If I Never Met You: Deliciously romantic and utterly hilarious - the feel-good romcom from the Sunday Times bestselling author of LAST NIGHT

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We look at each other–predator and prey, the conqueror and the conquered–and in that moment, I feel an odd sort of connection to him. Like a part of myself is forever altered by what’s happening between us.”

I enjoyed reading If I Never Met You, though I think it fits more neatly into "contemporary" or "women's fiction" than it does in romance. In this story of first love and adolescent turmoil, Leah Burke—girl-band drummer, deadpan master, and Simon Spier’s best friend from the critically acclaimed Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda—takes center stage. Laurie is with Dan. A man that is reliable, safe and her partner for life until Dan announces he is in love with someone else who is also pregnant with his child. Sad, alone and reeling from the breakup, Laurie slowly falls for the office heartthrob Jamie as a relationship of convenience turns into something else completely different that neither Laurie or Jamie were expecting. I enjoyed this series. It was very different to other time-travel/parallel universe stories I've seen; the sci-fi is limited to the device that makes the travel possible; every world is very much like our own and our protagonist is distinctly ordinary. His activity is limited to trying to help alternate versions of his family although emotionally he can't help behaving in ways that seem odd to them. This is a refreshing change. Pablo Derqui does a fine job as Eduard; sometimes playing two different versions of the character in the same scene. The supporting cast is fine too; most obviously Andrea Ros as Elisa and Mercedes Sampietro as Dr Everest. Overall I'd definitely recommend this to anybody looking for something rather different. I'm so disappointed I did not like this as much as I thought I would when I first read the premise, and I think I need to explain why.

The Full Potter,” he repeated. “Not finding out you’re a witch until you’re older, not growing up with it. ‘Yer a witch, Vivi,’ the sort of thing.”

Laurie's trials and tribulations are both endearing and entertaining. There are some heart-breaking moments nestled in this otherwise light-hearted narrative. Laurie realises that sometimes it is better to choose carefully who you let into your life, and that perhaps some people aren't worth forgiving. Their lives converge on a wintry night. She despises him for his ice-cold manner, his haughtiness, and his overly keen eye, but as the year’s pass, she starts to look forward to playing with him even if their games revolve around making fun of each other’s brains and appearance. Christian had never included Gianna in his plans. His eyes follow her wherever she goes despite the fact that she is married, not his type, and mayhem personified. She hasn’t even realized that she is his—his curiosity, his annoyance—all along. His most insane obsession. Tru Bennett hasn’t seen Jake Wethers in twelve years; he was once her boyfriend and was formerly her best friend. When Jake Wethers went from England to America with his family when they were both fourteen, he left Tru with a shattered heart. Jake Wethers is the brains behind The Mighty Storm, one of the biggest bands in the world. He is hot, tattooed, and wonderfully bad.Mason slid down beside me and Logan curled an arm around my shoulder. He drawled against my cheek, “It’ll throw them off. Their visionary senses will tell them we’re screwing and they’ll get confused.” His hand slid down towards my breast.” Brave: Heterosexual Romance Novel Solves Problem of “Men Being Trash” by Simply Not Including the Love Interest in Most of the Plot Anyway, the downside of all this is that the romance plotline is like…??? I mean, we follow Laurie, who is fake-dating Jamie because her extraordinarily long-term boyfriend left her for another woman, and Jamie, who is fake-dating Laurie for Work Purposes, and Jamie is just...straight up ABSENT for at least four sizable chunks of this. We have always steady, hard-worker, tough, mostly smart business woman who hates the guts of the Alpha male but finally she accepts the offer (because of a carrier leverage or a heartbreak or boredom, choose one of them)