3.5 ⭐️

Let me start this by saying I am a HUGE Lulu fan. I've read everything she's written at least twice, and force other people to read her books.

I loved the first one in this series, and was so excited for this one. I loved the premise (I'm such a sucker for fake dating especially when one has had feelings for the other in the past), and did enjoy this. The side characters were the best part for me!

The third-act breakup issue felt so immature, and just ridiculous for me and that's what knocked this down.

4+/5 ⭐️, 1/5 🌶️, 0/5 💧

🧁 Fake Dating
🧁 Best Friend’s Brother
🧁 Sports (Rowing) Romance
🧁 College Romance

This was very lighthearted and fun! Makes me want to go back to college and do it all over again.

The drama/third act break up didn’t have much leg to stand on, and it was hard to buy into that story line.

I still found it very cute, the side characters were very entertaining, and I enjoyed the banter from the friends. If you’re looking for a light read to break up some heavy ones, this fit the bill for me.

You Float 🛟 My Boat ⛵
Pub Date: Feb 6
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Get ready to fall in love with Charlie Masterson and Violet Brooks

Charlie has vowed to never fall in love again after he got his heart broken and shattered into many pieces 💔. However, when his ex joins his philosophy class he's afraid he will get pulled into her hook again therefore, there's only one solution he has to have a girlfriend (a fake one of course 🫣🤫).
Violet has been in love with Charlie since she was fourteen, he's owned her heart and soul since then so when he came up to her and asked to be his fake girlfriend she couldn't refuse even though it was fake 🤥.
So what will happen when these start dating will fake turn into real or????
You guys are going to love this book ❣️
Charlie is the swoony brooding hero we all 💕 and an excellent cook😋🤤. He would do anything to make Violet smile and the chemistry between them could 🕯️ up a room.
Loved Violet character 🤩 she's an optimistic happy person ☺️ and clicked with Charlie right away 😀.
I don't want to say more to not spoil it for you but you will love this book 💗 a lot.
Thanks to @netgalley and the publisher for granting me an ARC of #YouFloatMyBoat in exchange for my honest review.

Xoxo😘

This book was an absolute delight! I have come to the realisation that Lulu truly can do no wrong because I never love a MMC more than when they are written by her!

It is official that Charlie now completely owns my heart, I am a sucker for the boys that become absolutely obsessed with the girl almost immediately and to see Charlie become this obsessed with Violet after only one kiss and turn completely lovesick was so much fun to read!

We all know that side characters can make a book so much better and one thing I always love in Lulu’s books is the other characters that surround the main couple! In this particular book Gordon was my favourite side character and I’m really hoping we will see him again in a future book!

Thank you so much to netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this early!

devoured this book in one sitting! I love this little world and the friendships and family that come with it. The main characters were ones I could've read about forever, they were so wholesome and swoonworthy and violet was seriously living out her best teenage fantasy and for that I am so jealous.
Charlie is the sweet and heartthrobby boyfriend that we should all aspire to have.
Fake dating is my favourite trope and this book done it fabulously. I'm so excited to see where this series goes!

‘you float my boat’ was the perfect instalment in the series and i absolutely adored getting to know violet and charlie !
the banter and their cute circumstance was absolutely everything to me . i absolutely eat up the fake dating trope x long time childhood crush EVERY SINGLE TIME .
the plot was well paced and i read 70% in one night because it was so engaging and i never felt bored .

i did feel like the 3rd act breakup was so silly - especially charlie and his actions - i was like 🙂‍↔️?? what ? the hell is this man doing ? - but it didn’t drag out too long and i do love a bit of yearning and heartbreak.

Wow what a great book but i never thought anything else as every time I pick up a Lulu Moore’s books I’m hooked as you may guess I’m a huge fan of Lulu books.

Charlie and Violet characters I loved along with the tropes brothers best friend and fake relationship this book was so easy to read and fall in love with.

The chemistry Charlie and Violet had was stronger than I could have imagined even though there have known each for years and Violets secret crush.

The friendship between Charlie, Oz and Brooks developed even more from OTF loved seeing more of Oz and Brooks and the rest of Blue boat team.

Violet friendship with Stella that had me LOL as the banter between these two was just perfect.

This is definitely a book to read and if I was in my twenties I would love for Charlie to float my boat 😂
5 huge stars

Thank you Net galley and penguin Michael Joseph for the the ARC

Charlie needs a fake girlfriend to get his ex off his back and who better to do it than his best friend’s little sister, Violet 🤭

I loved this book so much. Being a UK girly, I love the British setting. It felt so homely and comforting to read 🥰

Charlie is such a loveable man. He’s so kind and caring and the way he falls just made me melt. Violet and Stella’s friendship made me smile so much. I love how close they are. A true, proper friendship.

Every time Lulu releases a book in this series, I develop another obsession with Jaffa Cakes 😍😂

Loved it from start to finish! As an Oxford grad I adored the setting, and the relationship between Violet and Charlie was beautifully written and had my heart twisting. I really hope there will be more books in this series as I am seriously hooked!

I absolutely loved this book as much as Oar Than Friends, and I am now obsessed with this world. I had been waiting anxiously for Charlie and Violet's story since I finished the first book. The author did a fantastic job of developing the characters. I could feel the chemistry between Charlie and Violet from the moment they first kissed. They were so sweet and adorable together. I enjoyed watching their relationship grow. This was one of those books that I never wanted to end, and I savored every page.

A massive thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for my copy of this e-arc!

I really enjoyed this! The tropes and a different type of sports romance! The way this author writes is so good and addicting as well as being supper fast paced!

A fun sport romance!

Lulu Moore has such a fantastic way of writing that makes her books so easy to read as you just feel like you’re becoming one of the characters.

Seth in the same world has ‘Oar than Friends’, ‘You Float my Boat’ follows Violet and Charlie in a fake-dating, best friends sister novel.

Both these characters were a joy to read, and the cast of side characters were perfect. I loved the relationship between Charlie and Violet but also Violets relationship with her best friend Stella and Charlie’s friendships too.

Set in Oxford and focused around the famous Boat Race, there’s lots of great world building that makes you feel like you’re there too.

I love all Lulu Moore’s books and this one was no exception. Highly recommend picking up do a fab summer read.

Thank you NetGalley and Michael Joseph for the ARC.

Love Lulu so much, her books are so addictive and I find my self starving for more after each one!! I love this series so much! I actually told Lulu at a signing how much I appreciate this fresh take on college romances, as an American, because this British take is so unique to me! I want MORE! Charlie and Violet were way sweeter and cute than Oz and Kate, but that’s what I loved about them! I felt like their story was such a change from the first book. And I love that the timelines coincided as well. I cannot wait for the next one, I am hooked on this series!!

Mmmmmm it was a cute book - a bit too YA for my taste and setting it in the UK made the use of language feel forced, but still a fun read.

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I love Lulu Moore's writing, and this was no exception.
Charlie was just amazing, I loved him so much.
I liked that this book had a bit of a different approach to the fake dating trope.

You Float my Boat is the second book in the Oxbridge series. The timelines in this book and the first one overlap, but I still think this can be read as a standalone. With that being said, I definitely recommend reading the first book in this series as well, Oar Then Friends, because it's an amazing sports romance.

Release Date: February 6th, 2025

Thank you so much to Netgalley and Michael Joseph, Penguin Random House, for the opportunity to read this book early.
All opinions are my own.

I loved this book!

- fake dating
- best friends little sister
- sports romance - rowing
- university/college setting
- long term mutual crushes

This was so cute! I love that they have mutual crushes on each other and how awkward and nervous they were at first and how their relationship grew and changed into real feelings (although it never really felt fake)

I enjoyed all the dates they went on and how he asked her to be his valentine

The 3rd act break up wasn't annoying really and it led to a cute reunion

Overall this was such a cute read and everyone should pick it up

This takes place at the same time as the first book in the series - they don't have to be read in any order really

4 stars

This was such a fun and sweet and cozy read!!
I adored Charlie. He was the best. I want one for myself. He's the epitome of the green flag type of MC! I adored how sweet he was. How caring he was and how much he actually cared for Vi!
Now, Violet was so much fun to read. I love the way she saw life and how she maintained her individuality even after Charlie and her started dating.
I liked the friend group as per usual with Lulu's books. The side characters were fun to read, although i do have to admit some side characters' plotlines felt a bit underdeveloped(?) Still, it was fun.
The romance and spice were fantastic, and I love the slow awareness of "omg I'm in love" with our main characters.
Overall, this was such a fun read, and I am now excited and very curious about the next book.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for the chance to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

Do I know anything about rowing as a sport? Absolutely not. But do I love men written by LuLu?! YES! Another 5 star read from the Queen. THANK YOU LULU🫶🏼

Charlie needs a (fake) girlfriend to keep his ex girlfriend away from him, so he enlists his best friends little sister to help him. Violet has had a crush on Charlie since she was 14, but she’s worked so hard to forget about him, but when she agrees to this farce, she has to remind herself “this isn’t real”.

“But before my heart had time to beat again, my face was held between his huge hands, and my lips had been surrounded. This was the first kiss I’d dreamed about as a teenager. Strong and forceful, yet so gentle and delicate it was causing my eyes to water. Insistent, needy almost.”
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I adore this series! I was pleasantly surprised at how swooney Charlie was, baking cupcakes, practicing lines, writing a freaking sonnet for Violet (I still don’t even know what a sonnet is!). I devoured this book in one day, it’s that deliciously gooey romance that I love so much. Charlie realizing he *like* likes Violet and the fuck it moment of no longer wanting to fake anything is always a favorite.
Obviously I despised our villain Evie and our third act break. While there was still rowing in this book, it wasn’t as present like it was in Oar Than Friends which makes sense since both Oz and Kate were rowers in that book, but Violet is an English Major and the theater was more heavily focused than the rowing.

“He rolled his hips slowly against mine, too slowly almost.  Frustratingly slowly, barely ghosting over the spot where I really needed the pressure, ‘the thing about rowers . . .’ one more roll, ‘they have stamina . . .’ roll, ‘they have endurance . . .’”

You Float My Boat by Lulu Moore is the sequel to Oar Than Friends and features Charlie, and his best friend's sister, Violet.

Charlie and Violet form a fake relationship to try and make another person jealous. Fake relationship? Love it. Brother's Best Friend? Yes, please? He falls for her first? Heck yeah! Ms. Moore is an expert in the guys chasing the girls - see her NY Lions series and all of her main male characters, for example.

They begin dating in secret and each are longing for the other and it's incredible sweet, swoony, and spicy.

There's the inevitable misunderstanding and them working to resolve it, but this is a great book. I can't wait for more from Lulu Moore.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, and Lulu Moore for this ARC. All opinions are my own.