Sophie Reads YA: 2025

October

Stacking the Shelves: October 25th 2025

10:00

3 Stars

ARC Review: Vow to Have (Vowkeepers #2) by Stephanie Corin

11:00

3 Stars

ARC Review: Vow to Protect (Vowkeepers #1) by Stephanie Corin

10:00

4 Stars

ARC Review: Dating Dr Love by Rachel Dove

10:00

Dating Dr Love
Series: None
Author: Rachel Dove
Published July 16th 2025 by Boldwood Books

Goodreads Synopsis
Diagnosis: career chaos...

Doctor Chloe Henry is a no-nonsense surgeon gunning for a promotion. All that stands in her way is her smug colleague, Doctor Johnathan Carson, who’s beloved by the board for his charm and for simply being a man. When a one-week medical conference promises her a chance to shine, Chloe packs her power suits and determination, ready to crush it—or at least avoid strangling Carson.

Take once a day...

Enter Logan Broderick, aka Doctor Dante Love, TV’s hottest (and most medically inaccurate) neurosurgeon-slash-plastic-surgeon. After yet another scandal involving booze, starlets, and bad decisions, Logan’s sent to the same hotel to lay low. But things go awry when Logan and Chloe literally crash into each other—half-naked—in her bathroom. Cue viral chaos.

Prescription: Romance!

To save face, Logan proposes they fake-date. She’s the real doctor to his fake one; he’s the PR boost she didn’t want. But as bickering turns to banter and sparks fly, Chloe wonders: can Dante Love save her?
Goodreads

Review
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher, via NetGalley. This in no way impacted on my view.

After a disastrous string of headlines in the media, actor Logan Broderick's, aka Doctor Dante Love, career is in tatters. He needs to lay low for the next few weeks or else he'll be written out of his show, and will never get a prestigious role in a Hollywood blockbuster. Under a pseudonym, he checks into a remote Cornish hotel, but a mix up at check in leaves him in the room of surgeon Dr Chloe Henry, and the paparazzi get a risque photo of the pair. Now they need to work together to pretend to be in a committed relationship to repair Logan's reputation, and not completely destroy Chloe's chances of being promoted to head of surgery. That'll be easy, right? It's not like they'll catch any real feelings or anything.

I was blown away by this book. I read another of Rachel's books last year, so when this one popped up, I knew I needed to read it. It was funny, and heartfelt, with the perfect amount of chemistry and romance. Logan was the lead actor on a TV medical drama, a la Grey's Anatomy, who had hit the papers recently with a string of drunken escapades and papped photos with a number of woman, making the public think he's a manwhore or something similar. This also happened at the same time as the show's lead writer's marriage is breaking down, and Logan is in the running for a make or break war film. He seriously needs to clean up his image, or he's going to lose it all. I loved his character and his growth across the book. He was flirty and a bit of a mess at the start, but soon he found his feet and his caring side was definitely a plus. He fell hard for Chloe, and he was there by her side to big her up to the other doctors at the conference, especially those who looked down on her for her name, or her gender. Chloe was one of those Henry's, but because she went into general practice, and the NHS at that, her family all looked down on her, and treated her like rubbish. She was also one of the only women in her department, and that played a huge role in how hard she had to work to even be considered for the promotion. When Logan learnt all of this, his protective side came out, and he fought tooth and nail to show how caring, lovable, and capable Chloe was, in every part of her life. Considering the book focused on a major actor and a surgeon, they both were believable and real characters, who I was rooting for and whose romance was well worth the hard moments. Another great book from this author, I look forward to her next book!

Dates Read:
August 17, 2025

Rating
4 Stars

October

Stacking the Shelves: October 18th 2025

10:00

3 Stars