Review: Sounds Like Love - Ashley Poston

Review: Sounds Like Love - Ashley Poston - June 2025

You know how there are just some authors you will always read, no matter what they write next? For me, Ashley Poston is one of those authors. Every single one of her books feels like it was written to be a movie, and honestly, I'd give anything to see them on the big screen one day.

This little gem found its way to me as a bookstagram birthday gift from the lovely @nzbookfae, and what a gift it turned out to be. If I had to describe the vibe, I'd say it's a cosy mash-up of What Women Want crossed with Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist equal parts magic, music, and heart.

We meet Joni Lark and Sebastian McKellan, two people who couldn't be more different. Joni's a songwriter quietly battling writer's block, and Sebastian's a singer with the whole world watching him. They're polar opposites, right up until a surprise Kiss Cam moment throws a spark between them that neither of them sees coming. Suddenly, they're not just thinking about each other  they're in each other's heads. Hearing thoughts. Having full conversations without saying a word out loud. It's such a fun and  slightly chaotic premise.

The catch? The only way to get out of each other's heads is to write a song together  the very thing both of them have been stuck on for months. Watching them stumble, bicker, and slowly fall into rhythm with one another (pun very much intended) was such a joy.

What I loved most is how this book is so much more than its sweet, swoony premise. It's the music world tucked snugly between the pages  but it's also about grief, family, and the kind of love that holds you together when everything else feels uncertain. Sebastian is quietly carrying the loss of his mum, while Joni is learning to navigate her mum's early-onset dementia. Ashley Poston handles both threads with so much tenderness, weaving heartbreak right alongside the romance and humour without it ever feeling heavy-handed.

It's warm, it's witty, it's a little bit magical, and it left me with that lovely, lingering feeling only a really good Ashley Poston book can give you.

Now I'm so ready to pick up her latest, The Someday Garden  bring on the next one.

Amazon: https://amzn.to/4vVoqNu