The start of this had a lot of promise but by about half way through I was bored, and there was still a lot to go! A nice premise and it did start well, but pace was slow and I lost interest. Left a tad disappointed.

I wanted to like this a lot.

However, it didn’t really keep me reading from the start. The British/ American bit was a lot overkill.

I didn’t love it. I really wanted to because it sounded right up my alley. But it was boring. I wanted to dnf but I pushed through.

I’m gutted, I loved the description of this book but just couldn’t get along with it and ended up DNFing

Thank you to NetGalley and the author for an ARC of this book. I had high hopes for this book. I usually love bookish romances. This did not do it for me. I did not like the main character Lexi. I found some of her behaviour quite sketchy and it did not sit well with me. I could not connect with the characters and found myself quite bored with the book. It was 25% too long. I would not have finished it had it not been an ARC.

This is a really fun read, which I thoroughly enjoyed. A modern day You’ve Got Mail, with rival bookshop owners who find their own happily ever after.

I really wanted to get into this book but I just wasn't able to.
The plot was pretty inconsistent and I wasn't in love with the main characters.
I wish it was formatted a bit better; it would have been easier to read.
Thanks to Netgalley & Avon BooksUK for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I’m so sad I didn’t enjoy this book

From the off it fell really flat for me and the writing seemed a bit all over the place, not much flow.

I wasn’t a fan of the constant Austen references and the incessant need to remind the reader of her British roots was a bit of an overkill

Unfortunately I did DNF at 20% but I’ll definitely look out for more from Mia in the future. I always give an author another chance

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC!
This had lots of potential but didn’t quite deliver. The characters were honestly a bit annoying and the plot felt rushed at times, sluggish at others. The enemies part felt contrived and yet later on the mmc was actually a dick but apparently it was fine by then? Idk.
A bit overkill on the missing Britain/Americans are so different bit too.

Lexi Austen runs a book shop in Washington DC and has done merrily for a while, until Sam Dickens takes over a local second hand book shop and directly challenges Lexi's business... And her heart along the way.

This is not a straightforward enemies to lovers plot, it's a little contrived at the start but it definitely heats up. The characters are likeable, if a little shallow at points. I really enjoyed the book store setting, even with the business struggles, it's an nice idyllic idea that will appeal to keen readers!

Overall, I enjoyed the book - more so towards the end but the start felt clunky, the middle a little slow and then the end too short! An enjoyable read nonetheless I would look out for more by Mia Page

I didn't enjoy this book as much as I thought I might. It was somewhat predictable, overlong and had a lot of repetition. Set in Washington DC but with more than a nod to the main character's Britishness. I must admit that I didn't take to either of the main characters, Lexi and Sam, both sporting literary names Austen and Dickens respectively and running rival bookshops. I found they rather annoyed me but having said that I think the book would appeal to some hence 3 stars.

2.8/5 ⭐️
2/5 🌶️

Lexi is an adorable owner of bookstore, sorry bookSHOP–she's British and we are gonna hear about the cultural differences of America vs UK–in D.C. who is frustrated (ahem sexually) by a competing bookstore owner, Sam.

I really liked the Austen references, the enemies to lovers concept, and actually her Britishisms (although I will admit, I felt by the end it was kind of annoying. Mostly because it was the same observations about how we make tea.) I love the setting of DC and wish we saw a bit more of her friendship with Erin, her roommate. Looking back, it was very odd to me there wasn't more there. It was like her friend was getting married and Lexi is the maid of honor, but they had VERY little interaction and I forgot she was getting married since there was literally no wedding planning they did together.

I really didn't like how long this was. Maybe it wasn't long, but it certainly FELT long. And I was very confused about Lexi's real feelings. She is like, oh I hate this Sam guy, but there was no reason for us to believe or even understand why she hated him. Maybe hated him being competition I guess.... but there was very little sexual tension for me with them. He seemed very nice–in fact, too nice to be enemy for sure, and too nice in situations where Lexi said or did something rude. (Not including bants.)

But then he DID do some incredibly dickish things like... Idk, steal all her ideas for the shop?! And then she doesn't call him out on it?

There did seem to be a lot going on story wise with her shop, then her piano lessons, then their competing, then their "breaking" up, getting back together for literally 15 min then breaking up again, not to mention her missing London, and her sister oh and then his ex coming back into town...

There were still some spelling errors, which I can forgive, but not "muscles and frites," that seems like there was a lot missed in proofreading. At least in my copy.

**Thank you to NetGalley and Avon Books UK sending me this ARC!**

Thank you to netgalley, the author and the publisher for the advance copy.

I really wanted to love this. Books. Enemies to lovers. Romance.

Sadly, I didn't enjoy the style of writing and ending up DNFing it around 20% in.

I got this as an arc from NetGalley and it is literally un unreadable.
There’s a lot of formatting issues. There’s a lot of grammar issues. It is undecipherable at points.
I feel like they really could be something here, but it desperately needs an editor and somebody who does formatting

If you enjoy enemies to lovers, a bookstore setting with a blossoming friendship then you'll enjoy this story!

I loved the idea of it, but being someone who works in a bookstore I found the book spoke too much about the tasks/ work involved in running a bookstore which gave it a less romantic setting. I do realise that was a point made in the book that working in a bookstore isn't as romantic or whimsical as it seems, but personally I still wanted it to feel that way. But overall I still enjoyed the story.

I loved this! A lighthearted enemies-to-lovers story with a bookish theme, what isn't there to love? I did find that it started fairly slow but once I got past that I was hooked!

Lexi is struggling to keep her grand mothers bookshop viable. This get even worse when Sam takes over the old second hand book shop and decided to sell new books in direct competition with her. Lots of twists before the inevitable conclusion. A lovely holiday read

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is a really fun enemies to lover rom com and is essentially a book about books which for book lovers like me is a win win situation. It does start off quite slow but does pick up to some extent. The main characters did annoy me at times as they seemed to be immature and made me cringe a little bit.

I did enjoy the book and would recommend for people who enjoy bookish books but I feel that for the authors next novel it needs to have some more depth and character development.

I did enjoy the story, but I did find Lexi and Sam annoying at times and they were really not very nice to each other at various times in the book.
The ending also felt a bit too neatly tied up, but it was still a nice read.

What a beautiful romance story with great storyline and great characters. Really liked the writing style and the cover is beautiful will definitely read more from this author.