A romantic comedy that's a bit light on both aspects for my taste. The relationship is a classic enemies to lovers with plenty of misunderstandings on the way.

Jo Wright is a hugely successful children's author but is currently stuck with writer's block while trying to pen her 27th novel in the Kitty Katz series. It doesn't help that she is also trying to afford her ageing father's medical bills and missing deadlines left, right and centre. That is until she's made an offer to attend Little Bridge Literary Festival where the tropical breeze and relaxation might ease some of the strain. The only downside is Will Price will be there. Will is another successful author who has previously voiced unpleasant opinions on children's authors and Jo in particular. Avoid and hide as she might Jo and Will will eventually have to resolve their differences.

The book strikes me as an attempt at new adult or even younger. There are constant cat based puns and phrases from the main character which is bizarre for a grown woman to express. It comes across as childish and immature and lowers the tone of the entire book.

I find Jo herself to be an unlikeable character and I didn't really enjoy reading from her perspective. She is frequently judgemental about others, especially to her 'enemy' Will. I understand having a dislike but the insults and assumptions she throws out about him are petty and ridiculous. While she does have some serious adult issues going on in her life she escalates some situations into honestly stupid proportions.

The side characters are definitely a redeemable feature of book and provide the majority of the humorous content. I also enjoyed the book within a book and would definitely read 'The Moment' if it were real.

No Words is very easy to read with a quick paced simple writing style. I enjoyed the setting and premise of a book festival. The story itself made me want to go to one myself. The island is beautifully described and a wonderful setting. It is definitely an escapist summer read.

Though part of a series I would say this book stands well on its own. Though reading previous books would give it a more well rounded feeling as characters are revisited. I don't think reading this first hinders the enjoyment of the series.

*Thank you to Netgalley and the Publisher for an E-ARC in exchange for an honest review *

A lovely, fun, light read. It was clear what would happen between Jo and Will from the beginning, but it was still a nice story and way to get them there.

I will wonder now, how much of this kind of thing (or a more low key version of it) actually goes on at literary events!

Nothing challenging or deep in the story, but it is a perfect one night read when you want a nice escape for a few hours. You won’t put it down until it’s done.

I’ve read books by Meg before and this didn’t disappoint. I’ve recommended to my book club and as always will look out for more by her. Well done again.

A slow burn book lacking romance and childish at times, to be honest it's a little dull at times. I didn't realise it was the third installment in a series but you can read it as a stand alone book.

Growing up, I was a huge fan of the Princess Diaries so I was very excited to see that Meg Cabot had written 'No Words'. It was a cute romance that had one of my favourite tropes- enemies to lovers. I loved the tension between the characters and the fact that it was a slow burn. Will was portrayed as quite a mysterious guy but throughout the story his feelings were revealed through snippets of his novel which I thought was a really clever way of incorporating his point of view into the story without giving anything away. The overall plot was light and easy to follow but I think it could have been developed more. If you're looking for something short and sweet then this is definitely the book to read!

Meg Cabot is one of my favourite writers and was really chuffed I had the chance to read the third instalment of the ‘Little Bridge Island’-series.

When Jo Wrigh, successful writer of the Kitty Katz series, is invited to Little Bridge Island’s first literary festival, she only says yes when she knows for sure her nemesis writer Will Price will not attend. But when, upon arrival, she discovers Will does attend the festival, Jo starts to plot her revenge against the man who dissed her and her writing in an interview in the New York Times.

I enjoyed getting re-acquainted with familiar faces, but it is not necessary to have read the first 2 books and the introductory novella of this series. It was nice to have a little peek about what’s going on at a literary festival and I loved the characters of Bernadette and Frannie.

Fabulous, quick and easy read!

Thank you NetGalley and publisher Little, Brown Book Group UK for my eARC in return for my honest review.

The book started brilliantly, it was humorous and so easy to read, and well, yes, it continued to be like this, however, somewhere around the middle, I started to get a feeling that a) it’s very repetitive and nothing happens there and b) I’m not sure what it want to tell us. OK, it was a romance, and it was clear Will is crazy about Jo, and Jo was developing feelings to Will, but for me it seemed that they know each other for a long, long time, while, in fact, they’ve met only once and then Will slashed Jo’s books in the papers. The reason he did it – that we don’t get to know for a long time – was not worth waiting, to be honest. Also, Jo repeated the fact that Will hated her and her books on almost every single page and it started to feel old. Some of the subplots and threads felt absolutely overdone and not realistic, however the general tone was this of fun and entertainment and altogether, I enjoyed this book.

There was a bunch of colourful characters in the story, almost all of them authors, and I enjoyed all of them, with their small disputes and controversies and their antics.

The chapters from Will’s books were… well, put it like this, I have no idea why he was a best – selling author.

While it is a third book in the series, I think you can easily read it a stand – alone – I did it, and it read perfectly well.

Meg Cabot is my number one author and so I knew what i would be getting into when I started this book. For me it was one of her best books to date. I do love a romance that includes a bit of conflict and this one has plenty of it! Although as the story progresses we see a lot more of how our character may have misjudged ever so slightly and had held a grudge without knowing the full facts.

This is the story of Jo Wright who is a children's author who is invited to a book festival on little Bridge Island. She has vowed to never step foot on the Island so long as her nemesis Will Price lives there. But the money being offered is too good to turn down if she wants to buy her father a retirement home in a warmer place.

Jo finds out that Will is off-Island filming a movie based on one of his books and so that seals the deal for her.

Imagine her surprise when she arrives at the airport only to meet Will Price straight off the plane and also her surprise to find he seems to be truly sorry for all his past behaviour. She's not so sure about that!

I loved that we were taken along to the book festival and had so many wonderful side characters with Frannie being a favourite of mine!

It was lovely to be back on little bridge and I really loved that past characters showed up and we got a glimpse into their worlds again.

Highly recommend if you need a bit of light reading with just a bit of escapism.

No Words by Meg Cabot a slow burning four-star read. I don’t know if it was due to the fact that I didn’t know this was number three and didn’t read the first two, but it missed its mark for me. That being said I enjoyed the overall story, it could have done with a little extra, as I did feel like the characters should have much more maturity. Overall a good story I am sure many will enjoy, but if you are looking for deep drama and romance, then this won’t be for you.

No Words returns us to the idyllic setting of Little Bridge, an island responsible for giving me unrealistically high expectations about love.

This time, staunch New Yorker and best selling children's author Jo is attending the first Little Bridge Book Convention, where she runs into an old nemesis and plots how best to dispense justice.

I loved meeting all the different authors in this story! It was funny and engaging, and I was genuinely disappointed by how quickly I read it. A sweet, laugh out loud romance!

I received a copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

I requested Meg Cabot’s ‘No Words’ mainly because of sentimental and melancholic reason – I used to read obsessively her ‘Mediator’ series when I was younger.

I didn’t love ‘No Words’ as much, but I enjoyed the story. I enjoy the books about writing and authors, so having two main characters, Jo and Will, being the writers was definitely an enjoyable bonus for me. In ‘No Words’, Jo is invited for the first literary festival in the small island of Little Bridge. The only problem? Her nemesis, Will Price, who dismissed her writing the last time they’ve seen each other is there.

I generally enjoyed the atmosphere in the book, and various different characters that made the appearance, but I wasn’t completely sold on the romance between Jo and Will. It felt a little bit forced at moments, and I felt like something was missing in this part of the story.

Love a bit of Meg Cabot but unfortunately this one just didn't do it for me. It's a fluffy read but a love-hate premise which is right up my alley but it felt quite stilted and I just couldn't find a way to get into it. Given how much I've loved Meg Cabot's books in the past, this one was a letdown mainly because it was missing the spark that we've come to expect from her. No matter what, I'd expect to enjoy the characters she creates but this just wasn't it for me.

Romance Blooms….?
Will romance bloom in this third of the Little Bridge Island series? A weekend book festival, novelists both supercilious and with block and a stunning island on the Keys. A fun and fluffy read with nicely crafted characters, some sizzling chemistry and a solid sense of place. A fitting addition to the series and could happily be read as a standalone.

Jo Wright is a successful author of the Kitty Katz books. Whilst they’re not literary masterpieces they’ve been popular with young readers. She’s got writers block on her latest story and so agrees to go to a literary festival. Her agent assures her that her writing nemesis, Will Price, won’t be in attendance. However soon after her arrival on the small island she finds out this isn’t correct. However Will seems to want to make things right.

This is a cute love-hate romance that I enjoyed. It’s a fun bit of escapism and an easy read. I found some of the narrator Jo’s cat-isms (not a word, but I’m not sure how to describe them) a bit cringey. I hadn’t realised this was the third in the trilogy, but it works as a stand alone, so I didn’t feel I was missing out. Overall it’s an enjoyable read.

This...was not it. I was expecting so much more from the sound of the synopsis; a literary festival in an idyllic location with tons of writers, including two who have a muddy past and sparks flying - it sounded great...in theory. In reality it was so incredibly boring and I kept waiting for things to happen and even when they did it was so underwhelming. Plus I found it really hard to believe that the main character, Jo was an adult woman with the way her internal monologue was, super childish and the constant reference to cats - I get it, she's a middle grade / kids author but were all the cat related puns / references necessary? way too many 'purrfects' and 'meows' for me, and I'm a self confessed cat lover myself.

The romance? sparks? tension? where were they? Given that I've pretty much read all of Meg Cabot's
works before and she knows how to write romance, so it was such a let down in this case when Jo and Will's romance was so underwhelming. Plus there was quite a few mentions of feet? randomly? anyway, I just didn't buy the romance at all and found it very cringy. I think this is the first time, I've read one of her books and not liked it which is a shame but what can you do.

'No Words' is the third full novel set in Meg Cabot's world of Little Bridge Island, and my absolute favourite so far! After a good start in 'No Judgements' and the damp squib of 'No Offense', this third entry is a fun enemies to lovers story with genuine spark and chemistry between our two main characters. It is set at the town's first annual book festival. Warring authors, romance, scandal and magicians - what more could you want from a book?

Jo Wright is the author of the beloved 'Kitty Katz' series for teenagers. She is invited to partake in the festival on Little Bridge Island, assured that her nemesis, tragic romance author Will Price, will not be in attendance. You can see where this is going. Not only is Will present but sparks are flying between the two despite cruel words delivered by Will very publicly about Jo's writing, in the New York Times no less...

I enjoyed the story here and found the insight into the lives of authors when promoting their books fascinating. The reader is genuinely convinced that the people of Little Bridge Island love the literary works of these fictional authors, their heart warmed every time their writing has had an impact on the live of others. I also thought the pairing of Jo and Will made the most sense out of any of the 'No...' books so far with chemistry flying off the page.

The only downside to this entry is the odd pacing. Jo putters along with book festival activities for the majority of the book, the only action and romance rushed in the last quarter of the book. I would have liked to get to the romance sooner so that this could be better developed -some of the resolutions are a little convenient and felt like they were added to the narrative as an afterthought.

Overall, Cabot is back to form with this novel - an enjoyable and fun romance. 4 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher who provided an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

A little disappointing. The female author Jo was childish in her hatred of Will and even after an apology she was still clinging to that hate.
Both of the main characters could’ve been more likeable and so making the story more enjoyable. In itself it was a quick and easy read but in my opinion a little flat, falling short of expectations, I have read Meg Cabot before and this is still on the level of teenage romcom in an adult setting- it didn’t really hit the mark. The supporting cast though we’re full of quirky and comical characters, with a ‘baddy’ that wasn’t clear on if he really was or Johan decided that the rumours must be true.

Never having read an adult book by Meg Cabot, I went into No Words with basically no expectations. I was hoping for something I enjoyed, not least because I was on a string of 2-star reads in the lead-up. And, in that sense, it very much delivered.

The story follows two authors, Jo and Will (although you don’t get Will’s POV, which, in the scheme of things, worked given the plot. As much as I still wanted it). A year previous to the events of the plot, Will was rude about Jo’s work in the New York Times for all to see, a fact which still infuriates Jo in the present day. When Jo’s invited to a book festival, on the island where she knows Will lives, she’s reluctant to go, but for the ten grand offered for her, and the promise from her agent that Will won’t be there. Only. He is, and she finds herself face to face with the man she hates (but also, of course, is attracted to).

It might be a bold claim, but I think that, if you’re a fan of Emily Henry’s Beach Read, you’ll also enjoy this one. Think that kind of initial irritable tension between the leads, literary fiction versus something looked down on, a slowburn romance predicated on characters learning more about one another. There’s less heavy content on the side than in Beach Read, but I found it gave me the same warmth you get when you finish a really good romance (and the desire to straightaway reread).

I think what I enjoyed best about this novel was the cast of characters. Each of them, even the side characters, was distinctive and felt like they jumped off the page. They’re the kind of side characters that I’d want to read books of their own. I only read the third book in this series, but I think I’ll probably be going back to read the first two in time. It’s definitely a world and a set of characters that I’ll be wanting to revisit.

All of this was great, but the cherry on the cake for me was the lack of a third act break up based on a needless and/or stupid misunderstanding. I am not entirely opposed to the idea, but only if it makes sense with regards to previously established characterisation. Here, I’m not sure it would have, but I needn’t have worried, because there was nothing like that.

So, overall, if you’re looking for a romance with a summery feel, to read as the nights start to darken, then this book is for you.

A quick and easy read that I read quickly. Another adorable book by Meg Cabot as always, well written with good and relatable characters. A really enjoyable book.

This was very average for me which was disappointing. I love Meg Cabot normally and adore romcoms but I just couldn’t get onboard with this one. I think it was because I couldn’t connect with the characters.