Title: Accidentally in Love with my Best Friend's Brother by Abby Greyson

Release Date: May, 10th, 2024

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"Accidentally in Love with my Best Friend's Brother" by Abby Greyson is a delightful sweet romance filled with kisses and heartwarming moments.

When Brie's best friend's brother, NFL star Josh Owens, finds himself in a scandal, Brie agrees to pose as his girlfriend to help him out. Despite their love-hate relationship, spending time together reveals the real Josh to Brie, and she starts to develop feelings for him. As fake kisses turn into something more, Josh suggests turning their fake relationship into a real one, but Brie struggles to open up her heart after losing her parents.

This story is a perfect blend of forced proximity, enemies-to-lovers, and opposites attract tropes, with a slow-burning romance leading to a happily ever after.

I got swept up in Josh and Brie's journey and fell in love with their story.
I adored both main characters in this book! They were both laid-back, playful, and had such a great chemistry that made it easy to root for them.Josh and Brie's lifelong friendship filled with banter was so enjoyable to witness. Despite everyone around them seeing their obvious attraction, they remained oblivious to their own feelings. The way they teased each other and lit up in each other's presence was absolutely adorable.

This book delivered on all the tropes I love, and it exceeded my expectations. I truly loved every moment of it.


Thank you to The Author Abby Greyson & NetGalley for an advanced reader copy (ARC) in exchange for my honest review.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3.75-4/5
Tropes:
🏈 Best friends brother
🏈 Fake Relationship
🏈 Forced Proximity
Josh and Brie’s chemistry was obvious to literally everyone else around them but somehow neither of them got the memo… until tea time makes #Briosh go viral and the fake dating may not be so fake after all.
I loved Brie and Susie’s friendship a lot and admired the way Susie tried to remain objective for Brie when he brother was involved. Josh and his teammates also had a great dynamic and I enjoyed the back and forth and banter between them all.

This was a quick fluffy mood read for me and I enjoyed the banter between the characters the most and if you’re after a “best friends older brother” with a hea and sweet moments instead of spice, you’ll enjoy this book.

I’m not saying we need more Mavericks romances… but I’m not not saying it…

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of this title.

this was such a cute book, i found the storyline to be so sweet.

i do think it felt a little short and i feel like i didn’t really connect with the characters - there was a big time jump towards the beginning and i would have liked to get to know the characters a bit more before then to see how their relationship developed over time.

overall it was very sweet, there were so many of my favourite tropes involved (sports romance and fake dating in particular) and it is a very fast-paced read.

thank you so much to netgalley, the publisher and the author for the arc 🫶🏻

This was my first time reading a novel by Abby Greyson. I had a hard time following the author's writing style. I am not sure if i was having techinal issues or if just was the format of the ebook. The background of the ebook was black and it made it very hard to read. I went through all my settings on my kindle and couldn't fix the issue. I did enjoy the dynamics of the characters.

It was a cute story but that’s all. It didn’t make me swoon as much as I would have liked. I liked the characters. Maybe I felt like the book was too short and everything felt kinda rushed. It was a good story but unfortunately not a 5 stars one.

Thanks NetGalley, Abby Greyson and BookBuzz for the Arc

A lot of familiar tropes here which was enjoyable. A cute little fake dating sporty romance. This was an easy read and light to get through. My only real issue was the time jump. It would have been nice to see Josh and Brie interact during that time.

I liked this book, it was very cute. Josh and Brie have known each other all their lifes and always had a banter relationship. Everyone could see that they liked each other except themselves. The way thry teased the other and they would both light up, it was so adorable. And when they finally confess their feelings, something happens and Brie shuts down. I have to say, it irritated me that she did that. I understand that she had emotional "problems" and it isn't easy to overcome them but I felt so bad for Josh. The poor man loved her so much and she was shutting him out. I loved how he didn't allow her to shut him out completely and kept trying in a slower pace to make her realize they were good together and he wouldn't break her heart. I would have liked to see Brie make more of an effort at the end but it was fine. It was a good book and I'm glad I read it

Accidentally in Love with My Best Friend’s Brother is a sweet, simple, and clean fake dating sports romance. Brie, an elementary school teacher, finds herself fake dating her best friend’s brother, NFL player Josh.

Accidentally in Love with My Best Friend’s Brother was a fast-paced easy read. There was opportunity within this story to add more to the plot; and no, I am not talking about adding spice. The book read to me as more of a novella, instead of a full length book. I would have enjoyed more of a slow burn romance, seeing Brie and Josh long for each other throughout the years rather than a 9 year time jump.

However, if you are looking for a sweet, simple, and clean sports romance, look no further than Accidentally in Love with My Best Friend’s Brother.

Thank you to NetGalley and BookBuzz for an advanced copy of Accidentally in Love with My Best Friend’s Brother in exchange for my honest review.

Cue, she's the girl next door by copperpot, but make it sports related... not vampire. Josh is Brie's best friend's brother who just so happens to play in a NFL league. When the press captures an innocent conversation that is said to be more than friendly, fake dating seems to be the way out for Josh's bad boy reputation. As we all know, fake dating does not end up being just fake.

This book showed the super cute relationship that they had. Their bickering and witty remarks made it feel like an "enemies" to lovers vibe, but it was always just friendly so it really was not enemies to lovers. The trope of best friend's brother is portrayed as supportive rather than angry, which was very nice since many add the angry aspect for drama.

This book was a really quick read and was enjoyable throughout the whole story. It is a clean romance story that is worth the hype (I love cheesy feel good romance books).

***ARC RECIEVED THROUGH NETGALLEY FOR REVIEW. ALL OPINONS AND THOUGHTS ARE MY OWN***

This book was so sweet. There is nothing to wild and crazy about it which is a nice change of pace sometimes. Brie and Josh have known each other since forever since Brie is his little sister’s best friend. I think we can feel all along that Josh secretly feels a little more for Brie and we start to see that with Brie as well. With everyone is everyone’s business in their home town the whole town now thinks they are dating. Everyone else can see the sparks between these two but it does take them some time to realize it. Does fake dating turn to something more?
This is a sweet story with just kissing. Mentions grief of losing parents as well. The author did a great job putting everything together for this story.

The idea of this story was very cute and definitely was something I enjoy reading. However the execution was not done all that well.
We are introduced to the characters in high school where they actively don’t like each other. Josh teases Brianne to get a rise out of her and she detests it. Josh is very protective of the two because they’ve grown up together. His friends joke around with him that it’s something more, but he denies it wholeheartedly.
Then we get a 9 year time jump. I would have loved to see them interact over the years.
Then present time in the story the dynamic is still similar. Then the fake dating starts and all of a sudden they have feelings for each other that they never knew about. Some of the discussions and thoughts of these main characters don’t follow through with what they thought at the beginning of the story.
At the end of the story Brianne is thinking about how she loves that Josh is giving her time to make her decision and putting the decision in her hands. All for him to then show up to woo her. Make it make sense? Does she want to go to him at her own time or does she want him to make the timeline?
Also I know it’s a work of fiction but some of these facts about teaching and then the NFL and how it works was slightly in accurate which drove me crazy.

So many favorite tropes...childhood not quite friends but known each other their whole lives, best friends brother, fake dating, verrrry real feelings and family that have been unofficially rooting for them for forever.

This was such a cute read one sitting read. He's an NFL player, she's a teacher. They've been dancing around feelings for probably 25 years and rind themselves in a spot where a fake relationship wouldn't hurt his reputation. With some great team mates, a little lady whistleldown type gossip column, and some very really butterflies, this is a great read and perfect for fans of the cheat sheet!


Thank you Netgalley, the author, and BookBuzz.net for the ARC in exchange for my review!