Harry met Sally when he rented a room from her. Harry fell for Sally when they started recreating classic romcom scenes on TikTok for thousands of followers. Sally is your classic romantic - she loves romcoms and happily ever afters. Harry is your classic cynic - he doesn’t believe in love and definitely not happily ever after. When Harry moves in with Sally and they begin recreating classic romcom moments for TikTok, he can no longer deny his attraction to her but still promises he will not fall for her. Sally on the other hand has to sort out what is real and what is part of their romcom recreations when her feelings become very real.

This was such a fun read. Perfect for those romcom lovers out there! Thank you Netgalley and One More Chapter for the egalley in exchange for my honest review.

MCs are Harry and Sally just like the classic romcom, When Harry Met Sally, and they’re similar to the movie characters. Sally is a hopeless romantic (and also has curly blonde hair) and Harry is a cynic who doesn’t believe in love or happy endings. I loved their chemistry and banter! Although the dialogue and texts could be cringy/unbelievable at times.

So cute with references to some of my fave movies, it made my heart so happy with all the nostalgia! The story made me giggle, cry, and blush-yet another reason why I cannot be trusted to read romance in public, no poker face 😂 I flew through the book, reading it in 2 days (technically 3 because I stayed up until 1:30 AM to finish) 🙈

Characters are okay, they could both be frustrating because there was a bit of miscommunication in the second half. Or maybe more accurately not wanting to admit their feelings for each other to themselves, and continuously denying their chemistry. Harry is understandable because of his past and the issues he’s dealing with but Sally irritated me. Bringing up the fact that she thought he wasn't ‘the One’ constantly, because of some stupid stereotypes about needing to feel “a spark” or “hear bells” when you’ve found ‘The One’ for about 60-70% of the book, was annoying and got old quickly! I also got tired of every page describing the color of Harry’s eyes; I know Sally they’re grey because you’ll never let me forget it 🙃

Good character development-at first they seemed flat but as they got to know each other you also got to know more about them. It was a lot more depth and dealt with some heavy topics which I wasn’t expecting. There was a huge amount of character development throughout the novel, which I always love!

There is a third act breakup but thank god it wasn’t miscommunication! Plus it was fairly original and it added to the character development, so I wasn’t as bothered about it.

If you love romcoms, or the grumpy x sunshine trope, pick this one up! This was my second novel from Kathryn Freeman, my first being The Italian Job. I did enjoy TIJ a bit better than this one (mainly because it’s my two fave tropes-fake dating and enemies to lovers) but I’m intrigued to read more from Freeman!

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 (4.5/5)
Spice rating: 🌶️ (1.5/3; one very graphic scene and then the rest are alluded to/fade to black)

Tropes: grumpy x sunshine, forced proximity, friends with benefits/friends to lovers

This book was adorable!!! If you love rom coms and are a huge hopeless romantic this is the book for you! It had me laughing out loud, and cheering for the two main characters! It also had me angry at other characters… if you’re feeling so many emotions towards a book you know it’s good! Highly recommend this book to anyone who likes romance books or movies.

Nobody Puts Romcoms In The Corner is a sweet and spicy book for any romcom lover. With a friends to lovers dynamic with so many fun scenes and references to some of the most iconic movies of all time.. this book is adventurous and full of emotions.

3.5
Cutie book it is heart warming and everything roommates and friends to lovers.
Grumpy sunshine book.

Would recommend this book for those who love grumpy sunshine roommates suckers.

This book was an absolute delight! Sally is lovely and sweet, running a cafe and trying to support the sister she raised. She meets Harry when she becomes his landlady. They are opposites in almost every way, especially in movie tastes. Harry loves to tease Sally about her love of rom-coms, but when she uploads a video they make for fun of them recreating a rom-com moment, it goes viral. Harry and Sally then dance around one another with loads of tension and longing. This book has all the feels!

I’ve enjoyed Kathryn Freeman’s books before, and I was excited to read this one, but I just had some trouble connecting with it. Maybe I was in a bit of a reading slump that it took me two whole weeks to get through it, instead of two days. The premise was cute… roommates-to-lovers… one is Sally who is a rom-com obsessed hopeless romantic and the other is Harry, who is quite the jaded guy who believes true love doesn’t exist. Classic opposites attract. And they are certainly attracted to each other as Harry humors Sally by acting out classic rom-com movie scenes with her for TikTok. But when they give in to the attraction and feelings get involved and it all just gets too messy, someone’s bound to get hurt. If you love romance movies, you’ll definitely love this book!

If I could rate this book based on the title and the cover, it would be 5 ⭐️. Unfortunately, the lack of genuine chemistry between Harry and Sally and the poor execution of the plot leaves us with this 2.5 ⭐️ review.

I’ve read a lot of grumpy x sunshine romances and this one just didn’t hit the spot. When Harry moves in with Sally because his ex is living in his house (red flag #1), we meet this unlikely pair. Harry doesn’t believe in love while Sally spends her evenings rewatching romcoms. When they start to make TikToks of famous romcom moments for money, we begin to see a spark.

Although I appreciated the many romcom references in this book, it wasn’t enough to sell the romance between Harry and Sally. The plot started to get a bit repetitive after a few famous romcom moment TikToks and don’t even get me started on the miscommunication trope.

Thank you NetGalley and HarperCollins UK for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review 💗

This is a quick read, perfect for an evening. Sally has rented her spare room to Harry. His former girlfriend has not vacated his house and he has no desire to stay with her there.

One of the things that Sally enjoys is watching rom coms. After a night watching Dirty Dancing and having margaritas, Sally and Harry try recreating The Lift as a joke. Sall;y uploads the video and to her surprise, the video gets lots of views. Excited at the prospect of making some money, she convinces Harry to make more videos with her....

I adored this original story and loved the interaction between Harry and Sally.

Harry is forced out of his home due to his ex refusing to leave which means he ends up as Sally’s lodger. Sally loves a good rom con and they end up creating videos for TikTok featuring references to certain famous films.

So this is a book I really enjoyed and would recommend to anyone who loves a good Ron com. There is lots of content to keep up interest which includes the forced proximity between Harry and Sally. It felt relevant because the references to TikTok throughout and honestly it had me laughing out loud throughout.

This book does have a more serious side which does include trauma, past relationships, heartbreak and dealing with the fact love is different and it comes in different forms. I love that there is different reasons why these two hold back from one another and I loved how the friends got involved to help overcome these which showed what a good friendship circle they have. Last thing to note, I loved what Kathryn called her characters because it also the same names of the main characters in when Harry met Sally( I have never watched !) so clever to do this with this book.

This is the second book that I've read by this author now, and I've immensely enjoyed them both. As an avid romcom watcher, the title of this book alone was enough to make me want to read it.

The premise of the book was a lot of fun - two roommates who barely know each other realise they can make a bit of money from TikTok by recording themselves recreating famous scenes from romcoms. It delivered exactly as I hoped it would - all of my favourite romcoms were discussed or recreated, including some of the lesser-known ones that it takes a real fan to know. The way the scenes were recreated was adorable and I enjoyed every single one; they gave me all the same feelings as the scenes in the movies themselves (a testament to the writing).

Both Harry and Sally (even the characters names are a little nod to the genre) were brilliantly written characters. Sally's total dedication to her idea of love was a perfect depiction of how romcoms can skew your view of reality if they are taken too literally. Harry's blunt refusal of the idea of love in general made him the perfect romcom hero, and of course, he comes round to the idea in the end (as they all do in the movies). Behind both of these surface-level traits, both characters were dealing with some real hard trauma that made them face how real-life can get in the way of your own prejudices and happiness. Those traumas were, rightly, tough to read at times and made me want to reach into the book and give both of them a big hug (another testament to the writing).

Their chemistry jumped off the page from start to finish, with a wit and humour that charmed me throughout. Like in the movies, their happy ending was inevitable, but also like the movies, I was totally bought into solving the mystery of how they were going to get there.

This was a beautifully written, funny and charming love letter to a movie genre that often gets a bad rap. I adored it as much as I adore the movies that it pays homage to.

Another book I truly wanted to love, but something simply fell flat for me. We follow the story of Harry and Sally, but not those Harry and Sally. This pair of unexpected roommates decide to take on social media via recreating iconic romcom scenes from the movies we love the most.

The setup sounds perfect: a romcom told through the lens of stories we already know bringing the characters closer together. But the plot did nothing for me, nor did I hold much interest in Harry and Sally either. If I happened to stumble over videos like theirs on TikTok, I doubt I’d even notice.

Too many times did I consider giving up fully just to watch the movies mentioned instead, but I kept going with a small hope that something might draw my interest back. Alas, I just distanced myself even further to push through it.

On a personal note, I did take way too much issue with the word “orb” used to describe a character’s eyes. That might’ve been where the initial ick started, but it certainly isn’t what drew me away.

While this wasn’t for me, others might enjoy it. If you really like heavy referencing to extant romcoms, it might just be the one.

3.75 ⭐️

"Sally is a classic romantic and Harry is a classic cynic, but when a drunken bet leads the new flatmates to (badly) recreate 'the lift' from Dirty Dancing, and the video goes viral (#EpicRomcomReenactmentFailure), they both realise there's potential financial benefit in blundering their way through the romcom lexicon for their suddenly vast social media following.
Now, as Harry and Sally bring major romcom moments to new life - including recreating that classic diner scene - their faking it turns to making...out and suddenly they're living a real life romcom of their own!
But like all the greatest love stories, the road to happily ever after is paved with unexpected challenges for this hero and heroine.
Thoughts
Such a cute story! The idea behind it was adorable, some of the moments had me laughing out loud! I really liked Harry a lot, even in his Grump, he was an absolute gentleman.
The book was a smidge too long for my liking. I honestly felt like it could have easily wrapped up around 60% mark.
Also didn't feel much character growth for Sally (although I didn't dislike her at all).
You'll love this book if you like:
- all the best romcoms
- Grumpy/sunshine
- forced proximity
-fake dating (or are they/aren't they)
Thank you @netgalley and @harpercollinsuk for this #gifted ebook

As an avid Rom-Com lover, the cover, title and author inspired me equally to read this new release. The carefree and charming storyline was a pleasure to read, and although some parts were inevitable, it was still very entertaining.

This contemporary story ended up being a quick read for me, and could have quickly become a 24-hour read, had life allowed for it. Both main characters were incredibly likeable and amusing. Along with the feel-good writing style of Kathryn Freeman, I read this with a smile throughout!

There are a few 'spicy' scenes within this plot, but nothing that offended me, and my preferences were incredibly tame. However, some readers may need the warning.

Overall, I highly recommend this to anyone who is looking for a lighthearted, mood-boosting read.

4.25⭐

Featuring ~ dual 3rd person POV, small business owner ~ cafe, roommates to lovers, opposites attract, grump/sunshine, slow burn, minimal steamage

Sally & Harry
Sally believes wholeheartedly in romance, the happily ever after and feeling all the fuzzies that go along with love. She saw it every day with her parents until they were tragically killed when she was 16. She grew up quickly and had to take care of her younger sister, Amy, and still continues to do so even though she's an adult. Amy was really annoying me, but I'm happy that she slowly got her act together.

Harry didn't grow up with the best role models as parents, which turned him off to believing love exists. "He knew he wasn't everyone's cup of tea ~ sarcastic, blunt, stubborn, hard headed" me too Harry, me too! But you can't help but feel bad about what he went through. His parents were pretty awful.

I grew up in the good ole 90's, so the romcom mentions from then were the typical ones. I have never watched When Harry Met Sally, so like, Harry, I had to google the infamous restaurant scene. You won't ever catch me making videos on TikTok, but I've been known to watch some once in awhile. I bet the ones they made would be an adorable hoot to watch.

For every likable character there were just as many unlikable ones, which helped round out the story. It's a little on the longer side, has a cutesy title and fun cover, and I had a great time reading it.

What's it about (in a nutshell):
Nobody Puts Romcoms in the Corner by Kathryn Freeman is a romantic comedy that is every bit a love letter to rom-com movies. Sally lost her parents much too early, but the one thing she has held onto since their passing is how full of light and love their home had been. She will not accept anything less than that dream for herself. When Harry moves in, Sally meets her opposite in almost every way. Can she make him believe in love, or is their relationship doomed before it even begins?
My Reading Experience:
The first half was slow but very entertaining. I loved the reenactments of romantic comedy movie scenes and could see how they might go viral on TikTok. It was a bit of a stretch to believe that someone like Harry would agree to do the scenes with Sally, but it is still a lot of fun.

The second half, though, had me going through the whole range of emotions: happy, mad, and utterly devasted. The story definitely touched me in powerful and definitive ways. It has meat, and I love that in a romantic comedy. All of this was aided by the chemistry between Harry and Sally, which was palpable and intense.

Relationships, in general, are a big theme in the book. I particularly loved Harry and Sally's friendships with their separate friends. Their friend groups were an incredible mix of loving and authentic. They weren't afraid to speak the truth even when it wasn't wanted or expected. Everyone needs small friend groups such as they have.
Characters:
The character development is extensive. By the end, I had a good understanding of why Harry and Sally thought and felt the way that they did. Is Sally a bit bubbly and addicted to romcoms? Yes, but the reason for that is unearthed as her layers are peeled away. Same with Harry – is he a bit overly surly and unmovable – again, yes, but the reasons are made clear by the end. I also liked the nod to When Harry Met Sally – they are similar to those characters though their story is much different.
Narration & Pacing:
The pacing is slower in the first half and faster in the second half, which I always prefer fast-paced from beginning to end. The narration alternated in focus between Harry and Sally, which worked very well for character development.
Setting:
The setting was inconsequential in this story, for the most part, so it scored poorly on my chart. It's essential for your environment to, at least in a small way, mean something to the story.

But, setting aside, I thoroughly enjoyed this story. I laughed out loud, cried buckets, and wanted to throttle both Harry and Sally at various times. This story really surprised me with how much it made me feel!

Read if you like:
• Close-proximity romances
• Romantic Comedy movies
• Stories that make you feel a whole range of emotions.

Overall this was fun and cute - but I thought Harry had a little toxic masculinity that was a little weird and out of touch? He’s a builder so romcoms are beneath him and girly. But Sally was sweet and the premise was fun

I absolutely loved this book. It hooked me and kept me turning pages until I was done. Finished it in two days! The character development was strong, and the premise was unique enough that it didn't feel like anything else I've read.

This is the first book I have read by this author and I throughly enjoyed it. A fun easy to read light hearted story. We follow the story of new flatmates Sally and Harry. A drunken bet leads them to badly recreate ‘the lift’ from Dirty Dancing for social media, with the video then going viral. Realising there is potential financial benefit in messing their way through the romcom ionic scenes they embark on a journey of reproducing them with very funny consequences. Definitely worth a read

Harry and Sally end up being room mates to help each other out. The novel is about their viral Dirty Dancing video which gives them ideas for making money. Both characters are likeable and although a bit cheesy you can't help liking this book.