lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
lighthearted slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

So my pet peeve with Sophie Sinclair never changes: I like her plots and characters, but at the end of the day she tends to tell, not show, too much. She tells us how the characters felt about a scene more than she wrote the scene. I read all the other books in this series, so I was glad to complete the set, but as a one-off I don't think this would have been my cup of tea. The "let's just be friends" setting has been done a lot, and although people always catch feelings, as the kids say, we just didn't quite see enough of why the main characters were MFEO. Also, am I the only person weirded out by the fact the MFC's business is serving salad in a CUP?!?! Rich, fancy people are supposed to go nuts for salad in a foam to-go coffee cup?! But anyway, it was a totally no-stress, quick read, and that's always appreciated these days.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for my copy of A Guide to Being Just Friends by Sophie Sullivan in exchange for an honest review.

classic tropes throughout and had decent character development! would recommend for an easy read to anyone who needs a little rom com moment
emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

DNF

I should try to stop reading romance

This is the third book in a series by Sophie Sullivan. I really liked the first two books so I was excited to read this book. Sadly I didn’t enjoy it as much as the previous two but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a good book.
Hailey and Wes have both been hurt in previous relationships and they decide they are just going to be friends. Of course over time they fall for one another. Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.
lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Audio book from the library. It was a cute read, but characters kind of got annoying and very predictable ending.