You’ll Love It Here by Natalie Sue: Book Review

Read time: 5 minutes

🎧 Listened in audio | 📢 Narrated by Nasim Pedrad
⏱ Duration: 10 hours | Genre: Fiction
Read as an ARC via NetGalley | Pub Date Aug 11 2026
🏷️ Publisher name: HarperCollins Canada Audio & William Morrow

Book Blurb:

Mona thought her life was already messy enough. Then in one day she loses the promotion she’d been chasing, the job that came with it, and any hope of escaping her crumbling apartment. When her landlady takes a fall, Mona reluctantly steps in as building super, tasked with getting the place ready to sell. The catch: her neighbours don’t believe in boundaries. There’s a shouting couple, a mysterious shut-in, a possible laundry-room thief, and Sami, the endlessly cheerful diner owner who won’t stop showing up with coffee and community ideas. As Mona gets pulled into their chaos, she starts finding the people, and the life, she didn’t know she was looking for.

Let’s talk about the book:

Natalie Sue is back, and once again she’s shining a spotlight on the people around you, the neighbours you’d actually have a relationship with if you just gave it a chance. After a book spent building healthy friendships with work colleagues, this one moves us out of the office and into a rental property. The landlady is wonderful, but the tenants barely know each other exists. Mona is just like everyone else here, aloof and closed off, until something shifts and she realizes how many potential friendships have been sitting right outside her door.

I love Natalie Sue’s writing. The world feels a little brighter after one of her books. The best part is always how they start, honestly. The main character is written so relatably that after a chapter or two, you stop reading in third person and start living it in first, like it’s happening to you directly.

The cast here is an eclectic bunch, and every single one of them is lovable. The missing-panties storyline with Jane had me laughing out loud, but it’s the quiet bonding moment between her and Mona that stayed with me long after I finished. Female friendships found later in life hit different than the ones you make young. Noah got me too… there’s something about the way Mona connects with an introvert like him that just felt real. And Nasim Pedrad? She brought the Farsi accent into her narration in a way that pulled me straight into the building, switching voices so cleanly I could picture exactly which door each character walked out of.

Can’t wait for the next one.

Would I recommend it?

This one earns a full five stars from me, no hesitation. Natalie Sue keeps writing people you want to know in real life, not just read about. If you loved I Hope This Finds You Well, this one might edge it out. And if you’ve ever ignored a neighbour in the hallway… maybe don’t. Add this to your TBR right now, it’s absolutely worth the read.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Continue the vibe-check

• Anxious People by Fredrik Backman — If you loved the ensemble of strangers forced together and slowly won over, this one’s an apartment viewing gone hostage situation, and it’s just as tender underneath the comedy.

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• A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman — For the same “grumpy person slowly adopted by their neighbours” energy, but with an even gruffer lead and an ending that will absolutely wreck you.

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• The Wedding People by Alison Espach — Another book about someone stuck in place who finds an unexpected community exactly where they weren’t looking for one, with the same sharp, funny voice.

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• I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue — Mona’s story is technically the sophomore effort, so start here to see where Natalie Sue’s gift for office-turned-found-family stories began.

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• Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes — Same “starting over in a place you didn’t choose, with people you didn’t expect to need” comfort, minus the apartment building and plus a small coastal town.

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What’s your neighbour story?

Ever had a building full of strangers turn into something more? Or are you still avoiding eye contact in the hallway? Tell me below.

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