Greta Gets the Girl by Melissa Marr

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Greta Gets the Girl — Editor x Author Chaos, Secret Hookups & Extremely Gay Feelings

Author: Melissa Marr
Genre: Contemporary Sapphic Romance
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4 out of 5)

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⚠️ Trigger Warnings

• Explicit sexual content (and I do mean explicit 👀🔥)

• Homophobic family

• Emotional abuse

• Parental threats & harassment

• Past forced engagement

• Alcohol misuse

• Legal intimidation

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🚨 FULL SPOILERS AHEAD 🚨

This is SPOILEDBOOKS.BLOGSPOT.COM. We do not tiptoe around endings. Proceed accordingly.

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💼 The Setup: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Kaelee Carpenter is a PhD student whose debut novel sells in a preemptive deal to a major New York publishing house. She’s brilliant, guarded, and completely estranged from her ultra-wealthy, ultra-homophobic Alden family. She’s living off a trust from her grandmother and determined to succeed without her father, Tripp Alden, controlling her life ever again.

Her editor? Greta Clayborne.

Before they officially meet?

They’ve already slept together.

Multiple times.

Because both of them are secretly on an elite lesbian dating app called Sappho’s Kiss Society (SKS), where Greta goes by “Marie” and Kaelee goes by “Lee.”

This is where the book absolutely shines.

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😏 The Secret Hookup Era (aka The Best Half)

Greta is in DC meeting Kaelee’s mentor, bestselling author Toni Darbyshire, and decides to open the app for a no-strings distraction.

Kaelee, stressed about meeting her publishing team, opens the app for the exact same reason.

They meet in a hotel lobby.

They go upstairs.

And WOW.

The chemistry is instant and intense. There’s athleticism. There’s banter. There’s a Jane Eyre tattoo discovery that turns into literary flirting. There are repeated meetups. There is sexting. There is mutual obsession disguised as “this is just physical.”

Meanwhile:

• Kaelee is spiraling about how much she likes “Marie.”

• Greta is back in New York, snappy at work because she cannot stop thinking about “Lee.”

• Greta’s assistant editor, Ian, is watching her be unusually distracted and probably thinking, “Ma’am… you good?”

The first half is sharp, funny, sexy, and honestly a blast. I was giggling.

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💥 The Reveal: Career Ruiner of the Year

Kaelee flies to New York for her official publishing meeting.

Greta walks into the conference room.

Kaelee turns around.

They lock eyes.

And both realize they’ve been enthusiastically sleeping with each other.

Greta is Kaelee’s editor.

The bathroom confrontation that follows? Tense. Greta immediately shuts it down to protect both of their careers. Kaelee feels blindsided and rejected, especially given her long history of people controlling her choices.

At the marketing meeting, Greta struggles to keep it together. Afterward, she makes a crucial decision: she suggests that Ian take over as Kaelee’s primary editor to eliminate the conflict of interest.

Ian isn’t just “some guy.” He’s Greta’s capable assistant editor at the publishing house — and by transferring Kaelee to him, Greta removes the professional power imbalance between them. It’s a smart, necessary move.

And once that switch is official?

The forbidden-workplace barrier is gone.

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🧨 Enter the Alden Family Drama

Just when the romance could settle, Kaelee’s father, Tripp Alden, re-enters her life like the villain he is.

He:

• Calls after a decade of silence.

• Threatens her book deal.

• Sends intimidation letters.

• Attempts to manipulate her financially.

Kaelee finds her apartment door unlocked one night and spirals. Drunk and terrified, she calls Greta. Greta can’t physically get to her, so she calls Toni to rescue her. That moment was actually very tender — Greta stepping up even from a distance.

From here, the book pivots into family drama and legal maneuvering.

This is where the pacing slows down.

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🏨 Thanksgiving in Philly & Feelings Get Real

After another threatening envelope from her mother, Kaelee calls Greta in a panic. They meet halfway in Philadelphia for Thanksgiving weekend.

By this point:

• Ian is officially her editor.

• The professional boundary is structurally resolved.

• The only thing stopping them is emotional fear.

They spend the night together, and it’s not just hot — it’s vulnerable. Kaelee begins letting Greta take the lead in ways that symbolize trust rather than control. That emotional shift is important given her past forced engagement and abusive family dynamics.

They decide to actually date.

Like adults.

Terrifying.

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❄️ Snowstorms, Weddings & Very Gay Softness

A massive snowstorm forces them to stay with Toni and Addie. At first Toni is wary — because yes, your editor dating your mentee is messy — but once the editorial switch is clear, she relents.

We get:

• Snowball fights

• Snow angels

• Toni and Addie’s wedding

• Kaelee realizing she wants marriage with Greta

It’s very wholesome.

Very Hallmark.

Very lesbian Hallmark.

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⚖️ The Legal Showdown

To handle Tripp Alden, Greta suggests hiring her ex-fiancée Tasha’s law firm because Tasha is a shark in the courtroom.

Greta meets Tasha and realizes she feels absolutely nothing romantically. Closure achieved. Emotional maturity unlocked.

On New Year’s Eve, Tripp’s team offers Kaelee a “kill fee” to cancel her book.

She refuses.

During release week in Houston, Tripp confronts her in the hotel lobby. In front of Greta and the lawyers, Kaelee shreds the check and tells him exactly where he can put it.

A no-contact order is finalized.

It’s dramatic. It’s satisfying. It’s slightly gift-wrapped.

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🎁 The Ending: Wrapped in a Big Rainbow Bow

After the tour:

• Kaelee’s mother announces she’s divorcing Tripp.

• She brings incriminating dirt to permanently neutralize him and Kaelee’s toxic ex.

• The PR team shapes Kaelee’s narrative as a self-made woman.

• Greta and Kaelee exchange multiple “I love yous.”

• Kaelee sends one final message on SKS to “Marie,” symbolically closing that chapter.

• She moves to New York to live with Greta.

Complete HEA.

No crumbs left.

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📝 Final Thoughts

The first half? Electric. Funny. Sexy.
The second half? Slower, heavier, more polished and neat.

Some plot resolutions felt a little convenient. The ending is very tied-up-with-a-bow. But honestly? I had a great time.

It’s basically:

Chick lit energy — but lesbian, spicier, and with publishing industry drama.

And I support that.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ — 4 out of 5 stars

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