Grace está en su primer año de residencia en obstetricia y ginecología. Pensó que, después de todo lo que había pasado en su vida personal, este sería un nuevo comienzo y que todo iría bien. Sin embargo, alguien empieza un chisme sobre una de las residentes, insinuando que no está ahí por mérito propio y que tuvo que hacer favores sexuales para ser aceptada. Por alguna razón, la gente comienza a difundir que esa residente es Grace. Lo que se suponía serían años de dedicarse a aprender y mejorar se convierte en un verdadero infierno, y ahora tendrá que demostrar que todos están equivocados, además de soportar crueles comentarios sobre su persona. Sin embargo, dentro de todo esto, encontrará un aliado inesperado: Julián, su rival, quien menos esperaba que creyera en ella y la defendiera.

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Sentí horrible por todo lo que Grace tuvo que soportar.




Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

ᯓ★ˎˊ˗ net galley review
Thank you so much to Harlequin Trade Publishing for providing me with the ARC of this book.

I loved this book it read like Grey’s Anatomy if it were a rom-com movie that focused on Alex and Izzy instead of Meredith. The characters has so much dept to them and made them very interesting to read about. I personally love the anxiety representation in this book as a person with severe anxiety Deidra Duncan’s writing is so easy to read and just reads as if you’re watching a rom-com movie staring Jennifer Aniston. The pacing of this book was amazing as well. The relationship between the characters doesn’t feel rushed and instead feels real and raw. The spice in this book is also VERY tolerable, I am someone who doesn’t enjoy a lot of spice scenes in my books but this book handles them so well and in a tasteful manner.

I really hope to read more from Deidra Duncan as this book has easily placed her on my auto-buy author’s list. She can only go up from here and I am excited to see what she writes next.

Ugh, this book… it was so good and such a vibe. I’m such a sucker for a doctor romance, and this one was perfection. I binged it in two days while feeling under the weather.

The banter in this book was top-tier. Even when both characters “hated” each other, I was still cackling and kicking my feet at their commentary. I also loved the timeline aspect of this story. It starts during their first month as interns in an OB-GYN residency and progresses through the entire four-year program. This made the development of the main characters’ relationship such a deliciously perfect slow burn.

I will always hype up any book with excellent mental health representation, and this one really shines in that area. I also loved that the author included so many elements of hospital politics and gossip in the storyline. My heart ached for what Grace went through and the double standards women face in any work environment.

This book had so much heart. All the stars. I now also feel like I need to rewatch all 19 seasons of a very popular tv show.

Thank you Harlequin Trade Publishing and NetGalley for allowing me to read a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

3 ⭐️s. A cute romance with major Grey’s Anatomy vibes. For this being about adult doctors, it felt a little juvenile. I love the enemies to lovers trope when it’s done correctly, but they “enemied” a little too hard and it just made Julian seem like a dick and it’s hard to root for him after that. I will say around the 40% mark the characters became a little more likable, but I could have lived without the third act breakup.

LOVE SICK is a sweet romance of two doctors who not only help heal their patients but in each other. Despite starting off on the wrong foot, Julian and Grace slowly get to know each other over their residencies. Agreeing to help each other study, Grace and Julian become even closer, until it's undeniable that there's something between them. But due to Grace's past and rumors, Grace does something for the sole purpose of protecting Julian, but only ends up hurting him and pushing him away. What will it take for them to work through it and end up back together? A cute and sexy debut perfect for Grey's Anatomy fans!

Thank you to Harlequin Trade Publishing and NetGalley for the arc in exchange for my honest review.

Love Sick by Deidra Duncan is a lovely debut novel featuring a medical romance with an enemies to lovers trope. The main characters are trying to navigate surviving the first few years of being OB-GYN residents. Grace Rose, the FMC, is smart, driven, and also has to deal with rumors in the workplace. Our MMC, Julian Santini, is handsome and blunt, and butts heads with Grace from the very beginning. Julian and Grace are often drawn to one another and can’t help bickering and bantering with one another. To everyone else, it’s obvious, these two have a connection. There is a thin line between love and hate, and this romance embodies it.

As their residency continues, Julian and Grace learn to work together by offering to tutoring each other. He shows her surgery techniques while she helps him with study skills. From enemies to friends to something more.

Even though these two have an undeniable connection, and eventually succumb to their feeling and start seeing each other, Grace struggles with letting Julian in due to a bad past relationship. I liked how the author incorporated Grace’s personal growth journey to learn to trust in her love and relationship with Julian.

Overall, I really enjoyed this story and loved following Julian and Grace’s journey and relationship.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

I thoroughly enjoyed this debut book and devoured it in a day, but it was not without a few flaws.

The MMC wasn't my favorite in the beginning, but he definitely redeemed himself as the book went on. I felt like he didn't handle their first conflict well and the way he reacted seemed out of character.

I really enjoyed the enemies to lovers dynamic and banter between the main characters that slowly morphed into a tender love story.

I will be on the lookout for more books from this author in the future.

I found this book to be an interesting read. I really liked the banter and the dynamic between Grace and Julian. It was refreshing to read a male main character who was (for the most part) emotionally honest and straightforward. There were some things near the end that felt out of character or misaligned with his characterization that had been established throughout the book to increase the angst level, but I didn’t feel it was necessary at that point because the angst was already high. I also had mixed feelings on the central conflict of the book and the way it was resolved. Overall, I enjoyed following Grace and Julian’s journey as well as learning more about the inner workings of residency and medical placements.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for the ARC!

Thank you NetGalley for an ARC of the story for an honest review!

I enjoyed the book, and you maybe be thinking why give it a 3 stars?

As stories go, I struggled with the first pages and the conflict. ML was portrayed as this nice guy that loves woman but his inner thoughts initially threw me off. I thought the first conflict between them to was not done well. But as I forced my self to continue as the writing was good and I had faith, it got better.

FL also had her flaws and I didn’t enjoyed the *SPOILER* third act break! Shocker I know!!


I believe this is the author first book and I did enjoy this book, I am excited to see how she continues to grow her craft and the other books she writes!