Set on You was a really enjoyable read so I was very excited to read this book but unfortunately it did not hit the same and I was a bit disappointed.

I was just bored most of the time, which was a shame. It did get better towards the end but at that point I was fed up and just wanted to finish the book. I guess the biggest problem was that the slow burn was TOO slow! So much so that most of the book didn’t even feel like a romance to me. The main characters barely interacted in the first 30% because of the whole “finding my exes” thing and even when they did, nothing really happened; and even after the 30% mark, things were still very slow and I feel like they didn’t start connecting until much later. It was really hard to stay motivated and interested. Also, I think this book would have really benefited from a dual POV; if nothing else to help us understand what Trevor was thinking/feeling.

Overall, not my cup of tea. It had so much potential, but it was a bit underwhelming. Having said that, I’ll definitely check out Amy’s next book- hopefully I’ll enjoy that one more!

A big thank you to Penguin General UK and NetGalley for sending me an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a cute slow burn rom-com.

Unfortunately I didn’t really feel a connection with the main character Tina although I really enjoyed the last 10% of the book.

Tara is down on luck with dating when she moves in with Trevor, a firefighter who has a revolving door of women in the apartment. Tara is a bookish girl who decides she wants her romance story worthy relationship and decides she's going to reunite with all her exes in hopes of reigniting love.

I found the story sweet (but fairly predictable) and just a bit slow for me. I think it could have been cut about 10%, but I still enjoyed myself while reading. I didn't read the first in this series 'Set On You', and didn't feel I was missing any context by not having that background.

Sidenote: I find it so wild that this was written prior to Taylor Swift's Midnights being released, considering the ''Can I Ask You a Question?' storyline. What a fun coincidence!

Thank you to NetGalley for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

Tara is a hopeless romantic, who loves intensely and devours romance novels. Trevor isn't a fan of relationships, he prefers to remain unattached with one night stands. Tara and Trevor become housemates when Trevor's previous housemate Scott leaves to move in with his girlfriend Crystal, Tara's sister. Tara needs a date for her workplace Valentine's gala and decides to start a project, contacting her exes to see where things went wrong and if there is still a spark there. And she enlists Trevor's help with the endeavour. Will she be second time lucky with love or will she find something closer to home?

I really enjoyed Set on You, the first book in this series focusing on Crystal and Scott, so I was looking forward to continuing on in this world with some familiar characters. While the book is light and romantic, it does look at some more serious topics, like how women and their feelings get treated (like how people dismiss women as 'crazy' when they show intense feelings). I enjoyed the balance of light and serious. The book is much more slow burning than Set on You, almost frustratingly slow at times.

I enjoyed this, it was a nice way to start the new year but it was too slow for me, I prefer when the couple gets together earlier in the book. That said, I'm pleased to see that there will be another book in this series which I definitely intend to pick up when released

I cannot express how much | enjoyed this book! If you like a good romcom, you will love this. Strictly speaking, this follows on from Set on You, but follows the sister of the main character in the previous, so can be read alone. Just the right dose of delicious steam!

Exes and O’s

Exes and O’s is a well written romance novel that is filled with all of the classic tropes that fans of the genre will love.

The main character, happens to be a bookstagrammer, is incredibly relatable, and readers are sure to find themselves identifying with her as they make their way through the story.

The author's wit and humor sets this book apart. The result is a book that is both familiar and fresh, and that will keep readers turning the pages until the very end.

Some of the scenes in the book had me laughing and screaming, and I found it impossible to put down. The characters are well-developed and this read is both sweet and steamy.

However, please be warned that there were some spoilers for the authors previous book in this one as there are some character cross overs. Despite this, I still plan to read ‘Set on You’ as I have enjoyed Exes and Oh's so much.

Overall, Exes and O’s is a fantastic read that is sure to delight its readers. Whether you're a die-hard romance fan or just looking for a light, enjoyable read, Exes and Oh's is definitely worth checking out.

After reading Set on you and loving the author's style, I knew I had to pick this up. Amy Lea's writing is a perfect escape, with plenty of pop culture references (lots of Taylor Swift which I loved!), a light humorous tone, and a hot fireman to lust over. What's not to like? The story led through the trials and tribulations of dating, and I loved seeing Tara come into herself again after being knocked back. Roommates to lovers is always a great trope, and if you enjoy the classic close proximity clichés you'll love this!

Cant wait for the next!

Exes and O’s by Amy Lea

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

I was highly anticipating the release of this book for 2023. When I got selected to receive and ARC copy on NetGalley.
This forced proximity/Roomance book was brilliant. I really enjoyed the entire book from start to finish.
The FMC is a nurse and a booktoker/bookstagrammer which was such an interesting character to read about as I’ve not come across any other mc’s which are in the bookstore community. (Play that TikTok sound Wait, is this f**king play about us? 😆)
The storyline is based on Tara the FMC trying to get her second chance romance after splitting up from her ex fiancé and she enlists Trevors help with her reconnecting with her exes which she has listed and is trying to cross them off before a valentines gala she’s attending.

I’d highly recommend this book if you enjoy;
- slow burn
- Firefighters
- Forced proximity
- Roommate romance
- Friends to lovers
- Opposites attract

Thank you to Amy Lea and Penguin books for my ARC copy of this book.
I will definitely be purchasing a physical copy of this for my bookshelves!

3.75 stars!!
Thank you to NetGallery, the author (Amy Lea) and the publisher for this e-arc in exchange for an honest review.
After receiving an arc of Amy Leas first book (Set On You), reading it and loving it, I was so excited to read this book and when I saw it was a book about a nurse who is a bookstagrammer (when I am a nurse who is a booktokker), I was sold!!
This book was easy to read, I was hooked into it right away, and includes a slow burn, friends to lovers, close proximity romance, which was funny and relatable throughout.
The main characters were both great and side characters added to the story but did not pull from the main storyline.
Would recommend and cannot wait to read more of Amy Lea’s work.

My next favorite couple and one of the best roommate romances I’ve read so far!

Tara, romance lover and book blogger, is on a quest to find love for the 11th time in her life. Scared of being hurt yet again, she pursues the idea of reuniting with all of her exes to check, if she can be a main character in a second-chance romance of her life. As an expert in all things romance, you’d expect she’ll quickly recognize she’s been living a book example of one herself. And it is since the day she moved in with her soon to be brother in law’s former roommate, Trevor, a walking perfection who she claims is not her type. Forced proximity, quickly becoming best friends, a guy who feeds her and always listens, who hasn’t slept with anyone since shortly after she moved in, does it ring any bells? Apparently not for Tara, determined to reunite with one of her exes. And poor, enchanted Trevor, has no choice but to help her out.

It was witty, funny and full of swoon-worthy scenes - this story has everything you’d expect from a great rom-com, unpudownable at that. I loved the characters from minute one and kept falling more, while I devoured this book in only a couple of days.

Read if you like:
- friends-to-lovers
- roommates
- forced proximity
- all things romance
- bookstagrammer FMC
- love from the first Cheeto bag
- personal growth
- grand gestures
- opposites attract
- all the feels
- ‘you are never too much’

Amy Lea quickly became one of my favourite authors of 2022 and this book just proves how she's about to become an all-time favourite author as well. it was compelling and captivating so I could;dn't put this book down; all good signs of a good book.

Wow what a book. When I read set on you back in the summer I knew Amy Lea was an author I’d want to read more off and this one did not disappoint. I was laughing from the very first chapter and I remember being 2 chapters in and messaging a friend saying “ drop your current read and pick this one up right now” because I knew I was going to love this book and she would too. I never liked the appeal of getting back with an ex as let’s be honest they are Ex’s for a reason but it’s definitely funny reading about them. This book was entertaining, heart breaking, heart warming, light and funny.

When I say this story was absolutely addictive, I’m not over exaggerating! From the first page I was hooked, Tara is such a relatable and lovable character I stayed up till 3am to see where her story took her!

From insta ‘love’ with a mugger on the subway to the Ex Files box, this book truly had me in hysterics the whole way through. It’s been such a long time since I smiled so much reading a book!

‘As a lifelong connoisseur of romance novels, I’m keenly aware that eye contact lasting longer than three seconds is ripe with romantic potential.’

Tara really does represent that part of us that will always go ‘but what if’. She is the spokesmen for the people who expect the unexpected, the ones who fall head over heels with someone’s voice or a smile. She’s not afraid to take a chance and that’s seriously beautiful.

‘I remember what I loved most about love in the first place. Love has the power to strip you raw, to the bone. And that’s the beauty of it. There’s an immeasurable bravery in opening your heart and baring your soul when all hope is seemingly lost. Knowing, even in the face of heartbreak, that this is not the end. That you’re still standing, after it all crumbles around you.’

She feels and she feels strongly and I couldn’t be more pleased that the author showed this is such a positive light! She’s shown as strong for her feelings by the end, no matter how her ex’s try to manipulate that. How often is passionate confused with ‘clingy’ or ‘crazy’ and Tara really takes the crash course in accepting yourself and just being unashamedly ’You’ during her quest for a ‘Second Chance Romance’.

“Should I trust you, deliriously handsome stranger?” His mouth shapes into a crooked smile as he stands, towering over me on the bathroom floor. “Nah. Probably not.”

Trevor. Could I put in a request to find a real life Trevor please? This man, he takes the grump in Grump x Sunshine to the perfect level and yet he has a heart of gold. All his sweet gestures really do make this book so special, he doesn’t want Tara to be anything but herself and that is so refreshing!

This book genuinely exceeded all of my expectations, and I really did love the first book. Like Tara I am an absolute sucker for a good book trope and the Friends to Lovers in this was just perfection! I honestly can’t recommend this book enough, it’s the perfect feel good spicy read that’ll put you in the best mood ever!

I was lucky enough to receive an arc of both of Amy’s books. I enjoyed the first book but loved this one even more!

This was quite the page turner for me and a great addition to this authors works, preferring this to the former book, I had a lot of fun!

I loved the tone of the book as a majority, it made me smile and ache for the MC but I did feel that changes in the last 20% or so.
The beginning of the book is a good pace, interesting and has a great take on ‘crazy’ girlfriends POV.
I feel like the roommate trope is done really quite well done and the MC character arc is satisfying, developing but never losing herself along the way.
We meet some really great characters that add to the story and plot well, to the point where I honestly felt like the romance, at times, may not to the way I initially thought.

The end of the book did change in tone a little as the plot wrapped up it was much faster in pace and some drastic changes and miscommunication came into play but that is somewhat expected from a room-ance laced with the type of characters involved in this story and it needs to wrap up somehow, sadly we can’t stay in sexual tension land forever!

A really fun and fulfilling read

Thankyou so much to the publishers penguin general-fig tree for this Brilliant romcom .

I loved Amy first book won't lie this was even more amazing ,I was hooked from the first page I feel this book every romcom lover will fall in love this book it's going be big in 2023 .
It's a great fluffy ,slow burn with a bit of spice for all the smut queens out there .

This is what sold it for me roommates a sexy emotionally unavailable fireman, fire (needing putting out here ) a sceond chance romance which normally I'm not in to them ,but Amy did nit hold back and gave this book so much life and you could really connect with the characters . I loved Amy very flirty, Tango in cheek humar.

I did think that the main characters were pretty morally grey which to be honest I very much enjoyed it gave me all the vibes of Girl more girls At times the characters are pretty complex but I think that you can find that anywhere in real worked for the book.

The book overall had me gripped absolutely loved it from beginning to end If you love your rom comes I can guarantee this year you are going to love this book with lots of sexual tension Romance And a fireman did I say that before lol I promise you will love this.


I give this book 5 slow burn stars

Thank you for the opportunity to review this new novel.

Unfortunately the file I got was filled with numbers through out the whole text and it made the reading very unpleasant. I felt like I couldn't focus on the story and after a while I had to put it down. Since I loved her last book I suspect I would have liked this one too but I have to buy it when it's released instead.

I have given fours stars because I hope that's what i would give if I've read the whole book.

3.5 stars

Thankyou to NetGalley, Penguin and Amy Lea for providing me with an eARC of this book.

Exes and O’s follows Tara, a book influencer and nurse, who has recently become roommates with Trevor, a grumpy (and very hot) firefighter. Tara begins reconnecting with her ex-boyfriends in an attempt to create a second-chance romance for herself, with Trevor initially helping her. However, over time, a connection between Tara and Trevor begins to form.

This was a cute, lighthearted rom com with some slightly grittier themes woven throughout. It was heartwarming in parts and was laugh out loud hilarious in others.

The banter between the two characters and some of the predicaments they find themselves in were especially funny. I really loved seeing them become friends, and then seeing their relationship develop. The romance was really sweet and unfolded in a natural way. There was some spice, but I wouldn’t say this was a spicy book.

I also liked how Tara refers to her relationships as “tropes”. This book has a lot of my favourite tropes including forced proximity, friends/roommates to lovers, the guy falls first, and reformed player. There’s also a lot of pop culture and 2000’s references which I really enjoyed.

I really liked Trevor as a character and I felt that although he wasn’t super fleshed out, he did grow from the beginning to the end of the book. He was really sweet despite his rough exterior, and I loved how he looked after Tara and accepted her for who she was. I personally would have loved this to have been a dual POV book, as I feel that we would have gotten to know Trevor even more if we were in his head.

While I liked her well enough, I have to admit that Tara did grate on me at times. I found her to be overly dramatic, obsessive, rash and irrational. At times, I wanted to just shake her and tell her to chill out. I also wish we got to see more of her life. She’s a NICU nurse, but we don’t really see much of that. We do see some of her bookfluencer antics, but the transcripts were a little bit cringe to read.

The plot with the ex-boyfriends was intriguing, but I’d say that this is secondary to Tara and Trevor’s relationship. I didn’t mind this at all, as I was more interested in Tara and Trevor. However, some of the dates and events are told in passing retrospectively, and I wish we had been able to see these happening in real time.

The ending was really satisfying, although I felt that the FMC’s declaration of love was a bit weak compared to the MMC’s, which was swoon-worthy. However, I’m so glad we had an epilogue, which I honestly think was perfect for the characters.

Overall, this book was a quick, cute read that is easy to read in one sitting. Does it stand out against other rom coms I’ve read? No. But if you enjoy this genre, I’d recommend giving it a read.

Thank you so much NetGalley and Amy for providing me with an e-ARC.
This is hands down one of the best romance books I have ever read. I honestly could not recommend it enough, I am OBSESSED.

Tara is on an expedition to live out her second chance romance fantasy - revisiting all her ex-boyfriends. But who’s by her side the whole time? That’s right, her tattooed, grumpy, firefighter roommate Trevor.

This book is for the sensitive, romantic, emotional girls. It’s for the girls who have always been told they’re “too much”, “too clingy” or “too intense”. It’s for the girls who just want to love and be loved in return!!!

It also calls out the whole calling women crazy thing and I love it. Sensitive, passionate women are not crazy!!

Trevor, our hero is just wonderful. They start out as strangers, who become roommates, transition into friends and then obviously…
Trevor is one of those men that’s got a hard exterior but is so so sweet and loving on the inside and he’s genuinely perfect for Tara.

This book is self aware but in the best way. It’s constantly filled with social media references, quotes and memes and references to romance tropes. But it’s not done in a clunky, cringey way (I’m looking at you, Book Lovers). It’s just so loveable. There’s also a tonne of references to Disney (tangled in particular - my favourite) and Taylor Swift.

It’s also a sloooowwww burn but SO good and keeps you hooked!

Amy’s last book hero (Scott - Set on You) gave Chris Evans. This man to me gives tatted Aaron Taylor Johnson (without the weirdo wife).

This is like if To All The Boys was for adults

As much as this book is a romance, it’s also about self discovery and self reflection - going on your own journey and really looking hard at yourself. It also focuses on the importance of female friendships, opening up and being kind to others. I honestly could not rave about this enough.

PS one of the best epilogues I have ever read. Bawling

Well done Amy Lea, you’ve stolen my heart.

Exes and O's by Amy Lea

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Thank you to netgalley, Penguin and Amy Lea for the opportunity to read this book

I'm going with 3 stars for this one. There were things I liked and things that I just didn't quite get on with.

Let me start by saying I haven't read the authors previous book set on you, which appears to be about our FMCs sister and our MMCs best friend so I may be missing some backstory here.

Trevor is adorable and I'd quite like one of him for myself thank you very much. I really enjoyed the fanily aspect of the book too. The romance was cute and largely believable, although I do think we should have stuck with them growing to love each other rather than claims of battling feelings the whole time.

The book really reminded me of one of my favourite romcoms, what's your number. Ehat with the search for the exes being aided by the player neighbour/roommate.

I do wish we'd had a little more competition though, none of the exes felt like viable options. And I must admit everytime seth came up I had the urge to throw my kindle. I think that was the point but it did ruin my enjoyment.

Sadly as much as I like reading books about fellow book lovers i did not get on with the outtakes from videos being added to the story. Something about her naming these men in the videos really put me off. By all means tell your story but it was just a bit odd to have her go that far. And yet it seemed like only one of them actually saw the videos.

All in all I'd read it again, for Trevor, but it wouldn't be the first romance I'd pick up.