REVIEW: To Sir, with Love by Lauren Layne

To Sir, with Love by Lauren Layne: You can’t fall in love with someone that you have never meet right? That is definitely not the case for romantic Gracie Cooper, for weeks now she has been messaging her MysteryMate match Sir. What was supposed to just be trying a new style of dating app soon turns into Gracie feeling that she might have found her prince charming. However things take an interesting turn when Gracie gets ‘the feeling’ while out picking up fresh flowers and she stumbles upon a real life prince charming, Sebastian Andrews.

“He actually has a starring role. As the villain… A villain with a great butt,”

Thinking it is fate bringing them together again when Sebastian walks into Bubbles and More – Gracie’s family Champagne store – you can just imagine Gracie’s surprise to learn the guy she just felt an instant draw to in non other than the same man trying to shut down her family business.

Determined to save her father’s dream Gracie tries to pull out all the stops to bring Bubbles back to life but it would seem that Sebastian is just as determined as her to get the building, soon the two find themselves spending more time together, leaving Gracie torn between two men one that she doesn’t even know and the other right in front of her.

“You deserve the fairy-tale ending, and I can only hope you’ll give me a chance to be yours, Gracie.”

This book was absolutely amazing. Layne has a special gift with bringing to life Manhattan based romances, she knocked me over with the Park Avenue girls and now completely outdone herself with Gracie and Sebastian’s story. It was super easy to fall in love with these two characters and watch them dancing around each other. I liked that we got to see bit of Lady and Sir’s conversation but it was not overwhelming to the story.

““My dear Lady , you stole my heart twice. If you think I’m letting another second of my life pass without you in it, I’ll have to kiss you again to set you straight.” And he does. Cinderella’s glass slipper? It’s got nothing on Sebastian Andrews’s kiss.”

Gracie was the perfect heroine, I loved that she was so selfless in giving up her dreams of going to art school to save the family business and without much help from her siblings. However the thing that I loved the most about her was hope for that fairytale love. As for our hero Sebastian, I felt that he was definitely misunderstood at first, he was definitely not the bad guy that Gracie initially thought him to be. I absolutely loved that he showed up to all of Gracie’s events especially the cooking class that was just hilarious. Watching these two fall in love was just precious, all while watching Gracie and Sir explore their relationship over text. It was really cute to see these two relationships play out along side one and other.

I am a huge fan of the role that secondary characters play and I found that To Sir, With Love had a brilliant supporting cast each with their own little quirks. I loved getting to see the Cooper siblings rebuild their relationship. However I do have to say that I loved May the most. She was just hilarious all on her own.

“Clutch your pearls all you want, dick pics are commonplace nowadays.”
“In what world?”
“Hmm, either you haven’t mustered up the courage to see the proof in the pudding or his thing’s crooked.”

The best romance novel that I have read in months! Lauren Layne has a true gift in creating a brilliantly beautiful story that hits all the right spots. I instantly feel in love with the Park Avenue series and am totally smitten with To Sir, With Love. I absolutely loved You Got Mail and Layne has taken it up a notch with this retelling of romance lovers favorite. This sweet bubbly enemies to lovers romance is absolute perfect read that had me feeling all warm and fuzzy at the end! A definite must read!

Book Info:

Publication: June 29th 2021 | Gallery Books |

Love Is Blind meets You’ve Got Mail in this laugh-out-loud romantic comedy following two thirty-somethings who meet on a blind dating app—only to realize that their online chemistry is nothing compared to their offline rivalry.

Perpetually cheerful and eager to please, Gracie Cooper strives to make the best out of every situation. So when her father dies just months after a lung cancer diagnosis, she sets aside her dreams of pursuing her passion for art to take over his Midtown Manhattan champagne shop. She soon finds out that the store’s profit margins are being squeezed perilously tight, and complicating matters further, a giant corporation headed by the impossibly handsome, but irritatingly arrogant Sebastian Andrews is proposing a buyout. But Gracie can’t bear the thought of throwing away her father’s dream like she did her own.

Overwhelmed and not wanting to admit to her friends or family that she’s having second thoughts about the shop, Gracie seeks advice and solace from someone she’s never met—the faceless “Sir”, with whom she connected on a blind dating app where matches get to know each other through messages and common interests before exchanging real names or photos.

But although Gracie finds herself slowly falling for Sir online, she has no idea she’s already met him in real life…and they can’t stand each other.