~ both have friends with benefit relationship that ends up going wrong
~ both have a crashed wedding element
~ both have happy endings after a time skip

~ both relationships started out as just sex nothing more
~ both include a FL who does a podcast (although the podcast element is much less significant in NS)
~ both include a ML who is a writer, and both write about sex
~ both include sex scenes but HtS was much more explicit with actual nudity that happened more often
~ both FLs has supportive best friends who helped them through relationship struggles
~ both the MLs fell in love faster & harder, while the FLs were more hesitant
~ both FLs were severely hurt by their exes