A wonderfully sweet romance in lockdown. The characters were believable, their situation was relatable and their connection was heartwarming. I really enjoyed this book and I would definitely recommend it to others.

This was a cute, funny, and simple romance. It was a bit weird to read about the beginning of quarantine, however. And the amount of talk of romance novels got a little repetitive and a bit too meta for me.

A book based on the lockdown! How exciting!

These were my exact thoughts when I requested this book. But it turned out to be a case of - Angela has a problem, Colin has a problem, both hate each other but try to help each other, then fall in love.

The End.

No chemistry between the lead characters. Extremely cliched dialogues and bratty behaviours.

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC.

3 stars.

Loved the relevancy and totally a book of the times. It was ok. Thanks to Netgally and the publisher for early access in exchange for an honest review

Read this prior to release through NetGalley. This was a good fun, light hearted read. Reflective of the current pandemic, bringing humour, and highlighting the difficulties on relationships whilst social distancing. The characters are easy to warm to and their quirky habits just add to the humour! Definitely lifted my mood, easy to read and wanted to keep reading it to find out what happens. Would definitely recommend this book.

I had such high hopes for this one, because, you know, Covid and all. This one fell flat for me. I wanted a good quarantine romance to uplift my spirits. But maybe it is too soon for me, cause I put it down more than I wanted to read it.

This one didn't do it for me. At first I thought it was too close to home, still being amidst the pandemic, but as I read on, i realize it is because this was a great example of how good books show, don't tell. This felt like a telling-a walkthrough, step by step description of the character's lives as if they had written the events of each day in a journal. I didn't feel anything; that mark of a good book. Thanks to NetGalley for providing me this title.

Unfortunately I just didn't enjoy this one. The characters didn't grab my attention enough. I liked the side characters such as the elderly couple they were neighbours with. And the coffee shop lady.

This is the first book I've read about lockdown and that was interesting. But I was disappointed that the big twist was toilet roll hoarding.

🌟🌟.5

This story is a story about enemy that turns to a lover. It was written in two different perspective from Angela and Colin's pov. But the problem is I can't find any sparks between them so I don't feel excited when they get together.
There are a few cute scenes between those two and that what makes me continue reading the story.


Thank you Netgalley, publisher and author for Love and Lockdown ARC!

I had high hopes going into this book, but was severely let down. That main characters had no depth and even less chemistry. I honestly couldn’t care if they made it or not in the end.

I was interested in reading a book set during the pandemic and I thought it was handled well. I maybe would have enjoyed this book more reading it a bit more in the future when we were out of lockdown as a form of reflection. But the romance was cute and I was rotting for the main characters which I always find is testament to a good romance. Overall it was a quick and enjoyable read.

This was sadly a DNF for me. The premise was so promising but my distaste for Angela was just too much to handle. 2 stars for such a unique premise. With some deep editing and character work, this really could be a great read.

This book was interesting in that it hyper focused during the first lockdown with all the confusion and toilet-paper hoarding aside. I think I may have enjoyed it a bit more had I read it a while after the pandemic was done and over with - as it was, it was a bit too much in recent memory for me to find a lot of humour in it. However, it was a good offering.

I was provided eARC through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was a delightful little romance! I thought it was cute and I really did enjoy the story and pacing.

It was cool to see a romance novel that kind of reflected the situation we were in (it has been kinda surreal to read books containing zero social distancing 🤣).

Also I really love books that have characters with interesting and niche jobs and radio DJ was very cool, I would very much like listen to Colin’s radio show (and I would 100% stay up to tune into Graveyard Danika).

It was a great little pick me up and an all in all cute read. I liked it enough to recommend but I don’t think I’d go back to read it again and again (which is my personal hallmark of an too notch romance). One thing about it for me is that for enemies there wasn’t a lot of tension. The animosity seemed rather bizarre and I almost wonder if it might’ve been better if it Colin and Angela were friends beforehand because the chemistry between them very much gave banterful friends who obviously (to everyone else but not each other) have the hots for each other rather than proper enemies. Also in as much as I enjoyed seeing a reflection of the pandemic in my novels, romance is very much an escape and reading about the pandemic and social distancing did almost trigger my fight or flight impulse. But other than it being set in a global pandemic, you’re looking for a wholesome and fluffy read, Love and Lockdown could work to scratch that itch!

I thought I'd be totally against a pandemic romance, but this one was actually more enjoyable than I thought it would be! A fun read, though a little too close to home when lately I've been using reading as an escape.

This book is so adorable! When Angela is about to be evicted during the pandemic, Colin offers her his spare room for free. Never mind that they can't stand each other—Angela's choices are limited, and Colin has an ulterior motive. But just like something out of the romance novels Angela secretly loves reading, the forced proximity promises to turn these enemies into lovers. Unless they do something stupid to screw it up.

I loved the quirky, fun characters in this book, and the gentle way the plot unfolded. This is a sweet romcom with no steamy scenes, but there's a strong undercurrent of sexual tension. It's a fun, low-angst read.

Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC I received. This is my honest and voluntary review.

It was funny and cute but I didn't think the main characters had any chemistry. I couldn't care less about them ending up together

I can't lie. I don't have much to say about this one. It was moderately okay but nothing to write home about. It wasn't necessarily bad either, it did have some funny moments and of course some relatable things too. I did find some elements of the plot to be a little... convenient and I had to noticeably suspend my disbelief more than I'd have liked but all in all it was an okay read.

This is an enemies to lovers, forced proximity with some themes of misunderstanding/secrets set during the pandemic and lockdown in a town near London. The heroine loses her job and is about to be evicted when her upstairs neighbour and almost nemesis offers her a room rent free. The hero is a DJ/RJ on an internet radio station,with a very demanding boss and she ends up helping him right a serialised romance based on their own living arrangements. And as most stories go, they fall in love in reality but are hindered by some secrets the hero is holding back.
This book started off pretty well, but the romance took so very long to develop, almost 60% of the novel passed before something truly romantic happened. I had to speed read through some parts and 14 chapters based on 14 days of quarantine seemed excessive. But the ending was satisfying enough, it was nice to see the hero and heroine growing from their pandemic experience, standing up to their selfish friends, judgemental families and moving out of their comfort zone to establish new habits and skills.

I have already given feedback on this book. I enjoyed reading this and deep down it was rather funny. Different idea and well executed.