I LOVED THIS. The letters were so heartwarming and beautiful. The story was amazing and I loved watching these two rediscover each other. Going back to read the first two immediately! I’m a huge fan of Elodie Colliard moving forward.

Unbearably Yours is the perfect second-chance romance for all lovers of second-chance romances. Charlee and Oliver’s chemistry is so tangible I’m still not over it.

“Every time I look at you, you whisk me away to my favourite place. It’s you. You’re where I love to be the most.”

The way both characters understand one another and connect so well is a dream.

I loved the writing style and incorporating letters is incredibly hard to do.

Thank You, NetGalley for this amazing read

I have loved Elodie's work since the beginning! I was so excited to hear that a third book was coming out and couldn't wait to get my hands on it. I loved going back and forth between the letters exchanged in the past to present day with the second-chance romance. The characters were so sweet and just made for each other. I can't wait to see what she writes next!

Thank you to Netgalley, Elodie Colliard and Victory Editing Netgalley Co-Op for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

As a lover of second chance romances, this book exceeded all my expectations. The chemistry between Charlee and Oliver is palpable, and their story is adorably chaotic. What makes this novel stand out is how the characters get to know each other through letters, creating a deep connection before meeting face-to-face years later.

When fate brings them together to work side by side, the tension is immediate. Charlee harbors resentment towards Oliver for stopping his letters, which adds a fascinating layer of conflict to their reunion. Watching them navigate this complicated situation and rebuild their friendship is simply captivating.

The author does an exceptional job using two timelines, allowing us to thoroughly understand the characters and their evolution. It's fascinating to see how the personalities they projected in their letters contrast and complement who they are in the present.

This story reaffirms my love for the second chance trope, demonstrating that when executed masterfully, it can lead to a truly satisfying and emotional read.

The dual timeline approach brilliantly showcases the characters' growth, allowing readers to fall in love with both their past and present selves. The way the author weaves together the nostalgia of their letter-writing days with the complexity of their current relationship creates a rich, multilayered narrative that kept me engrossed from start to finish.

This novel is a perfect example of why I'm drawn to second chance romances. It beautifully captures the idea that true connections can withstand the test of time and that sometimes, the right person at the wrong time can become the right person at the right time. It's a heartwarming reminder that love, when given another chance, can be even stronger and more meaningful than before.

I'm a sucker for a good second-chance romance, and I could not get enough of Charlee and Oliver. I loved the flashbacks we got through letters they wrote to each other and seeing how their relationship started and then grew. Our main characters complimented each other so perfectly Oliver is the sweetest cinnamon roll and Charlee is a go-getter adventure-loving girl and they work so well together. They overcame so much heartache together but I loved seeing how they persevered as a couple and how they helped each other grow.

A second chance romance was the perfect way to end the summer. This is my second book by Elodie Colliard and Unbearably Yours was an endearing and comforting read, full of tenderness and romance.

I am a sucker for a pen pal plot and enjoy going back and forth between story and flashbacks, especially in the form of letters. Letters have such an intimate aspect to them, they let you see the emotion and depth of characters so much more deeply. Both Charlee and Oliver are funny and adorable and neither of their POVs had me wanting to skip ahead to go back to the other. I wanted to know both of them and get to see them together through each other's lenses.

The slow burn was delightful and so tastefully done it was agonizing in the best way possible to not be able to simply push Charlee and Oliver together. And even if it was a love story, I found the plot alongside it to be a strong addition to get to know our main characters more thoroughly and the way the world around them impacts their personality and thoughts, as well as us readers to make you question the way we interact with the fauna and flora. The setting was perfect for the season and had me ready to fall into autumn and enjoy a stroll through the woods daydreaming about love and spirit bears.

I did find the ending a little quick and would have wished for a bit more time to get to see more of the relationships and interactions between other characters with our main ones, like Charlee and Lola. The pace suddenly picked up, and I was left wanting more of those dynamics.

If you are searching for a heart-warming, autumn and nature-centred second chance romance, this book is the way to go to relax and have a good time!

What a refreshing read! A penpal relationship that lasted for years.

Charlie and Oliver became penpals during university and really started to open up to each other in their letters and started to develop feelings for each other without seeing each other or knowing what each other looked like.

It felt like such a powerful way to find each other and understand themselves completely through writing letters to someone they’d never met before. The romance in this book was delicately integrated into the story and thought it was done really well, not to mention now much I loved Charlee and Oliver has characters individuals as well as together. The tones were super gentle and tricky topics were discussed in a very warm way which I always really appreciate.

I also found that having the dual timeline approach really helped to show the character’s growth. It allowed us to fall in love with them slowly and really understand who they were and their motivations.

Unbearably Yours is the perfect example of second chance romance and beautifully captured right person wrong time!

I will scream from the rooftops about how much I love Unbearably Yours. It is truly my soul book. So cozy, so lovely, and so heartwarming wrapped up in a stunning cover. Charlee and Oliver truly deserve each other and all the good things in the world. The fact that their relationship started as a penpal situation just gives me more of the heart eyes 😭😫
Charlee is so complex and spoke to a part of my soul that has too many emotions and doesn’t know what to do with all of them. She’s truly so realistic and relatable.
Oliver’s personality is so genuine. Despite his hardships, he’s so gentle, kind and so so charming 😫😫 Anyone who knows me knows I love a little nerdy man and Oliver was IT!!
And the romance??? The whole storyline??? Elodie knocked it out of the park and I will forever be amazed by her brain.

OMG I LOVE THIS BOOK. COZY, CUTE, A LITTLE SPICY…

The story follows two college students, Oliver and Charlee, who enter in a writing program that makes them become pen-pals. As they get to know each other, they fall in love slowly. However, after Oliver leaves Charlee stranded the day they were supposed to meet at the airport, Charlee’s heart breaks and yearns for answers that never come, and eventually they lose contact. Fast-forward to the present, fate decides it’s time to put them together in a job, documenting a trip in Pine Falls, Oliver’s town. Having never seen each other’s faces, they both are shocked to the core when they realise they are meeting someone they thought they lost years ago. Forced to work together after the incident, they come to face their feelings and fears.

Forced proximity, one bed trope, a cinnamon roll hero, a strong and independent heroine, and a beautiful love story. All inside this book. It was so good, honestly. The writing, the plot, the characters, everything was great. I fell in love with this book and now I need to know if Pine Falls is real, cause it was beautifully described.

I have to give this book 5 stars.

Thanks to the publisher for the chance to read this book in advance.
For me Elodie Colliard is always an assurance of a cozy book.
I was in love with Josh from The Past Encore, but Oliver is so adorable I have to choose him. How could it be otherwise?!⁣
I appreciated the fact that, as the previous books, we have a different setting and plot pattern, so it has a fresh component always appreciated.⁣
Then, my heart crushed when I understood what happened between Charlee and Oli years ago 😭 The story itself is quite simple, but I love Elodie's writing style. It's captivating and has such lyrical vibes I'm always invested in her stories. She was terrific in capturing Oliver's giftedness, not to mention the parts related to Charlee and Riley's mother. Plus point for a good male/female friendship rep 🫶🏻⁣
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Respect for nature, feminine empowerment, healthy relationship and maybe a too perfect book boyfriend are the main ingredient of this novel ❤️

ˋ°•*⁀➷・❥・“𝓘𝓯 𝓘 𝓻𝓮𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓸𝓯 𝔀𝓪𝓻𝓶 𝓼𝓾𝓶𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓼, 𝔂𝓸𝓾'𝓻𝓮 𝓶𝔂 𝓬𝓸𝔃𝔂 𝓭𝓪𝔂𝓼 𝓭𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓪𝓵𝓵.”・❥・ˏˋ°•*⁀➷

🍁18/09/24
➸4.75 stars💫

OH. MY. GOD. That's what I told myself when I finished this book a week ago. Can I tell you how much I enjoyed and loved reading this book?! 😍🧡 This book came to me as a soothing balm to my soul, when I was in some of the toughest times of my life, and didn't feel like reading anything for weeks. I OWE THIS BOOK A LOT BECAUSE IT MADE ME SLITHER BACK TO MY READING HOME AGAIN 🥺💘

Now as always, here comes the exciting part of the review, so without further ado, let's meet our fabulous ✨characters✨:

“I was chasing after the person I was when I had you. I was chasing the happiness I knew with you.”


💌Charlee Fletcher~ aka Char, a renowned Toronto-based Wild Planet journalist, is suddenly thrust by her manager into the world of Pine Falls, a place where her pen pal resides, and was the reason for her heartbreak years ago and why she has been running without staying at a place all her life for the past 5 years 💔. Wild Planet is partnering with Movie Night Live to film a docuseries on the Great Bear Rainforest. She will be the reporter to lead the docuseries and has to stay there for two weeks, and amidst all of this, she never imagined she would meet her pen pal for the first time.

“I will never make you do anything you don't want to.”


💌Oliver Reynolds~ aka Oli, a BC-based Wild Planet reporter, a cute golden retriever nerd, and is very hypersensitive 🧸. I saw myself more within him, a character that's close to my heart. He was broken because of whatever happened five years ago. And then he meets Charlee for the first time, his pen pal from years ago and the only love of his life. He couldn't bring himself to explain why they had never met, and why he abruptly disappeared from her life. And now he is stuck with her for two weeks, and he will do anything now to make her stay in his life this time💞.

“Some very annoying part of me is glad that our paths crossed.”


What I loved about this book was, it has short chapters🤩. It wasn't dragging at all, and I didn't have the pressure to push through it. I was infact flying through the chapters🥰. And the cherry on top were the heartfelt letters shared between them years ago🥺💌. It was beautiful to see how their friendship bloomed into something more all those years ago💖.

Read if you like 💌:
🍂 Pen pals
🍂 Secret Identities
🍂 Forced Proximity
🍂 One tent/room/house
🍂 Second Chance Romance
🍂 Wildlife Enthsiasts
🍂 Found Family
🍂 Neurodivergent Cinnamonroll MMC
🍂 Fall Vibes
🍂 Short Chapters

Thankyou to Netgalley, the Author and Victory Editing for this wonderful ARC!!🥰💖

This book is a second chance romance between Charles and Oliver who connect through heartfelt letters. When a chance to encounter goes wrong. Five years later there’s a chance for redemption and force proximity. You follow Oliver and Charlie’s journey deep in the Great Bear Rainforest. I absolutely enjoyed this book and loved how emotional and sweet it was.

4.5🌟 - I really liked it!

Thank you @elosreadingcorner and @netgalley for the E-ARC!

Happy pub day to an indie romance you’re going to want to put on your fall TBR! 🍂

This has personally been my favorite of all of Elo’s books to date, and I am so proud of her and the growth of her writing and character development! This is part of an interconnected standalone series, and it was so fun seeing the characters from the other books sprinkled into this one.

I loved the pacing and flow of this book alternating between letters from the past and current timeline. Second-chance romance is just my FAVORITE, and this one truly just hit 👏🏻.

The forced proximity was just everything!! This had the perfect balance of plot, character growth, atmosphere, diverse representation, and cozy vibes!

If you’re looking for a heartwarming read for the fall with a bit of pumpkin spice, add it to your TBR!

Unbearably Yours was a sweet, captivating story of second-chance romance, that delved into how many times it can take two people to finally get it right — I was rooting for Charlee, who chronically avoids her past, and the guy from that past that she can’t quite escape, Oliver.
If you love a small town romance, and want to root for a happily ever after, this one is for you!

This book was a very well constructed romance. I love the letter aspect of it but for some reason, I just didn't fall in love with these characters.

This was my first Elodie Colliard read, and I enjoyed it so much! Getting to read the letters between Oliver and Charlee and seeing how close they got before ever seeing or meeting each other was the sweetest. Oli is the most precious cinnamon roll and the way he took such good care of Char throughout the whole book actually made me weepy.

What brought the rating down for me was some of the dialogue, especially Oliver’s. There were some phrases that just felt unnatural and cringey and made me go “who would ever say this?”. It took me out of the story so for that reason I can’t rate it higher, but I did love them so much 🥹

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an eARC in exchange for an honest review!

3.75 Stars (rounded up)

This cozy, end-of-summer/autumnal read hit all the right notes for me. It was adorable in all the best ways and had just the right amount of spice. Plus, that bear-pun title? Absolutely loved it!

Oli and Charlee’s romance was engaging, even though second-chance love stories aren’t usually my thing. Their journey felt natural and sweet. However, I struggled with the heavy reliance on miscommunication and their refusal to discuss anything about their past. Miscommunication as a central trope isn’t for me, but once they finally started communicating, the mix of spice and sweetness was *chef’s kiss*. That really turned the book around for me.

I also loved the setting, especially the inclusion of local Indigenous Nations and land acknowledgements, which felt thoughtfully done, not just for the sake of inclusivity. Since BC is where I call home, this detail really resonated with me. While it would have been great to see an Indigenous character in the mix, I understand that it might have been too much to handle with so many underdeveloped side characters already.

My biggest issue, and why it falls just shy of four stars, (and it may be due to me not is realizing this is the third book in a series), some of the characters felt underdeveloped. There were so many interesting side characters that I wished for just a little bit more.

All in all, Elodie Colliard has a beautiful writing style, and her characters are easy to fall in love with—I just found myself wanting a bit more depth. I recommend this book to anyone looking for a cozy fall romance, especially if you like second-chance or miscommunication!

“I love you. So thoroughly and unmistakably. I’ve known I loved you, the person you were, your soul, before I knew what you looked like”.

🌲strangers to friends to lovers
🐻second chance
🌲pen pals
🐻adventures
🌲forced proximity (best yet)
🐻small town romance
🌲only one tent/sleeping bag
🐻slowest of burn ever

This story was so wholesome and perfect for me considering I just got back into camping. I thoroughly enjoyed it and it passed the vibe checks.

I must say Emile has to be one of my favourite side characters yet. A grumpy old French men out to f with Oliver and his mail until the very end.

From the very start I was hooked and I couldn’t stop cackling. Charlee is so funny and I found our personalities were quite similar, which was very intriguing. She’s also very strong and determined in life, despite the hardships she’s endured.

Then there is Oliver, MMC, his a cinnamon roll hero; kind and supportive. I must say I did add him to the roster.

You follow Charlee’s and Oliver’s journey through the Great Bear Rainforest for work as they shoot a docuseries. Can they work together for 2 weeks and put their past behind them?

This is honestly a masterpiece and I am off to read the first two from this series. Thank you so much Elodie for putting this into the world. PS. You sold me on the cover alone ❤️❤️

I KNOW we aren't supposed to judge a book by its cover, but, if I see a cover by Leni Kauffman (@lenikauffman) I'm going to read it, plain and simple. I when I saw this cover on NetGalley I jumped at the opportunity to add another Lena-Kauffman-beautiful-cover-art-title to my read pile. And like most books Leni illustrates for, this book was sappy and sweet. 10/10 recommend, Charlee and Oliver are to die for, the way Oliver see's and describes Charlee throughout this book had me kicking my feet and giggling. (And wanting someone to see me that way).

Elodie Collard, take my credit card, I'll buy your books, keep them coming.

As a huge sucker for a second chance romance, this obviously hit all the marks for me.

It was sweet and oh-so-tender, I really loved the characters and the romance. The letters from the past were a great addition to the story and were executed perfectly in a way that didn't slow things down. I loved watching Charlee and Oliver fall in love (twice). They are truly soulmates!

*I received a free ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review