac helps her create her own "playbook" to help her reach her goals and accomplish them on her own. Zac is the best! He is patient and kind and always puts Melody's needs first. He has learned from his mistakes in the past and isn't letting this chance with Melody pass him by. This was a quick read and kept my attention the whole time! I'm hoping we get more books for the side characters in this story in the future!

Super cute story--Loved the romance between Mel and Zac! It kept my attention and I was rooting for their romance the whole story, but it was not predictable at all times like so many books are! I'll be reading more from this author soon!
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for access to this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒓-𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒇 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓. 🍀

I absolutely loved this book. Melody and Zac see each other for the first time in 10 years after a miscommunication that left them both hurting. They were so real and I enjoyed watching them grow both as individuals (especially Melody after her breakup) as well as together. The shoelaces?? The clovers?? Ugh 😩 The humour that Ellie was able to sprinkle in had me cackling. All the elements worked - the sneaking around, the yearning, the groveling, the fake dating, and oh my gosh I LOVED the dynamic with Noah. My heart 🥹 It was so tender. A great read.

Check TWs as there are some difficult themes that are explored in this novel. 💚

𐙚 Brother’s Best Friend
𐙚 Second Chance
𐙚 Small Town・Sports Romance

From the first chapter of Only in Your Dreams by Ellie K. Wilde, I knew this book was going to consume me - AND IT DID! My day easily committed itself to this book. The chemistry. ❥ The quick wit. ❥ The banter. ❥ It’s an easy, one-day read that had me glued to my seat. I genuinely didn’t want the story to end; it’s the kind of book that stays with you. Ellie K. Wilde’s writing flows effortlessly, making you feel like you’re right there with the characters rooting for them, living through their ups and downs, and I couldn’t get enough of it. The chemistry was electric, the banter on point, and pacing so seamless that putting it down wasn’t an option. ❥ Who me? Just obsessively grinning and reading. Did I mention - the chemistry. ❥ the quick wit. ❥ the banter.
This was a charming, laughing, talking to the characters out loud romance. ・❥・

Rating: ✰✰✰✰✰ /5

Thank you for providing me with an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. All opinions expressed are my own. ・❥・

Only in Your Dreams is a second chance, brother's best friend romance. Melody has just gotten out of a long, toxic relationship in the start of the story and (predictably) she's pretty emotionally wounded. But scene after scene in the beginning she continues to get into situations that make her seem increasingly more pathetic, where she's being "rescued" by the MMC, and making her out to be SO HELPLESS and pitiful and I hateeeee it. After the camping trip from hell the story does get better, but it continues to not be very believable. This man-who is so in love with her that he pines after her for 14 YEARS-is given the opportunity to come clean to her brother about their secret relationship and he chooses to keep it in the dark and pretends she's dating someone else??! Make it make sense. Also, I'm sorry, but Melody searches forever for a job that is perfect for her, applies for the job, and drives 3 hours to go interview, but Zac ISN'T EVEN LOOKING, and the perfect job for him (and them) just falls in his lap as he's standing there?! Nope. There are so many incredibly sweet, romantic things that occur in this book, and I did enjoy it, but I wish it was a bit more realistic. Thanks Netgalley for the e-ARC!

Met my new book boyfriend, sorry folks! The tropes, the story, the writing. Just so great. I've so been into sports romance lately and this one totally delivered. I ate up the brothers best friend story line!

3.5 stars

I did find myself enjoying this read and wanting to get back to reading it. Melody comes home after a break up finding herself around Zac, her teenage crush who left her hanging after a vulnerable moment. Throughout the book she comes to a revelation of how controlled she was in her pervious relationship while learning what it means to truly be the center of someone else’s world. Zac was such a sweetheart throughout the book! He knew he messed up, he tries to remedy that mistake by supporting Melody in her process of self love and worth while falling in love with her all over again.

I really enjoyed this! This was my first book by this author, and I will definitely be coming back for more.
After recently reading a second chance romance that was really disappointing, this really gave me what I wanted! It was so cute and funny. It had plenty of yearning and character growth. I don't always like when several tropes are meshed together, but this really worked! I was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed every minute of it.

I really enjoyed the relationship between the two main characters. I loved seeing Mel grow and find herself after her breakup. Zac was so sweet and understanding. It was so great seeing how patient, loving, and selfless he was with Mel. I also really loved the funny moments. Particularly at the end!
I'll definitely be reading the next book!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for access to this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I loved everything about this book! It's one of those books that made me feel like I was watching it as a movie not just reading. Pretty good Rom Com for sure. My first by Ellie Wilde, look forward to reading more.

I loved this book!!! I don’t usually go for romances but this was incredible. The storyline was great and flowed well. There was the perfect amount of story, backstory, spice, humor etc. throughout the whole book. The characters were amazing and well written. There was some cheesy parts but I loved it so much.

Thank you so much Netgally and Atria Books for this book in exchange for an honest review

super cute! i will say i wish there was more second chance in this second chance romance— you’ll know what i mean when/if you read it— but overall this was a fun time. BUT i do love a “right person, wrong time” romance and this definitely delivered on those feels. also, the small town was small towning, which can sometimes be a miss in small town romances— the town needs to be as enchanting as the romance! i think this one does a pretty good job at it if you’re like me & reading for the couple + the small town vibes :)

Zac Porter is unreal. Small town romance? Humor? Spice and everything nice? SUCH a cute read. A little fast paced for my liking. Another miscommunication trope I didn't love. And for 10 years??? Get over yourself???

SO Cute! You will want to sit and read all at once. This book is darling. The characters are adorable. Such a fun and quick read.

this book was just confusing and i was feeling lost the whole time i was reading it.

i want to begin with characters and their development because i saw nothing in main characters. that’s such a weird thing, but i was more interested in background characters then the main ones. they both were too similar and had no defining characteristics.

second chance romance was also not a second chance. he left but they never were together. does it count as a second chance? i don’t think so. they never even were together to begin with

to end, i loved the forest/camping scenes. it was so interesting to see them survive together. but… i can’t believe their friends never noticed them being lost

I was pleasantly surprised by this sports romance, partly because it felt more like real life with the small town sports hero going on to become a coach instead of a star player. I appreciated the mix of tropes as well. The banter was witty and sweet and it was steamy in a way that felt very realistic for these characters.

This was a pretty good romance. I do like a sports romance. I also love a best friends brother trope! This book was about 100 pages too long in my opinion, but otherwise, it was a good book! 4 stars! Thank you NetGalley for this ARC!

Getting harder and harder to deny the sport romance lover allegations!

I thought this book was so fun! I'm a sucker for yearning, second chance romance, and he falls first tropes, so it's no wonder I just ate this up! Also, the 🌶️ is 🌶️ing, just fyi, you know, in case you're into that 👀

The story follows Melody as she leaves a 6 year toxic relationship and ends up having to share a tent on a camping trip with her childhood crush/the boy who got away Zac. I mean this in the nicest way Zac is like this pathetic sad wet man who is hopelessly in love with Melody. He has literally built his whole life around her. Like this man invented yeaning. Melody for some reason is completely oblivious to this and can not believe that he likes her, because he didn't kiss her 10 years ago when she was leaving for college. The whole time I was reading this, I was like girl...GIRL! THIS MAN IS ABSOLUTLY GONE FOR YOU!!!!! Ahgh! The self control and cluelessness of this woman is insane. (affectionately) Rip Zac and all his sad boy-ness. They could never make me hate you.

To be fair to Melody, though, she did have a ton going on. Her stupid ex boyfriend Connor is literally a garbage bag. I hate him. Girl was gaslit like you wouldn't believe, so it makes sense that she wouldn't believe Zac was into her. Even though Zac tells her he is in to her every couple of pages😒.

Anyway, read this book when it comes out in January, so I can have more people to talk about it with!

Thank you to Netgalley and Atria Books for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.