We Met in December by Rosie Curtis; Avon Books
Page Count (e-book) – 376
The Blurb:
What if you couldn’t get away from the one who got away?
This December, unlucky-in-love Jess is following her dream and moving to Notting Hill. On the first night in her new house-share she meets Alex, the guy in the room next door. They don’t kiss under the mistletoe, but there’s still a spark that leaves Jess imagining how they might spend the year together – never mind the
house rule against dating…
But when Jess returns from her Christmas holiday, she finds Alex has started seeing Emma, who lives on the floor above them. Now Jess faces a year of bumping into the man of her dreams – and, apparently, the woman of his.
Jess is determined to move on and spend the year falling in love with London, not Alex – but what if her heart has other ideas?
My Review:
The best way in which to describe this book is ‘quaint’. It’s a slow-burn story which takes a year (in the book, not real life!) to reach its climax. Jess is moving to London and while excited at the prospect is also nervous. She meets her new house-mates at a small gathering the day before she is due to go on holiday. Alex immediately twangs her heart strings and she can’t wait to return to the UK, move in and get to know him better. Unfortunately… By the time she has her slippers under her new bed, she discovers that Emma, another flat mate, her slipped hers under Alex’s.
Jess is disappointed but determined to make the best of things and, as a result, she and Alex become good friends instead. He knows London exceptionally well and he becomes her tour guide – showing her all the obvious tourist attractions and many of the city’s hidden treasures. Despite her best intentions, Jess falls deeper and deeper in love with Alex and it doesn’t look like it’s going to end well.
What I loved most about this book was the trips and descriptions of London. Having lived there for thirteen years, it is still a place dear to my heart. I liked both Jess and Alex and, as the book in written in the first person, it was always clearly noted who was ‘talking’ within each chapter.
This is an easy book to read and, while it’s not going to have you turning the pages as quickly as possible to find out what’s going to happen next while your blood pressure soars, it will leave you with a smile on your face when you reach the last full stop.
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This kind of looks and sounds like a variation on One Day in December (which I’m still reading – slow coach!) Interesting…xx
27 Having read both, I can assure you the storyline is very different. It is unfortunate that both books not only have a similar title and book cover but that is where the similarity ends. Both are good stories in their own right. 🙂