I really enjoyed this listen! The narration was well done.

Incorporating the way AIM chats used to define relationships, talking with crushes and connecting with someone virtually for the first time with planned chat dates was such a fun callback because I 100% used to do that.

My one annoyance with Danny and Rachel's relationship was how easily they fell into a romance after 20 years apart, hardly unpacking of their baggage. There wasn't tons of development from the reunion night to the realization that they wanted to truly give their relationship a try.

Miscommunication also really grinds my gears but I'm giving this a pass because they were in high school and one little thing can be a catastrophic end to a friendship and relationship when you're in your teens.

➡️ Dual timeline
➡️ Second Chance
➡️ Friends to lovers

Thank you to the publisher, author, and Netgalley for my chance to review this audiobook ARC.

This was my first book by this author and I wasn't sure what to expect as romcoms can be a big hit or miss for me.

This book was a hit for me. The writing was genuine and the story was heartfelt. The characters grew and communicated by the end of the story.

I would have liked to see a smoother finish as it did feel kind of rushed, but it wasn't a bad ending.

If anyone needs me I'll be consuming this author's backlog of books.

This was a cute second chance romance between Rachel and Danny who gets reconnected during a class reunion. A lot of the story happens one night (the reunion) and there was a lot of situations that delayed their arrival to it.

I through the flash back to the IM on AOL chats was really cute. The was marketed as frenemies to lovers but I didn't get the enemies vibe at all. I thought Rachel acted a little bit immature at times for someone her age. I do wish that we got a little bit of Danny's POV.

Natalie Naudus did a good job with the narration.

Thank you @avonbooks @harperaudio for a copy of the audiobook.

Such a complicated rom-com; oh these two are so stubborn. I loved it!
Thanks to NetGalley, the author, and HarperAudio Adult | HarperAudio for this ARC.

ARC Review: Rating ||⭐️⭐️⭐️.75||

TGMLT follows Rachel Dang, who was voted “Most Likely to Succeed” in high school, and she was…until she’s a victim of lay offs at her company. With her new found freedom, she (reluctantly) accepts the invitation to her twentieth high school reunion by none other than her former frenemy, Danny Phan, Rachel agrees despite their unresolved past.

This was such a fun, feel good, quick read! it’s not super concept heavy which means you can pick up and put it down whenever you and was a great reminder that you can be doing everything right in life, but life will still happen no matter how prepared. Although it’s marketed as a romance, the underlying friendship between the FMC and MMC was the selling point for me. I loved seeing them rekindle and revisit different versions of experiences that they both shared. This could’ve easily been a 4 star read but I felt like between 60-80% the book started to lose my focus. There was great character intro and development in the first half of the book, so between the percentages mentioned above, IMO it didn’t add to the premise of the story and kind of took away from what we were teased with earlier on.

Tropes:
- fr(enemies) to lovers
- reconciliation
- second chance rom

I don't know how you could not like this book because I found it fantastic! Rachel and Danny were friends.. and more in high school until it all went south. They haven't seen one another for 20 years and they reunite at their reunion. Rachel is going to apologize to Danny and she hopes they can be friends again, but Danny went for one reason only.. and that was to see Rachel. It is clear he never forgot about her and that he was just as smitten as ever. This book was packed full of nostalgia for me and I was eating it up. I was also eating up just how gone Danny was for Rachel.. swoon. I had so many AWE moments with this one. There wasn't a lot of angst, just a lot of sweetness and that was refreshing.
Thanks to Harper Audio, Netgalley and Julie Tieu for an ALC.

I loved The Girl Most Likely To by Julie Tieu and would recommend this to anyone, but especially other millennials. The story, relatability and nostalgia kept me hooked. I didn't want to turn it off and listened to the whole thing in two days.

Rachel's life is turned upside down after getting let go from her job and she finds herself at a total loss for what to do next. Thankfully she decides to attempt to heal some of the past by attending her 20th high school reunion and reconnecting with her high school best friend and crush, Danny. That's when the fun really starts! It's a whirlwind of a night, where almost everything that can go wrong does. This book listened like an (almost) all-in-one-night RomCom movie and I'm not mad about it.

I really enjoyed this! It gave me Emily Henry vibes with the single POV and rambling inner dialogue which I actually really enjoy because it’s super relatable!

This was cute and sweet and I would definitely read more by this author! I feel like the FMC was incredibly relatable and I’m sure most people would be able to identify with some of her struggles.

Thank you to NetGalley, HarperAudio Adult, HarperAudio and Julie Tieu for giving me an advanced listener’s copy of this great book 💕

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC or Advanced Listening Copy.

This is a review of the book and the narration


The narration is pretty decent and would recommend it.

But the writing is just off.

I like the Chinese American representation and the flashback to the 90s.

But it's just nothing to write home about but a good background audiobook.

I’m sure others will enjoy this book, but I’m not the target audience. It’s a dual timeline, and I had trouble keeping track of where we were in time. There isn’t really a plot—it’s more a series of unfortunate events. The tone isn’t as light and fun as I expect from a rom-com. I enjoyed the audiobook narration.

Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC.

Miscommunication, Second Chance romance. A unique premise that takes place almost entirely at their 20th class reunion. Rachel was the girl most likely to succeed in high school, and even though it’s been 20 years, she still remembers those who were her biggest competitors. She has a not so glamorous life in the entertainment industry, and she has just been laid off from her job. She finally made the trades, and it was because of her layoff. Her friend (who is an actress) hired her short term to be her assistant, getting coffee and laundry. This allows for her to stay very close to the entertainment industry and to make it seem like her life is a bit more glamorous than it is. Just in time for her 20th reunion, she reconnects with Danny,. They had one special moment in 2023, and then nothing came of it. Not that she thinks about that much anymore.

There’s a lot of nostalgia in this one, depending on where you were around 2003, you will see and hear a lot of things that jump off the page and make you laugh. It’s really the details. I’m not a big fan of the miscommunication trope typically, but with teenagers they have miscommunication just about every day. I liked the way that in my copy the parts from high school were in bold print, allowing me to understand when we were in the past.

There aren’t chapter headings that say the years, or “then” chapters and “now” chapters. Because of this, the audiobook gave me pause a few times. It is difficult to tell which decade you’re in without title headings. That said, this is my very favorite audiobook narrator, Natalie Naudus. I so appreciate that Publishers. Choose a narrator that is Chinese to voice a book about Chinese characters. Natalie Naudus is a real pro, I love the way that she uses pauses and inflection in her performance. Side note: she is also the author of a wonderful queer YA book Gay The Pray Away. Five stars.

Rachel is not at all boring, she really is flawed yet likable. You’re rooting for her and you understand why she is trying to embellish her career to her former classmates. If you like a second chance romance, pick this one up.

Thanks to NetGalley and Harper Avon for the ARC. Book to be published February 18, 2025.

This was a fun single POV romance featuring a high school overachiever who finds herself suddenly let go from her company during layoffs and feeling lost in life and who finds herself reunited with her first crush/love at their twenty year high school reunion. Second chance romances are some of my favs and this was lighthearted, cozy and featured older MCs which I really enjoyed too. Great on audio narrated by Natalie Naudus (my absolute fav!) and perfect for fans of books like Reunion by Beth Reekles or The hookup plan by Farrah Rochon. Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital and audio copy in exchange for my honest review!