A review by reeg_reads
She'll Steal Your Heart by Rachel Lacey

5.0

She’ll Steal Your Heart might be my favorite book in the Midnight in Manhattan series. It follows two online friends who meet in person to celebrate a new season of the show that brought them together. Mia is an ex-lawyer who runs a cat cafe and Lauren is returning to Brooklyn after being away for a year. Both women come with baggage, Mia is recently divorced and went through a career change, and Lauren is looking to make amends for robbing Josie in Don’t Cry For Me (the first book in the series) and not go to jail. Mia agrees to help Lauren with her legal troubles and the two grow closer.

I loved this book so much. It’s the perfect swoony friends-to-lovers, age-gap, slow burn romance. Mia and Lauren have chemistry from their first in person meeting and their journey from becoming friends to more is *chef’s kiss*. Besides the baggage Mia and Lauren have, the book is pretty low angst, so you can enjoy the two women slowly growing closer and falling in love. As a huge fan of this series, I loved seeing couples from the previous books make an appearance, especially Piper and Chloe. And being a huge nerd, the use of fandom and fan fiction throughout the book made my heart happy.

If you’re looking for a book with cute cats and a romance with sizzling yearning with the best payoff, then I highly recommend She’ll Steal Your Heart and the entire Midnight in Manhattan series.