Dream On, Ramona Riley

Dream On, Ramona Riley

Ashley Herring Blake

First published 2025

7.67.6 / 10
Score out of 1027 ratingsEarly score · confidence 13%

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About the book

Once upon a time, Ramona Riley was a student at a prestigious art school, with dreams of landing in Hollywood as a costume designer to the stars. But after her father’s car accident, she had to quit and return to her small New Hampshire town, Clover Lake, to help take care of her younger sister. Twelve years later, Ramona is still working at the town’s café, all but given up on her dream. But when a big-budget romantic comedy comes to Clover Lake to film, she wonders if this could be her chance. There’s only one problem—Dylan Monroe, her first kiss and Hollywood’s favorite wild child—is the star. Dylan Monroe has always lived an unconventional life, having famous rock icons for parents. But she wants to prove that she’s not some chaotic, talentless nepo baby, that she has actual skills, that she’s just a normal person. To do that, Dylan takes on a project at a charming lake town—she even works at the town’s café (very quaint), shadowing a local waitress there (very cute), and asks her to take Dylan around to do Normal People Things. But Dylan soon realizes it’s not just some small-town waitress she’s getting to know—Ramona Riley is someone she’s met before, someone who remembers her even more vividly. Before long, however, reality hits them, and both women must decide if the spark between them can fan the flames of their individual dreams, or if it will extinguish their light.

Description: publisher’s blurb via Hardcover

Where the score comes from

The sources average 7.1 across 27 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 13% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Rankings average of 7.8. That is how 7.6 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Hardcover7.127 100%

Reader voices

The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).

  • “That was a really sweet and steamy book. Looooveed it. I especially loved that even if the characters were a little toxic because of their own problems, they really grew through the book and you can see that in the end they were actually good for each other.”

    ★ 4.5/5bookfroggo on Hardcover

  • “It was a really lovely story, and both of the characters felt so real, and filled with emotions. I can't wait to read the next book in the series. 🥰”

    ★ 5/5julesberry on Hardcover

Frequently asked

What is Dream On, Ramona Riley rated?

7.6 out of 10, from 27 reader ratings across 1 independent sources.

Is Dream On, Ramona Riley worth reading?

Readers give it 7.6/10 from 27 ratings in open sources.