What a fab dedication to all things romcoms! As an avid watcher, I loved all the references to my favourite films and enjoyed seeing them through a different view point. Fast paced, laugh out moments, coupled with some sauce and of course a HEA (sorry spoilers but of course it was going to happen!) I liked the supporting characters as well, especially the redemption of Kitty.

Really looking forward to reading more from the author.

This was honestly the sweetest book and I couldn’t put it down. While I haven’t read many romcoms to compare it to, it is an instant five stars. Highly recommend for lovers of romance, it’s definitely converted me.

I love Romcoms and this story was too cute. The couple starts out as roommates who decide to reenact romcom scenes for TikTok. They didn't expect to fall in love. It was a forced proximity slow burn. It took Harry the majority of the book to realize he was actually in love with Sally. I enjoyed the scenes the decided to act out. He was too easy on his ex. He should have thrown her stuff out while she was at work and changed the locks. That would have fixed her early, but she had to be around for conflict. All in all, this was a funny and spicy romcom all on its own.

I found both characters to be extremely likeable! It’s a rom com in the most perfect way, gives all the feels and you’ll love it. Funny, cliche but in a good way.

Confession time, I have never been a huge Rom-Com fan. I'm not saying I haven't seen many of them or that I didn't enjoy the ones I've seen. What it boils down to, I find them a bit cheesy. Why then, do I just love this book Nobody Puts Romcoms in the Corner by Kathryn Freeman? So many wonderful reasons.This book had me laughing out loud one moment and wishing I was Sally the next.

Sally is in need of a new flatmate to help make ends meet and Harry is in need of a room. Since Harry is a friend of a friend, is reliable and drama free Sally agrees to give him a chance. These two couldn't be more opposite from one another. Sally is a rom-com die hard and a hopeless romantic and Harry, well Harry is just Harry. What these two do have in common is dependability, loyalty and a strong sense of duty. From the start they are able to poke fun at one another as they continue on a never ending debate about love.

The real fun begins one night when Harry is poking fun at Sally as she is swooning over the lift scene from Dirty Dancing. After a challenge the two find themselves recreating the lift in their living room, cushions abound. As they view the video Sally has recorded for critique they can't help but laugh and on a whim Sally uploads it to TikTok. Next thing Harry knows he's agreed to recreate many more of these silly iconic scenes in an effort to raise a little extra money they both desperately need. This book is a fun trip down Rom-Com lane as the two recreate many infamous scenes.

I had so much fun reading this book I could not bare to put it down. Nobody Puts Romcoms in the Corner is the type of book that has me reading 'just one more chapter" as the clock ticks by and morning fast approaches. This is not a cheesy book and the characters are not just full of fluff. This story does a wonderful job exploring all types of relationships from friends, to family to found family. Admittedly I am not the Hallmark Movie kinda gal, but I do love love and I also love a good laugh. I'm so happy I gave this book a read because Kathryn Freeman truly delivers both.

I am grateful to have received an ARC of this book from NetGalley and the publisher One More Chapter a division of Harper Collins Publishers. I am leaving my review here voluntarily.

This book was so adorable, and emulated everything a good romcom makes you feel. I loved every second!

Sally and Harry (yes you heard that right) are roommates who end up recreating iconic romcom moments on TikTok for a little extra cash.

The characters were so cute and charming, and it was so great to see how their relationship progressed throughout the story. I loved that the book wasn’t heavy- just light and fluffy and fun the whole time.

Also shoutout to the cover artist because it’s absolutely adorable and 100% why I requested the book.

As a person who avidly watched romcoms with her mother as a child, this book had its clutches on me from the getgo. I can't wait to talk about it with my mom!

This book was so cheesy I didn’t expect to be crying at the end!

I loved Harry and Sally so much

All the of the romcom sketches were perfect and honestly just what I needed. If you like Bridget Jones, Pretty Woman, How to Lose A Guy you need to put this in your TBR pile immediately!!

Might have to read a horror to break my heart from all this happiness 😅

Special thank you to NetGalley for supplying the ARC eBook

Nobody Puts Romcoms in the Corner was a super cute, easy to read book. The title was the thing that turned me on to the book, but it's a bit of a mouthful, too, isn't it? If you are looking for a light-hearted, charming, and funny read, this is your book!! Coming February 2023!

Once again, I find myself wishing Goodreads would allow half stars, this was a 4.5 for me, thoroughly enjoyed reading it, I have talked about it since I have finished it with other book friends, but for me personally I like a tiny bit more spice.... So honestly, that's on me, not this lovely author!

This book had all the love, but it was not super spicy, with mostly closed-door scenes nothing to fret about if your mom picked this book up. The themes in this book are true love, parental loss, divorce, and long-term friendships. There were several points in this book that I had a big smile plastered to my face, or I had laughed out loud and needed to yield stares from people in the same room as me. The author did a lovely job of picking out those moments in all of our favorite romcoms and sticking them to our hearts with little pushpins.

This story follows Sally, a lover of all things rom-com and a diehard romantic. Sally is the owner of a cafe and big sister to Amy. Sally's friends Vince and Kitty play major roles throughout this book as well. Although I wanted to slap Kitty for the vast majority of the book, I digress....

Meet Harry, a builder by trade, cynical grump who has just broken up with his ex and carries big baggage from him childhood and from his past relationships. Harry is Sally's lodger. Due to Harry's ex-girlfriend not moving out of his house, come on, Harry, where's your backbone? :D

Harry and Sally could not be the opposite, but the one thing in common is that they both need to make a bit of extra money. They begin reenacting popular scenes from major romantic comedies throughout time. Harry's character plays the perfect grump for this grumpy VS. sunshine trope. The grump is paired perfectly with a healthy dose of sarcasm and good old britt style slap-stick humor. I think without those qualities, his character would have been lacking, and it would have been hard to create a bond between the MCs. Harry's pals Jack and Mike play frequent and important supportive roles.

Sally is the perfect counter to Harry's grump, a cheerful, bright, bubbly, lover of pink. She is a diehard, hopeful romantic, almost to the point of naiveté, she flirts with that line, but her character was so loveable that she never crossed that line, for me personally.

You learn a bit of Sally and Harry's backstories in the later part of the book, I know placement wise it made sense to add that bit in later in the book, but as a reader, I feel like it could have been more useful to draw in both MC back stories earlier in the book to really create that connection between reader and story line.

Overall, all of the characters were loveable, and the story had a light plot that was full of all the things I was looking for when I picked up this title. There is a 3rd act breakup that lasted longer than I was hoping for for this lighthearted book, but I was happy Kitty redeemed herself in the end!

As an American reading this book some of the slang terms were a miss for me and distracted me but I am sure that's the same for anyone reading a book written by an author not from their area... I feel like I would have loved this in audio book form, though!

I do have to say thank you to @Netgalley and @HarperCollins for giving me a copy of this book. My reviews on this matter are of my own volition and are not subjected to approval by either party.

Harry and Sally become roommates when Harry’s ex cheats on him and doesn’t want to move out of his house, so he is left with renting a room at Sally’s. They are both strapped for cash, and on a drunken bet they decide to recreate the iconic dirty dancing lift and while they fail at it, Sally posts it and it goes viral. Sally sees this as a way to monetize from recreating romcom moments. Sally loves romcoms and really believes in love while Harry is a romance cynic.

I found Harry and Sally to be lovable characters, found myself relating to Harry a bit when it comes to believing in love and that attracted me more to him since the characters overall feel a bit on the realistic side. They’re growth is seen quite throughout, even in the slightest ways that you could miss it. This was an enjoyable read, it was funny, a bit cheesy and of course romantic.

This book is perfect for readers like myself and Sally that are romcom lovers, but also like Harry, a love cynic or cynical about love.

I love the idea of this book. Two singles forced to live together that have virtually nothing in common. One is a hopeless romantic waiting to hear the bells of true love as she falls wildly in love and lives happily ever after. The other is a cynical man who believes love in itself doesn't even exist. Cue the cute rom-com tick tocs they are about to make.


Everything screams adorable, rom-com, Harry met Sally ( that's their actual names) and it is a pretty good book. There were definitely parts where I was shaking my fist and yelling at the Kindle, just realized you were all in love already! It was frustrating to see them vocalize their feelings for each other but still like yeah I know we're just friends with benefits, totally not going to fall in love with each other, haha. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Thank you netgalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Sally co-owns a coffee shop with her friend, loves romcoms and is in serious amount of debt. Harry builds houses for a living, owns one himself (obvously 🙄), but can't live there, because his cheating ex lives there rent free and has no plans of moving out. So Harry rents a room in Sally's apartment.
He's never been in love, so romcom moments seem silly to him, for example - Dirty dancing "lift". So both of them film a video to prove that it is (or isn't) romantic. They put a video online and immediately it gets popular. So they figure thay would make more of the famous moments with their own twist on it and gain some money from posting videos on TikTok.

If you love romcoms, then this book is for you. You can even try to guess which movie are they gonna do next. As you might expect it's full of clichés, but still with few surprises. And as I already mentioned to the author @kathryn.freeman_author I had a bit of crying sesh while reading this book. 😄 This is a fast read - read it in a day, so that says a lot.

Tiny bonus stars for mentioning @harrystyles a.k.a. Hazza and one of my favourite movies - Love, Rosie.🥰

Solid 3.5

I really enjoyed the premise of the book. Who doesn’t love acting out scenes from iconic rom coms. Also the characters names are Harry and Sally 🤭

But my big issue was with Sally herself. She felt incredibly annoying and selfish at times and it was hard to keep reading. But it ended fine and I think Harry is an incredibly written character!!

One thing I really enjoyed was the relationships outside of the main love story. Both Sally and Harry’s family and friends (except kitty i really didn’t like her) were so charming !!

thanks again to harpercollins and NetGalley for an arc in exchange for an honest review

This was such a fun take on romantic comedy. I love how Harry & Sally start doing the TikTok videos of famous romcom moments even though Harry is more of a curmudgeon than romantic enthusiast like Sally. Romcom reenactment fails with this kind of couple would be fun to watch. The story has a lot of ups & downs which keeps the reader in=vested in the characters' stories. Highly recommend reading this one!

Thanks to the publisher & NetGalley for advanced copy in exchange for my honest review

This one was so adorable! Any romcom lover will love this. It’s full of references and scenes of every romcom movie I’ve ever seen, not to mention the main characters are named Harry and Sally. Like come on! This is so cute.

Throughout this book Harry and Sally recreate iconic romantic scenes from popular romcom movies for their TikTok channel. What starts as a way to earn some extra money, quickly turns into something more. Except Harry doesn’t believe in love and Sally is falling harder than ever.

This one is for all the rom com lovers in the world! Sally is a lover of all things romcom and Harry is completely against the idea of love. Sally ends renting a room to Harry and the opposites attract love story begins. Overall, a cute and fun read! Thank you NetGalley for the chance to review this book.

3.5 stars!

she was cute! not the best piece of literature you’ve ever read but i did enjoy all the nods to other rom coms (not like that’s in the title or anything). a lot of cute, a little cheesy, but what’s not to expect?

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

A feel good romance, highlighting special romantic moments from films with a comic twist. Good fun. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for letting me review this book.

I'm not sure how I feel about this one. It's not a bad book but at the same time it didn't quite work for me. The premise is great, the writing is good, there's nothing really wrong with the characters but somehow it doesn't really deliver. I think what I miss is the fun and joy of romcoms. The focus was definitely more on rom than com. After Harry meets Sally (yes, really) they act out some classic romcom scenes but it feels forced. Also, the films referenced are mostly from the 90s and at no point it's acknowledged that these are old films, especially for characters in their late 20s.
In general there isn't much conflict after Harry meets Sally, but of course, there's a 3rd act breakup. It's triggered by the actions of an evil ex, which is something that always annoys me.
At the end there's sort of a grand gesture, but I feel it could've been so much grander to finally introduce some romcom fun to the story.
So yes, this book definitely has it's flaws, but it's still a decent read.

From the publisher:
Sally is a classic romantic and Harry is a classic cynic, but when a drunken bet leads the new flatmates to (badly) recreate ‘the lift’ from Dirty Dancing, and the video goes viral (#EpicRomcomReenactmentFailure), they both realise there’s potential financial benefit in blundering their way through the romcom lexicon for their suddenly vast social media following.

Now, as Harry and Sally bring major romcom moments to new life – including recreating that classic diner scene – their faking it turns to making…out and suddenly they’re living a real life romcom of their own! But like all the greatest love stories, the road to happily ever after is paved with unexpected challenges for this hero and heroine.
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My Review:
Another romcom book from the UK…and I really liked it. Sally is a hopeless, unapologetic romantic and Harry is a love-fighting cynic. Their easy banter was engaging and being able to be inside both of their minds was a nice touch. It gives the reader a glimpse into their rationalizations, their compromises, their hopes and their fears. Harry and Sally both have family obstacles to overcome and their support of each other is also realistic, sweet and hopeful.

Sally’s friend Kitty is pretty nasty and dour in her overprotection of Sally, and I found her annoying. She redeemed herself by the end and Sally’s friend Vince is a good guy. Harry’s friends are pretty stereotypical guys—always baiting him, making somewhat crude comments (are grown men really like that when they know a friend is in love with a woman???). Harry’s ex and his mother are also mildly infuriating. LOL.

I enjoyed it, and the recreations (with a twist) of the movie romcom scenes they did for social media were fun to envision. But seriously, what guy would really do all that? I guess one who falls in love? ;-) Good book for those who enjoy the genre.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Collins UK for an advance digital copy in exchange for my review.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 stars