This is a feel good book, with many twists and turns. I loved the premise, and the book didn’t disappoint. A happy, hopeful tale of love and second chances.

This is a modern day love story of two lovely people Nadia and Daniel travel in the same 7.30am tube.

Nadia works in Artificial intelligence, where she designs robots that would work without human interference. She's recently dumped by her awful ex-boyfriend who she tries to take off her mind by following a new routine and trying really hard to keep it up! Her best friends Emma and Gaby encourage her as her greatest pillar of support.

Daniel, who's recently lost his father bumps upon a woman at the Borough market as he overhears her talking enthusiastically about Artificial intelligence and positivity for life. Suddenly he wants to know this woman who is so kind and clever. Luck prevails and he sees her again in his regular tube route and an offhand comment from his roommate prompts him to write an advert on the 'Missed Connections' segment of the daily newspaper where Londoners talk about their commuter crush!


Soon Nadia realises that the advert was written for her, as she is herself an ardent follower of 'Missed Connections' and starts to search for this mystery man on the train!

There's so much to love about this book. Every single character, Nadia's best friends Emma, Gaby and Daniel's pals, even his sweet office security guard, is written with such care and elegance. It's so uplifting for young people out there who try to build a life independently in a large city surrounded by strangers and a handful of good friends.

Friendships, love, dating, family, humor and romance all blended into one refreshing story from Laura Jane! Can't believe it's her first novel. I'm sure reading whatever she writes next. Thanks guys at Avon for my copy of the book. Go glad I bumped into #OurStop.

This is overall a cute read- easy to get through, accessible and fun, but also loaded a little heavily with tropes. From the overt feminism references (and I count myself as a radical feminist) and the overtly perfect make protagonist, I found myself skim reading parts just to skip past the countless instances of 'almost' before reaching a conclusion that was actually pleasant and fun.

This is a super cute romantic story of two people whose paths cross regularly and perhaps it’s fate! If you are looking for a quick, light read - this is it!

Our Stop is a cute romance involving Nadia and Daniel who seem to keep missing chances to meet each other properly. In the off chance Nadia reads the local area of the paper called “Missed Connections”, Daniel submits a message in hopes of getting a date. Fortunate for him, she’s obsessed with this section of the paper. They continue to message each other through the paper with Nadia referred to as “Coffee Spill Girl” and Daniel becomes known as “Train Guy”. Their story even develops a following on Twitter known as #ourstop. After Daniel leaves their intended date spot for a family emergency, Nadia feels stood up, wanting to forget about the missed chance. She meets Eddie at the bar while sulking and although he is a dream compared to her ex, she knows something is missing. Daniel dreams of a girl he can spend forever with and he thinks it’s her.

Daniel was the genuine charmer in the story for me. But, their friends and side stories made the build up a bit less interesting. Nonetheless, I did enjoy the book. It was light and fun.

Thanks to Netgalley and Avon Books for this ebook! The thoughts are mine alone.

Our Stop is the perfect rom-com about Nadia and Daniel. Daniel has seen Nadia on the 7.30am from Angel and had a huge crush! Instead of approaching her, he writes a post on Missed Connections. Nadia's friends convince her the post is about her and sends a response...

I read Our Stop in one sitting. I couldn't put it down as I had to find out what happened to Nadia and Daniel. After so many closes misses, will they ever find each other?

“Staying hopeful in romance…even with a dented heart.”

Nadia gets the 7.30 train every morning without fail. Well, except if she oversleeps or wakes up at her friend Emma’s after too much wine.

Daniel really does get the 7.30 train every morning, which is easy because he hasn’t been able to sleep properly since his dad died.

One morning, Nadia’s eye catches sight of a post in the daily paper:

To the cute girl with the coffee stains on her dress. I’m the guy who’s always standing near the doors… Drink sometime?

So begins a not-quite-romance of near-misses, true love, and the power of the written word.

This is the feel-good romance of 2019. It honestly is. It has just the right amounts of humour mixed with love mixed with real life drama and completely believable situations.

It reminded me of ‘One day in December’ and also ‘The Day we Meet Again’ and I usually hate it when people compare authors to others and say…’oh it’s the new..so and so…’ But in this case this book is its own and the author is individual and you’ll just love this if you liked those other books for the simple reason that it exists on hope. It also paints the beauty of London throughout – the magic and possibilities of a big city.

This book is Serendipity reborn.

This story was very uplifting and gives hope of finding that right person in the most bizarre circumstances. This is a definite summer must-read. You wont be able to put it down.

Absolutely loved this book and thoroughly enjoyed it. Would put this book in the same league as The Flatshare which was one of my top rated reads so far this year. Very funny and relatable and love Williams writing style.

Our Stop was a fun twist on a rom-com, based on a London Underground sighting followed by a series of Missed Connections newspaper postings. The writing is smart, witty and finally (!!!) a romance where the adults act like adults and actually communicate. A breath of fresh air. I truly enjoyed how this story played out, all of the ways that Nadia and Daniel almost met, and how those experiences shaped their story.

Thank you to Netgalley and Avon Books for the free advance e-galley. All opinions are my own.

This book made me laugh out loud so many times! I loved the story line. I so appreciated the modern spin the author used in this book. She made the story feel warm, but not stuffy, with her humor. Would absolutely recommend! Thank you to Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Cute rom-com. Well written story with great characters. Feel good story with a happy ending. Quick read.
Thanks Avon Books UK and NetGalley for the ARC of this great book.

Thanks to HarperCollins for sending me a proof copy in exchange for an honest review.
So I am being generous in giving Our Stop three stars and while there were some parts that I did really like, reading this book was such a frustrating experience. But I will start with what I liked first.

Daniel - I really liked Daniel most of the time, he was probably my favourite character and if anything maybe a little too perfect? He is clearly Williams' idea of a perfect feminist man, in touch with his emotions, incredibly kind, thinks that Love Island (oh wait no Lust Villar) is a feminist masterpiece and has a great relationship with his mum. Most of the subplots around Daniel were the best parts of the book, his grief over the death of his dad and how he coped with it was really touching. His comments on class had me slapping my knee in agreement, "But anyone who comes from very little knows never to trust a bloke who said money doesn't by happiness. Money buys food electricity and pays for a school jumper without holes in it do you don't get picked on, you can't be happy without that." He's just a really nice guy and quite frankly too good for Nadia.

The humour, sometimes - Honestly, I'm adding this section purely for this line: "Jared genuinely had tickets to Fyre Festival." I, um think that's all I can think of for what I liked, so onto what made me want to throw this book across the room.

The bad parts:

Nadia and romance - This is mostly just a personal issue I had with it but the book is sickeningly romantic. Meg Ryan romantic. Hell, this book is just a modern You've Got Mail (which they watch in the book and Nadia is even compared to Meg) and I cannot stand Meg Ryan films. I just couldn't warm up to Nadia and by the end, I found her insufferable. She is the type of overly romantic person who grates on me and I had very little patience for her. So, if you like Meg Rayn films then you will probably like One Stop but it was too much more me.

Almost meeting - This was one of the most annoying aspects of the book. The number of times that they almost met each other boarded on ridiculous and frustrating by the end of the book. Yeah, it was cute the first few times but it was about halfway through the book that I got worried. They still hadn't met, only had a bunch of just missed each other situations. I worried over how much time they were gonna have for the actual romance and not just the meet-cute. But lo and behold it's not till the very end that they meet and then all the time is spent on the build-up for their first date which was horribly cringy and boring. This is the main problem with the book, the central romance is given no time to grow or develop. Instead, it's entirely founded on a few back and forths in missed connections and the fated 'almost meet-ups'. At least in You've Got Mail Meg and Hank have been talking to each other for ages over email and a romantic relationship has developed from that. It's made worse by the hamfisted oh they are 'The One', this is my last first date, my last first kiss. Like, really??? What is this 'bone deep connection' built on? The only time we see them together is on the first date which fades to black in what feels like five minutes into the date and a cringy news article that just tells us everything we already knew from the book and very little about their relationship. Relationships with other characters are given more time then the central one which is such a misstep! But if they had met earlier then half the book would be gone. Really what this book needed was a massive editing overhaul where the last half of the book should have been spent on developing the relationship! You can't spend 300 pages on a meet cute.

Overall there were some funny parts and it is a cute concept are first but more attention was needed on the actual romance for me to believe they were oh so deeply in love. If you like really romantic books with a touch of insta love then this is a fun read.

For the most part this was a cute little RomCom. I loved the communication element between Nadia and Daniel. Their flirty banter had me grinning and desperate for them to meet.
And then there's a twist and the book heads on a completely random tangent that I thought was unnecessary and boring and I skimmed it to be honest.
I enjoyed the writing style and would definitely read more from Laura Jane Williams in future.

3/5 Stars

I loved the catchline of this book with the ad in the local paper “to the cute girl with the coffee stains on address…… And “so man meets girl. Or does he? So many times the starcrossed lovers miss the opportunity to meet, that I found myself literally holding my breath and willing them on!
Such a fun and enjoyable read! It left me with a smile on my lips!

A light hearted book rom com style, about two people who want to meet but destiny steps in the way.
Very modern up to date romance. Really enjoyed.

This was such a romantic book and I was hooked. I was so willing them to meet and get together and tried to read as much as I could while commuting. The book was so funny and relatable. I will definitely be looking out for our books by Laura Jane Williams.

An absolutely fun rom-com! This book is comparable to Josie Silver's One Day in December (which I also loved) in terms of being a "will they-won't they" story with a transit theme. But while the books are similar in that way and in how much I enjoyed them both, they stand apart from each other and you don't feel like you've already read the book. I love that in the age of social media this book acknowledges the fun of the Missed Connections part of the transit newspapers. I loved the way I enjoyed the frustration of all their missed opportunities. While I as a reader am becoming more selective of the rom-com's that I read and therefore reading less of the genre, I'm so glad to have discovered this book and Laura Jane Williams.

Our Stop was a cute read about coincidences, friendship, and love. The amount of missed love opportunities between Daniel and Nadia became almost trying at one point. I just wanted the stars to align, and I wanted them to meet. As life lead the way throughout the book and they missed meeting each other time and again, I patiently waited for the time they would finally realize they had found the one they were looking for. An enjoyable and cute read worth picking up, especially for those who still believe in finding their soulmate.

A fluffy, easy read, chick lit romance. Sadly not really my cup of tea but it’s well written with some funny one-liners. I couldn’t feel emotionally involved with the main characters and knew from the start that the outcome was inevitable but not really believable.