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A Love Like This

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I highly recommend this book. A terrific and engaging romance novel.

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A very good read, touches on a lot of different issues without making it too heavy a read,, slightly predictable ending but very enjoyable and well told story

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Beautiful story..............................................."...........................................................

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From the very first page, I thought I would love this book. It initially seemed an easy, very enjoyable romcom. But as the book went on, It just started to feel a little bit silly. The story line just all seemed to be a bit jagged and farfetched. Each time the characters met someone new, they immediately thought they were their soulmates yet two pages later they would break up or walk away. One minute a newly married couple are madly in love, then the next he has decided she is not for him and starts having numerous affairs. Then on one page the boyfriend is shunning his girlfriend’s advances and on the next page they are moving in together. The book was also fully of cheesy phrases such as ‘he tasted of coffee and heaven’ and ‘when she looked at him she felt complete’. I mean, someone pass me the sick bucket. I love, love, love the cover, but the writing just didn’t live up to its potential.
Thanks to Netgalley for this copy in exchange for an honest review.

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This seems like a fun story - two babies born in the same hospital and how their lives intersect but they don't really meet for quite some time. Duffy has a light touch and there is some nice humor in the book. Unfortunately, the e-galley was badly formatted, so that page headers (title, author, page number) appeared in the middle of the text; the spacing was wonky, so that after about every two lines of text, there was a large space; and letters were missing from words, notably the second "L" in words with double Ls.

I think this is a book I would really enjoy, minus the formatting distractions, so I will look for it when it's published in the States.

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I have been given the great opportunity to read this via Netgalley.

I absolutely Loved this book. It took me a while to settle into it because it was slow paced and at times frustrating read. It is a story of love at first sight, a love that grows in a soul before even having to meet. I loved and hated both at the same time how the lives of two individuals kept weaving in and out but just kept missing each other.
This book is so much more than that though. It is about family and the hardships that come along with that. It is about the families we are born into and have no choice in the way we are raised and how that changes us. I loved the friendships that often take the place of family for many.
It is written in dual perspective. From birth we see a boy and a girl both being raised in the same town but in very different environments and how they never actually meet but have many near misses. As we see these two grow into adults you wonder will their paths ever cross and when they do is it too late? I would have liked to have seen them get together sooner and then to have seen their life as a couple but it still was a very sweet story. (less)

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Beautiful book but the end is too short. I want more of Will and Donna together. We wait until the end to happen and then it’s finished. A little bit disappointed.

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William and Donna are together but separate. They were born in the same hospital on the same day, but they have never been together. Something always gets in the way -- whether it's William's need to branch out and live the life he wants, or it is Donna's daily struggles. Just when fate is on their side, something bad happens. They meet, but will they fall apart again?

This Brit rom-com is sweet, funny, entertaining and touching. This book will resonate with people who love Jojo Moyes and Cecelia Ahearn. In fact, A Love Like This is a cross between Love, Rosie and Me Before You. Downsides? A predictable ending. There is a twist, but I figured it out halfway through the book. Also, the Kindle formatting was difficult to read. I forced myself to finish it, but it was hard to focus on the story when the sentences and paragraphs spiraled about in an awkward manner. Other than that, A Love Like This would make a pleasant summer read and I recommend it to those who love British authors (like me).

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This is a quick read and is full of charm. I like its premise, the characters, and the overall plot. It's funny how their lives have been intertwined since they were babies, and yet, they seem to always lose to actually connect in those moments.
While this book is well-written, I'm afraid that I find some ""twists" here to be bit predictable. I'm not exactly sure how to explain, but there's something about the narrative style that gives away the supposed twist way before they are presented in the succeeding chapters.
Anyway, it's enjoyable and cute enough.

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Unable to read this book due to a problem with the formatting on my kindle!

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