After reading and loving Set On You, I knew I needed to read Exes and O’s – and I am so glad I did! This book was a warm hug to every bookstagrammer or bookish influencer. It took the challenges of being an influencer and mixed it with the world perception of reading romance – and also how hard it can be to hope for love like we read about in books but struggle to find in real life.

This was for sure a slow burn though – and it worked beautifully! Tara and Trevor end up as roommates with a super awkward (and naked) first encounter, but quickly develop a friendship that everyone will wish they had. I loved their relationship and how close they became. It felt as though their friendship was built on a solid foundation.

But of course, there were feelings. And potentially feelings on both sides. But they had friendzoned each other early on. Trevor wasn’t one for relationships, and Tara had her heart set on a second chance romance and was in the process of revisiting all of her exes. But none of them really compared to the relationship she had formed with Trevor.

What I truly loved about Lea’s story was the fact that no matter how much your heart might be set on one idea of love, your heart will show you what truly matters when you least expect it.

Part of me wishes we had had Trevor’s perspective as well as Tara’s throughout the book, but not having it definitely made the ending even stronger – and Amy Lea may have mastered the grand gesture at the end, too.

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