A funny, romantic story with likeable characters and a believable romance. Would read more by this author!

Leila decides to surprise her boyfriend who is on secondment in India. After a disastrous journey she eventually tracks him down to discover him with another woman, she then embarks on her journey home. What a Christmas! She then informs her family and friends that she will remain celibate for a year; a decision that is met with much humour by all as she has a history of disastrous encounters with men. What starts out as a journal develops into a blog and then into a business which sees her hosting events for like-minded women who follow her blog and who have decided that ‘sisters are doing it for themselves’ – who can be independent and flourish.

Rom-com is not my bag but every now and again I delve into this genre for a light-hearted, funny escape and that is exactly what this is. But that is too simplistic a description. I loved the whole cast of characters and would be hard put to pick out one. Leila and her brother Marcus (who I must confess is a bit of a favourite), his wife Lucy and her brother Nick, destined to become Leila’s new love. Also Lucy’s sister Tasha and her husband and the parents. So, quite a complex cast of characters – all well-drawn and all holding their own unique space within the plot.

I know that this genre is considered ‘lightweight’ by some but hey! What’s not to like, something that engages you, makes you laugh, keeps you reading and at the finish leaves you with a smile? If that is the criteria for a rom-com then this one is a winner.

Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for providing an ARC via my Kindle in return for an honest review.

The wonderful prologue of this book really whetted my appetite for what was instore for the rest of the book. It was funny and set up Leila's frame of mind for the rest of the book.

For after a funny but painful break up story, Leila decides that she needs to swear of men for while, in fact for a whole year. None of her friends or family think she can do it, to the extent there are large bets placed on the outcome of this. However she starts a blog to keep her focused on it, and from the blog all sort of other events occur.

While being celibate for a year is a worthy challenge for lots of women, what makes this book so great is the man she meets at the wedding of her brother Marcus, to Lucy. Nick is Lucy's brother and has a lot in common with Leila and I thoroughly enjoyed him as a character.

The book isn't just from Leila's perspective we occasionally had sections from Lucy's point of view. Lucy is rather strong minded and likes things to run to a schedule whether its the plans for her wedding, or the events she starts to run with Leila to the regimented approach to Christmas day. She offers a different side of things with Leila's family and I couldn't help but feel a bit sorry for her at times.

One thing that is apparent from this book, is that no matter how much you may plan for things in your life, fate tends to take over, and the actual results can be even better than originally intended.

I really enjoyed this book, and it feels like there are many different threads of story going on all at once, and having finished the story, I now have a few niggly unanswered thoughts, sorts of loose ends that I would have liked tied a bit tighter - nothing major but since the focus seemed to change part way through, I think a few strands may have petered out a bit early.

That being said the fact there was so much going on at times is what kept me thoroughly interested and meant I was always wanting to read more, to see just what would happen next!

Crazy Little Thing Called Love is a good book, full of funny moments, romantic moments, complete craziness, families and all that go with them, and generally an all around entertaining novel.

Thank you to Netgalley and Harper Impulse for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.

Oh dear... where do I begin?!
This book has everything a loyal chick-lit reader (like myself ;)) is looking for in a book...
a prologue in a 'foreign' destination which has you in splits (literally)... a strong beautiful heroine, great parents, well-meaning but weird siblings :D dodgy sibling-in laws! I loved every single one of them! Tasha and Thomas were two of my absolute favourite characters... and then we have NICK.... why oh why can't ALL sisters-in law have such BEAUTIFUL brothers???? I want my Nick... :)
LeiNick's (Yeah i gave them a ship name)(Sorry Ms Butterfield) romance was sigh-worthy... swoon-worthy and definitely worthy of your time!
I loved all the amazing workshops and retreats that were a big part of the story.
LOVED IT!
Great work Ms Butterfield, this book is an absolute delight!Perfect for cold evenings with a hot chocolate and warm socks OR on a warm eveing with a chilled glass of wine!
5 glossy stars!

Crazy little thing called love is a wonderful read, full of humour, love and angst.
We have Leila so unlucky in love she decides to become celibate much to the amusement of friends and family who place some high rolling bets on her failing. Her sister Tasha with her own marital problems, brother Marcus who marries Lucy and Lucy's brother Nick whom Leila meets at her brothers wedding.if anyone can break her celibacy vow it could be Nick.
A great cast of characters who are as likeable as they are funny, a story that flows beautifully and has that real feel good factor.
A book I thoroughly enjoyed and an author I will be following and hoping for lots more from her as good as this.
My thanks to net galley and publisher for opportunity to review this book honestly.

For some reason I just could not get into this book. I didn't make it further than 2-3 chapters. I'm not sure why.

I truly believe that every women should read this novel. It gives new meaning to the word empowerment. The relationship between the families grabbed me from the start, and I enjoyed following them on their journeys of discovering what actually made them happy. This book showed readers how important it was to believe in yourself no matter what obstacles were put in the way, and to live your life for yourself and be true to yourself.

"Which is why I'm opting out for a year. Celibate. Chaste. Call it what you will. I'm staying single for 365 days to give my sanity a rest."

At least this is what Leila says on her newly started blog about her year of being celibate. After finding her boyfriend in a hotel room with another woman on Christmas, Leila has decided enough of bad relationships. She wants a rest and needs time to find herself.

None of Leila's friends or family thinks she can do it. But she is determined. Her blog that she starts, turns into a much bigger deal than she originally planned. Her sister, Tasha, and her new sister-in-law, Lucy, are there to help navigate Leila through this new "phase" in her life.

Will she stay celibate the whole year? How is Leila's life going to change during this social experiment? These were the questions I had and I was pleased with how the story turned out. Not as predictable as your normal women's literature books, Butterfield does a charming job of telling Leila's story.

A real easy to read, laugh out loud, feel good kind of book!

Crazy Little Thing Called Love is a middle of the road novel. Nothing really stands out about it, and its quite predictable. But, its also funny enough to keep you involved until the end. This is the perfect book if you are looking for something very light that won't keep you up at night.

I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion.

This book was so fun! I really enjoyed the characters and their relationships. The twist at the end was unexpected but handled well. A really enjoyable read.

It took me a while to finish and I am sorry to say I actually did not like the book at all.

It started really strong and I was sure to have a winner. Leila travels to India to surprise her boyfriend for Christmas and gets a surprise herself. Not original no, but I liked the way it was written in a funny way and her feisty reaction.

I also liked the first part of the story but in the end I was very disappointed with not only Leila but also her family. They lost my sympathy and ruined the story.

The writing itself is quite good but without a heroine to root for ...

I requested and received an ARC from the publisher via Netgalley for which I am grateful. This is my honest review.

The thing that caught my eye and made me want to read this book was the bright bold cover, its so pretty.

There is one huge thing I loved about this book and that is the Characters. They are basically all from two family's and they are all very close and have regular meet ups and have really busy lives.

I liked how the characters where all coupled off and we got to read bits from each of the couples lives, it wasn't all from one characters side of things.

There was a lot of drama for each character and it all just kept me reading even though it was late at night and my eyes were closing I just had to keep reading to find out what happened next as there was quite a few bombshells and things that you don't see coming.

Crazy little thing called love is a light romantic comedy that so easy to read and there are lots of absolutely hilarious moments that will have you laughing till you cry.

This is my first Charlotte Butterfield book and I absolutely adored it and I will definitely be looking forward to reading more from this author in the future!

This was a funny book, that characters made funny jokes and that's about it. I didn't really like any of them except Nick. At the first couple of chapters I thought I was going to have a blast reading this. The characters felt real, I could totally imagine this family, but as it progressed, I found I didn't like the family. I couldn't connect with any of them, Leila, the selfish hypocrite or Tasha, the homewrecker who becomes wrecked or even Marcus , the oblivious husband

A fantastic laugh out load rom com absolutely loved every character