First I want to say Samee, I’m so proud of you! Not only for your courage to put your story out there but for doing an amazing job writing it! This book is fantastic!! The characters are so relatable! I seriously think our exes are the same person! Thank you for allowing me to ARC read your book!
This is not a romance, this is a fated love story! I cried, hurt, got angry, cussed at characters and fell in love! Such a beautiful love story!
Callie is stuck in a toxic marriage and finds out she’s pregnant. After catching her husband cheating, yet again, she builds up the courage to pack herself and her toddler and leave him! Right before leaving she joins the dating app he’s been on to call him out for it. What she doesn’t expect is to meet someone on the app.
Owen is hard working blue collar man taking care of his wife and son. Things had been off between them for awhile and he only feels them pulling further and further away. He decides it’s time to separate before it hurts their son. He’s a wonderful father and a great man! He joins a dating app and meets Callie. They have an instant connection and strike up a wonderful friendship. Who knew they would grow from friends to lovers.
This is a strangers to friends to lovers, slow burn, single parents, fated mate romance. There are a few things that can be triggering for some. This book is based on Samee’s true love story
I gave this book 5 Stars 2.5-3 Spice. It’s a beautiful story written wonderfully by our fellow friend and booktoker! Go read her debut book!

★★★★★

Christina D.

Such a beautifully written story. You can feel the emotion and love written into every page of this book. Going on this journey of Callie discovering herself and that she deserves better. Callie is such a relatable character to me, as I’ve lived a lot of her struggles. Her raw insecurities and worries were all too real. Getting Owen’s point of view, and seeing how genuine of a man he is, was super refreshing. He’s definitely the man we all want to fall in love with.
What an amazing romance story, and knowing that it was based on the author’s own life made it even better in my opinion!

★★★★★

Beth G.

This book has been highly anticipated! I was so excited to be picked as an ARC reader for Samee. Love you madly is not my typical book read as of the last couple years.. let's just say I have gone to the dark side but I could not and would not miss the chance to hype my friend up. I found her on tik tok while looking for other Ravenhood book girlies and I was enamored from the start. So when she started talking about putting a book out to the world I just knew she was going to be fabulous! That being said I love it. She wrote from heart and she pulled at my heart strings! Her characters made me mad at times. I cried at times and I laughed. I rejoiced in the accomplishments of Callie and I swooned for Owen! This book is not a squeaky clean book but it is a sweet book about losing something you didn't need at all and finding exactly what you do in unexpected places. I really liked this book. Its my new comfort read.
Did you hear that Samee? Did you ever think something you wrote would be someone else's comfort read? And dare I say potential to be someone's Roman Empire?!? So keep writing I want the other stories! I can not wait to see where you go sweet woman. I just know you are going to soar!

★★★★★

Shantelle

Thank you, Samee, for allowing me to read and review this for you. I'm so very proud of you. I truly enjoyed this. Owen is such a sweetheart. The story was so realistic and relatable. I can tell it was based on true events. I can't wait to see what's next and to continue the series. Great debut novel!

★★★★★

Wendy S.

"Samee, my girl you did it again!! The way that I am obsessed with Callie and Owen and their story. But not only that…I love every character in this series (minus a couple) iykyk I think why I love this story is that it’s so relatable and real. It’s not corny or cheesy. Samee doesn’t sugar coat what the characters go through, or how they are feeling. I thought I had her little Easter eggs for the rest of the books figured out and I am sorely mistaken cause she left me all confused too. lol Samee I am beyond proud of you for writing such a beautiful book and series. I know this one was hard for you but trust me when I say I love it!!!"

★★★★★

Meaghan M.

Callie and Owen’s love story is so cute. Their love for each other is unmatched and left me giggling and kicking my feet. The story development was amazing and I loved every second of it. There was one thing that I felt was left a little unfinished was what was going on with Adam and what happened with his ex. We don’t really ever find out what happens with that whole situation and if either of them are still in the picture. Maybe we will find out in a future book? Overall an amazing book and your writing has come so far! 5 stars is well deserved. As a reader I can really tell you poured your heart into these books. So good!

★★★★★

Alex N.

This story took All Of Me. All of my laughs, my cries, my swoons, and my whole heart. The characters were raw, relatable, and I may or may not of cried my eyes out. To say I am proud of Samee for pouring her heart and soul literally into Callie & Owen. She did her real love story so much justice. Anyone that hasn’t tried a Samee Michelle book yet, she is a new author worth giving a shot.

★★★★★

Antoinette

This book was the perfect sequel to Love You, Madly!!! Samee does an amazing job of making Callie and Owen's relationship relatable to her audience and making it easy to relate it to "real life". She has taken what is a very real situation for many women and men and given them hope that there is a possibility for love again! Definitely recommend it to anyone who has been divorced, going through a tough relationship or that is feeling like they will never find love again! Heck, I recommend it to anyone who loves a well written real life style romance with just the right amount of spice!

★★★★★

Lora S.