The Love Lyric

Happy book birthday to The Love Lyric by Kristina Forest! This is the final book in her Greene Sisters trilogy, in which eldest sister and single mom Iris finds an unlikely connection with a popular R&B singer, Angel. But with her past and carefully constructed life, can she pursue a future with a celebrity like him?

Why I Chose This Book:

I’ve been wanting to read The Neighbor Favor since it came out two years ago, but sadly I’ve never read it or its sequel, The Partner Plot. Now the trilogy is ending with The Love Lyric, and though I don’t normally read series out of order, I couldn’t pass this up. I love books about music, and this one sang to me!

What I Liked:

• Iris is a single mom and widow. She’s only just starting to date again… but she’s looking for a man with a certain list of qualities.
• Angel is a popular R&B singer who’s had a crush on Iris for years.
• She’s a few years older than him.
• Overcoming loss, grief, and learning to love again.
• Angel’s songwriting!
• Dealing with the music industry and their creative control. IYKYK. Let Angel make the music he wants!
• Traveling the US together for a brand ambassador tour.
• Iris’s daughter, Calla!
• Family relationships.

Final Thoughts

I adored The Love Lyric. Iris is so different from most of the women I read in romances; she’s serious and cautious, but she’s so kind underneath it all. I really felt for her and her tragic past. Angel is sweet and open, and though he seems like Iris’s opposite in every way, I love how they complement each other. I enjoyed reading about him writing new songs and dealing with gaining creative control over his next album. The Love Lyric is a tender and heartfelt romance about finding a new love after loss, and though it made me tear up, ultimately it brought me such joy.

This book features characters from the previous two books, but it works as a standalone. I can’t wait to go back and finally read those first two parts of the trilogy.

Special thanks to the publicists at Penguin Random House, Berkley, and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book!

Get the Book

You can buy The Love Lyric here – it’s available as a paperback, ebook, and audiobook.

The Love Lyric by Kristina Forest
Series	The Greene Sisters (#3)
Audience	Adult
Genre	Contemporary Romance
Setting	New Jersey; New York; Georgia; Washington
Number of Pages	400
Format I Read	Ebook (NetGalley ARC)
Original Publication Date	February 4, 2025
Publisher	Berkley

Official Summary

An R&B singer and a corporate executive find love that hits the right notes in this romance by Kristina Forest, USA Today bestselling author of The Partner Plot.

Iris Greene used to be a woman with a plan. But all of that changed after she met the love of her life at twenty-five, got pregnant and married…and then became a widow and a single mother all in a little over two years. Now, after years of hustling, Iris is the director of partnerships at a beauty company and raising sweet six-year-old Calla by herself. Despite her busy life, she still can’t help but feel lonely. She just needs to catch her breath—and one night, at her sister’s wedding, when she steps outside to do just that, she sees a certain singer who takes her breath away. . . .

By all accounts, pop R&B singer Angel Hughes has it made. He’s a successful musician and has just scored a brand ambassador deal with an emerging beauty company. But he’s still not fulfilled; he’s not producing songs he’s passionate about, and there’s a gaping hole in his love life. When he visits the Save Face Beauty office to kickstart his campaign, he’s delighted to see Iris, his stylist’s sister—the beautiful woman he’s secretly had a crush on for years.

Despite their obvious attraction to each other, they must stay professional throughout the campaign tour—a goal that doesn’t quite pan out. But when it becomes clear their lives aren’t in sync, can they fall back in step to the same rhythm and beat?

“Kristina Forest’s Green Sisters series blends swoonworthy romantic moments with a healthy dose of sisterly bonding and a dash of glitz and glamor. Each book is a well-rounded treat.”—Alexis Daria, bestselling author of You Had Me at Hola