For some reason this didn’t quite catch me as much as the former books from the author have. I really wanted to love it, but it was hard for me to connect with the characters. I just didn’t fall in love with Lucy and Aiden. I also think the story was quite uneventful…? The whole dating concept was intriguing, but for some reason didn’t play that big of a deal throughout the story. I did like some of the dialogue as well as the little radio snippets in between chapters.
But overall unfortunately this read is more like a 3.75 stars.

3,5⭐️ J’ai découvert l’auteur avec ce livre, et la couverture m’a tout de suite attirée avant même que je ne lise le résumé. (Je suis sûre qu’elle vous plaît aussi !)

J’ai trouvé le concept original et intrigant : trouver l’amour grâce à une émission de radio, c’est tellement différent !

Cependant, je n’ai malheureusement pas réussi à m’attacher aux personnages, que j’ai trouvés un peu trop superficiels.

Il y avait pas mal de longueurs dans le récit, ce qui m’a un peu ennuyée par moments.

I loved everything about this.
I'm not a huge contempory romance fan HOWEVER this sucked me in from the start and was actual perfection for me.
I loved that the main characters weren't perfect. They were a bit older and had their life together. I loved the side characters as they really added to the story. I could read more books in this story tomorrow and not be bored!

This was super cute and cozy🥹💌🫠🫠
But beyond the romance, this book glows with warmth and depth. It’s about rediscovering hope, taking risks, and believing in love again—even when it feels impossible.
Borison balances humor, heart, and just the right amount of angst, making every moment feel authentic and deeply satisfying.
It was truly the perfect cozy, feel-good romance to curl up with.
Thanks to Netgalley and Pan Macmillan for providing me with this e-ARC.

And I cannot wait for And Now, Back to You (Heartstrings,
#2)!! I need Jackson and Delilah rivals to lovers workplace story 😫

I tried so many times to get into this one and I just cant, so its a DNF for now - but with the intention to try again in 6months+

I absolutely adored this quirky romcom!
The idea of a radio dating show is brilliant, and it sets the stage for some truly funny and heartwarming moments. I felt as if I were right there, listening to "Heartstrings" and witnessing the growing chemistry between the two main characters as they fall for each other. (Although, to be honest: Aiden was utterly captivated from the moment they met in the hallway earlier (oh yes, great scene), and it's easy to see why!) Lucie is an incredibly charming and relatable protagonist, making it impossible not to root for her.
This story was exactly what I was looking for!

"I want to feel something when I connect with someone. I want sparks. The good kind, you know? I want to laugh and mean it. I want goose bumps. I want to wonder what my date is thinking about and hope it might be me. I want…I want the magic."

|| • workplace romance • single mom • opposites attract • a pessimistic radio host x a hopeless romantic (we love a good grumpy x sunshine romance)

I think it's safe to say at this point that B.K. Borison, for me, can do no wrong. What is it about her writing romance that just ticks every damn box for me. Every time I think about this book, it makes me giddy!

A Sleepless In Seattle inspired story we follow Lucie a hopeless romantic and Aiden a jaded radio presenter who hosts a romance hotline in Baltimore.
Aiden has fallen out of love with love. He's weary and doesn't know how to get that spark back, but when a young girl calls into Heartstrings attempting to find love for her mum, the interview goes viral and suddenly everyone's eyes are on Aiden and the biggest radio romance line.

Lucie has it all, a great job, an incredible family, and a daughter that she adores, It's just the romance element that hasn't really been there for a while but with the whole of Baltimore invested in her love life, she begins to question if she's as happy as she thought or if in fact as her daughter suggests she's kinda lonely.

Everyone wants Lucie to have a happy ending, but no one more than Aiden, so when sparks behind the booth begin to fly, Lucie must make her choice, to continue dating on the show or to choose the man sitting next to her in his headphones.

Full of heart, First-Time Caller had me swooning from pretty much the first page. Lucie and Aiden are everything! I loved how our FMC didn't need a man, like she fully had her shit together and wasn't looking for anyone to complete her, and Aiden is perfect for her. The miscommunication at the end wasn't, in my opinion, necessary, but that's just my personal taste and it wasn't too traumatic in fact I love how the romance between them bloomed organically rather than feeling forced. The yearning was also done so well! I love that Aiden came through for her in the end in probably the sweetest way I've ever read. The side characters are also so wholesome, especially Lucie's family, as well as her found family at work and the love they share is magical.
This book is sheer perfection when it comes to my taste in romance like I wanted to reread it as soon as I finished. It's just a beautiful, beautiful book.

Thanks to b k borison and panmacmillan I got to read an ARC of first time caller. I loved it.
Every bk borison's book is even better than the one before I don't understand how that's possible.

This book is so cute and delicate it could make everyone believe in love.
There is everything one could hope for: yearning, tension, found family, banter, chemistry and so on.

Both the protagonists are interesting and well developed. Lucie is so loving but also bold and she has an amazing non traditional family. Aiden omg he hit so close to home... His fears are so understandable but he is also able to be so caring and perfect.AMAZING.

This book is an easy 5 stars for me.

After falling in Love with the Lovelight Farm series, I couldn’t wait to pick up this latest offering from BK Borison. Boy oh boy, it did not disappoint.
I absolutely devoured this book and fell in love with Lucie and Aiden as characters! I adored watching the friends to lovers development and even enjoyed the flirting and slow burn element, and I’m really not a huge slow burn fan!
Aiden was just so cute, caring and considerate! I had the biggest crush on him!

Not sure when her next book is out, but it will definitely be an auto buy for me. Hopefully I don’t have to wait too long!

"What? Why are you looking at me like that?”
“I just like looking at you,”

I enjoyed this one. The set-up was so cute, it had so many cute and adorable moments that had me giggling. It was like watching an early 2000s rom-com. I loved Lucie and Aiden. It is my first book by b.k. borison and I am definitely going to read her other books.
Thank you so much pan macmillan and netgalley for the earc!!

First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison was my very first book of her, and I'll definitely read her other books!

When Lucie's daughter Maya talks to a stranger on the phone hidden in her room, she's absolutely suspicious and on alert. But Maya talked to Aiden Valentine from the radio show Heartstrings to help her mother find love again. This help leads to Lucie's own radio show and horrible dates... but also to so much more she doesn't realise at first.

Oooooh, my...
This beautiful love story of Lucie and Aiden totally stole my heart right from the beginning! ❤️
I loved the mood of it. It was so special and heartwarming.
Experiencing the story of Lucie and Aiden felt like a warm, fluffy blanket. Like a nice holiday where you do all your favourite things. 😍

Lucie is a strong single mother and a mechanic who knows what she wants when it comes to everything in her life - except her love life.
She wants more, feel the magic again.
But... it's not that easy when you've to take care of a teenage girl. The good thing is she has her ex, Grayson, and his husband Mateo to support her with Maya. They're all sooo adorable! 🙏

And Aiden? OMG! The cute, kinda nerdy and grumpy radio guy! He's shy, but also sexy, with a heart of gold... but he has to carry his own baggage. Oh, my heart. ❤️

I definitely could feel the special chemistry between them, even through my Kindle. ❤️
How both talk to each other on the radio show? OMG! CHEF'S KISS!
I laughed soooo much about their banter!
And even got GOOSEBUMPS EVERYWHERE!
So, talking about chemistry: there wasn't just this kind of attraction to each other. It felt like they just clicked. You know? I'm not even sure how to explain it the right way.

Well, anyway! I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS BOOK!
I LOOOOOVED THE STORYLINE, ALL THE CHARACTERS, ALL THE EMOTIONS, THE TENSION! PERFECTION! ❤️😍🙏
A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE WITH THE RIGHT KIND OF ALL THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT LOVE STORIES. ❤️

Thank you so much to B.K. Borison and Pan Macmillan for this ARC via NetGalley.
This is my honest review in my own words.

I don't think it's great that the book becomes less interesting when the characters start spending more time together. I found them both a little immature and really didn't like the male main character. I'll definitely pick up another B.K. Borison book though as I've enjoyed more of her books than I've disliked.

A news book series by the author I discovered last year. The book was very light-hearted and cosy but I loved that the author included some more serious storylines, including dealing with cancer diagnosis and coparenting. The characters felt relatable and real and I cannot wait for the part two – hopefully this will be a book about Jackson, the weather guru and absolute legend.

Final rating: 4.5 ☆
This was everything I needed and more. Let me tell you - if you’re looking for a book to help you out of a reading slump, this is the book for you! I was giggling when I was barely 5% through the book! This was just so. Good.
Also - this is loosely inspired by Sleepless in Seattle. So if that doesn’t make you want to read this, I don’t know what will honestly.

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the complimentary e-arc in exchange for an honest review. All opinions in this review are my own. This is out NOW! I definitely recommend you pick it up if you’re looking for your next romance fix 🙂‍↕️

♡ single parent
♡ Grumpy x Sunshine
♡ he falls first

Also - I’m not sure if the coup for book 2 has been announced… Delilah and Jackson for book 2 anyone? A little enemies to lovers action? Rival weather people? Count me in 🤭

ARC received in exchange for an honest review.

Clearly I'm in the minority for this one, but I just didn't gel with this at all. I thought the chemistry was lacking between Aiden and Lucie, with a build up that relies heavily on implied conversations that the reader doesn't see. It left me feeling lukewarm and not at all invested in their story. On top of that, the plot is very thin on the ground. Lucie has a couple of dates, but they're fleeting, and instead we get snippets of the two in the recording booth mixed with Lucie at home or with Maya, Grayson and Mateo. I just found it really boring and dragged out. Aiden is really under developed in particular, with a backstory that just didn't make much sense to me. I get that cancer affects family members differently, but his behaviour towards Lucie just felt like a plot device rather than a personality flaw.

I initially DNF'd this at about 50 pages in because I could already tell this wasn't going anywhere interesting, but picked it back up because of all the rave reviews. I kind of wish I hadn't wasted my time. A beautiful cover, but not for me.

I loved this so much. The radio station setting was great but I really loved Aiden and Lucy as characters, they felt so real. They had relatable problems and obstacles in the way of what they wanted and I could really relate to them! Bk Borison made me feel sooo giddy, the connection between Aiden and Lucy was so electric!!

This was my first BK Borison book and, while I wasn't blown away, I did enjoy it as a Sleepless In Seattle style romance. Weirdly I liked the side characters more (Lucie's family and Aiden's workmates) and found myself wanting to read more about them than the two main characters!

This is my first ever B.K. Borison book and I somehow found myself a new comfort read??? Oh my! The reason it took me a while to finish this was mostly because I did not want to tear up everytime I pick this book back up (which still happened anyway, but at least I'm currently working from home as I finished this book, with tears streaming down my face lol) I should've known this book would be doing this to me when the book in question starts with “For the hopeless romantics, and the reluctant ones too”

First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison is the first book in the Heartstrings Series. This is Lucie and Aiden‘s story and it’s inspired by Sleepless in Seattle.
 
Lucie is a single-mom, and she is very focused on providing a good life for her daughter. I loved her daughter Maya and I loved how this was a positive example of co-parenting. Lucie is such a real and raw person who is honest and straight to the point and I really appreciated it. I also loved how she’s a mechanic and seeing that job from a feminine perspective was everything. I immediately took her to my heart and she’s just such a breath of fresh air.
 
Aiden is the host of Heartstrings which is Baltimore’s romance hotline and I feel like the radio is more and more forgotten and that alone evoked such a nostalgic feeling. The radio show is slowly dying and even Aiden himself is wary of love but all it took was just a spark and I loved how Lucie‘s daughter gets the ball rolling. Aiden is a bit jaded and closed-off at first, but I totally fell in love with his sweet nature.
 
This story has the perfect romcom vibes with lots of nostalgic and heartwarming moments. It’s perfect for all the hopeless romantics out there. I loved how Lucie is slowly opening up for love and Aiden tries to help her but ends up falling in love himself. I was so invested in this romance hotline and wouldn’t mind listening to it if it were real. This story gets by without any drama or obstacles and you just follow two people who slowly fall in love. And while I enjoyed that I would have loved to get a bit more emotions to fully be head over heels in love.
 
Overall, I just adored these two and their story. First-Time Caller is another amazing story by B.K. Borison and I’m already so excited for more in this series. 4 stars.
 
(Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with an arc.)

This was a really cute story, and the main characters were a lot of fun and relatable. The side characters also helped make this even more fun, so I just devoured this book.

4,5 stars