See You Next Tuesday

by Kate Stayman-London

From the bestselling author of One to Watch comes a heartwarming enemies-to-lovers romance perfect for fans of The West Wing and When Harry Met Sally, featuring two political staffers who love working on campaigns...almost as much as they hate each other.

Anya Katz is Type A and highly driven with unfaltering morals; she’s never met a group project she wouldn’t rather do all by herself. Gabe Hunt is a staggeringly handsome and charming golden boy who’ll do whatever it takes to win. At work, Anya and Gabe fight about everything — but how long can they fight their undeniable attraction? 

See You Next Tuesday follows Anya and Gabe through a decade of campaigns, from all-night phone banks and piles of greasy takeout to glitzy celebrity fundraisers and presidential debates. They say politics is the art of making change, but working in politics changes you — and Anya and Gabe navigate dizzying highs and devastating lows in their professional and personal lives as they evolve from enemies to grudgingly respectful colleagues to best friends to lovers…to bitter political rivals. 

With breakneck banter, sizzling chemistry, engrossing detail and clear-eyed optimism, See You Next Tuesday is an uplifting and addictive portrait of two lovers passionately working to make history, if only they can overcome their own.

Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Enemies To Lovers, Fiction, Audiobook, Contemporary Romance, Politics

368 pages, Paperback

First published September 8, 2026

About the author

Hi! Thanks so much for coming to my GoodReads page. You can also find me on Insta (@katestaymanlondon) and TikTok (@authorkatestaymanlondon) if you're into that sort of thing. Official bio below, happy reading! xx

Kate Stayman-London is a novelist, screenwriter, political strategist, and bisexual double Libra. Her bestselling debut, One to Watch, was named a best book of the year by Time, NPR, Marie Claire, Mashable, and more. Kate has written for political icons including Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Cher; she is also a television writer-producer and proud WGA captain. When not writing, Kate enjoys fabulous trips with friends, rewatching Buffy, and fighting for reproductive justice––as well as justice for Speak Now, Evermore, and Reputation. She lives in Los Angeles.

Reviews

[ahmeeka]

obsessed with how see you next tuesday means something completely different in the UK

[Jessica Joyce · Rating 5 out of 5]

So smart, so sexy, so good. Anya is stronger than me, bc personally I fell in love with Gabe on page one.

(highly rec the audiobook btw)

[Jessica J. · Rating 3 out of 5]

West Wing meets When Harry Met Sally? Don't mind if I do, Netgalley.

After reading this: I don't think I really need to read an enemies-to-lovers romance ever again. It's so supremely not my jam. If it's your jam, you will probably like this. I am just sick to death of people fighting their way into falling in love.

[mandie ੈ♡˳ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually really LOVED this!

Political-themed books are usually not my thing, so I was a little nervous going into this one, but this book had me completely invested. Somehow all the political stuff SO easy to follow. Like, I never felt like I needed to Google every other word understand what was happening. The campaign drama, political maneuvering, scandals, and the behind the scenes chaos were actually really fun to read about.

And obviously I was here for the ROMANCE. The tension between Anya and Gabe, the initial dislike of one another, the years and years of secret longing for Gabe and then finally getting the satisfaction of them ending up together? Yes, gimme more of that.

I will say… that third act breakup had me STRESSED. I was absolutely not a fan of it and I honestly never will be regardless of who is writing it (even if it's written well). There were moments where I wanted to smack Anya across the head for letting a good man go, but I also deeply respected her for sticking with her values and insisting Gabe did the same.

BUT 👏 THAT 👏 ENDING 👏

The ending genuinely made up for it. I finished the book with that stupid little happy grin on my face, so I’m choosing to forgive the third act nonsense. The epilogue was so sweet and I loved reading about the future versions of these characters.

Honestly, this was such a pleasant surprise for me. I went in expecting the political aspect to be something I’d have to tolerate for the romance, and instead I actually enjoyed it.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Random House for the arc!

[C · Rating 2 out of 5]

I understand I am on an island alone when it comes to this book, but I was SO LOOKING FORWARD to it and am SO DISAPPOINTED that it wasn't better for me. It had me at West Wing. It had me at the title. It had me at being obviously enemies to lovers and politics. This is probably going to be my Biggest Disappointment maybe of my whole reading life, and for that I mourn more than the FMC when her candidate loses.

First, you need to know there's a dead mom plot. You meet the mom. You fall in love with the mom. And then she dies halfway through. Among everything else, I was ill-prepared for that and not looking for it in my romance book.

Second, you need to know there's emotional cheating in this book. Both FMC and MMC have a significant other for like three years of the timeline, and FMC and MMC exchange texts and communication they both know is inappropriate. FMC even texts her bestie pics of her convo with MMC and bestie is basically like, if you have to ask you already know.

Third, I guess I'm Young because I've never seen When Harry Met Sally and didn't know that movie takes place over the course of multiple years, with basically scenes here and there. Because if I'd known that, I would've known that's how this timeline was set up. Instead, I thought I was getting a current timeline in which the FMC and MMC are working on opposing campaigns and we get flashbacks or a dual timeline of the previous campaigns they've hated each other on (we get this plot at 67%). It was basically just "we work in politics getting (random) people elected" over the course of like 11 years.

The mistake of expectations was mine. The poor execution of the random timeline was the author's.

The choppy pacing of the timeline made the reading experience feel like I was reading a random collection of scenes. They really didn't seem to come together and connect until more than halfway through the book, when the time spent in the timeline was longer.

There is no banter. I can't believe I'm saying that, but it's true. Out of all the lines I highlighted in reading this, maybe one was actually flirty banter between the two mains. Not even one they become friends and start texting inappropriately despite each having a SO. I blame this on the shoddy characterization to be honest.

First, this book would've been helped if it was 1st person. The 3rd person POV kept me too far from the characters and was nowhere near deep enough. I kept asking myself "but what does he/she think of this? what does he/she feel about that?" and I feel like those aren't the questions the author wanted me asking as I read.

Also the dual POV wasn't labeled. And it was really multi-POV when it sure as hell didn't need to be. The parent texts? Anya gets told that info at the end. The texts between besties? Tension should've been shown in a scene. The email between Gabe's (former) coworkers? Just unnecessary. It was almost insulting as a reader. Trust me more, give me more credit, please.

Our MMC is rich, hot, charming, and "needs to be liked by everyone." We see him being rich. We see him being hot. We're told about him being charming in the past. We're told over and over how he needs to be liked by everyone, but we don't ever really have evidence of that. And it should've been fairly stinking easy to make his need to be liked obvious and natural given that they work in politics. It should've been easy to show us him being charming.

Instead, we get this weird, insecure, wishy-washy, bumbling goober in the scenes of the story. Because the POV isn't deep, we don't really know what he thinks or why he thinks it in a lot of the scenes, despite being in his POV. The seeds of attraction weren't sewn subtly. It was just "wow she's so annoying" (she was) and "wow she thinks so little of me" (she did) but there wasn't anything deeper. Why is her being annoying affecting him? Don't know. Why does he care she thinks so little of him? Wasn't told until multiple chapters--and years--later.

I would've loved his character to lean more fully into the need to be liked aspect and seen that being a driving force for his motivation and characterization, especially in relation to the romance.

The FMC was just weird at the beginning. Like, in ways that didn't fully make sense and connect to who the author was trying to build. I love an unlikable FMC. Love em. Anya wasn't that. It makes total sense that an FMC who works in politics is very smart, very aware of their intelligence, carries herself intelligently, poised, fairly mature, doesn't have a lot of besties or boys fawning over her, and didn't participate a lot in normal "kid" activities. But she wants to work in politics and never figured out how to play well with others??? She didn't get to the real world and flourish because now she wasn't "too mature" and "weird" because everyone else was finally professional too??

She ends up with some friends, and obviously the MMC at the end, but she also doesn't mature and doesn't change. And ultimately, that's the last impression I've left with of her: she didn't change.

The third act breakup is her fault. Yes, they're on opposing campaigns for POTUS. Yes, that's very tense. Yes, she hates his candidate. But she holds it against him. Still. Even after declaring how much she loves him. She can't get over herself and understand him. (Some people work jobs because they love them and believe in them. Some work jobs to get ahead and make a name for themselves. Neither are wrong. The FMC should learn this.)

I didn't love the MMC at the point they broke up. But after Anya broke up with Gabe because she was--I am not joking--in her feels that her candidate was losing the race to be the Dem nominee, I was like, dear god I hope y'all both end up with other people. And again, I'm not sure that's what the author wanted me thinking while reading.

I appreciated that, in a sense, Gabe had character growth when he turned in his candidate for misappropriating funds and embezzling. He wanted to work on a POTUS campaign. He did so much for that Senate campaign and then they went with someone else for the POTUS one, so I totally understood why he said yes when they came back, begging him to help. Anya should've too but w/e. So the fact that he had what he thought he wanted and still was so conflicted showed some character growth. But, it did feel like he wasn't happy because his girlfriend and besties were all on a different campaign and his campaign hated him more than he was morally torn between his candidate and Anya's candidate.

(This would've been helped if the POV had been deepened.)

If you read Beach Read and were horrified they had sex at the cult site, this author took you to Vegas to raise you "has sex right after confessing the real story and emotions of FMC's mom dying." It is open door, technically, but barely, and honestly especially after a hugely emotional opening up, it was disappointing.

The last 1/3 of the book, the couple is together but physically apart due to working on separate campaigns, and I didn't mind that in theory, but instead of sweet scenes of them missing each other, it was mostly work. I didn't care. I'm almost done with the book, I don't care about new characters; I don't know enough about the candidates, even the one we spent a few chapters with "years" earlier, to really care; and more than anything, I just want to see my Mains together!?!

The enemies to lovers aspect was very shallow, and I don't care. It was definitely built on immature miscommunication. I don't care. I care that it didn't feel developed well enough (deepen the POV!) and that I didn't get the seeds of attraction being the real reason for it, sewn. Or even just seeds of attraction at all past the initial, yeah they're hot.

They finally have a convo about hating each other, she asks if they can be friends, and instead of getting some deliciously awkward tension of them figuring out how to be coworkers, we just straight to text exchanges where they're being inappropriately flirty and FMC "likes" texting him too much to stop. Maybe it's me, but I feel like enemies to lovers lives in the "to" aspect, and I felt cheated on that part in this book.

So again, I know I'm on an island, and that's okay. I was really looking forward to this book and really really really bummed that it wasn't the one for me and I can't go around gushing over it. Ultimately though, the author wrote something that inspired a LOT of thoughts out of me, and I can't be mad about that.

Should you buy it? I can't recommend, but I'm also only one reader and these are only my opinions. If you do buy it, don't pay full price at least. I can recommend binging West Wing again though. Always a good time.


*Shout out to the publisher, who denied me the ARC for this one because they clearly knew. They knew.

[laurel [the suspected bibliophile] · Rating 5 out of 5]

So despite THAT title (iykyk), this is a straight up political romance for fans of West Wing and Red, White and Royal Blue.

It's a balm. It's a salve. It's supremely hopeful.

I laughed. I cried. I grieved for what could have been. It's a really good book to read two weeks before midterms.

And no, it's not a fucking blue-red romance, it's blue-blue all the way through.

[Tara · Rating 4 out of 5]

mobilising the progressive vote while battling feelings for your 10-year-long situationship? even harder than you think!

See You Next Tuesday follows 10 years in the life of Anya and Gabe as they work on various political campaigns for Democrat candidates. from their first meeting they get off on the wrong foot almost immediately, but what begins as instant dislike between them develops slowly over the years into something far more complicated: rivalry, friendship, romance, buried feelings, pining, yearning and everything in between. what stays constant between them is that they can never stop circling each other.

I love a romance that takes place over several years, that makes you feel like you’re living inside the characters’ lives with them. the nature of Anya and Gabe’s jobs means they’re often running into each other when they don’t plan to, and every time they meet again they’re meeting new versions of each other, and of themselves.

this is one of those times where you wish life imitated art, because it’s sort of like a wish-fulfilment fix-it for the last decade of American politics. there are important conversations had within the book about what it takes to win and what it takes to make the world a better place. Anya and Gabe both offer different perspectives on how to go about doing that, with Anya’s optimism often clashing against Gabe’s pragmatism. but while they often butt heads and disagree, they’re both ultimately working towards the same goal, and watching them learn to work together as their perspectives change and mature and they start to fall for each other is so fun and satisfying.

overall a really solid romance and an engaging read! big When Harry Met Sally vibes. tho I did have a few giggles at how the phrase “see you next Tuesday” means something totally different in the UK lol

thank you to NetGalley for the ARC!

[daisy]

let me think for a sec

[Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m a sucker for political romance and a great cover, so this one was a preorder for me!

From the moment Anya Katz met fellow democratic campaign staffer Gabe Hunt, they were at odds. Anya bristled at his wealthy, golden-boy confidence, so different from her own upbringing. But the campaign world is a small one, and they navigate in and out of each other’s lives for over a decade of election cycles - and each time they interact, they unlock a new understanding of each other. They evolve from rivals to colleagues to best friends to lovers and back to rivals.

I could not get enough of this book! It has strong West Wing vibes. Both Anya and Gabe are so much more than their initial perceptions of one another - and I absolutely loved them both (as well as their fantastic found family). The banter across the whole cycle of their relationship is absolutely fantastic, and it also offers an important political reminder about the difference between who can be elected and who should be elected…and our obligation to fight for the political leaders we need and deserve.

Audio Performance (10 hrs, 22 min): Mia Hutchinson-Shaw once again delivers an absolute knockout performance that somehow feels like a full cast narration. She’s one of my favorite narrators!

[Larry H · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book for several reasons, but one of them is that it reminded me of what it was like to be excited by a political candidate and be hopeful for the future. Lord knows we could use a lot of that in the U.S. right now!!

Nothing gets Anya more energized than working on a political campaign. She loves helping candidates she believes in, candidates she thinks would make a difference. When she meets Gabe, she is awestruck by his handsomeness, but his ego and what she sees as his lack of principles irritate her to no end.

They keep running into each other, either working in different roles on a campaign, or being brought together by mutual friends. There’s no doubt that they’re attracted to one another, but they can’t be around each other for long before they’re arguing again. They try to at least be friends, but one always makes the other one mad fairly quickly.

The book follows them through more than a decade of working on campaigns—local, state, and national. When they work together for a charismatic woman running for the U.S. Senate, they become friends, and both want more, but they’re too afraid to admit their feelings. Yet the two stand by each other through difficult personal times, and then they finally fall in love.

But when Anya and Gabe both get jobs working for Democratic presidential candidates, suddenly they’re rivals. Anya feels strongly that her candidate is the right one for the country. While Gabe might not feel the exact same way, he knows his candidate is more electable. Can they be opponents at the same time as being lovers?

I really enjoyed the way the book not only portrayed the frenzy, the highs, and the lows of political campaigns, but also how challenging it can be to hold onto yourself. I loved how the book explored grief and moving on, and while Anya could get a little self-righteous at times, I thought she and Gabe had great chemistry.

See all of my reviews at itseithersadnessoreuphoria.blogspot.com.

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[Aggie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Kate Stayman-London! The author's unique background as a political strategist, screenwriter, and novelist makes me jealously happy. I first learned about her through her debut, One to Watch, and have been a fan ever since.

I was initially hesitant to read her new novel, See You Next Tuesday, because I worried the political themes might feel too polarizing or divisive. However, I was completely wrong to worry! Instead of focusing on a stressful left-versus-right divide, the book leans beautifully into the fascinating world of campaign strategy and the brilliant romance.

Anya and Gabe deliver an epic enemies-to-lovers chemistry. What makes their relationship so compelling is that their arguments aren't forced; they mirror the authentic, high-stakes debate between win-at-all-costs realism and unwavering idealism on the campaign trail.

I’m currently listening to KSL’s “See You Next Tuesday” playlist on Spotify. 🎶🎧

[Tomi · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25 ⭐️ Thank God I’m reading this in a non-presidential election year or it would be downright masochistic. This is a closed door When Harry Met Sally x West Wing vibe with great Jewish representation. And yes, it’s between two Democrats because I couldn’t even fix my eyes to read some cross the aisle mess. My only wish is that we could’ve enjoyed the two of them in the friends stage/ happy relationship era a bit more. A very different type of fall read but cute nonetheless! Give this to your friends who phone banked for Kamala.

TW: parental death, emotional cheating, and a failing democracy

Thank you Edelweiss and publisher for the arc! See you next Tuesday is out NOW!

P.S. If you liked this, try You Again by Kate Goldbeck or It’s Different This Time by Joss Richards!

[Melissa · Rating 2.5 out of 5]

2.5/5 ⭐️

I had been so excited for this book when I had added it to my TBR. However, the whole story just felt disconnected. Too many massive time jumps. Like I get that their lives revolve around these campaigns but you lost a little bit more of my interest with each jump. There was way too much filler and not a lot of substance. You had to keep explaining what was new with each time jump and world build that by the time you got back to the heart of it - our main characters - I was so bored. I liked the premise a lot, but just wish the execution had been better.

[Isabella · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was good! I really liked this one!

I always eat up an enemies to lovers, especially when they have just a little bit of miscommunication. I kinda like that. I don’t like miscommunication in real life very much. It makes me angry because I have a Virgo mercury but in a book I think it’s alright…. just for the drama.


Now I really like that they didn’t get together immediately of course. I didn’t really like that it took such a long time because I’m a very impatient person but at the same time I did enjoy the slow burn because then it made me want to read the book even more.

I do not like reading about politics. I’m a very non-confrontational person and I feel like politics are very confrontational. I do like to fight for what’s right of course but reading about politics is not really something that I enjoy in books. I need it to be different…because it’s kind of like an escape from the real world.

So I was a little nervous about that going in, but honestly, it really wasn’t that bad. I felt like I understood what they were talking about politically even though when people talk about politics, it’s very confusing to me. I’m not interested at all in government or things like that. Especially when people use those big government words, I’m just like “what are you talking about?”.

So I did enjoy that the romance was very sweet and I of course did not like the third act messy situation, but I was glad that it was resolved in the end. So, overall I thought they were a cute little couple

[Annie K · Rating 5 out of 5]

TL;DR: Enemies → friends → lovers with elite banter, 🔥 text threads, and real character growth. Addictive and so worth it.

Hot on the campaign trail, Anya and Gabe keep circling each other—infuriating one another almost as much as their undeniable attraction.

Okay, I don’t know what I did to deserve so many good books in a row, but damn—another banger. I could not put this down. At this point I’m ready to go read everything Kate has ever written.

She did test me in the beginning with Gabe. Oh my lord. I wanted to smack that boy upside the head. Every time his POV came on I was hearing Abby Miller’s TikTok sound: “all of a sudden I hear this agitating, grating voice.” Full f-boy energy.

But around 30% in, you start to see there’s more to him—and I loved how that shift unfolded. The progression from enemies → friends → lovers really worked for me. So many books skip straight to romance, but the friendship here added this extra layer of tension and yearning that I absolutely ate up. The dialogue and banter were to die for, and the author wove in a lot of text messages since they’re long distance—their text threads?? 🔥🔥🔥 It made the connection feel constant and real, even when they weren’t physically together.

The campaign backdrop kept things moving and made the story feel active and grounded, and the final hurdle in their relationship felt earned. Nothing felt forced—it all clicked.

What really stood out to me, though, was how the characters grow over time. They start as chaotic, brash twenty-somethings who think they know everything, and by their thirties they’re quieter, more reflective, and questioning where they actually want to be. That arc hit. The older you get, the more you realize how much you don’t know—and this captured that shift really well.

Fantastic enemies-to-friends-to-lovers, addictive writing, and great Jewish representation.

Thanks to NetGalley and Dial Press for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

[AshleyReadsSmut · Rating 2 out of 5]

As political fiction? Pretty good. As a Romance? Meh, at best.
I also expected this to muchhhhh funnier…or just funny at all.
It makes me sad, bc I really was excited about this. I love political-themed books. Plus, politics AND no republicans?! YES PLZ.

Also, the whole ‘poor rich boy’ was a little surprising given the rest of the context of the book

𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗟𝗟: ⭐️⭐️
𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗘: ¼ 🫑
𝗧𝗬𝗣𝗘: Standalone
𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦: Dial Delights
𝗔𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗢𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞: Solo narration

𝗣𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚: M/F
𝗛𝗘𝗔/𝗛𝗙𝗡: 💖
𝗟𝗚𝗕𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗣: 🏳️‍🌈 (side characters)
𝗪𝗛𝗬-𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗦𝗘: 🚫
𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦: Anya + Gabe

𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦:
♥︎ political staffers
♥︎ dislike to best friends to lovers
♥︎ no republicans!!

[Phoebe (readandwright) Wright · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you to The Dial Press for my copy! All thoughts are my own.

I have been a fan of Kate Stayman-London since One to Watch. She’s remained one to watch for me! When I learned the concept of this novel, two political staffers on opposing campaigns (but both Democrat campaigns), I was all in. It gave me vibes of the last seasons of the West Wing, when everyone is split apart between President Bartlett’s remaining days in the White House or on the road with the Santos campaign.

I loved that it was mixed media too! Podcast transcripts, text threads, prose, news articles. It made it so dynamic to read!

Synopsis:

“In every election, they’re the issue.Anya Katz is Type A and highly driven with unfaltering morals; she’s never met a group project she wouldn’t rather do all by herself. Gabe Hunt is a staggeringly handsome and charming golden boy who’ll do whatever it takes to win. At work on Democratic campaigns, Anya and Gabe fight about everything—but how long can they fight their undeniable attraction?See You Next Tuesday follows Anya and Gabe through a decade of elections, from all-night phone banks and piles of greasy takeout to glitzy celebrity fundraisers and presidential debates. They say politics is the art of making change, but working in politics changes you—and Anya and Gabe navigate dizzying highs and devastating lows in their professional and personal lives as they evolve from enemies to grudgingly respectful colleagues to best friends to lovers . . . to bitter rivals.With breakneck banter, sizzling chemistry, and clear-eyed optimism, See You Next Tuesday is an uplifting and addictive portrait of two lovers passionately working to make history—if only they can overcome their own.” —NetGalley

What I Liked:

The Concept—Like I said above, I am a huge fan of The West Wing and this felt like pieces of Josh Lyman and Donna. I loved that they held the same core beliefs/politics. I loved how they moved through time together. The book takes place over 10 years!

The Mixed Media—Clever, fun, and somehow still moved the story along without feeling like we were missing anything.

The Characters’ Chemistry—Obviously loved the FMC and MMC, but the friend group and other characters were also so fun to get to know!

What Didn’t Work for Me:

Slow Start—Could have been a me problem, cause once I hit 35% I flew through it and loved it!

Character Authenticity: 4/5 Spice Rating: 1/5 Overall Rating: 4/5

Content Warnings:

parent loss, grief

[sabrina (books.with.sabrina) · Rating 4 out of 5]

✨ Rating: 4⭐️
🫧 Vibes: political romance
🎶 Song: freedom - beyonce
📖 Favourite Quote: "He made her believe that love was possible, that better things were possible."
📚 Would I recommend? yes!
💬 tldr thoughts: a refreshing and hopeful read when the current political climate is a dumpster fire

In the package:
📦 enemies to friends to lovers
📦 slow burn
📦 political campaigns
📦 pining and yearning

Plot: The story follows Anya and Gabe across 10 years as they work on various political campaigns. When they meet for the first time, they immediately don't get along but their complicated relationship eventually turns into something more over the years as they constantly find themselves in the same circle.

Thoughts: This book made me wish things turned out differently with American politics and actually made me forget things are so terrible for a second 🥲 I had such a fun time reading about all the work that goes into politic campaigns and you could tell the author knew a lot about it (come to find out she worked for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama!? SO COOL). I appreciated that the author also made it easy to follow, so thank you for that! Gabe and Anya are different people and offered different political perspectives and it was interesting to see how it played into their relationship.

I'm obsessed with the main characters and side characters in this novel and how all their lives were intertwined over the span of years. The characters were flawed, made mistakes but they felt so real. I was rooting for Anya and Gabe the entire time. We got to see them at various stages in their lives but somehow they were always orbiting each other. Gabe was so pathetically down bad for Anya, oh my gosh, I loved it. The yearning and pining was 🤌 I love love loved reading their progression over 10 years and how they changed. I couldn't recommend this more!

This book was also incredibly engaging, it didn't just have dialogue but it also had podcast transcripts, news articles and text threads. The author did a great job at making everything so realistic and it didn't feel like a giant info dump.

Do yourself a favour and don't skip the playlist with commentary at the end of the book, it's such a treat!

Thank you Dial Press and NetGalley for the eARC!

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[Kaci · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loved the political setting. It took me back to my precinct captain days and felt very familiar to be in that campaigning energy (minus the Gabe of it all, sadly!). I should have known the author had the credentials to deliver on that.
Could have been a big winner for me but the characters in the final act did not get out the vote. I could go elaborate. In explicit detail. But it would sound like I didn’t like anything. All the stars for the authenticity of the campaign hustle.

[Keila (speedreadstagram) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have read several of Kate's other books and really enjoyed them so I was very excited to dive into this one. I immediately loved Anya and Gabe. They were just such a fun pair and quite the opposite on many levels. Getting to know them on a deeper level as they got to know each other was a lot of fun and their banter did not disappoint. There was lots of yearning and tension which made the slow burn romance just perfect I really appreciated the authors familiarity with this subject because she was able to take care when necessary. This book isn't about an us versus them mentality, rather it is a reminder that two people from opposite sides can love each other.

[Renee Metzger · Rating 3 out of 5]

she used the word “affable” 3x and that’s what i got out of the book: if you use “affable” 3x within 300 something pages, the reader will notice

[Sam Corey · Rating 4.5 out of 5]

Sometimes you just need a book that gives you hope for the future and has a great romance along the way.

As a lover of West Wing (Bartlet for America) this was a great book to get me excited for the midterms.

I enjoyed all the characters and their passions and how they communicated with each other.

The author notes at the end really made me love the book even more.

[JJ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Craaazy title but always love an enemies to lovers trope.

Asha if you see this, you inspired me to read this book :)

[Oana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Why do i have to read about him and all the women he s hooking up with while he s working or is friends with the fmc????
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The political aspect was the biggest factor in me liking the book and the only thing that didn’t make me loose all interest
Thank you to the publisher for the arc

[Katherine Dillon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you NetGalley and Dial Press for an e-arc in exchange for my honest review.

As a huge West Wing fan, See You Next Tuesday was one of my most highly anticipated reads for fall! It definitely delivered on the campaigning and strategy aspects which I loved. I was so invested in these characters, both the MCs and their friends, and their campaigns.

I really enjoyed Anya and Gabe’s journey from adversaries to friends to lovers.

I also really enjoyed the examination of politics is stuck in this cycle of voting for electable candidates versus good candidates. It’s frustrating in real life and equally frustrating in the book (but in a good way.) I saw the third act conflict coming and it was still so painful.

I loved the resolution, even if it’s a little fairytale-esque. (What a bummer that a centrist candidate being investigated for fraud and dropping out of the race so that the progressive candidate can actually win is a fairytale ending.😭😭)

The reason this was not 5 stars for me is the texting format. I understood why it was necessary— these characters are often spread out due to their roles in the campaign. The texts did drive the story but it felt like a bit of a slog to get through. I could have used more interactions in between the text exchanges to break it up both visually and to give us more of a glimpse of their dynamic.

Overall this was a fun read! It gave me a similar rush to The West Wing and similar sense of “oh maybe it can be okay!”

For West Wing fans: I’ve been trying to figure out which characters the most resemble. I think Anya has the optimistic idealism of Sam Seaborn and Gabe is more of a cynical pragmatist like Josh Lyman-ish pre-Bartlet. (Guess I need to start a rewatch to really nail this down.)

[Anna (annasbookstacks) · Rating 4.25 out of 5]

What a pleasant surprise!!! As a political science girlie myself, I was very intrigued by the premise of this book and I really think it delivered. I loved how campaign politics played such a huge role in this story and the romance itself. For the first 30%, I was a little unsure and didn’t totally love the characters. But it sure did suck me in and I end up totally falling for Anya and Gabe. I love how this story spans 10 years so we get a really good feel for their history and build up to their relationship. I typically don’t love enemies to lovers unless it’s fantasy but I think it was done well here! I truly believed they didn’t like each other and felt so much tension. I also didn’t expect to get so emotional during certain parts of this!! This book really was just such a surprise in so many ways. I really enjoyed the side characters, the multimedia pieces, Anya’s parents, and the political discussion. I think it was all balanced really well with the romance. I read this in less than a day because I ended up getting addicted!! A super engaging and fun story. I really loved both Anya and Gabe and found myself rooting for them so hard. I’ve really enjoyed every book I’ve read by this author and can’t wait for more 💓

[Olivia Palmer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVED THIS BOOK.

As a political junkie, this was obviously extremely up my alley, but it also just did so many things really, really well.

Both MCs felt fully developed, the yearning spanned YEARS, and I loved that we actually got to watch them go from enemies to friends — and then stay in that friendship for a while before moving on to the romance. It made the relationship feel so much more significant and believable because you really understood why these two people mattered to each other.

The book also handles grief incredibly well, along with the eternal Democratic struggle of “the progressive candidate I actually want” vs “the moderate candidate everyone says is electable.” This particular brand of political anguish was depicted so accurately that at times I was like, uhhhh Kate, I read romance to ESCAPE 😅

I also loved that the political conflict stayed within the Dem universe because, let's be honest, a modern-day Democrat/Republican romance would have required a level of suspension of disbelief I simply do not possess.

One of my favorite things was the body positivity and representation. It’s there, it matters, but it never becomes the entire point of the character or the story. Kate Stayman-London has such a great track record of writing FMCs who fall outside traditional beauty standards and doing it in a way that feels positive, affirming, and completely natural.

Basically: politics, yearning, the banteriest of banter, enemies to friends to lovers, grief, characters I genuinely cared about... I ate this up 🍽️

Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced reader copy in exchange for my honest review.

[tiff rasberry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Voting season is here and if you want to learn more about political campaigns… here’s your textbook. With delicious When Harry Met Sally energy beaming off the pages, Anya & Gabe take you on an emotional roller coaster spanning over a decade.

Anya sighed. "You're insufferable, you know that?"
Gabe beamed. "Yet here you stand, suffering me."

This book has no republicans <3 and while the main characters might be insufferable at times, I loved watching them find their way back to each other.

Pub Date September 8 2026

ARC provided by Random House Publishing Group— Random House, Dial Press Paperback and NetGalley. Thank you.

review posted to NetGalley & Goodreads

[Ryann · Rating 5 out of 5]

HEY SO AS SOMEONE WHO WORKS IN CAMPAIGNS I LOVED THIS A LOT!!!!

[Rmplift, Rachel Phillips]

Received my ARC copy from NG!