We Met Like This by Kasie West: Review

I love a good romance with a twist, and that is what I found with this upcoming release. From a first-time author for adult romances, we are treated to a story about the friend zone, the trouble with dating apps, and the search for the perfect meet-cute, in real life.

Check out my thoughts on this new one below by a new-to-me author.

We Met Like This by Kasie West
Publisher: ‎ Saturday Books
Publication date: ‎ September 16, 2025
ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1250349149

OVERVIEW:
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.

We Met Like This by Kasie West Review

I am in love with love. Because of that I am always on the lookout for a great love story. I have a great story that I sometimes share and this author has created a one too.

When looking for and finding our own meet-cute is the focus of the story, it can detract from the book a bit. I never correlate a spicy book with a meet-cute, but this author is working on blending those two together.

I really enjoyed the main male lead in this one. After the first (somewhat) disaster of a date, the main characters evolved into the friend zone for a bit. Oliver slowly transformed into a hottie with a naughty sense of dry humor and the hottest kisses and bedside manner to blow her mind.

Margot focused on looking for her meet-cute that doesn’t exist as she unwound her failing career, all the while relying on Oliver to be there when needed. She is convinced life is like the books she surrounds herself with, looking for something that is in front of her.

We Met Like This is a flirty read, with some spice, great text conversations, and a few heated scenes that level up this adult romance from rom-com to sexy.

3.5 Stars!

Disclaimer: Chris has personally reviewed the product listed above. She has not received any monetary compensation for her review but did receive a free ebook so she could evaluate and use it for this post. Her thoughts & opinions in this review are unbiased & honest and your opinions may differ.