Category: Friends to Lovers

  • Never Over

    Never Over

    Clare Gilmour, 2025. 5 Stars for Chemistry in Song Absolute five-star read because this defies all the tropes and slashes them to the ground to make way for a slow burning, cauldron bubbling, sweet steamer of a novel with A+ chemistry, solid partner communication, and a family dynamic that felt…

  • It’s Different This Time

    It’s Different This Time

    Joss Richard, 2025 4.25 Stars for Style and Immersion The swoons are a full five stars and so is the wish fulfillment between these highly attractive dream chasers who are finding success in New York City and running around a brownstone ignoring their real feelings. As a friends to lovers,…

  • August Lane

    August Lane

    Regina Black, 2025 5 Stars for Finesse and Craft Absolutely beautiful story of romance and beginnings and family/community. This story is a ballad, and it’s told in three different timelines but it transitions between each of them with perfect timing. I was so taken by August and Luke as these…

  • Fun at Parties

    Fun at Parties

    Jamie Harrow, 2025 3.75 Stars for a Low-Impact Ride I am torn on this one because I was not connecting to the social media plot line, but I am a softie for Jamie Harrow because her debut novel was a marvel that I discovered unassumingly on a library shelf. I…

  • Anywhere with You

    Anywhere with You

    Elsie Palmer, 2025 5 Stars for Perfect Chaos The burn on this is slow and sizzling. I want to restart this book and re-read it for the second of many times, and it’s five stars because I can’t wait to share it with friends, especially those who are new or…