Name: Kat 's review of I Think I Love You by Auriane Desombre
Item: I Think I Love You
Rating: 3.5
Author: Kat

Auriane Desombre

A YA contemporary rom com about two girls who start as rivals but after a twist of events, end up falling for one another--at least they think so. A pitch perfect queer romance--and it's a paperback original! Arch-nemeses Emma, a die-hard romantic, and more-practical minded Sophia find themselves competing against one another for a coveted first-prize trip to a film festival in Los Angeles . . . what happens if their rivalry turns into a romance? For fans of Becky Albertalli's Leah on the Offbeat, full of laugh-out-loud humor and make-your-heart-melt moments. Underlined is a line of totally addictive romance, thriller, and horror paperback original titles coming to you fast and furious each month. Enjoy everything you want to read the way you want to read it.

I Think I Love You

Katie Jordan

Talisa

Julia Rutgers

tahmida tasmia

It was really cute I really liked it but bro the characters are so annoying at the start and there’s way too much drama so yeah but I liked it overall

Kat 

3.75 ⭐️

It was really cute I really liked it but bro the characters are so annoying at the start and there’s way too much drama so yeah but I liked it overall

Sandra

The characters kinda ticked me off the whole time but I enjoyed the plot and moments between the characters. But tbh if this story wasn’t gay I would give it 3/5. Happy pride y’all <3

Yuki lim 

Ella Neeman 

dnf - I couldn’t stand the writing style, it was so generic

The only word I feel like describing this book with is: cute.

Yeah, sometimes the characters were really self absorbed and I didn’t like much the two protagonists in the beginning, but it was not bad.

A simple reading, at times cute, at times a little bit annoying. 

The whole coming out thing was golden though. I loved it. There were some really sweet moments, I’m not gonna lie.

It’s good, I’d recommend it if you’re a fan of pure, simple romances :)

Rio (they/them)

The only word I feel like describing this book with is: cute.

Yeah, sometimes the characters were really self absorbed and I didn’t like much the two protagonists in the beginning, but it was not bad.

A simple reading, at times cute, at times a little bit annoying. 

The whole coming out thing was golden though. I loved it. There were some really sweet moments, I’m not gonna lie.

It’s good, I’d recommend it if you’re a fan of pure, simple romances :)

Nina Herder

gotta love some enemies to lovers - also main characters are movie nerds, kinda cute

Dilayra Verbrugh

This book was better than my expectations. 
It’s a contemporary romance between a bisexual and a lesbian. One is a hopeless romantic and the other doesn’t believe in love at all. 
Enemies to lover, rivalry between a competition, schemes and more. 
This book is a cute love story that you should definitely check out!

Flavia Louise

This was one of my most anticipated releases of this year and it was good. Just sadly not all I wanted. I wish it was longer and went more into the relationships.

Maya Rice

I love enemies to lovers and i love angst. I love lots and lots of angst. But this book.... I think the amount of angst would've been okay if the characters weren't so insufferable. There was literally not a single character I liked in this book. none at all. and holy shit they were so unlikeable with all of their drama. maybe part of it is the fact that they are teenagers, but wow it was... I wish they were real people so that I could slap all of them. They were so horribly written omfg.

lizbet koval

i wish i liked it more. i mean. thanks for the representation. but the plot lacked so much.

cossette

lowkey was really disappointed by this one. i think it just wasn't for me? the characters seemed ... very self-absorbed/whiny (sophia reminded me of anna and the french kiss) but it was cute!

Candyce Kirk

I Think I Love You sounded like a book I would end up enjoying and I was right! I read this book in about one sitting and the writing really had me hooked. As a romance fan this definitely made me bookworm heart happy! I'd definitely recommend this book to contemporary lovers.

Emma is an interesting character. She loves love and everything that has to do with it. Her parents' relationship is the way she hopes she ends up and Emma watches every romance related movie she can. So when she sees a movie competition Emma knows that she's going to make a romcom. I had mixed feelings about Emma if I'm honest. Yeah, she's definitely excited and driven to make this movie and wants love to be there for all. Also, she's trying to figure a way to tell her parents she's bisexual. I can't even imagine how it feels to do that. On the other side, Emma can be selfish at times. The movie must go her way and she doesn't even take time to listen to other ideas. I get passion and just wanting to do something, but it did annoy me just a tad bit.

Sophia just came back from France and is still dealing with her parents getting divorced. How is love something you should want when it clearly falls apart? I totally understand this anger and opinion about love. My parents got divorced when I was older, but it's still a hard time. Trying to get used to being back in New York, living in a new apartment with her dad and seeing friends she hasn't for a year is hard. It's hard trying to fit in again when it's clear they moved along fine without you around. I loved Sophia's story and her seeing that love can still be a beautiful thing. Out of both story lines hers was definitely my favorite.

I loved the whole idea of a movie competition and doing this with friends! The ideas were really interesting and I love the few glimpses we got of the scripts. That being said, I have to say it did feel rushed at times. I think that was because of the plot surrounding their friends. While I'm a big fan of romance, I think this story could've done without Kate and Tom. I did enjoy their romance, but it took away from Emma and Sophia. This would've most likely been a five star read for me if we had gotten more time with these two and their developing romance. Don't get me wrong, I loved how it developed and we saw it happening, but I think I would've connected more with them if they had gotten more attention.

Even though I do have some things I would've liked to have seen different, I really did enjoy I Think I Love You. The characters felt realistic, the idea of movies was amazing and the way Emma and Sophia's character developed in this story was so well done! Not only do we get romance and rom coms, but also friendship, family/divorce, acceptance, trust and so much more. This story deals with a lot of things and I'm glad I read it. I'll definitely keep an eye out for more by this author in the future!

Jelke Lenaerts

I received a galley of this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. 


This book took me a bit by surprise. At the beginning I wasn't expecting to love this book so much becase the characters just irked me a bit too much and I just didn't see how they could ever be in a convincing relationship. However, as I kept reading and the relationship developed I fell in love. The characters grew so much together and at the end of the book they were just so cute and I was swooning. I also quite enjoyed all the side storylines with the friends. However, this is also where my main problem with this book was. I just feel like the was a lot of unnececary drama in between the friendships that also affected the main relationship and plot. It just was annoying and everything time one thing got resolved another useless drama got started. I just wish that wasn't really the case for this book because if you cut those things out you get a damn cute saphic love story with an amazing focus on friendships.

It was such a cute romance, and I could relate to Emma a lot, especially her experience with coming out to her parents. I loved it

Paige Green

Disclaimer: I received this e-arc for a tour. Thanks! All opinions are my own.

Book: I Think I Love You

Author: Auriane Desombre

Book Series: Standalone

Rating: 4/5

Diversity: Lesbian and Bisexual Main Characters!

Recommended For...: romance fans, contemporary lovers, ya readers

Publication Date: March 2, 2021

Genre: YA Contemporary

Recommended Age: 14+ (romance, slight language, sexual content)

Publisher: Underlined

Pages: 320

Synopsis: Emma is a die-hard romantic. She loves a meet-cute Netflix movie, her pet, Lady Catulet, and dreaming up the Gay Rom Com of her heart for the film festival competition she and her friends are entering. If only they’d listen to her ideas. . .

Sophia is pragmatic. She’s big into boycotts, namely 1) relationships, 2) teen boys and their BO (reason #2347683 she’s a lesbian), and 3) Emma’s nauseating ideas. Forget starry-eyed romance, Sophia knows what will win: an artistic film with a message.

Cue the drama. The movie is doomed before they even start shooting . . . until a real-life plot twist unfolds behind the camera when Emma and Sophia start seeing each other through a different lens. Suddenly their rivalry is starting to feel like an actual rom-com.

Review: For the most part I enjoyed the book. I felt like the characters were pretty well developed and the plot was interesting. The book was really cute and sweet and it's just one of those books that you read when you want a strong contemporary romance book.

However, I felt like there was a lot going on in the book. There was a lot going on and I just got very bogged down with all the stories and romances and side quests and stuff like that. I also felt like the world building wasn't as great and that I think the book could have been a little bit more streamlined.

Verdict: It was cute, but I got a little lost in the crowd.

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