Marley has to take her best friends place at a wedding venue but when she sees how differently she is treated for having money, she decides to be her best friend (Anna) for the day. Enter Cameron, the hotel manager, Reese, a script writer and Will, an up and coming actor. This story is a tangled web which the reader unravels, and of course there is a which guy will win her heart scenario. Written with warmth, charm and wit.

This was fun and a book that really grabbed me and I just loved to see how all the characters interacted with each other

This was a quick and enjoyable read that kept me somewhat entertained. I felt for Marley and could understand her need to succeed, she as a relatable character. I liked seeing how her story developed and how her female friendships changed. This was definitely more about friendships than dating but enjoyable nonetheless.

this book was all that and more. really liked it and the plot of it all. Must read for me. I will read more form Neep and her stories.

DNF @ 30%

The concept and the story were pretty cute but I couldn't really connect with the main characters and care for their outcome.

I received a free e-ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review!

"Anna and Marley are best friends. So when Anna rings Marley, panicking because she has to miss a tour of an exclusive wedding venue, Marley agrees to go in her friend’s place."

Thoroughly an enjoyable read, but I didn't care much for the romance??? I don't know, I thought it wasn't well-developed. I expected more, I guess.

This was such an enjoyable and fun read! I really loved the characters, the setting, the snark, the comedy - perfect read for a cozy afternoon. Will heartily recommend.

This was a cute rom com for sure! The characters were very cute and connected well together within the plot and storylines however I found them to be shown as quite immature and basic in a way which takes some of the charm away. More of a book about friendship rather than romance so it would've been good to perhaps advertise it that way better.

This was a very funny and entertaining book! It had very interesting characters and amusing events. I enjoyed it as a lighthearted and feel-good book.

The cover of this book appealed to me and the synopsis sounded good. Stories of mix ups are not always unique, but I went into this with an open mind.

Marley is an actress who is not succeeding in her work and gets rejected from the auditions she attends. She is quite a bitter person, but this is a realistic characteristic considering the people around her and the constant rejection/not feeling good enough.

Marley’s best friend Anna is a complete bridezilla, and was incredibly annoying as a character (testament to the authors writing skills!).

Marley takes in Anna’s identity to attend an appointment at a fancy hotel. She meets Cameron, the handsome hotel manager, and Reese, a glamorous writer. Her lie snowballs and Marley finds herself unable to escape the fake identity.

I liked the authors writing style and felt mostly engaged with the story. However, some pages were overfilled with Marley’s repetitive thoughts about her lie being bad, etc.

Overall, I liked the story and enjoyed reading it.

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for my advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review 📚

It was a very enjoyable read which would be nice to be sitting by a pool abroad perfect summer read.

Marley is an actress but is between jobs. Her best friend Anna is getting married and ask Marley to check out a posh hotel for her. There is a bit of confusion so Marley pretends to be Anna and meets Cameron there is a chemistry between them. While there Marley meets Anna who is trying to finish a script for a competition for a series in TV, Marley helps her with it and they send it in.

It has funny bits and also romantic bits. It is a really good book.

I didn’t finish this book.
I found the heroine, Marley, to be selfish and completely miserable.
The mistaken identity can be well done. But this just didn’t do it for me.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

I'd hoped this book would be entertaining and funny. What I found was that it was about a bitter, miserable, out-of-work actress who was so consumed in her own misery that she couldn't be happy for her best friend. DNF.

This was such an enjoyable book! I loved seeing how Marley managed to dig herself into a very deep hole, and couldn’t turn the pages fast enough to see how she could unpick everything.

The characters were likeable and the dynamic between them all was interesting and humorous.

Definitely a fun and entertaining read.

Thanks to the author, Netgalley and the publishers for an advance reader copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I was expecting a light romantic comedy when I started reading this book and I got kore than i bargained for,

Marley is such a relatable character and even thought the web of lies she weaves for herself is improbable, it does make sense in a way. Like many twenty-somethings she is trying to separate who she is meant to be from who she really is, making decisions based largely on how other people see her and her insecurities. I was in my twenties twenty years ago but still sympathised with Marley,

I also really loved the way that the female friendships in this book were complex and fraught at times. Don’t get me wrong - I love books when the best friend is as wise as Confucius and new friendships are solid the minute they are forged, But this book did not shy away from the fact that, through life, friendships change. That you may not value some relationships as much as you should and that sometimes you put effort into the wrong ones. Moreover, it’s clear from the way the story concludes honesty in these friendships is the key to their longevity.

The love story is a little lacking in chemistry and sizzle, and it’s marketed as a comedy but I didn’t find myself laughing as much as cringing through some of Marley’s escapades, which is the only reason I am giving it 4 stars instead of 5.

Told from the perspective of Marley: an out of work struggling actress with plenty of struggles. Her best friend Anna is simply the opposite: a career that is thriving, a wedding to plan and the world as her oyster: and Marley wonders what it would be like. What would happen if people “thought’ she was Anna, and things were moving forward with everything she wants? It’s not a solid thought until she’s asked, by Anna, to preview a wedding venue that she’s unable to get to. From the moment she entered, Marley felt out of place – so adopting her best friend’s personality and traits and allowing people to think that SHE is Anna brings her a whole new perspective on things.

Suddenly she’s no longer the retiscent and quiet Marley, struggling with her parents’ wishes for her to have more, struggling as a single in a paired-off world. And the wedding planner – he's just GORGEOUS and there are sparks. But – how long will she keep up this ruse?

To be honest, there wasn’t a ton to recommend Anna as a friend (she was pretty terrible) and Marley’s decision to ‘be’ her was immature at best and didn’t consider the consequences. But to see the world when people instantly thought “other’ of you simply by the force of an adopted personality and approach was telling – for Marley and the reader. Where this book proved impossible for me to put down was in the character of Marley – and her clear ‘fish out of water’ emotions when, posing as Anna, she got all that she thought she wanted. And just how (or when) she’d come clean and tell people that she wasn’t Anna – but Marley – as time wore on and her windows of opportunity closed.

This is where Neep excels in her storytelling – giving us characters that we wouldn’t necessarily approve of choices they make, and still we want to know what happens to them as we’ve seen (and understood) their reasoning in their choices. While I really could say that the romance, the other secondary characters and even many of the opportunities for Marley to come clean weren’t the focus here – the overriding muddiness and complexity of Marley – flaws and all, made her worth the read and an enjoyable one. Neep can create a character and let you into all of their emotions and feelings, see how they make choices and decide to rectify (or not) the bad ones, and have you cheering them along the way.

I received an eArc copy of the title from the publisher via NetGalley for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own responsibility.

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What a cute rom-com! The blossoming relationship between Marley and Cameron is natural and respectful considering the circumstances they meet under. The best part about this book was how female driven it was and how powerful Anna and Marely’s friendship is and how they navigate through the ups and downs.

I was provided a free copy of this text by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This was a fun read for a few hours of the summer. Mistaken identities, comedy, etc has been done before, but it was entertaining to go along for the ride with Neep's novel.

There are a lot of good things to like about The New Me. It was refreshing to read a book that was more about female friendship than flirting and dating. I love a good romance as much as the next person, and I certainly enjoyed the flirty parts in this book, but it was nice that dating/marriage wasn't the end goal here.

There was an excellent contrast here between the type of relationship between friends we've known our whole life and friends we meet as adults. Anna and Marley have been friends for so long they've become trapped in playing the same roles and acting the same way they always have. When Marley meets Reese, she gets to be the person she wants to be. Disregarding the whole mistaken identity thing, for the most part, Marley gets to be herself. The way these contrasting storylines came together was an excellent example of what female friendships can be with open communication and honesty.

Unfortunately, the whole 'mistaken identity' trope threatened to ruin any enjoyment I got out of The New Me. I honestly almost DNF this so many times because Marley was so obnoxious. It was like déjà vu how many times we have to read the same internal monologue. I don't know how anyone could stand to be around her - the number of times another character had to bring her back to the present because she'd gone off in her head on another tangent would've driven anyone crazy. She came off as ditzy and self-centred, and on top of all of that, it was just so unnecessary. It's not like she pretended to have Anna's job or life; she literally just swapped her name and pretended she was engaged. It made literally no sense and served no purpose - she could've turned to anyone at any time and said, 'Oh sorry, my name is Marley, and I'm single. It's actually my best friend Anna who's engaged,' and the whole story would've still worked out the same way.

I'm glad I finished The New Me but it would have been much more enjoyable without the whole 'withholding information to make the plot more interesting' thing.

A wonderfully warm-hearted and wickedly witty tale, The Mix-Up is a delightful romantic comedy guaranteed to make readers laugh out loud.

Anna and Marley might be the best of friends, but the two of them are like chalk and cheese. They couldn’t be more different if they tried – which is why Anna is a high-flying career woman about to marry the love of her life and Marley is single, unemployed and has no idea what the future holds. The two best friends might be polar opposites, but there is absolutely nothing they wouldn’t do for one another – which is why when Anna calls Marley in a panic because she cannot make an exclusive tour of a wedding venue, Marley doesn’t hesitate. But little did Marley realise that her one act of friendly generosity was going to get her in a whole heap of trouble!

When Marley arrives at the wedding venue, she is ignored by the glamorous receptionist. However, hotel manager Cameron is anything but cold or indifferent. Cameron is kind, attentive and drop dead gorgeous – however, he mistakenly thinks that Marley is the blushing bride and that she has a fiancé at home about to walk her down the aisle! Sparks immediately begin to fly between Cameron and Marley, but the more time she spends with him, the bigger the hole she has dug herself in gets!

Marley cannot remember a time when she was this attracted to anyone. Cameron has made her feel things she hasn’t experienced in a very long time and she is slowly but surely falling head over heels in love with him. However, living somebody else’s life could very well end up costing her the happiness that has long been denied to her. Is there a way out of this mix-up? Or will Marley’s lies end up costing her everything she has always wanted?

The Mix-Up is an absolutely adorable read from Elizabeth Neep. Fun, feel-good and so addictive that I simply couldn’t stop reading it, The Mix-Up is a hilarious romantic comedy about the power of friendship, life’s unexpected surprises and falling in love with the right person at the wrong time that sparkles with plenty of charm, heart and wit.

A superbly told romantic read that will brighten up even the most miserable of days, Elizabeth Neep’s The Mix-Up ticks all the right boxes.