Review: We Met Like This by Kasie West

*I received a digital advance reading copy of this book from St. Martin's Press in exchange for an honest review.

We Met Like This

by Kasie West

September 16, 2025

Goodreads Summary:

Beloved author Kasie West's sparkling, seductive adult rom-com debut about a hopeless romantic falling for the one man she never expected. This deluxe paperback features beautiful designed edges; order now to receive it while supplies last!

Can a swipe right turn into swept away?

Margot Hart is a hopeless romantic. That’s why she wants to be a literary agent—to help bring romance books to the world. It’s also why she hates dating apps with all her romance loving soul. She wants her own love story to be just as much fun as the books she reads—a mixed up coffee order, a mistaken identity. She’s not going to tell the story that she swiped right on future husband’s shirtless pic for the rest of her life.

The problem is that her most consistent relationship over the last several years is with Oliver, a guy she keeps rematching with on the apps. They’ve only been on one date and it was a disaster…well, until the make out session in the car before parting ways. But, she keeps reminding herself, a make out session does not a relationship make. And so there will not be a date two regardless of how witty their app banter is.

When Margot gets fired from her job on the same day she meets Oliver again, her life becomes a veritable shit show. Her dream career is dying right before her eyes, and Oliver thinks she’s interested in only one thing: a repeat of the hot make out session they had three years ago so she can get him out of her system. And maybe that is all she wants from him, because she and Oliver are definitely not compatible—he doesn’t hit the snooze button, he runs five miles every morning, he reads nonfiction, and worst of all, she didn’t meet him in cute way! But in her scramble to keep her dream career alive, by opening her own agency, Oliver is there with his golden retriever energy, more steady and helpful than any man she’s ever dated. Just when she thinks she’s overcome her app bias, she realizes that maybe it’s not her who’s holding back, but him. And his reasons are more than she bargained for.

Kasie West's romantic and sexy adult debut is full of witty banter, meet cutes gone awry and, ultimately, true love.

Review

Kasie West is my go-to contemporary author so I definitely had to jump on her adult debut. Though I have some reservations regarding the plot twist in We Met Like This, I easily devoured yet another one of her stories~

Smooth writing, lovable characters and magnetic romances are what make Kasie West’s books compulsively readable. We Met Like This had all three and some more! With undeniable chemistry, I ate up every second of Margot and Oliver’s interactions. Their easy banter was the best. Both learned valuable lessons from their bad choices.

I’m still trying to figure out how I feel about the big plot twist in We Met Like This. While it isn’t exactly taboo, it’s a little frowned upon? I’m torn because I do think it ruined some of the good feels between Margot and Oliver but on the other hand, I’m all for leaving the past in the past. This twist has definitely left me thinking…

Sloane was an amazing friend. She cheered Margot on in everything and was the perfect comedic relief to all the seriousness in Margot’s life. Margot’s sister could learn a thing or two from Sloane. Audrey was a huge influence on Margot without fully realizing the power she held over her younger sister. Kasie West handled their sibling dynamic really well- showcasing an imbalance that occurred naturally but also negatively.

Overall, We Met Like This is a swoon-worthy love story with relatable characters and complicated relationships. Kasie West, please never stop writing!

*I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own and not affected in any way. Any quotes included in my review were taken from the copy I received.