💭 ᴍʏ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛꜱ:
I loved every thing about this! It’s cute, it’s funny and it’s an Ex hunt! How fun is that?! Adding a hot firefighting roommate to the mix who has more layers than meets the eye and a bunch of witty side characters and I just couldn’t get enough. The main character is, like most of us, a Bookstagrammer believing in all the love tropes! Making it super relatable! Such a quick paced fun read!
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🤓 ʀᴇᴀᴅ ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪᴋᴇ:
Romance
An Ex hunt
Bookstagram
Witty characters

ꜱʏɴᴏᴘꜱɪꜱ:
𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦-𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳 𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘯--𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 "𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦-𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳" 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘯𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮? 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵-𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘴. 𝘚𝘰 𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦-𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥-𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦.

𝘉𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘴 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘛𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘺-𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳-𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯?

Thank you NetGalley for my e-Arc of this wonderful book!

Exes and O’s by the wonderful Amy Lea is a slow-burn, friends to lovers, grumpy sunshine, roommates, romantic comedy that is a must read for all you romcom lovers. I’m personally a sucker for a grumpy sunshine trope and this book absolutely did it for me.

Trevor is the grumpy playboy firefighter and the last man you’d see get into a relationship with the nurse roommate, Tara Li Chen, who so happens to be a romance-novel obsessed social media influencer on the side.
With Tara’s hunt for a second chance romance with one of her exes, Trevor cannot help himself but to agree to help her despite his feelings about relationships.

These two create such a strong friendship by not only being roommates but by Trevor helping Tara out on this adventure that had me screaming at my kindle “KISS HER!”. The plot unravelled so smoothly and I was hooked. I mean, who doesn’t love a grumpy firefighter who only has eyes for you? I know I want one myself!

Well, this is excellent. I loved Set On You, and I might have loved this more?! Too. Cute. I loved how unapologetically extra Tara is. Honestly, this is a masterpiece of rom com - laugh out loud funny but so incredibly sweet.

Amy Lea books never disappoint. This was the best book I've read in a long time. This book was a slow, slow burn but my god was it worth it and so much fun!!!

I enjoyed this book so much :)

When I first saw this book on goodreads I knew it would come on my most anticipated reads for 2023 so imagine how happy I was to read that I was accepted to read an ARC.

The ending definitely made me tear up a little because I relate to Tara quite a lot, like her I also want a romance book worthy love story. The things about this book I love the most are the messages in the book, no matter what the one person you’re meant to be with will never think you’re too much, even if everyone tells you you are and I LOVED the grand gesture Trevor did for Tara at the end

Got a long list of ex lovers. They’ll tell you I’m insane. -Taylor Swift

Wow… this book had me hooked from chapter 1. The slow burn almost killed me off. I read this in under 24 hours…it would have been a single sitter but I have responsibilities :(

Exe’s and o’s is about Tara. Tara is an bookstagrammer and she is struggling in the relationship department and she decides to revisit her exes - all ten of them. With the help of her firefighter new roommate what can go wrong. Everyone needs a Trevor in there life!

This book has all the tropes you could wish for; friends to lovers, forced proximity and grumpy sunshine There is a page at the start of the book with trigger warnings which is a nice touch. One of her ex’s is a walking 🚩 .

Filled with pop culture references from Taylor swift to Disney princess. If you love cartoon covered books this book is for you.

A book featuring a book blogger who loves romance books and second chance romances, who becomes room mates with a grumpy fire fighter? What is not to like!!!

This book was a hilarious read! I loved every character and the banter was top tier.

I loved how he was your typical closed off love interest who only opened up to her, you could tell how much Trevor cared about Tara straight away and I loved watching their relationship develop as Tara went on the hunt for the perfect ‘second chance romance’ but ended up with something completely different.

This was a slow burn. But i was so invested in the characters and living vivaciously through Tara that when things started to heat up I was smiling so much.

The character development was really good and didn’t feel rushed, everything seemed to happen at a good pace.

Can we talk about Trevor? The way he was so supportive of Tara and loved all her quirks. The way he would drop a packet of Cheetos on her lap when she was reading because he knew she liked to snack while reading “hello” 👋🏻 . When he saves her from being stood up on a date. The way he supports his niece was very sweet. He is just the loveliest character.

I highly recommend this one 🥰🫶

Read if you like…

🤍 Forced proximity
🤍 Grumpy vs Sunshine
🤍 He falls first
🤍 2nd chance romances
🤍 Friends to Lovers

This book like the main character, is a lot. Literally.
I think I would have liked it more if it was shorter and with less intensely detailed internal monologues + the romance was not built well enough in my opinion.

Other than that the whole over the top, Tara loves love concept works pretty well and I chuckled a few times but I also got annoyed some others and for those reason this books sits right in the middle with the rating.

Thank you NetGalley & Penguin General UK for the digital ARC.

Exes and O's by Amy Lea was a lovely little rom-com, featured in the same universe as her previous novel, Set on You. Now, don't be fooled - you don't have to have read Set On You to understand the plot of this book as it runs parallel, almost. I would however recommend this to anyone who has read Set On You and enjoyed it.

Amy Lea promises and delivers with this addictive slow-burn roommates-to-lovers the perfect way

This book was such a fun and heart-fulfilling read! When I read Amy Lea's Set On You and met Tara, I immediately wanted to read her story. So I was super excited about this one.

This book felt like a love letter to all hopelessly romantic romance book lovers and dreamers out there. It is a story that -if you relate - will definitely touch you and be like a warm hug in the end.

Tara and Trevor are great characters who have well-constructed and believable growth. Amy writes it so that their interactions, conversations, and issues are never dull and overbearing. And the fact this was written in dual POV was perfect.

Amy doesn't just write a cute love story. She also talks about how important it is to be yourself when it comes to love. To not settle for something and someone who's not willing to love you entirely with every perfection and imperfection. And I love that.

If you like romcoms with fun characters and a touch of steam, add this to your TBR now!

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing the arc in exchange for an honest review.

This was a book I couldn't put down. After reading set on you by Amy lea I knew I needed to read this one. The hot and humorous proximity romance is exactly what I need and this book delivered soo well.

Thank you NetGalley for my advance copy of this book, I loved it! At first I wasn’t sure on it, but after around 15% I started to fall in love with the characters and their story. A really enjoyable read, it was the first book I have read by this author but it won’t be the last.

One of the easiest 5 star reviews of the year for me! …

Thank you so much Amy Lea and Penguin Random House for this kindly gifted eARC via Netgalley!

This book was sooo easy too read it helped me get out of a 2 week reading slump and I can honestly say, there aren’t many books I can sit and read for 3 hours straight til I finished it! I loved the Taylor Swift references as I adore her music, the Bookstagram!!!! It’s just so modern, so real and addictive! I haven’t read “Set on you” by Amy Lea but I will certainly read after reading this one! The writing style was one of the best I’ve read in a while, I’d compare it too the likes of Jenny Han’s and I love all of her books as well so that is saying something!! The ending- gahhh was amazing 🥰🤩🫶 love love love 💕💕💕

Thank you NetGalley and Penguin for an advanced copy in return for an honest review.

Exe’s and O’s is a heartwarming, funny, sweet romcom that I absolutely loved reading. It is the follow up to Set on You and follows crystals sister Tara as she revisits her relationships with her exes in order to try find an epic second chance romance. Tara is a relatable and likeable main character and it was really fun to see a bookstagrammer in a romcom. I also enjoyed the friendship and the slow burn build up of her relationship with Trevor.
This was such a fun, easy read which has one of the most satisfying endings that all of us romance readers will swoon over! Overall a fantastic romcom that I highly recommend.

Having your heart broken is always painful but having to work with your ex is torture. Having his new romance thrust into your face sets a chain of events. Moving in with a new flat mate and hunting down old boyfriends.
Follow the fun and missteps of the hunt.

thank you netgalley for providing this book to us! i really enjoyed the ‘second chance’ trope in this novel! even though the book was a tiny bit cringy (but what else can one expect from romance?), exes and oh’s was a love letter to romance novels! i felt such a connection to tara - she knows the expectations of book boyfriends and uses that in her life! i feel like a lot of us book readers do that! she embodies us bookstagrammers to perfection! this was such a cute read and i am so glad i had the pleasure to read this book!
while trevor is a little bit of a cliche, i still believe he is SUCH a good book boyfriend! i loved seeing their relationship unfold and watching his feelings develop for tara!
also, the sunshine x grumpy trope is one of my FAVOURITES! so if you love that, go ahead and read this!
i loved every minute of this book and i can’t wait to see what amy lea does next!

Exes and O's was a feel good romp, full of laugh out loud moments and sweet romance.

When Tara needs a place to stay after her engagement falls apart, her sister moves her into her husband-to-be's old flat, with accompanying roommate of course. Trevor is the antithesis of Tara - picture storm cloud to sunshine OTP - and they get off to a somewhat rocky start. Especially when Tara announces she's going to go back and attempt to re-date all of her still eligible ex's and see if she missed The One. Throughout it all, Trevor supports and watches the romcom madness commence, only to work out he might like her more than he first thought.

With some true belly laugh moments, the story was so much fun. While elevated versions of reality, the characters still felt relatable. I really like that Tara had a bond with her grandmother and was a Bookstagrammer - readers love to see it - and that Trevor was more than just a mountain man with marshmallow insides. Everything about it just felt fun, and I appreciated that the miscommunications to bring them together weren't too horrible to get through.

Overall, I could definitely see myself reading this again and recommending to other romcom lovers.

I enjoyed this book, if you are looking for something fun and light hearted this book is definitely for you.. I thought this book was very cute and maybe the closest to the good feels of a YA whilst still being very much adult. This book is definitely one that has you engaged and I think I read it in one (maybe two) sittings which is generally what I want from a contemporary romance.

I enjoyed the premise of the story in that you know exactly what is going to happen you are just waiting to see how many silly things have to happen first or in this case how many possible bad dates there can be. I loved the idea of re exploring past relationships and the way it sort of enabled Tara to see her own growth as a person. This book wasn’t quite grumpy sunshine but more grumpy about dating and sunshine which I thought worked really well because it was clear that Trevor secretly loved it (as I think most men do- we see you watching and loving Love at First Sight). I do normally prefer an enemies to lovers trope but this book made me think differently about friends to lovers and I really enjoyed that element.

I liked how Tara was romance novel obsessed and how there was the contrast between the romance novels she reads and the happenings in this romance novel. I thought it made the characters feel real and genuine.

The thing that I didn’t love about this one was I felt at times it did a lot of telling rather than letting us draw our own conclusions, I think I’d maybe have liked it if the conclusion was a little sooner so we could have experienced more of that than at the very end.

Overall I enjoyed this book, I enjoyed how the romance felt very natural what with the MCs being roommates and I thought the writing was engaging.

Thank you to NetGalley, Amy Lea and Penguin UK for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A heart warming romance where the protagonist shines against her nasty exes.

This is for anyone who has ever been classed as too emotional or intense- Tara certainly has by many of her exes and it makes a pleasant take on romantic heroines. She is a character who, despite the many break ups, she still remains hopeful. Trevor- the slightly unconventional hero- is a perfect foil for her extrovert characteristics. Plenty of romance tropes can be found amongst the pages from forced close proximity to opposites making a perfect match and, at the heart, a perfect woman who is standing up for herself and accepting who she is. This is a light, heart warming book which is a compelling read and one I would recommend!

….plus who could not love a grumpy firefighter?

Kind of your typical rom com. Cliché characters but an ok plot. Tara could have had much more character development, she appeared a bit shallow at times but otherwise it was pretty decent.