I received this book for free from St. Martins Press in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

*affiliate

Interior Design School? Check. Cute house to fix up? Check.
Sexy, grumpy neighbor who is going to get in the way of your plans? Check. Unfortunately.
Grace Travis has it all figured out. In between finishing school and working a million odd jobs, she’ll get her degree and her dream job. Most importantly, she’ll have a place to belong, something her harsh mother could never make. When an opportunity to fix up—and live in—a little house on the beach comes along, Grace is all in. Until her biggest roadblock moves in next door.
Noah Jansen knows how to make a deal. As a real estate developer, he knows when he's found something special. Something he could even call home. Provided he can expand by taking over the house next door--the house with the combative and beautiful woman living in it.
With the rules for being neighborly going out the window, Grace and Noah are in an all-out feud. But sometimes, your nemesis can show you that home is always where the heart is.

When I first read the book description of ‘How To Love Your Neighbor’, I was immediately interested in reading it. Not only did I love the cover, but I also loved the sound of the main character Grace. And I was excited to start reading.

In ‘How To Love Your Neighbor’ we meet Grace Travis. Grace is working several jobs to make sure her dreams come through. Being a interior designer, fixing up the perfect house and making herself a home. Grace definitely has big plans. And the plans seem to be working. But unfortunately when Grace moves into her new home, she meets her new neighbor Noah Jansen. And he wants very different things for Grace’s home.

To be completely honest, it took me a while to really get into this story. I found the beginning rather slow, and I really had to push myself to keep going. Luckily the story kept getting better the further I got. The conversations between Grace and Noah where fun to read, and I enjoyed getting to know them better.

There where several moments in this book than made me grin and laugh out loud. For example the moment Grace and Noah meet. Although the romance didn’t work that much for me, the humor definitely made it better. What’s wrong with the romance? Well, I just couldn’t really feel the chemistry between Grace and Noah. They supposedly had a lot of chemistry, at least that is what the author tells us, but I just couldn’t feel it.

Overall this book was a fun read, but not really for me. I enjoyed it in the end, but it was just a bit to slow for me.

Maureen Bakker

Maureen is a mom, wife, nurse, and Ravenclaw living in the Netherlands. She spends her days juggling mom-life, reading, blogging, planning date nights with her husband and working as a nurse. Maureen also is a big Anglophile, loves cooking, Gilmore Girls, Bridgerton and Harry Potter.. Always!  Facebook | Instagram