Out January 17, 2023! [Thank you to the author for providing me with an ARC as part of a giveaway win!]

Rating: 4.5/5 stars

Liv Latimer was once the star of the biggest teen drama on television—and best friends with her co-star and on-screen love interest, Ransom Joel. Twenty years later, the show is reuniting, and Liv and Ransom (who have barely spoken in over a decade) are about to reunite as well.

This was my first read of 2023, and what an amazing start to the year it was!!!! I heard from a lot of trusted friends that this book was adorable and fun, and they did not let me down. The Reunion is fast-paced, funny, and heartwarming in all the best ways.

I’m a sucker for anything that involves Hollywood, and I desperately wanted the fictional TV series that is the center of this book to be a real one so I could watch it—I felt so close to the characters and the actors who played them, and I just really want to see them in the flesh. The chapters are also interspersed with fictional news clippings and fan reactions, a touch I always adore and really appreciated here. And, perhaps most importantly for a rom-com, I adored the male lead, Ransom, and his relationship with Liv was so sweet and wholesome and delightful to watch play out.

I did wish at times that a few of the supporting characters had more time on the page (because I loved them) and there are already so many spin-offs/companion novels I’d love to see happen in this universe—most importantly Bre and Ford’s story, which I think could be absolutely exceptional and play with a lot of fun tropes and themes! Regardless, I’ll definitely be reading whatever Kayla writes in the future, and if you enjoy romances, I strongly recommend you do the same.

Recommended to anyone, but especially if you like: Hollywood rom-coms; friends to lovers; second chance romance

CW: Death of a parent; mentions of infidelity.