Like in Love with You

by Emma R. Alban

Mean Girls meets Northanger Abbey in this brand new, sapphic, rivals-to-lovers Regency Romance by USA Today bestselling author Emma R. Alban!

When country-bred Catherine Pine relocates to Bath in 1817, she and her mother come face-to-face with her mother’s arch nemesis, Lady Tisend, and her daughter, the wildly popular and gorgeous Lady Rosalie. Though once her very best friend, Mrs. Pine alleges Lady Tisend ultimately did her a great injustice. Twenty-five years later, she sees the perfect opportunity for retribution:

Catherine will win the favor of Lady Rosalie’s suitor, Mr. Dean. Together, Catherine and her mother will ruin the Tisends’ lives, secure Catherine a fruitful match, and launch a fully triumphant return to Bath. It’s the perfect plan for revenge. Only Catherine soon discovers that there’s more to Lady Rosalie’s mean streak than meets the eye. Lady Rosalie is by far the wittiest, cleverest, most intriguing young woman Catherine’s ever met, and she’s utterly smitten.

Meanwhile, Rosalie feels trapped in her perfect life as Bath’s favorite daughter and resident mean girl. There’s no challenge anymore, no excitement, no surprise. But when she notices newcomer Catherine gunning for her spot as queen bee, Rosalie finally feels a spark again. She determines to meet Catherine’s challenge with gusto, because Catherine ignites something in her. Something Rosalie absolutely doesn’t want to extinguish.

As their mothers force them into increasingly absurd contests of wit and feminine charms to win Mr. Dean’s affections, Rosalie and Catherine instead find themselves falling for each other, scheme, by barb, by catty jab…

Can their sizzling rivalry really become a match to last?

Genres: Romance, Lesbian, Historical Fiction, Queer, Historical, LGBT, Historical Romance

400 pages, Paperback

First published January 13, 2026

About the author

Raised in the Hudson Valley, Emma now lives in Los Angeles, enjoying the eternal sunshine, ocean, and mountains. When she isn't writing books or screenplays, she can usually be found stress baking with the AC on full blast, skiing late into the spring, singing showtunes at the top of her lungs on the freeway, and reading anywhere there’s somewhere to lean.

Reviews

[Emmi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Masterpiece. Think of a sapphic rivals-to-lovers version of Regina George and Cady Heron in the regency era.  


Rosalie is an expert matchmaker for her friends and the gorgeous popular girl. Unfortunately, with all her looks and matchmaking skills, she has yet to find a love to call her own. Well, she has Mr. Dean, who has been courting her for a year or so, but she’s not all that interested in him. Or men.


Catherine Pine and her family have relocated from the countryside to Bath, where her parents are originally from. No time to rest though, because her mother is hell-bent on finding her a match. Catherine’s beauty and kindness have garnered quite the attention, like from Mr. Dean, for instance. Yes, the same man who’s already courting the gorgeous popular girl Rosalie. So the claws come out and some sabotaging happens before they realize that maybe they don’t want Mr. Dean after all. Maybe what they truly want is each other…


"Like In Love With You” is officially one of the best books I’ve read this year! This was my first time reading Alban’s work and I loved the writing style so much. Rosalie and Catherine’s chemistry was off the charts and I just adored them. It was a tad bit spicy but it was pearl clutching good! This one’s a must-read and I highly recommend it. I guess you could even say that it was…fetching. Oh, look. You can make fetch happen!


I’d like to thank NetGalley and the publisher for the arc. This is my voluntary review.

[BookishKB · Rating 5 out of 5]

🪞Bookish Thoughts
Mean Girls 🤝 Bridgerton? Yes please! This time Regina ends up with Cady 😏
The witty banter, the yearning, the forbidden love, the rivals to lovers tension, the gossip, the antics, the ballrooms… I loved all of it. Rosalie and Catherine foreverrrr.

I adored both families. Christopher gets best brother award, and I loved how they worked together to mend the rivalry between their mothers. The antics to chase off boring Mr. Dean had me cackling, especially the lake scene 🤣.

This book made me ugly cry, which only made me love it more. It left me grateful for how far we have come and a little sad for how far we still have to go. The writing was beautiful. And the audiobook was just as amazing!

Emma Alban is officially an autobuy author for me. I didn’t think I could love a sapphic historical romance as much as Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend, but Like in Love With You was just as good. Solid 5 stars!

💛 What to Expect
• Rivals to lovers
• Sapphic slow burn
• Regency setting
• Enemies’ daughters
• Family feud
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📖 Final Score: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🎧 Audio Score: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🎙️ Narrators: Mary Jane Wells, Morag Sims
📅 Pub Date: January 13, 2026
Thank you to HarperAudio, St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the advanced copy. All thoughts are my own.

[Gabriella · Rating 5 out of 5]

IM SAD ITS OVER 🥰😭 (rtc)

[Lance]

Mean Girls but make it regency? I’m so EXCITED!!

[Sylvie {Semi-Hiatus} · Rating 3 out of 5]

*Many thanks to NetGalley for providing me an arc in exchange for an honest review!*

3.75 stars!

I’ve now read all of Emma Alban’s books and have enjoyed every single one of them, so I was very excited to read Like in Love With You. As always, her prose and character work are engaging, and I genuinely appreciated many elements of this story.

First and foremost — the cover is stunning and deserves its own award. The author’s covers consistently stand out, and this is no exception.

While this book ultimately landed at three stars for me, that doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy it. I connected with the writing style and the emotional beats, and I found myself invested in the journey even when certain aspects didn’t fully land for me. There were many moments I appreciated and parts I look forward to revisiting when I read it again soon.

Overall, Like in Love With You is a thoughtful and heartfelt story that I’m glad to have read. Even if it wasn’t my absolute favorite of Emma’s works, I still enjoyed the experience and will happily return to it in the future.
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Emma Alban’s books are so cute. I have no doubt this would be, too!!

[jenny reads a lot · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall a solid regency romance!

Lots of yearning and obsession with each other but I definitely wanted a bit more hi-jinx and banter.

I had a good time with this one. I read via audio and I will say that at times it was hard to follow along with all the character names and individuals. I think this might be one thats good to follow along in print as well!

Whats to love…
- sapphic
- yearning + pining
- They are both completely obsessed with each other
- regency romance
- feuding families
- steam + tension
- slow burn

Whats not to love…
- Mostly I just wanted a bit more actual rivalry

Audio Narration: 4/5 Good performance, pausing, inflection, pacing were all well done. voice variation was fine. Definitely recommend the audio but given the content of the book it might be difficult to follow along all the side characters in audio format.

3.75⭐️| IG | TikTok |

Thank you Avon & HarperAudio for the gifted book. All opinions are my own.

[SJARR ✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another beautiful regency romance! I could never tire of reading something like this.

Perfect for lovers of:
- Regency romance
- Sapphic romance
- Enemies to lovers
- Jane Austen Retelling
- Mean girls

“Like in Love with You”, follows two women- Rosalie and Catherine.
Rosalie has been courted by Mr. Dean for quite some time and is expecting a proposal soon.
This is suddenly threatened by the arrival of a new, beautiful woman- Catherine.
Their mothers have a past rivalry, and now they begin to develop one of their own.
Each woman works with her mother to sabotage the other, in hopes of winning the affections of Mr. Dean.
Throughout their pranks and shenanigans, Rosalie and Catherine discover that neither of them really wishes to marry him. Instead, they have become quite fond of each other.

This is so good!
It took me a while to get into it, but once I did- I was invested!

I LOVE Rosalie and Catherine.
Each of their characters is written so well, and their romance is dreamy.
The rivalry? The forbidden love? The yearning? Perfect. I could die happy.
I adored their dedication to each other. Them publicly humiliating themselves to ward off their suitor, was quite adorable.

I like the writing style here. It is written in the third person, but still feels quite personal.
Each chapter alternates to discuss one of the women- so it kind of feels like dual point of view.

Lastly, I just want to say that I LOVE the cover of this! I think it is so pretty and so cute! It is such an eye-catcher.

Fantastic story overall! I really enjoyed this.

Thank you to Netgalley, Avon and Harper Voyager and author Emma R. Alban, for providing me with the eARC of “Like in Love with You”, in exchange for my honest review!
Publication date: January 13th, 2026

[Heather K (dentist in my spare time) · Rating 3 out of 5]

*3.5 stars*

Like in Love with You is exactly how it sounds from the title. It's a very contemporary-feeling historical romance, with lots of "Mean Girls/Clueless" style antics and an enemies-to-lovers plotline. It's a fun romp, for sure, but I think I was in the mood for something a bit... deeper.

Lots of the book is centered around matchmaking and competing for attention, which was fine, but I think the chemistry felt like more of an afterthought. I don't feel like I got to know the girls on a deeper level, and I kept mixing up their families in my head. They just didn't feel unique enough for me.

I enjoyed that we got some steamy scenes, and how nicely the friendships were portrayed, but the plot was too draggy and the emotions didn't feel big enough for my tastes. It's historical sapphic fluffy romance, and there is nothing wrong with that.

*copy provided in exchange for an honest review*

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[Lina · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75 / 5 Stars
My quest to find a historical romance that I am obsessed with is heading in the right direction! This was fun though a tad slow in the middle. It is a spin on Mean Girls set in Regency England. Rosalie has been preparing to marry Mr. Dean for over a year. That is until Miss Catherine Pine arrives. Catherine is beautiful, smart, and witty, and Catherine’s mom is Rosalie’s mom’s archnemesis. As they fight over Mr. Dean, they realize that maybe he is not fetching and that they are attracted to each other.

You will probably like this book if you like:
💛 Sapphic historical romances set in the Regency Era
💛 Rivals to lovers
💛 Family feud
💛 Oops there’s only one bed
💛 Secret dalliances

While I hate the patriarchy (let’s make that very, very clear), I think the Regency era created interesting obstacles and added tension for a sapphic romance. It was much harder for Rosalie and Catherine to get alone time. It was harder for them not to be pitted against each other. It was harder for Rosalie and Catherine to figure out their future and what their happy ending might look like. Sometimes I feel like you can see exactly where a romance book is heading and how it will get the HEA but this was much less straightforward and I enjoyed that. Both Rosalie’s and Catherine’s coming out were really moving, emotional, and complicated.

I liked Catherine and Rosalie’s relationship. It was sweet and charming with a nice dash of spice. I did feel like they needed a little bit more to ground their connection other than they both liked to read, found each other funny, and found each other attractive. I get that the male choices were worse and even more bad but I wanted to feel something else making them feel inevitable.

I think if you hadn’t told me this was Mean Girls inspired, I probably wouldn’t have picked up on it. Regina and Cady were enemies and rivals for basically the whole movie – Rosalie and Catherine are not. Regina is cruel. Rosalie is not. There are two friends who are kind of like Gretchen and Karen but not really. They do say fetching. While I appreciate the reference, I think if you are expecting much more Mean Girls, you might be disappointed.

It was a tad slow in the middle but it picked up well at the end. Rosalie’s brother, Christopher, should get the Brother of the Era award. Amalie and Henrietta were great friends. Rosalie’s aunt was saucy and fun. If you’re intrigued by this sapphic historical romance, I recommend you try it.

Thank you Avon and Harper Voyager and NetGalley for providing this eARC! All opinions are my own.
Publication Date: January 13, 2026
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Pre-Read Thoughts: Means Girls but Cady and Regina kiss and set it in the Regency Era? Sign me UPPPPP.

[melbareads · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5⭐️
i'm such a sucker for historical lesbians. my god this was beautiful!!

would have liked them to be rivals for a bit longer and some things they said felt a little out of place since it's a historical setting BUT i honestly couldn't care less about that because... historical lesbians..

[emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a goddamn delight. Two books in a this author is becoming a solid must read for me so far by how much I enjoyed both of them. I adored the romance but also really love the way the secondary characters and plot arcs are fleshed out. I loved the feud with the moms and all the angst there, and I adored all of Rosalie’s friends. Charlotte and Rosalie were so sweet but my god, all of this regency courtship stuff is such nonsense lol idk how anyone ever bothered.

[alyssa✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75*

such a cute heartwarming read! i wanted a little more rivals, i felt like that ended quickly, but i had a great time with this one

[Isabelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a delightful slow burn set in Regency Bath, featuring two rival debutantes who end up falling for one another instead. I was immediately drawn to the competitive aspect of the story, with both Catherine and Rosalie vying for the attention of the same man. My favorite part, though, was that the rivalry wasn’t truly rooted in the protagonists themselves but stemmed from a 25-year-long feud between their mothers, who were once best friends. The mystery of what actually happened all those years ago was intriguing and added a layer of tension that carried the story forward. I especially appreciated the ambiguity and that the truth behind the mothers’ falling out wasn’t revealed until closer to the end. It allowed the tension to unfold naturally, keeping the focus less on rivalry between the love interests and more on the development of their feelings for one another.

While I enjoyed the book overall, I did have a few qualms that made it feel slightly less authentic to the time period. Some of the language felt more modern than I expected. Additionally, when Catherine and Rosalie shared their relationship with their parents, the reactions felt almost flipped. Not only did both fathers seem unusually open to the idea of their daughters being together, which feels like a rarity for the time and especially unlikely for *both* fathers, but the mothers’ responses also seemed mismatched with their established personalities. It felt as though Lady Tisend’s reaction should have belonged to Mrs. Pine, and vice versa. While I appreciated the perspective of having largely supportive parents, it didn’t quite ring true after spending the entire book with parents who were so intensely focused on securing husbands for their daughters.

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

[Abbie Wells · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like In Love With You by Emma R. Alban
⭐⭐⭐⭐.25 / 🌶️🌶️

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the chance to read and review the ARC ebook.

Two regency women, forced into a rivalry by their mother's rivalry, forced to compete for the chance to marry the most dull man on the planet. What's not to love?

For all the regency romance books I've read, I'm still not sure how I feel about them. Nonetheless, I really liked Like In Love With You! The first half felt a bit slow for me, but by the time I hit the 60% mark, I didn't want to stop reading. I had to find out what Rosalie and Catherine to fix all the problems standing in their way. And it didn't disappoint.

Before I even realized that this story was supposed to be reminiscent of Mean Girls, I immediately noticed the similarities between Rosalie and Regina and Catherine and Cady. Mostly in the sense that Rosalie was pulling Catherine into their group to steer her in the right direction. That's where the similarities ended, however. Though they were rivals, I didn't get mean energy from either of the girls, which was good for me. I feel that I was able to feel the pull between them fairly quickly, which played well into their slow burn.

Though both girls were great, the secondary characters were really what made this story shine. I loved the mother's caddiness, the father's love, the friends' companionship, and dedication to each other. And don't get me started on Rosalie's brother Christopher. I would die for that man. And he's a man, so that's saying something.

There was more spice than I imagined there would be for a Regency romance, but I was not mad about it. The book felt a bit slow at times and like we were hearing the same thoughts repeatedly, but it didn't detract from my enjoyment.

If you like reading sapphic love stories and Bridgerton, this is the book for you.

🐝wods: Rivals to lovers, Regency, Sapphic

[cass · Rating 5 out of 5]

perfect!! a little enemies to lovers, slow burn romance & sweetly sapphic. Lady Rosalie is charming , devious & so witty . Catherine is kind hearted and sweet but has a side that matches Rosalie's cleverness. emotional but in the happiest most accepting ways. even minor characters have lovable personalities. very fluffy enjoyable read :)

[Angie Miale · Rating 4 out of 5]

A steamy historical sapphic romance - in Jane Austen’s Northern England, Bridgerton, except gay. Rosalie and Catherine meet, knowing this season they are both prospects for the same eligible bachelor, Mr Dean. Their mothers used to be best friends before a falling out in their own season. Early on in the narrative the girls find attraction for each other, and set up events that ruin the prospective courtships.

This is my third Emma Alban novel and I have really enjoyed them all. It is romance and a creative “what if” scenario so that we can thoroughly enjoy the nostalgia and romance of this time period in a way that allows for inclusion of everyone. This is an idealized 19th century England. So instead of queer people being closeted and mentally depressed their entire lives, there are pockets of people that do understand their queerness.

Although it is lighthearted and very romantic, I think this theme is also a patient warning for us as to how easy it is to build cultural values. Both Rosalie and Catherine are great characters in their own right, the minor characters are nuanced and their parents in strong relationships.

It’s a lovely universe to escape into!

Thanks to NetGalley and Avon for the ARC. Book to be published 1/14/26

[Hannah · Rating 5 out of 5]

new personality just dropped

crying it was perfect

[Montes · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve been a Mean Girls fan forever and Regina George is absolutely sapphic. When I saw that this book was marketed as Mean Girls meets Northanger Abbey, I knew I just had to apply for an ARC.

I’m not the biggest historical romance reader but I adored this book. I can’t speak to its accuracy but I can speak to how entertaining it was for me. I love a rivals to lovers and Lady Rosalie and Ms. Pine gave it their all. As much a I love angst, and I really do, I also love when characters have an unconditional support group that doesn’t even need the main characters to tell them how they feel because they can just read it on their faces. I wish all characters had friends like the ones in this book.

I clocked Lady Tisend from the beginning, I could just feel it.

This is the first book I’ve read from this author, but I’m looking forward to reading Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend as it has been on my TBR for quite some time.

The narrators were so good. They had me engaged in the story from beginning to end, I never wanted to pause and when I had to, I couldn’t wait to get back to it.

Thank you to Emma R. Alban, Avon and Harper Voyager, HarperAudio Adult and NetGalley for providing me with an eARC and an ALC.

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating: 3.75 stars

This book is full of sapphic yearning, heated glances, and great chemistry between Rosalie and Catherine. It’s also a beautiful depiction of what it’s like to have friends and family unashamedly in your corner.

I do think the last 2/3 of the book was a little slow and the ending slightly anticlimactic. I wish Rosalie and Catherine got to spend more time together one on one but part of that was the restraints of the time period. Also sometimes the characters would say something in their inner narrative like “Holy shit” which was a bit jarring to the historical context but overall this is a fun and sweet read.

Thanks Avon for the arc!

[Chapters & Chives · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dear Gentle Reader,
Put down everything you're doing and check this out! I am obsessed!!

Have you ever read Jane Austen or watched the first couple seasons of Bridgerton and thought, "This is wonderful, but it's just a bit too straight"??

Then you gotta check out Like in Love with You by Emma R Alban. It is the perfect combination of sweet, funny, and romantic. It offers a pleasant twist to the usual storytelling in Regency romance novels, while staying true to the original mannerisms, family relationships, setting of Regency culture. I'm hoping they put out more adaptations like this in the future 🎀👒💘

Thank you to Netgalley and Harper Audio for the gifted ALC in exchange for an honest review. Narrators Mary Jane Wells and Morag Sims did such an amazing job with capturing the accents and cadences of the way British people spoke in that time period.

[Bookish ✨ · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.25
chociaż historie autorki nie trafiają do moich ulubieńców, to bawię się na nich na tyle w porządku, że będę czekać na następną książkę. wlw in regency era is just ughhhh😩

[Mikey ಠ◡ಠ · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars rounded up

Even though I don’t care much for romance I really thought I was going to enjoy this more than I did. On paper there’s nothing really wrong with this book, except perhaps that it’s wildly mismarketed. I’m here to tell you right here right now there is no Mean Girls influence over this book whatsoever. Catherine and Rosalie were never rivals in this story however their mothers very much are. And I won’t spoil it for you but the reason the moms were beefing was pretty dumb.

Even though this book was fairly cute and mildly amusing, it was also completely bland and the plot crawled by slower than a snail’s pace.

I don’t know, it’s not like I hate sapphic yearning or anything, usually it’s my favorite when it does come to romance but while reading this I somehow felt like I was trying to make my Barbies kiss and magnets were repelling their faces away from each other. I did give this a fair shot but I just don’t think romance is my thing, sapphic Regency romance aside.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

[Jane (whatjanereads) · Rating 5 out of 5]

They hate each other but then they make out…up…out.
This was absolutely perfect, no notes!!!

I love lesbian historical romance, an era when woman were at the complete mercy of men and them being like fuck this imma kiss a girl! I love woman!!!
Both of these ladies get dragged into a fight for the „perfect“ husband by their feuding mothers, who have a history of their own.
I loved the banter, the squabbling and the way their intended love match was just a wet cloth they constantly made fun of.
The little friend group of theirs was lovely, Lady Rosalie’s brother was amazing and I just flew through this.
I loved them together and the ending was perfect!

[rose ✨]

DNF @ 21%

mean girls (2004) WHERE?

well, here’s the first DNF of 2026 🙃 can we please stop marketing YA level writing as adult? (i am, respectfully, bored)

[Luce · Rating 2 out of 5]

*2.5
This book could have done with a 100 pages less whilst also having a bit of an anti-climactic and abrupt ending. That is very confusing to me.

Bonus drinking game whilst reading: take a drink every time someone blushes or snorts

[Andrea (looseleftlesbian) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC! 3.5 ⭐️ it took me a while to get into the book. Honestly the biggest reason it’s a 3.5 and not a 3 is the chemistry between Catherine and Rosalie, as well as Rosalie’s relationship with her brother, Christopher and her friend Amalie. I loved how supportive they were.

I feel like the middle of the book was so good and it had potential to be even better and explore more of their relationship and life after. I feel like the ending was so abrupt and didn’t really tie up loose ends very well. I would’ve liked to see more of the after, like I said.

[ali :] · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Do you love Miss Pine?” Mother asks.
They’ve avoided such words, but Rosalie does. She does. Ardently, and passionately and fully.
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Non ho niente da dire, questo libro mi ha distrutto.
È immensamente bello io mi metto a piangere.😭
Non c’è nulla da fare, i libri saffici ambientati nel passato hanno una marcia in più che non so spiegare. Li amo profondamente è smetterò mai di farlo; ne ho bisogno a palate.
AAAAAAAAA
Catherine e Rosalie sono le mie protette, le ho amate fin da pagina 1, davvero. Sono troppo dolcine dai io mi dispero. They are everything.
Lo stile di scrittura mi ha completamente conquistata, un puro e semplice desiderio che mi ha a dir poco fatta sciogliere.
Ci sono rimasta male quando sono finite le pagine.
Ora voglio leggere TUTTO quello che ha scritto questa donna ne necessito.
Sono così felice basta, queste storie mi fanno bene al cuore.

[Aila Krisse · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fun sapphic regency romance that probably isn’t very historically accurate, but is quite an enjoyable read anyway. You’d probably think that queer romance and regency setting would mean that this is more on the angsty side, but there’s hardly any homophobia or misogyny. There is some angst towards the end, but apart from that it’s just a lot of wonderfully delicious yearning.

Though you kinda have to be able to shut off the overthinking part of your brain to really enjoy this book, which I only partially managed to do. Because, sure, there is no overt misogyny, but also none of the female characters are attending university, while many of their male counterparts do.
The female characters are all pretty content with their lot in life, to find a husband, get married and have kids. The main characters are the only ones not 100% satisfied with the status quo, but specifically just the husband part. And basically everyone they reveal their mutual feelings to accepts them almost instantly (re: historical accuracy).

Also all of the characters in this book are solidly upper class and rich seemingly without ever actually working. There are obviously servants in the characters’ households, but they’re always treated really well and never express any even remotely critical sentiment. Because this book is sweet and fluffy and set in a world where injustice will never go unpunished because it is not real life. Real life sucks and escaping to a dream world where evil doesn’t exist is okay. Sometimes. Just don’t overdo it.
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Many thanks to HarperAudio for the ALC!

[dobbs the dog · Rating 4 out of 5]

Received from NetGalley, thanks!

I enjoyed this latest instalment of this series. I'd love it if the titles weren't all Taylor Swift song titles, but I guess I can hope that Alban's future books will not be titled this way?

This was sold as Northanger Abbey meets Mean Girls, and I was super confused how that would work. But it actually did! There were so many times in the book that I saw the bits that were taken from either the novel or the film, and it somehow worked really well.

I love how Lady Rosalie was both Regina George *and* Henry Tilney. Like, I don't even know how Alban pulled that off, because it was so well done.

I won't say too much about the story, because there are so many bits pulled from the source material, but if you love either Northanger Abbey or Mean Girls or both (like me!), this is probably the book for you!

[megs · Rating 3 out of 5]

11/2/2026
*3.5

Before Reading
Me thinks I shall be pre-ordering thank you very much.