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Clover Lake #2

Get Over It, April Evans

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A summer job at a lake-town resort brings together two women with an unlikely connection in this new contemporary romance by USA Today bestselling author Ashley Herring Blake.

April Evans’ life is in shambles. She’s had to close her tattoo shop in Clover Lake and she’s subletting her house just to make rent. And her love life? Nonexistent ever since Elena, her ex-fiancée, left her for a younger woman three years ago. When she is asked to teach a summer art class at the town’s new resort called Cloverwild, April jumps at the opportunity, especially since the job comes with boarding. She’s sure that this is the silver lining she needs . . . until she meets her Daphne Love, the woman who stole her ex-fiancée. And even worse, it’s clear Daphne has no idea who April is.

Daphne Love is cursed in, well, love. She thought she’d found the unconditional love she craved in her girlfriend, Elena, but now she’s single again and utterly brokenhearted. When her friend hooks her up with a summer gig as an art instructor at a swanky resort in New Hampshire, Daphne feels optimistic for once. If only she had a roommate and coworker who didn’t seem to hate her on sight.

Their already-tense relationship gets even shakier when April and Daphne find themselves competing for a rare opportunity to showcase their art in a London museum. But slowly, barriers begin to fall, and an inexplicable allure keeps drawing them closer, leaving them to wonder if the perfect picture they’re looking for can only be painted with each other.

395 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 3, 2026

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Ashley Herring Blake

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Ashley Herring Blake is a reader, writer, and mom to two boisterous boys. She holds a Master’s degree in teaching and loves coffee, arranging her books by color, and cold weather. She is the author of the young adult novels Suffer Love, How to Make a Wish, and Girl Made of Stars (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), the middle grade novels Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World, The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James, and Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea (Little, Brown), and the adult romance novels Delilah Green Doesn't Care and Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Berkley). Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World was a Stonewall Honor Book, as well as a Kirkus, School Library Journal, NYPL, and NPR Best Book of 2018. Her YA novel Girl Made of Stars was a Lambda Literary Award finalist. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram at @ashleyhblake and on the web at www.ashleyherringblake.com. She lives in Georgia.

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635 reviews4,685 followers
September 8, 2025
falling for your exes ex while rooming & teaching together on a summer art course?? sign me up

thank you to netgalley and the publisher for providing the advance review copy. full review to come

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1,401 reviews832 followers
February 6, 2026
Valentine's Day 2026 #1

I've been in such a media slump that I was terrified to pick this up. Have no fear. I could not put this down. Hands down, my favorite AHB book to date. Like ASTRID, I will be reading these out of order. I hope I like RAMONA more than DELILAH.

I could've binged this in a day, but work, class, and life unfort got in the way. I loved this from page one. April is such a tattooed goth grump. I loved her. And while I could've hated Daphne's wide-eyed naïvety, I actually loved her, too.

Anyway, the premise of this is April was dumped three years ago, when her long term partner Elena leaves her for Daphne. In the present day, Daphne has just been left.

April's life is not going well. She has to rent out her house and close her tattoo shop. She ends up teaching art for rich people. It comes with room and board. Who else is her roommate and fellow teacher but Daphne?

I won't lie. I love when shit hits the fan. And it does. A lot. And I know this is April's book and all that, but I'm dying to read about SASHA. What a messy butch. Give me more.

rep: F/F, lesbian, pan

tw: family estrangement, gaslighting, homophobia, parental death, parental neglect, religious trauma

DELILAH | ASTRID | IRIS | SEASON

📱 Thank you to Goodreads and Berkley
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342 reviews300 followers
February 9, 2026
I may be one of the few people on earth who hate astrology and love tarot. When April Evans predicted Daphne's birth month working backwards from her personality, I rolled my eyes so hard they almost got stuck that way. But every time April pulled a tarot card and wove its arcane symbolism into the meaning-making of her and Daphne's lives, I smiled.

Whether fated in the stars or no, April and Daphne's is my personal favorite Ashley Herring Blake romance (and I've read all six, I'm happy to confess). This is certainly her best novel since Iris Kelly Doesn't Date, probably her best since Delilah Green Doesn't Care. And if it's probably not better than Delilah Green, exactly, it also feels somehow more her—more Ashley Herring Blake.

Blake really had to wrestle with this one. She admits as much in the acknowledgments. But also, I read the old first chapter of this novel included with the ARC of Dream On, Ramona Riley, the first book in the Bright Falls series. And so I can tell you—that was the first chapter of a completely different novel. I just reread it, and it was a surreal experience: an alternate-reality April, totally different set up, the same quips in the mouths of completely different characters.

Well, all the re-writing paid off.

Blake's great strength is emotionally difficult conversations. My favorite of her novels is not a romance at all, it's Girl Made of Stars, her devastating 2018 YA novel about rape—among the best of the golden age of millennial YA-sort-of-actually-for-people-in-their-20s. (Now that we're in our 30s and 40s, I think my thrice-lost generation is finally growing into New Adult...).

So many things make April Evans successful, though, above and beyond the emotionally grounded moments Blake is so good at. She nails the side characters, giving toxic-ex Elena surprising depth for how few scenes she has, and fuckboi-sidekick Sasha a hard-to-pull-off blend of devil-may-care comic relief and real feeling. Blake also brings back Ramona and Dylan from the first novel in the Bright Falls series more effectively than maybe any romance sequel I've read. Ramona truly belongs in this story, and the arc of her friendship with April takes some of the emotional weight of the novel off of the main romance in a way that helps the entire story breath.

And Blake comes back to one of her favorite themes, the painful intertwining of creative expression, personal feeling, and professional networking demanded of people—like, you know, professional romance writers—who have to balance the intimacy and vulnerability art depends on with the self-discipline of a creative practice, and then throw into that already volatile mix the whims of agents and curators and buyers and publicists and the public and then somehow find a way to make it all pay the rent. Honestly, Blake gets the fine art world about right, to my surprise. Luck, talent, vision, networking, happenstance, physical beauty, charisma, and a work ethic fueled, on a fundamental level, by desperation—by feeling never-enough—come together and put Daphne into the perfect position to be plucked up into the upper echelons of the art world. No, it won't happen to you, but when it does happen, I'm fairly certain this is exactly what it looks like.

As for that intimacy—Blake's sex scenes have always made me ever so slightly uncomfortable, and setting a crucial intimate moment at a play party in a suburban dungeon definitely didn't cut against that tendency here. But this isn't necessarily a bad thing. The truth is, the sex scenes feel like honest-to-God fantasies, like Blake wrote them first and foremost to turn herself on. Which is honestly kind of rare.

The cherry on the lovely Sunday that is Get Over It, April Evans? Well, there are three! Two adorable cats. (I am so sick of all the fawning over dogs in romance. Dogs smell. They can't so much as poop without you taking time out of your day for it. They literally knock people over and bite them to death. You can hear them six houses over. Did I mention they smell? True, cats walk among us with the self-involved arrogance of the goddesses they are, but who can blame them for that? Anyway, I loved the cat representation.) The third cherry on the April Sunday, after Bob the Drag Cat and Bianca del Kitty, is that gorgeous cover. It's not just Blake's best, it might be cover artist Leni Kauffman's best, too. Who doesn't want this on their night stand!?

I've also posted this review on my blog, along with some reflections on the appeal of lesbian romance more generally, for the less-discerning substack audience: https://scorpionreview.substack.com/p...
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44 reviews4 followers
February 7, 2026
⋆˙✮ 4

After feeling indifferent about AHB’s latest titles, I’m happy to say I really enjoyed this one. The writing still feels like it’s missing some of the charm the Bright Falls series had, but this is the closest she’s come to recapturing it in her recent work.

Where do I start? I know the book is literally named after April, but Daphne was the character who really shone for me here. She is such a cinnamon roll who deserves everything good in the world, especially after learning about her backstory. Her journey of self-discovery was so fun and healing, but also messy in a way that felt real— the perfect reminder that healing is not linear.

As for April, give my girl a break ‘cause she was going THROUGH it. She’s better than me because if I was experiencing all the things she was, and then I come to find out I’m spending the entire summer with the girl my fiancée left me for— well, let’s just say I would’ve been a lot meaner than April was. She was just as funny, charming, and astrology-obsessed as she was in the first installment of the series, and I’m glad we got to see her story (even if it 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 felt more like Daphne’s).

Elena is literally so slimy and I hate her. That’s it. That’s the paragraph. In all seriousness though, AHB did a great job at depicting the toxic ex. I didn’t enjoy her presence at all, but it showed how it can be so easy to fall back into old patterns with people like that, which I feel is not shown or talked about enough. And also brings me to my next point: the third act conflict. If you know me, you know I do not particularly enjoy them, but this one was necessary. I just wish we got a little bit 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 after the resolution.

Also, Ramona kinda sucked here. April deserved better from her supposed best friend.

Overall, this was a pretty fun read, and I’m eagerly waiting for the next installment of the series, which is made very obvious throughout this book!
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740 reviews954 followers
January 18, 2026
Quick, fun read!

This is my first book by the author but it won’t be my last!

The two FMCs give off opposites attract vibes but aren’t actually that different. They complement each other so well and the on-page chemistry was fantastic.

This book also had a fantastic 3rd act conflict that felt so real!

And the spice was hot.

Whats to love…
- age-gap sapphic romance
- two artist FMCs (tattoo + painter)
- Age-gap
- Ex’s ex
- forced proximity (same cabin)
- small-town setting
- bucket list

🌶️- open door and sprinkled throughout. 😏they go to a play party.

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Thank you Berkley for the gifted book. All opinions are my own.
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343 reviews56 followers
August 17, 2025
This book sucked me right in. I liked the astrology angle and all the art and I especially liked Daphne’s journey. It was fun seeing Ramona and Dylan again, and Sasha seems like an interesting character I’m guessing we’ll see more of. Where I struggled was the ending and ultimately wanting a little more from both characters. On April’s side, I wanted more from her family story and her evolution- it seemed like her journey was to “get over it” like the title suggests instead of processing through it fully like Daphne seems to. That said, I definitely felt the chemistry and romance between them and enjoyed how their story unfolded as well as the author’s writing style.

Short summary: April has basically lost everything and to add insult to injury her new cabinmate is the woman her ex left her for. Worse, she’s undeniably hot. And nice. And talented. And now April has more to lose.

Thanks to Netgalley and Berkley. ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.
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179 reviews7 followers
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July 23, 2025
THIS COVER IS STUNNING!!!

Feb 3rd feels so far away 😭😭

Edit: Got the ARC!!! 😆😆
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288 reviews169 followers
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February 6, 2026
Thank you to PRH Audio for the audiobook.

If you’re a fan of Ashley Herring Blake’s earlier books, you definitely should check this one out! It has her signature storytelling (it really reminded me of Iris Kelly) and there’s even some light exploration of BDSM when the characters go to a play party.

I enjoyed the narration. There’s a distinct voice for each main character that I think really fits them.
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888 reviews614 followers
February 7, 2026
i really wanted to love this book especially after adoring april in romanas book, i thought she was fun, quirky and a lovely person and friend so when i saw she was getting her own story i was STOKED. unfortunately this book read for me like AHB couldnt stand april evans and didnt want to be writing her book or give her any measure of happiness. the only reason i didnt dnf this tbh was because i really hoped that tune would change at some point, it didnt obviously…

i just think april and daphne deserved better than this, they deserved emotional depth (any kind of depth really but specifically this) and queer joy… not whatever this was with their ex looming over them and the unnecessary need to make april a villainous character toward her best friend and romona and dylan’s happiness and successes.
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136 reviews125 followers
November 3, 2025
3.5 stars rounded up

“I don’t know how to love you without losing myself. I don’t know how to find myself and love you at the same time. I’ve never experienced that balance. I’ve spent my entire life loving other people and ignoring myself. And that’s not real love, is it?”

There were a lot of pros and cons to this story. It was super easy to fall in love with these characters, they were well written and had their own cute personalities. Opposite from one another yet eerily similar that fit the book perfectly.

Some of the storyline didn’t sit well with me. It’s obvious that they share an ex, and my heart hurt heavily for April. It felt as though April didn’t have a lot of love for herself, and that was clear with her interactions with Daphne even after Elena’s surprise visits. She really threw herself at Daphne and I didn’t love how easily she gave herself up.

The timeline itself was hard, with Daphne JUST getting out of a long term relationship she wasn’t over. It felt like she led April on just to leave her.

Sex scenes were a bit weird with the overly talking and the nickname April gave Daphne, “Ms. Love”, but that’s more a personal preference.

What I did enjoy was the growth both MCs had, this was probably my favorite part. But again, the timeline and set up of the storyline lowered the stars for me a bit. Some of it seemed not genuine because of this.

Overall it was another solid story by Ashley Herring Blake and I’m looking forward to the next one!

Thank you NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for the ARC!
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487 reviews
August 20, 2025
I love Ashley Herring Blake's writing so this one was no different. I was in a bit of a romance slump so when I finally picked this one up I absolutely devoured it! I love that we get to see characters from book one in the Clover Lake series as well as nods to her Bright Falls series. It's not necessary to read any of the previous books before this one, but it add character depth to the characters and fun little nods to the previous books. 4.5/5 rounded up, my only problem was that I wish I had seen a little more character growth from both love interests. Can't wait for book three starring Sasha!
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412 reviews41 followers
January 9, 2026
I love a good sapphic romance, and this one didn’t let me down.

This story completely pulled me in with its emotional depth and character driven focus. Both April and Daphne are at really low points in their lives when they meet, and I genuinely felt for each of them from the start. April is dealing with the fallout of losing almost everything she built, and Daphne is reeling from a breakup she thought was going to be forever. Watching two women who are hurting collide in such a complicated, unexpected way made their connection feel layered, tender, and real.

What stood out most to me was the heart in this book. The chemistry is there, but even more than that, I loved the emotional intimacy, the quiet moments, and the way art, grief, and healing are woven into the story. Their relationship unfolds in a way that felt natural and meaningful, and I found myself fully invested in both of their journeys.

Overall, this was a heartfelt, emotional sapphic romance with beautifully flawed characters, strong emotional beats, and a very satisfying love story. If you enjoy sapphic romances that focus on healing, self-discovery, and unexpected connection, I definitely recommend this one. Thanks to Berkley for the gifted ARC.
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319 reviews24 followers
December 28, 2025
cue wi$h li$t by taylor swift in the most sapphic way possible
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994 reviews18 followers
July 27, 2025
4.5 stars. There’s a recent nonfiction book called The Ex-Girlfriend of My Ex-Girlfriend is My Girlfriend, and that pretty much sums up the basic plot here. April got dumped three years ago by her fiancée, Elena. Since then her life has fallen apart. She’s taken a job as art instructor at a new lake resort, which comes with room and board. And a roommate. Who is the worst possible stranger to be stuck with—Daphne Love, the talented artist and younger woman her fiancée left her for. Who seems to have no idea who April is. Now they’ve got a whole summer of living in the same room and working together.

Ashley Herring Blake excels at pining, and this latest book is no exception. April and Daphne both have a lot to work through, and the two of them getting together would be a terrible idea. But that doesn’t stop either of them from being obsessed with the other.

Thanks to Netgalley, the publisher, and the author for the ARC to review. All opinions are my own.
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1,455 reviews221 followers
February 9, 2026
I just love Ashley Herring Blake's sapphic romances. They're always full of complex characters, great chemistry, and compelling plots. April and Daphne both have interesting personal journeys that they have to go on throughout the course of the book. Of course their romance together is steamy and fun. But it was equally as interesting to see how they are picking up the pieces of their lives, and working towards healing from past events, and creating a new fulfilling life together.

Definitely check this book out if you're in the market for a swoony sapphic romance!

Thank you to the publisher for providing an advance copy via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.
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1,448 reviews263 followers
February 3, 2026
The trope was my exes ex and I really liked it! I just felt like the relationship went so fast like April went from loathing Daphne to having sex with her in a couple of chapters.
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386 reviews6 followers
August 12, 2025
I think the title might have doomed this one. I just got the impression AHB didn't like April very much. She even calls April's story her "recalcitrant child" in the Afterword. Then bring that struggle to the story, don't back away and apologize for it! Don't blame April! You can't simply add astrology and tarot and make a personality. The cover art for this book promised magic and discovery. It did not deliver for me.

SPOILERS follow:

It turns out Daphne was all the magic April was allowed. That was her win. Not her art, not her sense of self or accomplishment, not healing, not her dreams. Where was April's victory? When Daphne finally said yes? No plan, no future, just walk away from life as you knew it, teach art for a summer, go on a road trip and hope some day Daphne is ready for her. This was Daphne's story, not April's.
The formula isn't working anymore. I haven't really enjoyed any of AHB's work since Iris Kelly. Step back, blow it up, and return to telling stories about multidimensional characters YOU believe in. Leave Clover Lake and Bright Falls behind (no, "Suck It Up, Sasha..." and what was she doing there, anyway?). Don't just keep churning out crowd pleasers because your publisher wants to sell them. What's the love story you're dying to tell? What's the story that's going to keep you up writing, not the one that makes you angsty and frustrated? The one you wake up in the middle of the night to get back to. The one that helps you find your joy again. That's the one I want to read.
AHB seemed much more interested in helping Daphne get over her stuff than In writing April's story. April actually got over Daphne and Elena's relationship pretty darn quickly! She seemed to get over everything she faced without much work or reflection at all. Including losing her big shot to Daphne! Wow! Maybe the author was simply avoiding her main character. It was Daphne that really struggled with her relationship with Elena, not April. And so much about the rift in Ramona and April's friendship was just glossed over. Planning her whole wedding without April? Then they finally talk and it's, "Oh, yeah, you ghosted me but it's okay. Let me go put on my pink dress that you knew I'd hate." No exploration of or growth in April's relationship with her parents. Why bring it up, then? Why have them show up, add nothing to the story except more parents for us to hate, and go nowhere with it? So many threads simply dangled out there adding little or nothing to April's life changes or choices (what were those, anyway?). What about the road trip? We learned more about Daphne's journey than April's, which really led...nowhere.
Everything was surface in this book. And I felt the introduction of some light BDSM was simply gratuitous to amp up the spice because there was no real investment here on the author's part.
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669 reviews271 followers
February 4, 2026
Content warnings: alcohol, references to cheating ex, references to christian trauma, absentee parents, sexual content (including light BDSM).

Rep: April (MC) is cis, white, and pansexual. Daphne (MC) is cis, white, and lesbian. Cis white lesbian semi-prominent side character. Various other queer people. Some POC.

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855 reviews157 followers
January 27, 2026
This was a cute addition to the series, if you like steamy sapphic romance with age gap romance you should check this one out. We have the fmcs April who is a tattoo artist in financial trouble. The other fmc Daphne is a painter who stole Aprils ex fiancée. Art first both main characters relationship is not good and very tense as it should be, add in an art competition which makes the relationship even more strained. I loved how they both got closer to each other’s reservations and the heartbreak between them. I liked how both mcs at first seemed so different but as they got to know each other realized that they had more in common. There was so much tension and chemistry between the mcs especially as their relationship grew, those steamy scenes were 🔥 especially with all the forced proximity and the cabin life. I think the personal development between both characters was also great and liked how they grew which made the third act breakup more real and understandable. Overall a fun romance, thanks to Berkley for this arc for an honest review.
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252 reviews6 followers
February 6, 2026
My ARC was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. I’m a sucker for a story where there’s a change of heart and someone heals from old hurts. Art as therapy at a bougie summer camp can only help. Can’t wait for Sasha’s story. She’s so mysterious!
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714 reviews850 followers
January 12, 2026
This book truly shined in terms of religious trauma and the chemistry between April & Daphne. I loved their banter right from the beginning and the ongoing sexual tension that only grew as the book progressed. I also appreciated how the Ashley handled the third act breakup/conflict. It perfectly fit the characters and in no way deterred from the romance, in fact it added to it!

My only complaint was how present their ex Elena was. I understand that she is a huge part of how they ultimately came to know each other and fall in love, but I just wasn’t a huge fan of how she loomed over them and made several appearances in the book. I would’ve preferred she never make an on page appearance personally haha.

Other than that, this is another truly delightful sapphic romance from Ashley!

*Huge thanks to the publisher for providing me an arc in exchange for my honest review*
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2,310 reviews97 followers
February 4, 2026
3.5 Stars - Reviewed for Wit and Sin

April Evans hasn’t been having the best few years. She had to close her shop, she can’t afford her mortgage, and the last long relationship she was in ended when her fiancée dumped her for someone else. Teaching at Cloverwild, the brand new resort in Clover Lake, at least provides her with room and board for the summer. There’s just one problem: her new roommate and co-teacher is none other than Daphne Love, the woman her fiancée left her for. Getting stuck spending the summer with your ex’s ex is one thing. Falling in love with her? That’s just unimaginable…right?

Prickly Scorpio April Evans finds love in Get Over It, April Evans . And how could she not with a love interest like Daphne Love? I was immediately charmed by the sweet artist who is finding herself over the course of this book. Daphne is a preacher’s daughter and grew up in a very religious, extremely strict family. She went from that to trying to find herself in college to falling in love with Elena, a woman who molded her into what she wanted her to be. Daphne has never had the chance to be herself, learn about herself, and own her true self. I absolutely loved seeing her grow over the course of the story. She’s kind and funny and utterly charming. It’s easy to see how she breaks past April’s defenses.

I admit, I wasn’t too keen on April in the first Clover Lake book, but Ashley Herring Blake made me like her in this one. April has a tough exterior she uses to mask her vulnerable insides. Even though I liked her in this book and I adored April and Daphne together, April for me was the weakest part of the book. She felt somewhat underdrawn in comparison to Daphne or other Herring Blake characters, even by the end. And as much as I loved Daphne, it was a bit hard to fully fall into the story when I didn’t feel the other half of the couple was as well-formed. That being said, I did enjoy their romance overall and was rooting for them every step of the way. The third act test of their relationship was incredibly well done and made the happily ever after all the more satisfying. All in all, I was charmed by Get Over It, April Evans and even though I had some issues with April’s character I found the story entertaining overall.


Disclosure: I received this book for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
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1,126 reviews85 followers
February 5, 2026
This was an interesting read. We've got April who is struggling with life in general - friendships, business, family, and no love life in sight. She ends up with a summer job teaching art and it turns out her co-teacher and cabin-mate is the same woman who April's ex left her for. Turns out, Daphne, the co-teacher, is now the ex of April's ex and struggling with all the things that come from being dumped when you thought you were about to be proposed to. Yeah, it's a mess. And Daphne's breakup was only a month previous to the start of the story.

The read was fine and I kept thinking, a month isn't enough time to start healing from a three-year relationship that you didn't want to end. How are they going to do this whole falling in love thing? I won't go into loads but I think AHB did a fine job of making it work.

We do have Ramona and Dylan show up quite a bit and their whole situation is even more stressful for April. Life and those she loves are moving on with their lives and she feels stuck and alone and having feelings she shouldn't be having.

Meanwhile, Daphne, who has lived an incredibly sheltered - and closeted - life, is ready to live. And helping her out is the bartender at the resort, Sasha. Sasha is a sweet and lovely butch who we don't learn much about but I definitely wanted to. With Sasha and April's help, Daphne starts to experience things she's only dreamed of. She also figures out that she's falling for April.

But wait! The ex shows up! Shocker, right? Yeah, of course she had to. Anyway, that's as much as I'll share.

There was a lot of angst in this book but also loads of the humor and great dialogue that we've come to expect from AHB. I didn't love all aspects of the book, but it kept me engaged and entertained. Much of the friend/family drama felt very real and well done. And that got the 4 stars. I think the ex drama didn't hit as well with me. Either we needed more of Elena's story or less of it. I'm not sure.

Either way, I'm already jonesing for Sasha's story. Yes, there was a preview in the ebook so YAY!

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the eARC!
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723 reviews10 followers
January 21, 2026
Get Over It, April Evans is such a wonderful, unique sapphic romance that gives very much black cat x golden retriever mixed with goth and pastel vibes. I loved getting to know April and Daphne over the course of this book and their chemistry and dynamic were amazing!! They fit together so well and the angst towards the end was top notch. My only complaint was I didn't initially love the idea of a period of separation between April and Daphne so Daphne can find herself, but I do understand why the decision was made and believe both characters developed independently and realistically enough that it was for the best. Honestly, that choice was incredibly self aware and mature of Daphne, and I don't know if I could make such a choice when I have such big mutual feelings for someone, so I admire her discipline. The storyline featuring Ramona and April's friendship and the changes due to distance and resentment was a great addition and more well needed character growth on April's end. I've loved this interconnected series so far and can't wait to follow along with Sasha's story next!

Thank you to Berkley Romance, NetGalley, and the author for sending me an early and free, finished copy!
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3,050 reviews756 followers
January 19, 2026
3.5 stars

I loved April in the previous book, so I was really excited to get inside her head. She's so loyal and loving and absolutely gooey. Daphne is sweet and charming and naive. Together they have flirting and a tentative friendship that very quickly turns to more.

Plot wise, it's okay. It definitely felt like Daphne was the main MC with April as the secondary and that's where I started to be a bit disappointed. I wanted April to work through everything on the page instead of her deflecting and being told later that she was doing better. Not that I wanted more conflict, but I did want better resolutions.

Overall, the story did keep me reading and I'm so excited to see what Sasha's story will be; however, I absolutely believe April deserved better.

**Huge thanks to the publisher for providing the arc free of charge**
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688 reviews27 followers
February 12, 2026
Ashley Herring Blake's latest sapphic modern romance. In Get Over It, April Evans, the titular main character has just shut down her beloved tattoo shop and taken a summer job as an art instructor for a cabin resort. Unfortunately, April finds on her first day that her co-instructor and cabinmate is none other than Daphne Love, the younger woman her fiancee dumped her for...

Get Over It, April Evans is a gentle and slowly paced queer romance. While Daphne and April are immediately pitted against each other to compete for a prestigious position in an art museum, their relationship is messy rather than outright antagonistic. While April is understandably upset to be rooming with the woman she resentfully stalked on social media for months after the breakup, she's never outright cruel. And Daphne, who never knew about April's existence, let alone the fact that Elena was cheating, is struggling after Elena dumped her. Elena has really done a number on both women. While there's a bit of miscommunication at the beginning, the book is about the two women getting closer rather than hiding secrets from each other. In cute small-town Clover Lake, Daphne and April are teaching seniors to badly paint birds, eating at the local diner, and playing with tarot cards. And secretly hooking up, of course.

I'm moderately annoyed by the fact April is an astrology gay, but this is an otherwise charming romance. Herring Blake is one of the better writers of f/f romances, and she's done it again with this novel.
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143 reviews22 followers
July 29, 2025
AHB is my favorite author but i have to say this one fell flat for me.

I absolutely loved DORR so i was super excited but FOR ME it felt like nothing was happening. Truly the entire time i was like what is the plot here. It may be because there was so much happening but I don��t know it felt like no growth or anything happened.

I do truly adore April and Sasha. As far as Daphne she is sweet and a kind soul but she was very two dimensional.

THE GOOD

April and Ramonas relationship. It felt very real and authentic for both characters and for real life situations.

I urge you to give if a try when released but for me its not my favorite.
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355 reviews8 followers
February 11, 2026
Get Over It April Evans takes readers back to Clover Lake for another delightful Sapphic love story. Ashley Herring Blake is one of my favorite authors; her characters are written with the utmost compassion, intimacy, and depth. This book follows struggling tattoo artist and Ramona’s best friend, April Evans and Artist Daphne Love. Daphne also happens to be the ex-fiancé of April’s ex-fiancé and now they are co-teachers and roommates and competing for the same spot in an art exhibit… awkward. 😬

Thoughts? I loved it! Blake’s writing always resonates with me; her storytelling perfectly captures the magic of falling in love- the anticipation and heart on your sleeve feeling.
At first glance Daphne and April seem like complete opposites, but they end up having a lot in common. I think their characters will strike a chord for many readers.

I adored Daphne and April. Daphne seems naïve and innocent, but underneath her upbeat exterior she has had a tough past full of religious trauma and abandonment. She bravely walked away from her toxic family with no one to help her pick up the pieces. So, while she is inexperienced in some ways, she has also lived through some dark times with only art to help her cope with her heartbreak.

April tries so hard to be rough and save herself from the pain of caring after being hurt by her parents and past partner. Her parents seem somewhat supportive but don’t fully understand her and don’t care to try. She has kept pieces of herself private to avoid their judgement and apathy. She tries so hard to not be charmed by Daphne, but finds herself bewitched. Daphne’s earnestness and resilience disarms April little by little, exposing her softness.

I can’t wait for Sadie’s story next!

Read if you like:
🧲 Opposites, kind of
❤️‍🩹 Healing
🏠 Roommates
☀️ Just for the summer

Disclaimer- While I did receive a free digital advanced copy of this title from Berkley Romance, I also purchased a physical copy. All thoughts are my own.
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