In this charming and emotional LGBTQ+ romance, readers follow artist and barista Jordan Alexander as she deals with a major life rut when she is scraping by on her salary and no closer to her dream. Forced to choose between a new roommate or a new place to live, Jordan has no idea that the Poutine Princess Noemie St. Pierre is also having her own issues, being recently cut off from her wealthy father, and that the two new coworkers will also become roommates. As the two navigate their new work and living arrangements and deal with their own issues and assumptions about each other, readers will have to see if complications appear between this unlikely duo. With a host of fascinating characters and complex and flawed protagonists, readers will love this new novel for its surprising reveals and the twists in the character narratives. The characters are easily the star of the show, and readers’ perspectives will change as the book progresses. For those looking for a nuanced LGBTQ+ romance relatable to modern readers, this is definitely it because the changing tropes, different locations, fantastic characters, and unique cultural elements really bring this new and immersive romance novel to life.

Thank you so much to Netgalley and M.C. Hutson Press INC. for this arc of French Pressed Love!

I went into this book with some high expectations, from the banging playlist provided to the premise, it all sounded so promising! This was a good book, but there are a lot of things I wish could be improved on. Drama is a necessary plot point sometimes in novels, but I felt as if the drama in this one was becoming way too overwhelming and I was tired of both Jordan and Noémie's mess and lack of communication. The plot was enticing and it did keep me interested in seeing what happened next for our two fmcs. However, the characters and their own experiences felt underdeveloped and I was wanting much more from them. A dual pov would have made this have much more depth along with giving us more about the main characters and even the side characters. Overall, this was a fun read and was pretty solid when it comes to sapphic fiction, I just wished there was more romance and less unnecessary drama.

DNF’d at 45% i wasn’t a fan of the writing style. The synopsis sounded so good but I found the delivery was lacking. Sorry

4.5 stars

I loved this angsty, slow-burn sapphic romance.

firstly, touch-me-not/stone top rep is so, so important and I loved seeing it in this book. We need more of it! (and pillow princess rep too)
secondly, I don't think this book is as toxic as people are claiming? It's a bit messy and the character's aren't the best at communicating due to past traumas. But people don't have to be perfectly healed to be deserving of love.

This book felt realistic to me in a way that most other sapphic romances don't. The frequent use of lesbian terms, the messy friendship group full of exes, and the masc rep stood out to me. (from memory, Jordan never refers to herself as a butch or stud)

my only criticism is that I think an epilogue showing them healthily together and a bit more healed would've gone a long way. and some of the transitions felt a bit jarring.

one last thing: I think the SA aspect was handled wonderfully. The assault shouldn't have to be explicitly explained for you to understand why or how it impacts the character. The people I've seen criticising that have pissed me off. The assault was mentioned/alluded to a few times throughout the book, which is realistic.

This was a good Lesbian romance with lots of emotional layers with people leery about relationships! Read it

Let me be real here, I have rarely read something that the premise sounded interestingly good for this to be possibly the most toxic sapphic what the f*ck I have ever read.

I thank NetGalley for the opportunity to read this but honestly my overall annoyance to the general nonsense that I read is mind blowing. So much unnecessary drama, where one MC basically sleeps around with any woman that moves and the other is well… manipulative. Both MCs are so toxic that not even the worst trope ever of miscommunication can save this.

The family and friends are horrible people, truly awful. Rich vs poor dynamic which honestly didn’t make sense, homophobia / internal homophobia which really was a poor plot lead back to a weird try at being “hetro-normative”. Which I found actually a bit insulting to any queer person! Ridiculous volume of jealousy, lots of trauma that really is not explored nor anything moved forward to support them. The only positives I can take away was great to see some Jamaican culture with some top notch food choices and that the story was fairly short!

I am sorry to say but I would not recommend this, honestly what have I just read! Enjoy getting through this for everything to happen in the last 95% and then just end. There is no pay off plus by that point who actually cares!

I don't even know what to say. This has to be the most painful book to ever read like the plot was not plotting like it should've. Both the characters were toxic asf and I don't know how I even finished reading this book, no wonder it took me weeks to finish this book.

Thanks to Netgalley for providing me with an ARC.

Jordan works as a barista in a coffee shop in Toronto. Every day, this uptight, social-media-influencer, and all round rich girl, Neomie, comes to order her coffee and generally makes a fuss. She's full of herself, but regardless of her bad attitude, Jordan has the hots for her.

Neomie has her own drama going on though, and before we know it, she's cut her off from her rich daddy's income and looking for a job and a roommate. Jordan and Neomie find themselves closer than ever.

I enjoyed this book, it was an easy read. I read some of the reviews on it recently and it's getting some bad press because of the characters' toxicity. Yes, the characters are a bit toxic, but it's fiction, they're allowed to be, they are characters, that's the point. Don't get so het up on made-up characters, their toxicity isn't actually real.

Jordan, has some walls up from her past and Neomie has a takes-no-bulls*t kind of attitude. Neomie's character is not meant to be likeable, but she warms on you later on. I found both characters frustrating, but I think that was the point the author wanted to achieve. I still enjoyed the book.

When I saw the title, I knew I had to read it! I went into this blind and it's a very angsty sapphic romance. A fun, quick read with just the right amount of tension to keep the pages turning. Complete with characters you love to hate.

I'm looking forward to what else M.C. Hutson has to offer. Thanks to NetGalley and M.C. Hutson Press Inc for an early copy.

Love love love! This book was everything I wanted it to be.
I really enjoyed the writing style and getting to know the characters!

Drama filled. Jordan Alexander has a degree in fine arts but gets by being a coffee shop manager in Toronto. She feels unlovable and plays the field, not doing relationships. Noemie St. Pierre is a high fashioned, regular customer at the shop. Her father owns an expanding successful restaurant chain. When her father cuts Noemie off she seeks a job at the coffee shop. And when Jordan’s roommate moves across the country, Noemie suggests leasing a room from her.

The story is told entirely from Jordan’s POV and she can be an unreliable narrator. She has feelings for Noemie but firmly believes she is straight. She also is pushy about how Noemie spends her money, making assumptions about her. This book is not miscommunication but is full of no communication. I’m not sure how much they truly know each other by the end. It is also a very, very slow burn romance. Three fourths the way through they are still interacting with others. I would almost call this realistic drama fiction more than romance.

There are a lot of other issues touched on in the story: homophobia, death of a sibling, class, race, SA, depression and more. I did like Toronto as the setting and Toronto slang word guide in the beginning of the book. It is compelling reading but it is not a light romance. If you enjoy books with characters who are harder to like and warm up to this may work for you. Thank you to the author and BooksGoSocial for the digital copy via NetGalley and I am leaving an honest review.

This was cute. At first i was skeptical a book about a coffee house when i don’t drink coffee. It was fun though! it was nice and warm and funny and cute.

Thank you NetGalley for the arc. The pub date was early this month and is available well all books are sold as well as on Kindle Unlimted.
This story takes place in Canada and follows Jordan, a stone butch lesbian who is struggling to determine if she needs to find a roommate or a new place to live in Toronto. Sarah has moved out, leaving Jordan in a predicament. Enter Noémie. She is the daughter of a white affluent Canadian business man. She used to constantly be a regular at the coffee shop Jordan manages. One thing leads to another & Jordan becomes roommates with Noemie.
I do wish the duo were better at communication seeing as they are in their 30’s but the chemistry was there and I appreciated the vocab /slang glossary & inclusion of diversity within the Toronto setting.

French Pressed Love by M.C. Hutson is a warm and charming romance that brews the perfect blend of humor, heart, and irresistible chemistry. Set in a cozy café, the story follows two opposites—a free-spirited barista and a meticulous entrepreneur—who clash over coffee and dreams but find themselves drawn together in unexpected ways. Hutson’s delightful prose and relatable characters make this feel-good romance an absolute treat, especially for fans of slow-burn love stories.

I read this in one day, which I think speaks for itself! The characters and their stories really hooked me from the beginning. This book has stone top representation as well, which was nice to see.

did not love this one i won't lie. i couldn't really get through it which sucks bc i did like the premise and the characters but some of the writing felt a bit juvenile to me

2.5⭐️

Thank you Netgalley for the eARC, I am thankful for the opportunity to get to read and leave an honest review for this book.
I do like the concept and I do love the lgbtq representation but I just didn’t vibe with this book as much as I wanted to which saddened me.

I think I discovered my dislike of the mention of many modern things LOL I didn’t know that would bother me a lot but it did. Also, we didn’t really get anything with this. It kind of was just a bunch of miscommunication, leading on, nobody’s honest with one another, and all drama. We get a little something in the end but there wasn’t much of a plot or anything that was engaging.

I didn’t really like the main characters much, the side ones were more enjoyable which was upsetting. The main character Jordan just really didn’t sit well with me, Noémie was decent but she also had some things that I didn’t like at all as well.

As much as this didn’t give much for me, this is my opinion and review and there will be others who will enjoy it more than I. Thank you Netgalley, once again for the eARC!

Hi, hello. Read this right now! This is a first person, single POV story of a Jamaican-Canadian Toronto barista, Jordan (Jay for short) and a French-Canadian high-society food royalty, Noémie.

Noémie starts as the most annoying cafe patron, her coffee order looks like a CVR receipt, to the woman casually making gourmet meals for her new roommate on a Tuesday night. And Jay is afraid of love and is afraid of risking her art to critical eyes which is exactly why she falls victim to the classic “she can’t really be into me, even though everyone says she’s in to me” story.

The story is messy, it’s gossipy, it’s full of pining, and it’s so queer. Jay has a big (also messy) sapphic friend group. Wayne, a not efficient cafe employee, is described as “a person who will sell his soul for a designer bag“. Both Jay and Noémie have messy exes. And messy families, but they are the biggest, hottest messes of them all.

Such a fun read. 10/10, will recommend.

My first book by MC Hutson, was an agsty, slow-burn read.
This was well written, first person POV. The chemistry is good. I enjoyed the interactions between the MCs. There was some growth with the MCs, could have been more. The secondary characters were well done and added to the storyline.
The time between breakup and resolve is lengthy, but the way the book is written, doesn't seem like it. Time passing in the book was linear.
There was not a lot of the MCs being a couple, I would have enjoyed seeing them date. It would have been good to have some of the happy couple together after the resolution.

Not for me, I couldn’t get past the things in the end that Jordan overlooked. I also didn’t like Noemi or Claude. I don’t think I was able to connect with the characters so it made it hard. But overall, I feel as if their relationship is toxic af and built on lies.