The target market audience for this book is young adult.
That being said this book would be geared toward the younger spectrum of readers.
Meet Me on Love Street is a cute story where 17 year old Sana is attempting to save her street from being purchased by developers.
She joins a planning committee that brews up the idea to have a street fair to revitalize the street and bring in new business. Miles the MMC is also on this committee but has reservations about the plan being feasible and these two butt heads as they try to plan the festival.
There are also a lot of side plots within this story and that was unfortunately this books hardest hurdle.
I felt like there was almost too many things happening from when Sana and Miles meet to the day of the festival and it made the moments feel rushed like we were speeding past their romance to get to the next scene.
-She's trying to set him up to find love
-Prom
-Committee planning
-Family Dynamic Issues
-Her having multiple jobs/projects

There is more plotlines I'd list but those would be spoilers. Overall the story was entertaining and cute but lacked some depth due to the chaotic nature of the pacing. It felt a bit all over the place and Sana was very juvenile in her actions with Miles. Sana grows a lot but was like gritting my teeth to read through her hot/cold "i love him, i hate him" inner monologues. I think a teenager would resonate more with this though and I can acknowledge that I am not the target audience.

Thank you NetGalley for the e-arc!

3.75 ⭐

This was perfect rom-com material, from the romance obsessed main character to the writing. However, I think it could have been executed better.

The characters were all so amazing and loveable, especially the main characters, though their dynamic could have been further developed. Not only that, but also the misunderstandings were so infuriating.

I feel like there could have been more snarkiness, banter and tension between them, and not just pointless pages.

It just got repetitive towards the end and hard to get through. But, the ending was really good.

Thanks to the Netgalley and Simon Teen for this digital ARC in exchange for an honest review
I read the synopsis, saw two brown people in the title, and decided to read it. The synopsis made it sound like a cute and heartwarming story about saving a neighborhood and finding love, but the reality didn’t quite match up. It started interesting. Sana, our MC, who is a hopeless romantic, lives with her mother on Love Street. Her parents separated in her childhood. Her mother is a florist on Love Street, and the community is interconnected here. Recently, business has not been the same, so the community decided to make some changes to attract an audience. But “Miles,” the new stranger in the community, is too pragmatic for all of the ideas Sana and her group came up with.

It felt like the book was trying too hard to check all of the boxes for diversity’s sake, and I am not exaggerating by saying *too hard*. Sana is supposed to be a hopeless romantic, but her actions don’t reflect that, it was only the author who kept saying it again and again until the audience was convinced (I wasn’t). The book was supposed to be all about love but I never connected with all of the self-proclaimed hopeless romantic aspect. Even her romance with Miles felt flat. There were so many characters, but everyone was kind of flat. Only Miles stood out to me.

At times, I felt that the main theme of the story, the neighborhood’s gentrification, became secondary, and other things took focus instead. The fight to save Love Street was barely explored. I didn’t feel invested in the cause or the community or their struggles. The world-building was shallow, leaving me disconnected from the entire neighborhood struggle. Romance might attract a young audience, but it wasn’t for me.

Farah Heron's writing style is so character driven it feels like you've ran into them on the street and in one conversation, you know their whole life. I love how she writes characters full of love and hope and big dreams, and in this book particularly, set our main character up with someone the exact opposite. In a classic YA enemies to lovers storyline, Heron tells the story of a girl with big dreams. I loved this book so much -- it was a fun read filled with hopeful teenagers making a big difference in their local communities. A story of hope and change. I think this book will do so well in the hands of young readers, who are often told their voices won't make a difference big enough for change.

I finished this last night and it was amazing!!! The entire story was so good and I loved how Sana was doing so much to save her street. I loved how I could relate to the main character. I loved Miles and his anti-romance. The last 4 chapters had me BAWLING (in a good way!) I definitely recommend this and it comes out on Jun 10th!!!

i am so sad to say i’m dnf’ing this one :( i love this author’s previous work and although i know im not the biggest fan of YA, i decided to give it a shot but this just wasn’t working for me. i still adore her books and will be supporting her next release immediately 💫

Meet Me on Love Street by Farah Heron follows hopeless romantic, Sana, as she saves her struggling neighborhood, and finds love with her cynical partner in crime. As a hopeless romantic myself, I was very excited to dive into Meet Me on Love Street. But, I don't think it was for me. It felt like we (the readers) were constantly being bombarded by Sana's hopeless romantic-ness. I felt like I read more of her saying she was a hopeless romantic, than of her actually being a hopeless romantic. It just felt like that part of her was laid on a little thick. This could just be my personal reading experience, and I can definitely see many people enjoying this book if they want a cute cheesy romance, it just was not for me. There were also quite a few mentions of "Insta" or "TikTok" and while that doesn't bother me much, I know it is some people's biggest reading pet peeve. All in all, Meet Me on Love Street was a cute cheesy romance that could definitely be enjoyed by younger readers or anybody who wants a simple rom com to read.