70 reviews for:

Love Next Door

Rachael Sommers

4.06 AVERAGE

bbrawley's review against another edition

5.0

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

readinggoldfish's review against another edition

4.0

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

dblaire_books's review

4.5

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

browniydgrl1's review

5.0

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Love Next Door by Rachael Sommers is such a cute friends-to-fake dating-to-lovers romance between a tattoo artist and her new neighbor. Recently moved Riley meets her new neighbor, Kim a single mother and co-owner/baker of a nearby shop, on her move-in day when the neighbor's 9-year-old son immediately takes to Riley's dog, Cari. They all become fast friends. This is a well-written story with a clean, easy-to-read style and though there isn't much unexpected, it is absolutely entertaining, and I was never bored. Both mains are fun and friendly, and very easy to like. They spend a lot of time together as friends and get to know one another so the relationship develops organically and never feels forced. There are mature conversations and clear consent, which I appreciate. The supporting cast is diverse and interesting. The well-meaning team interferes just enough to help the story along but not so much that it is overbearing. I find that sometimes the friend/family groups can be overly intrusive and pushy. Not the case here. I happily recommend this sweet book and will be reading more by the author.
#singleparent #soccer #transrep #dog #disapprovingfamily #foundfamily #kid #tattooartist #baker #toasteroven #gayforyou #fakedating #HEA #midtolowangst #mildspice #consentissexy
I received this ARC from NetGalley. This is my honest opinion.

bisinluv's review

4.0

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⭐️ 4 stars ⭐️

Very sweet sapphic romance.
I loved Kim and Riley’s relationship, how they went from lovely friends to a loving couple.
I just wish it wasn’t as much of a slow burn,

Spoiler

they only get together at like 80%

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I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley, and am leaving this honest review voluntarily.

Tropes and NSFW info (spoilers):
- Sapphic (FF)
- Single mom
- Baker vs tattoo artist
- Neighbors
- MC w/ tattoos & nipple piercings
- Slow burn
- Mild homophobia
- Fake dating
- Dog owner MC
- Queer awakening

jazzy0205's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

wendzyy's review against another edition

4.25

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

underfelt's review against another edition

2.0

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This was fine. A slow burn with a capital S with fine MCs, fine side characters, fine child and fine low angst story. They say comparison is the thief of joy and if I had read this 2 years ago, I would probably feel very differently about it. However, I’ve already read other books of this archetype before like When You Least Expect It by Haley Cass or The Secret Pond by Gerri Hill. I constantly found myself comparing and that’s not entirely fair to this perfectly fine (if not glacially slow) story. This will not end up in the re-read pile and I will probably forget it in a few weeks. But you know, it was fine.

llizz's review

4.0

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

vanady's review against another edition

4.75

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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My favorite LGBTQIA romance so far, I really identified with Kim and that was fun