I loved 'The Love Hack'. Humorous, sexy, romantic and a real feel good book that puts you in a good mood. Thanks to Storm Publishing and NetGalley for the chance to ARC this book.

I was drawn to this book by the cover. The cover is great, that by itself is 5 stars. The book is more like a 2. It has potential, for sure, but it is a slow burn and lacks the bones + romance to make it .. a romance.

Thank you to NetGalley, the author and Storm Publishing for the DRC in exchange for my honest review.

"The Love Hack" by Sophie Ranald was a fun, light read but it didn't quite hit the mark for me. The book had a good mix of cute moments and some more serious topics, which kept things interesting. The love story between Lucy and Ross was cute, but it wasn't the main focus most of the time, which was a bit of a letdown.

Lucy is a relatable character, and I liked seeing her grow more confident. Her relationships with her sister Amelie and her friends were highlights for me. There were some cringy moments that made me laugh, and I powered through those to enjoy the rest of the story.

The plot moved quickly, and I wished there had been more dialogue during key moments to flesh things out. Ross, the love interest, felt more like a background character, which made it hard to get invested in their romance.

Overall, it’s a decent office romance for some quick, easy reading. Perfect for a bit of escapism by the pool. If you’re into light-hearted rom-coms, give it a try. Thanks to NetGalley and Sophie Ranald for the early access!

I couldn’t make it past the first 50 pages of this. The quotations were just apostrophes which was weird, there wasn’t good breakup among the dialogue and I was bored. Wouldn’t recommend.

The Love Hack by Sophie Ranald 🤖
Overall Rating: 3/5 ⭐

I thought this book had a good mix of cute stuff and serious topics. I liked a lot of the characters and the love story was fun and cute, although was not really the main focus in the book a lot of the time.

I liked the first half the most and found the second half a bit less successful for me. One thing I found a bit meh was how Lucy kept using the AI bot. I can understand its use in the story, but personally found it a bit yikes.

I would totally read more books by this author and would recommend this book for anyone looking for their next quick office romance.

Thank you @NetGallery and Sophie Ranald for allowing me early access to this book to read and review it!

This was a cute and fun book. It was a bit slow at first, but the story started to be more interesting the more I read. It was some cringy moment that I giggled and couldn’t continue at first, but I powered through it and laughed.
Lucy is the fmc and I wanted to hug her. She was insecure and had self doubt about herself, but you can read that she starting slowly to be more confident.
Loved her relationship with her sister and how her friends became Lucys friends too. It was a fun book to read and would recommend it.

I enjoyed this light hearted romance. I did feel that the plot moved a bit quickly at times - some more dialogue between the characters would have been good in some of the really pivotal moments. Some aspects felt a little out of control.
It was a fun easy read, great for reading by the pool or for some escapism.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I was torn on this book, I just think it’s one not for me. I enjoyed the writing style and it was easy for me to get into it but I just feel I wasn’t a fan of Lucy.

The Love Hack was going to be a fun rom-com to read but while reading it I kept waiting for it to fall in to a story that popped and was never a romance that was happening. I needed more chemistry and a bit of a wow factor to give it some feeling. There never was that moment when I knew everything was going to be fine and love would be there. When I got to the end all I felt was a bit of a dull what happened.
Thank you NetGalley, Sophie Ranald and Storm Publishing for the copy of The Love Hack. This is my personal review.

I really enjoyed this book!
I haven’t read anything from this author before, but I am excited to in the future!
I liked the writing style and the journey we went on with the characters

As the nerdy girl who almost gave up on men, I relate to Lucy so so much. This had the swoon moments with Ross to completed sister relationships and traumatic pasts. Lucy has managed to save her job with a proposal for a column called Ask Adam to answer men’s questions. At this job, she is surrounded by men since the publication is a men’s magazine. In learning how to understand men for this column, she also learns about herself and how she views men. She also finds friendship in some of her co-workers. All while navigating a new job and new friendships, she is worried about her sister and her new brorther-in-law. This book doesn’t necessarily focus on the romance at the beginning, but it does have little tid bits here and there about Lucy’s crush on Ross. Overwall, this was a cute workplace romance with hint of self discovery.

Review to be posted to Instagram TBD. Review posted to Goodreads as of 31May2024.

A cute, fun rom com that fell a little short for me. I was drawn in by the cover and the description. I love a good workplace romance. The MMC, Ross seemed like just a small part of the story and it was hard to feel connected to him and the love story. It was definitely more focused on the FMC, Lucy’s relationship with her sister, Amelie. It was an enjoyable read, but I didn’t love it as much as I hoped.

In the rom-com The Love Hack, Lucy is down on her luck and trying to save her job. Using AI to help give love/life advice to men, Lucy finds herself crushing on her co-worker. Ross is dating someone Lucy knows, Lucy is trying to not get into a relationship. AI might help solve all of Lucy’s problems or it might cause more!

When Lucy finds out her job is at risk of redundancy, she (and her sister) form a plan to keep Lucy from being out of a job. This is how 'Ask Adam' is born, an advice column for men on Max! magazine. Why 'Ask Adam' and not 'Ask Lucy'? - you may ask - well, because men think they know it all and they would never take dating advice from a woman (but they totally should!).
Lucy, who is completely clueless about anything man-related, finds herself in a predominantly male office, writing dating advice about subjects that she doesn't know much about : Is my wife cheating? Am I the asshole? Does size matter?
On top of that, there's Ross, her new work colleague, that suddenly reawakened the possibility of fancying someone, after her last disastrous relationship.

On top of all that, Lucy's sister and best friend is getting married to Zack, a man that Lucy doesn't exactly love and doesn't quite understand. Despite her feelings, Lucy wants to support her sister and see her happy, even if that means she will not be as present in her life.

Will clueless Lucy be able to give men the advice they need? Will Ross help Lucy overcome her past relationship, or will he remind her of why she stays away from men?
What will happen with her relationship with her sister
I had to find out!

This book was fun!
If you are looking for a nice, easy and fun read, this is the book for you.
The Ask Adam column bits were my absolute favourite and I found myself thinking of what I would respond to those men if I was in Adam's shoes (well.. Lucy's shoes).
Lucy's relationship with Ross and her sister were very entertaining to read and I couldn't help but also love Astro, Lucy's cat.
A great summer read! ☺️

Thank you @Netgalley and @StormPublishing for sending me this eARC in exchange for my honest review!

Thank you to storm publishing and netgalley for a copy of love hack in exchange for a review.
Love Hack is a fun rom com which talks about Lucy who finds a job surrounded by men where she has to advise them about their relationships of whom she absolutely know nothing about kind courtesy of her failed relationships. Along the way as she spends more time with her co -woker Ross she starts to see a different side of men that is pleasing to her considering the fact that she lost hope in any Lovy dovey relationships and anything that comes with it.

The Romance between Lucy and Ross was adorable and lovely. I happily enjoyed reading and it was quite and easy read and very engaging to me. I also loved the part where the author embraced sisterhood and sibling love.

This book was tough for me personally. I really get disappointed in books where the female lead is a grown woman playing childish games. The main character (Lucy) and the crying over a guy she wasn’t first sure she even liked, then decided she sorta liked, in a weird twisted maybe I have feelings way, but only out of jealousy when a friend connects with him on a girls night. Maybe it’s the fact I’ve been past this window of life for a while, but the cat and mouse game she plays seems so high school. I 100% get why this is. Her character is inexperienced & naive to the world. She’s introverted & shy. She was booking up with a guy that wanted her just for that. So I get it. I just truly struggled with the multiple chapters of the in/out game.

That said I did love their coming together story. I loved their New York trip planning, Ross surprising her in New York to tell her how he felt. That she also threw out all of the negative emotions her past booty call boy left. Love in all forms leaves a mark. It’s up to us to decide how we allow that mark to heal. Will it be permanent like a scar or something that heals over with a scab and disappears. Being 29 i just truly felt she should have as a main character of the story & her own life lived more… experienced more.

The best thing in this whole story is the sister relationship. I loved the whole storyline of the two of them.

⭐ Past & Present Storytelling
⭐️ Overlapping story lines
⭐ Co-workers to Lovers
⭐ Strong sister relationship
⭐️ New York City vibes
⭐️ AI & an Adam columnist with some killer advice

Overall had characters were well developed. There were still many scenes that I laughed along with them. I was rooting for them by the end. I was more invested in how the sisters would fix things after their big fight.

Thank you to @netgalley & @stormpublishing for the eARC of this for my honest review!

First of all thank you so much netgalley for sending me this digital arc, I really appreciate it.
I requested this book because the cover was really cute and the blurb sounded just like something I'd like, so I wanted to read it.
I started the arc and it was cute and fun, but I just couldn't continue the book. I couldn't relate to the fmc, Lucy, in any way. I felt like the book was more about her not understanding men, or her talking to or about her cat than the romance.
I feel like there definitely was some potential but unfortunately I couldn't enjoy the book and had to dnf it.

I received this book from NetGalley as an ARC. I feel like for a romance this needed to focus on the romance a bit more. The FMC was focusing on her sister, not understanding men, and her ex. The MMC was in another relationship and then a small amount of the book focuses on their relationship. As a reader, how can you invest in a romance and the outcome if it is not there. Closed door, very little angst or spice.

Lucy is facing a crisis - her job is a risk unless she finds solution pronto. After a discussion with her sister Amelie, she creates the Ask Adam column for the online lad mag she is now working for. The big problem is that her experience of men is very limited, but Amelie promises to help. That is until she gets married and then decides that her husband wouldn't like her dealing with other men's problems.
Turning to the AI used by her brother in law to write his wedding speech, she deals with the problems sent in.
At the same time she has to deal with her crush on one of her colleagues who ended up with one of other hens on her sister's hen night.
Funny and uplifting and it has a cat which makes it special in my book.

Lucy's new job involves her running a column as agony uncle, "Ask Adam", where she gives relationship tips to men, but her own dating life isn't as hot. Her new coworker sets off butterflies in her stomach - but she's got rule against dating coworkers.

I always enjoy a workplace romance romcom - it's one of my favourite tropes. It's a bit of a slow burn, with good banter and a strong relationship between Lucy and her sister. However, I just didn't buy the romance - that Lucy was infatuated within a week, and their chemistry was a bit lacking that I didn't feel myself rooting for them.

Thank you to Netgalley and Storm Publishing for an e-arc of The Love Hack, all opinions are my own.