What a great mix of tropes! Enemies to lovers, brother's best friend, close proximity, miscommunication, workplace romance and the author tied in rom coms and grand gestures. I was shaking my head at how often Olivia and Aiden didn't say what they meant to say but melted at all of the swoony moments!

This had everything that I enjoy in a rom com and I recommend this to anyone who is looking for a good romance.

Thank you to NetGalley and Boldwood Book for this ARC! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I just about read this one in one sitting, I just couldn't walk away from it. It was absolutely adorable and couldn't have loved our librarian main character anymore.

aiden and olivia know each other since dan — olivia’s brother — introduced them 10 years ago, but they never get along because of a misunderstanding. now aiden accepted a job at the same university in which olivia works and they will live at the same roof because dan offered, will they kill each other?

i gotta say that stevie was my fav character, she was so relatable and the friend everybody needs !!! aiden and liv kinda annoyed me with all the little fightings but the misunderstanding from the party was understandable

i really liked their first date and aiden’s idea for the film festival was my fav part !!!! i wish i had that at university it would be so cool. liv’s love for books and aiden’s love for movies is such a good thing because imagine them reading a book together and then watching the adaption and rent about it for hours??? my dream as a reader !!!

i would recommend this book to the readers that enjoy brother’s best friend and pride and prejudice.

thank you netgalley and boldwood books for this arc !!

Stop what you are doing now! Go and get this book!
For a frenemy to lovers with some spice and witty banter between the MC's, this book is a must read!
Its also a book that needs to be turned into a movie asap!
Not a lot of books have that affect to keep reading and not wanting to put it down until its over, but for me this was one of those books.
Aiden and Olivia (Liv) put you through the angst of emotions and attraction that they have with each other. I could feel all of Olivia's emotions throughout the story. All the worry, hope, love and desire she feels and the realization of her feels towards Aiden come through the pages and leave you wanting to read just one more chapter.
I love the Pride and Prejudice references and share the same obsession with Mr. Darcy as Olivia does.
This book made me teary eyed, laugh, excited and energized to keep turning the pages. It is definitely a book to recommend to all that love Romance Genre.
I wish I knew there was a playlist for the book before I started reading it for the first time, however, I know once the book hits the shelf I will be getting it and reading the physical book while it plays. This is one that I will read more than once and wont stop telling others to pick it up and read it.
The story written inside of the story was an amazing aspect and touches home for me. I love writing and reading romance and spicy stories, but more than that this story hit home cause I have had that type of love that lights a fire in your soul. The Author, Victoria Walters, shares that with great expression within Olivia and makes us all swoon over having our own Mr. Darcy someday come to life.

3.25⭐️ Single POV, enemies to lovers, brothers best friend, force proximity. If I had to pick my favorite trope to read these are definitely in my top 5 so I was very excited for this book, not to mention how I love Mr Darcy just like Liv does, which made me even more interested in the story. After reading it though it was just okay for me. I swooned and laughed but I felt it was a little slow for me at times. If the tropes mixed in with Jane Austen things sounds like something you’d like then by all means pick it up for a read! You may find you love it!

Thank you NetGalley and Boldwood Books for the eARC of The Love Interest by Victoria Walters in exchange for my honest review.

The cover drew me in and the writing kicked me away.

I really wanted to like this one but it was so slow I put it down multiple times. I hate love triangles where one of the love interests never even had a chance with the MC, like babe stop stringing along the poor dude and break up already, please. (DNF @58%)

Positives:
- cute premise (writer looking for a love interest in her real life and book)
- enemies to lovers
- forced proximity + brothers best friend
- MMC did some cute things for her

Constructive criticism:
- weakening and slow storyline
- badly done love triangle (Mmc 1 never had a chance)
- kind of boring (needs more tension and oomph)
- just wasn’t for me

3⭐️ Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC of the Love Interest. While I love a good forced proximity trope, this one did not work for me. The combination of cringy dialogue and main characters who act like children just did not work for me.

I decided to dnf this after the first three chapters. The main character was obnoxious and it seemed like the love interest was going to be too. The writing was repetitive and the dialogue was ridiculous.

My favorite part about this book was the banter. The way the characters went back and forth with each other kept me entertained and smiling like an idiot the whole time.

Even with that i found myself struggling to read this book. I wanted to read it and when i was reading it, i was having fun but also struggling to get into it.

I think i would have enjoyed this book more in audiobook form instead of a physical book but i really did enjoy this. the relationship was really good and was overall enjoyable.

‘You’re always telling me you prefer men in books.’
‘Oh definitely, when men in real life are like you.’
‘You couldn’t handle a real man,’ he said gruffly.
‘Show me a real man first,’ I retorted.

"I never thought you actually got a happy ending in real life, that's why I love reading romance stories."

Tropes -
* enemies to lovers
* Brothers best friend
* He falls first
* She grovels
* Forced proximity

Olivia is a hopeless romantic libertarian who is obsessed with books and rom coms (like me). She trying to write a book but can’t find inspiration for a male lead but there’s a solution… her brothers best friend, who also kinda a jerk. I liked it a lot, it was a light funny book. The writing was so easy to go through and the characters were all written well, I might read more of her books in the future.

i would probably give it 3.75 stars. It’s a pride and prejudice inspired story. The plot is good. But the ending is too rushed .
It needs more work.

I absolutely loved this!! I couldn’t put it down and loved everything about it from the storyline to the characters. Liv Jones and Aiden Rivers have had a love hate relationship forever. Liv works as a librarian at the University library and lives with brother Dan, who is Aiden’s best friend. Things become even more awkward when Aiden gets a job as the film studies professor at the university and moves in with Liv and Dan. The chemistry between the two main characters is so brilliantly written and also how all the other characters interact with each other. Some real laugh out loud moments as well as some deeper ones. There are some great references to romcoms that tie into the story too. I equally couldn’t wait to finish but also didn’t want it to end! Thank you to Boldwood Books and Netgalley for the opportunity to read this in exchange for an honest review.

This is your typical enemies-to-lovers but with so much more. The FMC, Liv, had just moved in to London with her brother in the hopes of being inspired enough to pursue her dream of writing her own romance novel. She works at a university library part-time and had learned that his brother's best friend, Aiden, will be joining said university as a Professor. Liv does not like Aiden due to their past encounter and wishes to keep their interaction as brief but with Aiden working in the same university as her, she is struggling to control her emotions. The tension is thick but once they let their feelings out the chemistry was even more glorious; love the banter throughout their interaction as well which was what made this read even more enjoyable for me.

This book is fun to read and I loved the underlying theme of chasing after what you want in life. I completely adore the side characters as well and loved their closeness altogether. This is definitely a nod to Pride and Prejudice and Colin Firth in his wet white shirt (IYKYK).


Thank you, NetGalley, for the eARC in exchange for an honest review!

This one fell totally flat for me and was honestly a struggle to get through.
I didn't like the writing style, it didn't flow at all and the dialogue made me cringe a lot.
I didn't connect to, or even really like, the main characters at all. Aiden was unbelievably obnoxious to the point that I didn't care about any character growth and his 180 personality change gave me whiplash. Olivia was just plain annoying and I think maybe first person POV did this book a disservice.
The spice felt totally out of character and just added in to have it there.
Way too reliant on the miscommunication trope and I already hate the third act breakup but this might be one of the worst, so forced and unnecessary.
The whole book felt very formulaic, like boxes needed to be ticked off for no reason.
One thing I will say is that the pacing and structure was well done

I think this book definitely has an audience but it's just not for me.

There is no denying that this book is bursting with chemistry! Was such a nice light romance read that had me smiling away throughout. The characters were all written so well, and I loved reading how they blossomed throughout the book. I'd definitely love a book 2 or 3 with the other characters' stories!

Thanks to netgalley for my copy

I wasn’t sure about this book at the beginner. I didn’t connect with Liv at first, some of her conversations felt a bit cringy. I loved her interactions with Stevie and Dan but something felt off. I loved Aidan instantly instead and as they began spending time together and the story progressed, I found myself unable to put the book down. I really enjoyed their story, although some parts felt a bit slow. Dan’s story in the background was also really good and I appreciated that it was well thought out and developed.

Overall a really good book that I would recommend at anyone in search of what I would consider a classic romantic story.

I really loved this! It had me hooked from the very beginning. I absolutely loved Aiden and Olivia and I loved the banter between them! It had me smiling while I was reading it which is always a winner! I found Liv to be a really relatable character. This was such an easy book to read and I would highly recommend you pick it up.

I was excited to read a forced proximity enemies to lovers, but this book did not work for me. It started out strong with a good enemy relationship between Liv and Aiden. They clearly didn’t like each other but there was banter and tension that would make it believable for them to eventually fall in love. But somewhere along the way it all fell apart for me. Once lovers it didn’t seem like there was that same banter and tension as before, like who they were just completely changed. There was also so much miscommunication between the two lovers that could’ve been resolved if they just talked to each other. It felt like the third act break up lasted longer than it should’ve because they just didn’t talk it out and waited to do their grand gestures. My other issue with this book was that it was filled with too much internal dialogue. I think some of the relationship could’ve been better if they had more scenes together that wasn’t filled with Liv’s thinking.

Overall, I didn’t enjoy this book as I had hoped I would.

Aspiring romance author Liv works part time at the university library as an librarian assistant. She got the job three months ago after her brother offered her to move in with him in London. She absolutely loves her new job and her coworker Stevie who has become her closest friend. One day, while at work, she finds her brothers best friend Aiden touring the university. They’ve known each other for the past 10 years and they always seem to be bickering but it’s somewhat manageable since they only see each other twice a year. To Liv’s shock and displeasure, Aiden gets offered the position at the university and he moves in with her and her brother while he looks for his own flat.

I’ve been loving the romcoms lately, can’t seem to get enough of them. This one was a fun light read but I think I found a few things a bit bothersome. I love banter, but at times I found that the exchanges to be slightly immature, almost like the characters never grew up from the 10 years of knowing each other. I didn’t love how the character said she didn’t like her name being Olivia and preferred Liv, meanwhile the MMC proceeds to call her Olivia the entire book, disrespecting her preference for the sake of the nemesis relationship. I didn’t mind the book, but it just didn’t hit the mark for me.

✵𝖬𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖡𝗈𝗅𝖽𝗐𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝖡𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗌 ＆ 𝖭𝖾𝗍𝖦𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖾𝗒 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗀𝗂𝖿𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖠𝖽𝗏𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝖱𝖾𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗋’𝗌 𝖢𝗈𝗉𝗒 𝗂𝗇 𝖾𝗑𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗆𝗒 𝗁𝗈𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗐.✵

I would definitely recommend The Love Interest. I have never read a Victoria Walters book so I wasn’t sure what to expect, but if you like Beth O’Leary’s voice and writing, then you will like this book. The tropes - enemies to lovers and forced proximity, were fun to read. The flashbacks to 10 years prior, when Olivia and Aiden first met were super clear. It makes me nuts when it isn’t clear why there is a story flashback or when we are moving back to current day. The author wrote those transition so well, which added to continuing on with the story. The Love Interest was the perfect combination of fun and spicy.!!!!!! #TheLoveInterest #NetGalley