The authors writing style was really the only part of this book I could handle. I really struggled to even finish this one. I did not like the characters or story at all and it all felt like a giant plot of delusion, gas lighting and a lot of crazy. There was no chemistry and it felt like everything was made up in her head. Lucie just felt extremely immature and completely delusional. This was a 1 star read for me that I would DNF if I wasn’t providing a review!

I kept reading in hopes it would get better but it just got more and more cringey as I read. Main character felt delusional and out of touch (not in a cute way) and read more like a stalker novel than romance.

0⭐️


Este libro debería llamarse "Como perder tu dignidad por un hombre". 7

Todo grita "aprobación masculina".


No tenia sentido la reacción de Lucy al ver a Ross besando y acostandose con una amiga de su hermana, sólo eran compañero de trabajo, sin embargo, Lucy actuó como si la hubieran engañado y fuera el fin del mundo. Pero luego me sentí mal por ella, tuvo que estar escuchando como él habalaba de ella, como ahora eran novios, como él conocia a las amigas, veía las publicaciones de sus citas y lo escuchaba hablando de la novia.

Odie a Ross porque se la pasó dando señales contradictorias a Lucy a pasar de tener novia. Durante el 70% del libro sale con la otra, pero su relación no es exclusiva, lo mejor es que cuando la chica lo terminó, él al otro día le dice a Lucy que le gusta y ella se pone feliz en lugar de darse cuenta que nunca fue la primera opción y que es el premio de consolación.

La confesión de que Ross fue quien mandó un correo a la sección pregúntale a Adam para que Lucy supiera que aunque estaba de novio, no estaba seguro de su relación y sus sentimientos, fue asqueroso. 🙄 El tipo no puede ser más descarado y Lucy no puede ser más tonta:

‘I mean, it was just a casual thing. I didn’t think anything would come of it after your sister’s hen night. But then we started seeing each other.’
I nodded. What if I’d got it all wrong, Ross was devastated by Bryony ending their relationship, and I was just a quick rebound fling? In front of me, I could see the last few people straggling on to the plane and taking their seats – if what he was about to say wasn’t what I wanted to hear, it was too late for me to run away.
He went on, ‘It was just casual, really. On my side and on hers also. If I’m honest, I kind of expected it to peter out after a few dates. And then I wrote that thing to Adam, to see what you’d say if you knew how I felt about you.’
‘And I didn’t say anything,’ I remembered. ‘I got the AI to write back because I didn’t know what the answer was.’
‘But when you didn’t… I mean, when I didn’t get the answer I’d hoped I’d get from Adam, I let it carry on. I shouldn’t have done that. I knew she and I weren’t right for each other. But it just seemed easier, somehow. Easier than telling you properly how I felt, and easier than ending it with her.’

Si un hombre coquetea contigo cuando tiene novia, no vale la pena. Ojalá Lucy se hubiera dado cuenta, lo más seguro es que cuando llegue otra, Ross, dejara a Lucy.

Ojalá en su viaje a NY, Lucy hubiera conocido a alguien y tenido una aventura.

Se me rompió el corazón por Lucy, primero su experiencia con Kieren y luego quedarse con tremenda basura que es Ross.

Fue irónico que L se diera cuenta de la situación de su hermana e incluso quería que dejara al esposo, pero no pudo ver que Ross era igual al infiel de Zack.

Es normal que alguien de 28 años no tenga experiencia sexual, pero que no sepa de temas sexuales y más siendo alguien con estudios fue raro. Parecía que Lucy vivía bajo una piedra y no sabía temas básicos sobre sexualidad.




Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for the ARC in exchange for and honest review.

Was not a fan- and I was very hopeful.

There’s irony in the fact that she’s a columnist that give advice to men under a pseudo- gender but the whole book it’s her failing to understand men. Sooo frustrating.

Thank you for the ARC NetGalley and Storm Publishing. 🦋

2 stars purely for Astro the cat, if it wasn't for him this book would get 1 star. If I hadn't gotten this book from Netgalley as an ARC I would have DNF'd this book.

Lucy was infuriating as a main character. She spends the majority of the book complaining about how she doesn't understand men, but also wanting to write an advice column for men. She starts the column with the aide of her sister and then when her sister stops helping her she uses AI, which is a huge red flag. Yet, somehow, by the end of the book she says she feels more confident as Adam and actually understands men, which makes no snese at all. About halfway through the book I decided she was undiagnosed on the Autism spectrum and then I was able to let her annoying habits go.

She and Ross barely interact and she develops a crush on him out of nowhere. Honestly, it would have made more sense to me if she just had this guy she had a small crush on at work as a side story to her learning more about men while writing her column and then revealing her crush once she feels more confident. That's where I thought the book was going, honestly.

The whole storyline with her sister makes no sense to me (other than setting up a sequel) and did nothing for the character development (of which her sister is the only one who did any developing). Lucy is the same from the beginning of the book to the end and I was done with her by chapter 3.

The Love Hack, a romcom story that starts with Lucy have a career switch after loosing her position in a magazine and ends up taking on a men advice page called 'Ask Adam'. She moves up a floor to the new magazine and is surrounded by the team of men, which is where she meets Ross.

At first she is doing ok with her replies asking her sister for advice at times too but the. When she moves to NY she turns to a AI Bot for help.

The storyline moves on at a steady pace, with a hitch in-between when she reads a 'ask Adam' email she thinks is from her Brother In Law and send her to NY to investigate, a surprise visit from a certain someone when things didn't go quite to plan!

The romance itself was obvious but I think it was a bit rushed and didn't make me feel like a connection for Lucy and Ross to be together.

Overall an enjoyable read

Thank you to NetGalley for the download

3.5 stars

This was a quick read for me! A clean romance featuring Lucy. She has a job pretending to be “Adam” and answering relationship questions for a guy’s magazine. Some of the submissions had me laughing out loud and her responses were good! It was refreshing to have a character who was constantly around men but didn’t make her appearance everything.

However, I felt like there was a lot going on, and Lucy’s story wasn’t the one I was most interested in. I felt like her romance was more of a crush and there wasn’t a ton of development in how the relationship grew. I was more intrigued by Lucy’s sister and what was going on with her.

Overall, a good, quick, clean romance. Thank you so much for letting me read an ARC of “ The Love Hack!”

I'm puzzled about how Ross and Lucy's relationship developed; they barely shared any scenes together. Ross has like 10% scene time in the book and mind you, he was supposed to be the MMC. Honestly Lucy's cat had more scene time than Ross itself.

The slow burn build-up wasn't worth it because once they got together, we hardly got to see them in a relationship.

For most part of the book Ross was in a relationship. Hence, this books mainly consisted of
• Astor ( the cat)
• Her sister's marriage
• Lucy being insecure
• Lucy reminding herself that Ross was off-limits.
• Lucy mentioning how bad she is at understanding men.
• Tiniest scene of Ross and Lucy together
.....and that's it

Lucy is the biggest delulu person I've ever read about. I mean if you talk to your crush and afterwards, he kisses another girl, that isn't his fault.

This book was supposed to be funny according to the genre, but where's the humor? If the commentary during the bomb scare was meant to be funny, then I must have a different definition of "funny".

Additionally, I didn't warm up to Ross much either. Why couldn't he just be honest about his feelings? In the end, he admits that he wasn't sure about his relationship with Bryony and liked Lucy, but still wouldn't end things with Bryony because it's okay if the girl you like thinks you're off-limits. Bravo!!

Thank you net galley, storm publishing and Sophie Randal for a copy of this arc.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing this eARC of The Love Hack.
I devoured this book. It was really fun and charming. I loved the connection that was forming between Lucy and Ross. It was really cute.

I wanted to love this book. I thought the premise was intriguing. Unfortunately, I didn't fully believe in the connection between the two main characters. It was too slow with not enough tension for me. The plot was also really predictable which is not always a bad thing but in this case there were too many places where I thought "Oh okay so this thing is going to happen now". There was also way too much exposition/back story about the FMC's previous relationship. I understand providing context for why a character is doing what they are doing (because of previous bad experiences) but it was so much and went on for so long. There was more "spice" between the FMC and her horrible manipulative ex then her and Ross. I didn't want to read about that, I wanted more scenes with her and Ross to build a connection.

Thank you to NetGalley and Storm Publishing for an ARC of this novel.

3.5 stars for a cute, fun read that I would recommend to others that love a chick lit British romance.

The premise was really original with introverted Lucy writing a male advice column in a last ditch effort to save her job.

The story did a good job of weaving the advice column articles into the plot, and also kept the momentum through additional plot points such as a Lucy’s relationship with her sister and Lucy’s work crush.

There were a few place where the story did lag towards the end and I found myself flipping ahead. Overall though, it was a cozy romance!

Thank you to NetGalley and Storm Publishing for an ARC.

The concept was interesting: a tech journalist finds herself writing an advice column for men with the help of AI, but I found the plot predictable and the protagonist a bit tiresome with her constant self-doubt and imperceptions. I would’ve appreciated some more focused attention on AI’s role. Overall, it was a fun but ultimately forgettable read.

This book was cute. It's your classic rom-com office love story, but with that extra sprinkle of charm. Your perfect feel good, relaxed read. 💖
It's the kind of book that puts a smile on your face and you go back to it when you’re feeling a bit down. 😊📚

If I had to nitpick, I'd say a clearer divide between past and present would've been chef's kiss. Didn’t like the sudden switches between Lucy’s present thoughts and her daydreaming of her past moments with Kieran for example. Had those moments had dedicated sections, I think they have made the book a much more fluid read overall. That’s why I had to knock off one star. ⭐️
But I found it cute.

I devoured this in one day! I just couldn’t get enough, the twist and turns throughout the story. The different themes touched upon through the book, it was phenomenal! Feel so lucky to have had the chance to read this before its publication in June! Truly beautiful, heartwarming and heart wrenching at times!

This was a quick and easy romance novel. I didn't like Lucy, the main character, in the beginning of the novel but her character development was really great to see throughout the novel and I loved her by the end. I feel like the dialogue could be cleaned up a bit before publication as Lucy repeats often that she "doesn't know men" throughout the novel.

Was an easy light hearted read. Was easy enough to read but not sure I bought into it all! Thanks for the early read net galley!

Thank you for a copy of this ebook in exchange for an honest review.

Unfortunately I DNF this book; it just wasn’t for me. I couldn’t connect with the character and felt like the story didn’t make much sense.

Lucy almost felt obsessive with Ross even though she barely knew him, I just couldn’t understand her reasoning to be upset or jealous at times. She felt quite childish and selfish.

I didn’t understand how she managed to get the role she did, she had no experience on the topic, she used other people and AI to answer the column articles. It just felt a little off, I just couldn’t see this happening in real life.

It’s a shame as the synopsis ticked all the boxes for me and I really wanted to love it.

"The Love Hack" proved to be a delightful and breezy read!

The tantalizing glimpses into Lucy and Ross's relationship are enough to make you want to shout, "please get a room already!" Their endearing interactions left me craving for more. This book is great for you if you are looking for an easy breezy read, like the office setting or simple need a “palate cleanser” after reading a book with heavier subject matter.

⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

If you're a romance fan, especially in an office setting, than this is a feel-good, easy read. I loved Lucy and Ross together - so much so that I wish they got together far sooner! Her 'Ask Adam' column was also a fun addition scattered throughout the chapters. Perfect for a chill evening in, it's worth giving a try.

To be honest, I’m not a big fan of Lucy. There’s times when I can completely relate and other times I wanted to be like “ girl, get it together!”
This book was ok for me but did fall flat a few places where it felt drawn out and other parts I was all about it! Def would still like to see more from this author!!