Category: Friends to Lovers

  • The Shippers

    The Shippers

    Katherine Center, 2026. 4.25 Stars. This is a true romp, a quick read abundant with the rat-a-tat back and forth volleying between childhood friends that are obviously meant for each other, when they are not holding each other in headlocks. Katherine Center is straight up playing in this novel, I…

  • 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…