This story was a classic When Harry Met Sally type of romance. You knew from the start the two characters were going to fall madly in love with each other but you read along because you want to see the play by play! I loved this story. Being in quarantine has put me in the mood for romance chick-lit stories and this one hit the spot!

This is a very interesting rom com about 2 people who met during their interview and are both in relationship. When they met first they had something but they remain as friends. I hated the female character bf like was such an ass and i did not like how the ending was like freaking fast

4 Stars
This was a delight in the way it took the Harry Met Sally troupe and turned it on its side with today's internet, open, free-wheeling sharing. It takes to people who become co-workers and how they develop a friendship of sorts. They work together perfectly yet do not cross over into more until much much later.

This had banter, quirky dating issues and all the other fun stuff.

I really enjoyed reading Fran’s journey from getting a new job to internet dating.
I couldn’t put this book down and read it in no time at all.
I really hope there is a follow up to this story as I didn’t want it to end.

Swipe Right by Stephie Chapman is a contemporary romance, and my first book by this author. I absolutely loved this book, from beginning to the end. This book is similar to when Harry met Sally, because Fran and Ollie friendship takes place over years. I highly recommend this book if you are looking for a heart warming story.
I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Sometimes, a bit of romance is exactly what you need. A little distraction from the rest of the world and, when it all works out well in the end, then you know things will be okay. That's exactly what Swipe Right manages to do.

Title: Swipe Right
Author: Stephie Chapman
Pages: Kindle Edition
Publisher: Hera Books
Publication Date:  13th May 2020


When Fran interviews for a job at content website Viral Hive, she didn't expect to interview against Mr Cool. They instantly clash but have great creativity and ideas. But even if he hadn't caught her eye, it doesn't matter, because she has Lucas and he has Lou. But when Fran's relationship with Lucas crumbles, she decides to get on Tinder and document her dates - great content, after all!

I have a lot of gripes with romance novels (but still keep going back to them). They don't always get it right. The friends are just there as filler for the MC. The MC is cuter than she realises. The ex is a total douche. The new guy is swoon-worthy. They make a few mistakes and then BAM. Kisses at midnight. Or in the park. Or at the coffee shop.

Thankfully, Swipe Right doesn't quite go in for all of those tropes. Fran is probably hot, but aside from having notable red hair, there's not much about her looks. She comes across as a lot more ... normal. She's also sharp and snarky. She's not wet, she makes mistakes and she can hold her own. So far, so go.

Her chemistry with the new guy, Ollie, is totally on point. They clash. They call each other out. They care. Definite sparks and, if you know that feeling, then it's definitely there in this book. I was a bit worried he would have to come and rescue her at one point, but thankfully ...

My rom com gripe here is that all the dates, all the men, that Fran meets are definite pieces of work. Some are pathetic, some are manipulative, some are nasty. That was just the bit of depth missing from this for me - well-rounded male characters that don't require romantic interest. Likewise, there could have been a lot more going on with her friends. I've read a lot worse (!!!) but am still waiting for that rom com that gives me it all.

But seriously, Fran and Ollie - great chemistry, natural conversation, very believable. It worked and I enjoyed seeing their relationship blossom. Even better, this story takes TIME. It's not 4 weeks of sizzling chemistry. It's years. I need a little realism in my fuzzy romance feels.

I think if I were to read this at a different time it might be a 3.5 rounded down to 3 stars, but given that this book did me no wrong, it's up to 4 stars.

The last part of the story focuses on romance. We remain in a traditional register but its end makes us smile. It is an enemy to friends to lovers story that we take pleasure in reading. It has Christmas scents. We want to read this with a plaid on our knees and a cup of hot chocolate. It's really cute and we take pleasure in rereading it just for the excitement it arouses.

“As Harry puts it, men and women can never be friends because 'the sex part always gets in the way.”
― Nora Ephron, When Harry Met Sally

I've always loved the movie, When Harry Met Sally, and it was obviously used as inspiration for this story. Unfortunately, while Harry and Sally were funny and endearing, Ollie and Fran were not. I found them both mildly annoying, and their voices sounded WAY older than the twenty-somethings they were. Their chemistry was seriously lacking. The timeline jumped forward so frequently, I guess we were to assume they were spending far more time together than we were told.

My favorite part of the entire book was Fran's description of her time spent with "the musician." I literally laughed out loud, and added an extra star for that chapter alone.

This is a cutesy, sweet novel, but offered nothing new.

Available for purchase May 13th, 2020.

**Many thanks to the publisher for my review copy.

YOU GUYS I LOVED BOOK SO MUCH! If you like good slow burn romances you’ll love this one!
So what is this book about? It’s about the relationship between Fran and Ollie. From co-interviewees and brief enemies to coworkers and besties! The attraction and chemistry between them is undeniable. But unfortunately both Ollie and Fran are spoken for. After a turn of events Fran is single and ready to mingle, and as a content creator she thinks up a new blog! Dating in the big city one swipe at a time. And so Fran’s adventures in dating commence! But what happens when her attraction to Ollie attraction doesn’t go away?

I really really enjoyed it! It was such a fun read and I’m definitely gonna try more of Stephie Chapman’s books, I’ve had so much fun reading this one! It was funny and entertaining at times, and infuriating and sad at others. The dates Fran went to were particularly amusing and at times maddening to my angry inner feminist. It was fun to see Fran’s take on them, her responses, and her actions towards men who have wronged her. I also appreciated how the characters were good but flawed people that have made mistakes.
I always love when the romance in books isn’t perfect. This whole book talked about missed opportunities for people and - right person wrong time. It was just so wonderful to read about a relationship that felt flawed but also meant to be? As if they were meant to happen but just at a different time. They needed to rewind and find their pace together.
A comparison I felt throughout reading this book was towards “Where Rainbows End” by Cecelia Ahern! What drew me to that comparison you may ask? Well, for starters- they’re both so bloody damn British! I’m both kidding and not. There was a lot of British slang in this one and thankfully I did know what the characters meant by them all.
But the second most prominent part came to form by the frustration and slow burn of the romance! In both books, the authors have decided to torment us readers by letting us wait for sooooo long before we get the climatic union of the couple. It’s both frustrating and incredible. Frustrating because I just want them to get together, and incredible because it makes me so much more invested in the relationship!
You NEED patience for this book. The romance is so slow burning you’ll find yourself screaming at your book, yelling at Fran and Ollie to “get their shit together already”. I know I have. By the last 15% of the book I was about ready to take a sledgehammer and find my way onside the book. But alas, I did not venture into the land of zeros and ones inside of my phone and decided to give them the last few pages to reconcile and find their way to one another.
So, while I personally love waiting awhile for the love interests to get together, I understand that many other people don’t feel the same- especially to THAT extent.
So enough raving, let’s get to the problems with the books shall we? Or more correctly in this case- the one problem I had with this one!
So what was my problem? Well, for me the book seemed to be paced oddly! It felt as if it took quite a long time for the plot to go underway? The book is titled “Swipe Right” but Fran only got swiping (on Tinder) at around the 50% mark... it was still entertaining all throughout and I definitely thought it was a good exposition to set the pace and circumstances of the whole novel, but it may have been a tad too slow.

Overall it was a great read for a patient reader! The romance was great and I enjoyed myself immensely!

4 stars.

What you need in lockdown is to get lost in a lighthearted, funny, dramatic romance and this book has it ALL.
So many ups and downs - I had to know how it ended!
A really well written book with likeable and believable characters. I loved how modern and "now" the whole thing felt too.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
♥️

This was a great lighthearted read (and it gave me sooo many nostalgic London feels)! It was witty and had a great main character in Fran. Her and Ollie’s chemistry was great, but it was also told realistically. There were a few times in the book that I got a little confused by the pacing, and had to go back and double check where we were at but for the most part I really enjoyed reading Swipe Right. Overall I would give this book 3.5 stars.

Thanks to the publisher for providing me an eARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!

This is a standard, run-of-the-mill chick lit. I adore Stephie's writing and the humour she brings to her books. A cute read to pass the time.

I am a huge fan of all chick lit, especially from the UK, and Swipe Right checks off all the boxes!

Fran and Ollie meet when they are both interviewing for the same job. When they both get hired and start to work together, sparks fly.....except they can't act on their attraction because they both have significant others! 

In a modern day "Harry Met Sally", we see the story from Fran's perspective on whether men and women can truly be friends. Read along, smile with glee, squeal with happiness and sigh with contentment. A great read!!

This was a quick, fun read. Cute story. I loved Fran and Ollie, and work BFF Carlina, although the other secondary characters felt a bit two-dimensional. Honestly, even though the title and description of this book focus on the Tinder bits, I think I would’ve enjoyed the book more without it. The Viral Hive (like BuzzFeed, get it?) setting for a workplace romance and the love triangles were really doing it for me, I was loving it, then halfway through the Tinder subplot came into play, reminiscent of a How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days kind of story arc, and it felt a little forced and unnecessary. This book didn’t need the gimmick of a Tinder blog, and for me it interrupted an interesting story and made it a little bland. I still enjoyed it, and I give it 3 stars, but I think it could easily have been 4 without the millennial pandering (I’m a proud millennial; I can say that).

Thank you NetGalley, author, and publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you NetGalley for providing this arc for review.

Swipe Right is a rom-com book about two people who meet at a new job at Viral Hive. I love the fun vibrant office culture and down to earth manager. In the beginning, It took me a while to get invested into the book. I felt like I couldn’t connect to the characters in any way! I pushed my way through, and as I kept reading, the story seems to draw you in. Suddenly, you become a part of Fran’s life and you cared(at least I cared). The ending was kind of cheesy.. but I still loved it. I wouldn’t have asked of anything less.

This isn't your typical enemies to lovers book! It starts out as two people getting the same job and by the end of it, they have both ditched their significant others and become one. It was an enjoyable read and a breath of fresh air.

I enjoyed this book as a nice diversion from all the current world issues. It tells the story of Fran & Ollie who meet white interviewing for the same job... which they both get.
Thereafter follows the tale from colleagues to friends to dating and love - though it’s not quite that straight forward...

To start with both Fran & Ollie are dating other people and although it’s clear to see the Fran’s relationship is wrong for her Ollie’s is a bit more ‘secretive’ to the point that I didn’t realise he had a girlfriend when he first pursued Fran. I thought all of the main characters were likeable - especially Fran - and enjoyed seeing her grow in confidence throughout the book. Although you know where the story is heading, the road through the relationships ending, dating other people to the pair getting together was entertaining and humorous throughout and a bit of real Rom Com escapism. Light and easy reading.

Thanks to Hera Books, NetGalley and Stephie Chapman for an ARC of this book.

My reading mood has changed in these strange times and I've been craving more contemporaries than usual... I was in the mood for a proper romcom and I thought I had hit the jackpot as soon as I read the blurb of Swipe Right. It sounded like such a cute and fun read, and I have been looking forward to it ever since I first heard about it. I'm not sure why, but somehow I ended up having mixed feelings about this story instead despite the fact I was in the mood for the genre... First of all I have to stress that Swipe Right is by no means a bad read and I'm having a feeling romance fans will absolutely love this story. Especially since contemporary romance isn't my favorite genre in the first place and despite being in the mood for this type of read, some elements just might have been too much for me... I'll try to explain what worked and didn't work for me below.

I have to say that I really liked the idea behind the blurb, the vibe of Viral Hive and all the characters involved. Fran, Ollie and their colleagues are easy to like and that makes it really easy to stay invested and fly through those pages. I also quite like the whole 'friends to lovers' trope, especially as the dynamics between Fran and Ollie work so well... BUT. Directly related to this are all those cliches that keep being thrown at you along the way. Romance cliches, the bad dates, more than one love triangle (and you all know how I detest those in the first place!), the cheating, sexy scenes... Each of these on its own would already bother me, but having all those elements thrown at me without space for a little breather started to irritate me more and more. I would have loved to see more focus on the growing relationship between Fran and Ollie instead of all the love triangle related mess and the whole cheating angle too... And while the bad dates can be seen as funny, they were just too cliche and basically cringeworthy for me.

That said, I know my reaction is a bit biased as I'm allergic to both love triangles and the cheating angle in my romcoms... And you all know it's not exactly my favorite genre in the first place. Fran and Ollie are lovely though and there were a lot of things I did enjoy about Swipe Right, so I'm having a feeling anyone who enjoys a good romcom will probably have an excellent time with this story.

This book was really cute. I always enjoy British books, and learn new slang every time I read one. I had no idea that Brits use "fanny" as a term for vagina, instead of butt like Americans. That must be super confusing when watching each others TV shows and movies!

Anyways, I thought this might be an enemies to lovers trope, but it morphed more into a friends to something more Fran and Ollie meet at a job interview, and then end up working together for most of the book. They are both taken, and become work spouses. Their significant others, Lucas and Lou are both awful. Lucas keeps gaslighting Fran and talks down to her, while Lou is insecure and jealous.

Eventually, Fran goes off on Lucas and it is kind of awesome. She then uses her new singledom for a project (she basically works for a fictionalized version of Buzzfeed) about dating via Tinder in London. The dates she writes about are all pretty much train wrecks, which lead to some laugh-out-loud parts of the book. There are a couple of intense and upsetting parts, though, where one date gets aggressive and belligerent, and another who threatens to try and destroy Fran's reputation. So, I guess it is good the author keeps it real, because we all know that can happen in real life, unfortunately.

Throughout all of this, Fran has some great supports. She has her dad, her roommate Suze (who I loved), and her work husband Ollie. However, there is so much back and forth with Ollie/ Lou, Ollie/ Fran. It gets messy. The end was cute, but the only description we get of anything physical between the MCs ends up being a couple kisses. I was disappointed in that. I really needed an epilogue or something here. While I was invested in the story, the ending was too abrupt.

While I liked this book, I didn't love it. The story plodded along fir do long before any real romance entered the narrative. I like a slow burn romance, but this book took too long to get there. The characters were well written and likeable. I liked this premise, but the pacing was off for me.