Thank you Celadon Books and Katie Sturino for the eARC!

Sunny Side explores a story about a plus sized woman who had a panic attack in a dressing room as the department store did not have swimsuits larger than size 12.

This book was a fun read that had me hooked form the beginning. The journey of self acceptance navigated by Sunny as she's dating after a divorce. The representation is top notch and this would be a perfect summer beach read!

The plus size rep in this book is refreshing, if not hard to read at times, for my own struggles.
Sonny is a bit of a mess, and the story reflects this well. I found myself engaging at times, while wholely disengaging in others. There were so many parallels between my life and Sonny's, it was hard not to love her.

3.5 stars. Thank you, NetGalley and Celadon Books for allowing me to read this book early. The opinion in this review is my own.

Sunny is successful in the fashion information industry, but she is debilitatingly self-conscious about her weight. She is recently divorced and going on a vacation trip with her friends as a divorce-vacation. Choosing what to wear to a tropical vacation is a big deal for Sunny when her friends are “model size”.

The dialogue was okay but the miscommunication which led to a fight is something that always bothers me in books. I also understand that Sunny’s weight is part of her character and growth, but sometimes it is a bit heavy-handed. I think the author was trying to be sensitive to what plus-size women are feeling, but some of the ways it came across were kind of unrealistic and borderline hurtful.

Overall, this is a cute book and I’d recommend it because it’s a fun rom-com.

Thank you to NetGalley for an eARC of Sunny Side Up.

Sunny was an interesting main character. I was glad she was shown as flawed. I really enjoyed the first wives club friendship.

Overall it was an easy read with an underlying positive message

Absolutely LOVED this book. Sunny was the most lovable character and relatable in the best ways. The romance was perfectly spicy and also wonderfully sweet. I can’t wait to read more from this author

I can’t get on board with a character who’s a size 16 acting like she’d actually need a seatbelt extender. The book lacked actual conflict and I felt like the inner voice was just trying to teach the reader the whole time instead of sharing a compelling story.

I enjoyed reading this very contemporary romance. The Internet certainly plays a major part of the action with the author showing the good and the bad of using it. The story line revolves around how one feels about themself and how the main character goes about trying to resolve a fashion problem that concerns herself and many others. Mixed in with this premise is the main character, who is divorced, needing a date for her brother's wedding. There are plenty of descriptive scenes of New York City, the boardroom of a high powered business, the fashion industry and a few animals for comic relief. All in all this was a very good read.

It is refreshing to read a book about positive female relationships. I felt the entire book demonstrated the difficulties women face in their work and personal relationships in an honest way without the common and overdramatic tropes often found in a lot of books.

Sunny Side Up was such a fun read that I blew through it in one day. The book opens with Sunny, a plus size NYer, having a panic attack in a dressing room because the department store doesn't carry swimsuits in sizes larger than a 12. I was laughing out loud right from the start. The story follows Sunny on her journey of self acceptance while she navigates dating fresh from a divorce. I just adored the character, I loved the plus size representation and got Sex & the City vibes minus all the toxicity. I'm a sucker for a story set in NY but also loved the peek into the PR/fashion world. This is going to be a perfect beach read for the summer.

What a great story! Can't wait to read more by this author!
Thanks Netgalley and to the author for the ARC!

Katie Sturino’s “Sunny Side Up” is a heartwarming tale of self-love. Sunny Greene, a recently divorced woman, battles her weight and body image. The book takes you on a journey through NYC, sharing Sunny’s personal and professional adventures with humor.

What a rom-com-y book, I could see the inevitable movie adaption in my head as I was reading this. I enjoyed this book, the story was cute and fun and easy to read. Some of the characters you really loved (Brooke, Noor, Avery) and someone you really didn’t, even if you thought you did at first.

My biggest gripe is the standard lack of communication leading to a fight, which can be so frustrating as a reader. Beyond that, I enjoyed the deadlines in the story of the wedding and the SONNY launch, it gave the anticipation of a season finale.

This is going to be your perfect summer read, great for pool or beachside. Buy a copy and pass it along to your friends, everyone is going to love this!

This book follows Sunny as she navigates dating and living post divorce in a plus sized body. I thought it was a refreshing take on a romantic comedy and such a joy to follow her journey into dating after divorce.

Ok loved this book it made me so happy to see the real issues of a plus size woman, including trying on bathing suits. This was such a fun story and I can’t wait to read more from this author

This seems like such a light and breezy debut but it’s just not for me. I don’t feel anything reading the words - I’m not even having fun. Sadly, in my opinion, very blah overall.

I had the absolute honor of reading this advanced copy of Sunny Side Up. The book is about a woman, Sunny, recently divorced, who needs a date for her brother's upcoming wedding.

Right from the start, the author @katiesturino, is a champion for all women, regardless of size.

Sunny doesn't fit the model mold, struggles with her weight (and others perception of what that should be), trying on clothes in fitting rooms (we've all been there), finding clothes in a store that flatters her body, and forming new friendships/relationships after a devastating divorce.

This is a story for anyone who needs to know they are not alone in their struggles with a failed relationship, lack of self-confidence, body shamming, or just starting over. I already want to read it again.

I really enjoyed this debut novel from Katie Sturino! Sunny is a 35 year old recently divorced fashion PR firm CEO, navigating through her restarted dating life, and relationships with her friends and family.

“Always a little worried that he was going to trade me in for someone smaller, thinner, more mysterious, less loud in public”

There was so many things I liked about this novel:
- A wonderful support system of two friends going through divorce and life with our FMC
- Her dressing room wars was so relatable for me.
- Her hesitation about re-entering the dating world/intimacy

There were many laugh out loud moments, and others that made me tear up. Great debut! Will definitely check out future works from this author.

Thank you to Netgalley and Celadon Books for the ARC of this novel; all opinions are my own.

Thank you net galley for the early arc!! Such a fast paced read, light read! Our story follows sunny a plus size business woman / body positivity influencer who just got a divorce and is on the dating scene. We follow her as she navigates dating as a plus size woman and building a business after she has a mental breakdown in the dressing room of a fancy department store because they didn't have her size in a bathing suit. Truly I saw the good in this story and how it can be positive to girls who struggle with loving a plus size body but at the same time I felt it was extremely unrealistic. Sonny basically gets handed everything in this story and doesn't have to work for much. Not only that but she gets caught in a love triangle between to attractive men, one being a successful, rich ceo of a huge company.... I just found that to be so unrealistic for most women. Overall this was a okay story.

I really wanted to like this one since I love the authors social media content and interviews on podcasts but I just didn't click with it. I liked the body positivity in the first half and Sunny's initial journey but then it just got so heavy handed and overdone. I didn't really care for the romance and didn't feel much chemistry with the mmc. I would've rather had more content with the other divorced friends and their friendships.

3.5 stars. This was a good read, but felt more like a self help book than a romance a lot of the time. That had a lot to do with the fact that most of the conflict in the book arises from Sunny’s head and not outside forces. And don’t even get me started on the impossibility of launching a clothing line that quickly—it ain’t gonna happen.. I know…book magic, but as a former fashion designer it bugged me the way that publishing magic in books probably irks publishing folks. all in all enjoyable, but not going to be on that i read over and over again.