What a fascinating book. I was impressed by the storyline and the characters were all well written and complex. Where there are complex storylines combined with intriguing characters the reader experience is magnified tremendously. To have a book that is well written as well as entertaining is a delight. Reading is about escaping your world and entering another one. The word building was phenomenal in this book. Here I forgot about my own life and was immersed in the world created by the author. I would recommend this book.

DNF-Ed. Sadly it had all the points I like in a story but I still couldn’t completely finish it. Will give it a chance in the future but not anytime soon. Decent story.

There were a lot of issues i had with this book, most noticeable that i don't think this is actually a romance, or that the characters where neither well done nor likeable at all or in general should even be together at all with how many issues they had on their own.
Another big issue i had was how immature the character seems and the struggles they had at the age.
I liked the idea of a main character struggling with anxiety, self worth and having to figure out if a romance is worth it if she should try to find herself first before focusing on someone else.
But i felt as if that part of the story got lost, as a lot of there things did throughout this book.
Its a nice idea but i felt as if the actual book was not done that well.
this was not the best read for me, sadly.

Cute story which pulls from the notion that we can be our own worse enemy (attitude affecting how our body feels.)

Beth is convinced she is ill with some unknown fatal disease. After meeting Shane, she not only falls in love but seems to no longer be ill. He's perfect for her until he suddenly cuts all communication.

She then has to decide how to live her life and whether Shane will still be a part of it.

This was marked as a romance but I don’t think it should really fall under that.
I liked that the main character was relatable but the plot in this book was slightly boring
and I felt like I had to force myself to keep reading.

*3 Stars*

I received a copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Beth is clumsy, anxious about everything, and kind of a wreck. She works as a receptionist in a doctor's office, and has a huge crush on the main doctor, Brendan. They finally sleep together, and Beth realizes that maybe her imagination was better than the real thing.

As she's trying to figure out her feelings for Brendan, she meets Shane. He makes her feel normal, and they can talk about her messy life, because his is kind of messy too. She starts developing feelings for him, but then he totally falls off the map. Beth is left reeling, and has to figure out how to help herself before she can help someone else.

This was a cute story, but there were some issues with it.
-Beth is so back and forth about everything. Every time something bad happens, she decides to run away and "take care" of her mom, even though her mom doesn't seem to need any help at all.
-Her friends and her sister also give her terrible advice throughout the entire book.
-All of the mental illness in the book is mentioned but never really discussed in an in-depth way. Beth needs some help, but it's never really brought up to her. She would really benefit from seeing someone, I think.
-The ending is totally rushed. It left me feeling a little confused.
-The characters needed a little more depth. I never really felt that Beth had any feelings for either guy other than lust, and no one else's feelings were ever fully discussed.

Even with those flaws, it was a quick read and I enjoyed it.

Interesting book, I think more could have been done with Shane to get us to love his as the interest for Beth, I just found myself not caring as much as I should have, I think because I didn't get to know him enough or understand why Beth felt so strongly.There were some positive notes, Kelly was a great character, I'd definitely give the author another chance!

This was a really unique book - not at all what I was expecting but I really enjoyed it.

The main character in this book is remarkably immature. Is this what other people's internal dialogue sounds like as they go about their lives? It would drive me nuts.

Despite being 26, Beth has no real life experience, no relationship experience, no ambition, no sense of direction, and a giant case of hypochondria that irritated me to no end. I could not be friends with this girl. I am 27 and married, with a child and a mortgage. There was just nothing at all relatable about this character.

I could overlook most flaws in the name of a good romance, but there wasn't one. Shane is obviously a bit of a sweetheart but the relationship arc is anticlimactic, and as the only character who was interesting in the book, his story was lacking a satisfying conclusion.

It was readable and wasn't without it's redeeming qualities, but I wouldn't seek out any more work by this author. Sorry.

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for my review.

it was a cute read. Like the characters of the couple.

I did not really enjoy the third person POV, seeing as that is not my cup of tea. I felt that this novel was a hard read for me but might be someone's else's favorite novel. I do like the author's writing style and how descriptive she was but I'd have to say I would pass on this novel. Thank you for allowing me to read and review!

I found this book a little slow to start with but once I got going with it I really enjoyed it. I liked Beth very much as a main character. I would recommend this book to others

This one is just "meh" for me. I couldn't stand the lead female Beth. All the internal dialouge wasn't enjoyable. Lastly it was all just too drawn out. It took too long to introduce the one bright spot of the story which was Shane. I picked this one up and put it down about 4 times before I finished it which isn't like me at all. Overall just not my cup of tea.

I am sorry to say, but I really did not care for this book. It seems to drag on and on and was very predictable.

Good book, I really enjoyed it! The characters were great and I felt it had a very intriguing storyline.

Beth had spent the last year or so back in her home town of Wagga, to support her Mum while her father was dying from cancer. Now she is back in Melbourne, living in a small flat with her sister Simone and working in an inner city Doctor's surgery as a receptionist, with her best friend Kelly. Trouble is she thinks she has any number of diseases, with twitchy fingers, numb legs and nausea for starters. And things don't get better after she has a one night stand with a Doctor from the surgery. But then she meets Shane and somehow she feels quite calm when she's with him but a couple of weeks after meeting him and thinking that things will step up a notch, he disappears from her life with no explanation.

I thoroughly enjoyed this story, which is the authors debut novel. It had a unique Australian feel to it which I loved, I think it was the way the characters spoke. I did cringed with Beth and Kelly's work unprofessionalism ....but that was all part of the story because Beth acknowledged that the surgeries she visited to try and get a diagnosis, were much more professional than where she worked. On the other hand I loved Beth and Kelly's friendship and loyalty to each other. This book could be labelled as a 'chick lit' genre but it also had an edge of seriousness with mental illnesses and drugs, which stopped it from being light and fluffy. And for me the ending was perfect!

Thank you to Netgalley and the Publisher for a copy to read and review.

Beth is a mess. She works with her best friend, Kelly, as a receptionist in a surgery in Melbourne.
She’s very single, wishes she wasn’t and has a huge crush on one of the doctors she works with.

This story was short and I guess entertaining. However, it wasn’t for me.
I HATED Beth. She very clearly has anxiety but keeps telling the various doctors she sees that she isn’t stressed about anything which is a straight-up lie, because she wants to be taken seriously. To put it simply, I found her brainless and wanted to constantly either slap her or scream at her.
It annoyed me during the entire book.
The only main or secondary characters I tolerated was Kelly and sometimes Shane. All the others made me insane.
However, the writing was ok but there was too many binary clichés for my taste....

I kind of had a roller coaster of love and 'eh' feelings in this story. But then, the sweetness of Shane melts my heart..

If you want to read a first-person narrative by an insecure, under-achieving nervous wreck of a woman who is convinced she has a terrible disease as she second- and third-guesses everything she says and does then this is the book for you. Beth is a terrible hypochondriac and she starts out by crushing on the doctor in whose office she is a receptionist. SPOILER ALERT - he sleeps with her and treats her selfishly. Then she falls for Shane who is shy and nice and she really feels a connection with him. There aren’t actually that many scenes between her and Shane, but we’re told that she likes him and her nervous symptoms disappear. But it takes almost to the end of the book that we find out more about Shane. Then she agonizes back and forth for the rest of the book until I just wanted to slap her. Then the book rather abruptly ends without much detail about the resolution.

It’s not a good sign when a secondary character, her best friend Kelly, is the best part of the book. I couldn’t get into Beth or Shane.

I was given a free ARC of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. If I hadn’t committed to read the book and review it, I wouldn’t have finished it.

I quite enjoyed this Aussie book! It was different but in a good way.

The story was a bit slow to start but I immediately liked Beth, the main character. She could be a bit dramatic sometimes, but it was never too OTT. The story touches on mental illness and grieving. It has a chic lit feeling to it. The romance in the story was not the main subject. In fact, it took a while for Shane to be introduced.

Overall, I think it is a great debut for this author. I will look forward to more from her.