LikedI really liked our characters. I really liked the setting of this. It's such a cute, fun summer romance.
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Just Friends (2026)
Creators: Liked Blair and Declan were inseparable growing up—best friends who knew each other better than anyone else. But when an impulsive kiss took them from friends to something more, everything changed. Just as quickly as their romance started, one moment shattered it all, leaving them with nothing but heartbreak and silence. Now, four years later, Blair is back in their coastal hometown of Seabrook to support her mom and care for her great-aunt Lottie as her health declines. To make ends meet, Blair applies to work at a coffee shop—only to discover it’s managed by none other than Declan. The boy she loved. The boy she lost. The boy who still makes her heart race. As Blair’s path keeps crossing with Declan’s, old wounds resurface, secrets are revealed, and sparks reignite. But could their future ever be free of their past? Told in dual timelines that unravel the magic and pain of first love, Just Friends is a moving, romantic story about second chances, the weight of dreams, and finding your way back to the people who feel like home.
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LikedSome of the writing felt a little bit clunky. There was a you know, some uses of random adjectives, but I attributed that to the main character's way of thinking and how she was a little bit of an academic. Overall, I really enjoyed my experience.
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LovedLoved reading that book and I loved making that video because I read it without my friend Haley knowing.
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LikedI'm also going to keep Just Friends by Haley Pham. I think this one's also really cute, really tender, really sweet.
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LikedI loved everything in the book on grief. I feel like Haley wrote really beautifully about grief. Like there are so many like quotes in here I love, like metaphors I really love, that all I really resonated with strongly.
LovedAnd this is like everything that I just really look for in a romance novel. I love a swoony second chance romance. I love when the setting is a character in itself and like so charming.
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