Well, Actually - ARC

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s for gifting me a copy of this novel for free in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own!

Well, Actually by Mazey Eddings (author of Late Bloomer, Tilly in Technicolor, The Plus One, Lizzie Blake’s Best Mistake, and A Brush with Love) comes out on 8/5/25. This 384-page novel about podcasts and a second chance at love is equal parts spicy and charming.

Told in first person from our female main character’s POV, Well, Actually is the tale of two podcasters finding each other. Eva Kitt is a podcast host who is known for scarfing down hot dogs while interviewing C-list celebrities. She is commitment-phobic after a bad first romance with our male main character, Rylie Cooper. He is a successful podcast host and a reformed f*ckboy.

One night, while drunkenly scrolling through social media, Eva sees one of his videos and decides to stitch it with her own version of how things ended when they were back in college. Her video goes viral, and her boss sets her up to interview Rylie. What follows is a second chance, enemies-to-lovers romance for the ages.

This is my favorite kind of romance novel: female agency, open communication, banter, and no third-act break-up! Addictive and quotable, this Beatrice and Benedick (Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing) style love story will leave you satisfied!

5/5 Stars!