"What do you want to be doing this time next year?" My answer, after reading this book, is to be falling in love with another such wonderfully cozy novel. This Time Next Year is one of those books that makes you want to curl up with a piece of savory pie and a hot cup of tea. Set in London against a backdrop of pies, clocks, gardens, and the occasional owl pajama, this story of missed encounters explores what it means to embrace all the people we love. Though the story centers around Minnie and Quinn, we also follow the lives of their close family, friends, and co-workers. Cousens deftly creates a world of characters and soul-searching fills the reader with hope.

Thank you to Netgalley, Random House, and the Author for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
What a wonderful read. Full of Love, friendship, wit and whimsy.
Quirky characters and families that all seemed to come together in the strangest but sweetest ways.
My first read from this Author and won't be my last as I'll definitely be following her and her works.

This was an enjoyable book. It flowed a little too slowly for me and I had a hard time sinking into it; but I thoroughly appreciated the premise. A perfect book for anyone who enjoys the work of Josie Silver or books such as Our Stop or In Five Years.

The story starts as Minnie Cooper (yes, that's really her name) is attending a New Year's Eve party with her boyfriend Greg. She'd much rather be hiding at home away from the jinx that appears on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day (her birthday). So far she's already lost her coat, she gets vomited on at the party, knocks into a waiter and ends up locked in a disabled toilet. So as you can see it's not the best time of year for her.

Finly being released from the toilet after spending the night in there. She meets the man who's birthday party it was - Quinn who was also born on January 1st - in the same year, same hospital etc. It transpires that there is a history between them (or their mums at least). Minnie's mum felt that Quinn's mum not only beat her to the 50k prize of first baby born in 1990 but also stole her name choice.

Follow the story across the course of a year as it flashbacks to key moments in each of their pasts. How their lives have intertwined without them realising.

This book surprised me, I was not expecting to like it this much. I did tho, I loved it in fact. Usually while reading about missed chances, with characters that cannot acknowledge their own worth and on top are very superstitious? That´s not really my cup of tea, it drives me crazy if its written wrong. However this was written so well, I´m still not over it. I adored the main characters and even though they had some negative flaws they worked through it in their own way. I cannot stress enough how much I enjoyed their character development.

I´m not really an anxious person and I don´t really get stressed, to an annoying degree, it was one of the first times someone wrote it in a relatable way.

This Time Next Year is obviously a love story however its not only romantic love, this is a book about friendship, family and most importantly loving yourself. As someone who loves herself to a scary, almost narcissistic degree, it was so amazing to read a little "throwback" to how I got here. Not to mention the fact that the B/C/D plots were equally interesting to read as the main plot if not more so.

It took me less than one day to read this book! I cannot recommend this one enough. Minnie and Quinn had my heart racing in a way that only Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy have before. From the first word you will be hooked into their stories and find their worlds intertwine but never quite meet, and its beautiful when it does.

This Time Next Year is for the readers who loved Me Before You but want a fresh story that delves into mental health and how perception impacts a person's judgement. The novel tells the story of Minnie, a baker and business owner, who runs into Quinn, a man who shares her birthday and was born just a few minutes before her at the same hospital, which allowed his family to claim a prize for being the first baby born in the 90s. The joke in Minnie's family is that all the bad stuff that happens to her is because she wasn't born a few minutes earlier. Once she meets Quinn, she can't stop running into him by accident and through her interactions with Quinn, Minnie experiences so much growth as a character. Unfortunately, this novel missed the mark for me a little bit because I struggled to relate to the main character as she blamed every setback she experienced on anything but herself throughout the first half of the novel. I also would have appreciated more character development on the main characters working with Minnie to better explain why Minnie loved them despite their eccentricities and draw the reader further into the novel's story.
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I found this book to be a lovely, heartwarming tale of two lost souls - born within minutes of each other to completely different families. Some of the book was a bit cheesy but overall the characters were larger than life and told a lovely story.

Love the premise of this book! A cute, fun romance set in London that brings together themes of fate and missed connections, featuring a relationship that seems destined from the start…but then, as it always does, life gets in the way. The ending was full of feel goods, and I was so happy with how things concluded!

Super cute cover and the premise seemed interesting.

However, the story didn’t flow very well and it was difficult to keep the characters straight.

It took so long for any kind of love story to happen. Taking more than halfway through the book to have either character show an Inkling of interest in each other is far too long for a romance novel.

I had a really hard time with this book. There were times it would pick up for me, then it would fall right back down. The characters were really all jumbled up and I couldn’t keep track of any form of character development. I would think the author was going in one direction, then we would take a chart turn in a completely different direction I wasn't expecting and it would leave me in the dust struggling to catch up. I wanted to like these characters, but I had a hard time relating to them or finding any common ground. The third person point of view made this a bit dry. There would be times I had a hard time connecting with the characters on a personal level. I felt more like an outsider looking in than apart of the story

The story didn’t flow very well for me. I did find the time jump and alternative points of view very refreshing. That brought a lot of uniqueness to the story I wasn’t expecting, but it took so long for any kind of love story to happen. I didn’t like that it took more than ½ way through the book to have either character show an Inkling of interest in each other.

The journey getting to the end I felt was a mess too. I found myself getting irritated at the situations these characters were in. I also didn’t think that certain situations were portrayed properly. I wanted this book to be something it wasn’t and I kept reading hoping I would get there eventually.

I fell in love with all the characters, especially Minnie. I thought each of them had their own little quirks, but Minnie especially is who I felt closest too. She made me laugh, and she reminded me of myself in the way that she panics about everything. When even the slightest thing goes wrong, I can often find myself thinking that the whole world is against me, much like Minnie.
What I enjoyed most about This Time Next Year was that it isn’t just a love story. It explores other important topics such as controlling relationships, anxiety, environmental issues, and also soul-searching. However, this book is VERY cheesy in some parts, so if you love a good cheesy rom-com, this is the book for you!

This is a wonderful read. Imagine a favourite romcom film of the last twenty years in book form and you have this novel.. It tells the tale of Minnie, born on New Years Day 1990 and flits back and forth in time (a nod to Sliding Doors) and her chance meetings with her love twin, Quinn, born on the same day. I found it an easy read, that kept my interest and I could have curled up and read it in a day.
It’s a very satisfying novel and I didn’t want it to end. The author has created a great story, not run of the mill, but nevertheless romantic and endearing. I would highly recommend this for an enjoyable and life affirming pleasure. I let out a big satisfied sigh at the end, always a good sign.

I love this story of fate. I am a superstitious person and felt this story speak to my heart. It was touching and beautiful.

This is such a good read! It's fun, you will love all of the characters and experience a mix if emotions whilst reading! Easy fun read - highly recommend!

Enjoyed this story! Funny, engaging characters! Light hearted reading! Perfect for holidays! A little predictable but still an enjoyable read!

A fun romance with a host of charming and lovable characters. Minnie and Quinn come to life in this book and watching them grow and flourish along with their host of friends and family made this a truly enjoyable read!

I really, really, really, loved this book. I loved every single part of it. It had some small details that were subtle but really resonate me, like Bev and her activism.. I also really loved the complexity of every character. Each had a backstory which really showed how they had become themselves. I enjoyed how their backstories were connected, and how the narrator wasn't in first person. The backstories made this story even more special, knowing they had met each other before without even knowing it. This has some hard hitting topics in it, and it's definitely the heaviness I like my books. It had some aspects to it which were deep and many of us struggle with, making it relatable, but it also had some fairy tale aspects to it which made the story fun and entertaining.

This is a pretty good story. This is the story about Minnie and Quinn both of whose mother was in a competition to see who who have the first New Years baby and then how they meet later on New Years Eve..Will they end up together after meeting., will Minnie get her act together. You must read to see.

This is an honest review in exchange for an e-ARC from NetGalley.

Where do I start with this book? It gets better and better with each page, it left me feeling so content. The protagonists are so likeable, and I think it speaks to what a great love story they have when I can say that I would've been content even without the ending we got. Don't get me wrong, I love love and happy endings, but it made me so happy to read about 2 people in love who learn how to be content within themselves first, who work on themselves first and then choose love. Author, im endlessly grateful to you for writing such a story. More people need to read it ASAP because I need to gush and squeal ESPECIALLY ABOUT THAT EASTER EGG IN THE END. I KNEW IT. I KNEW IT.