Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an advance copy of this book in return for an honest review.

Great book. I loved reading it. Very interesting and covers alot of information

I loved this book!

Within a coupld of pages I was completely hooked and just had to know what was going to happen to Chloe.

Chloe had only known Jack for 5 months when he is tragically killed in an accident. She had just moved in with him and seemed to be moving really fast in their relationship like she had finally found "the one" and then he is gone and she ends up questioning just about everything.

The story is sad and moving and made me smile and even laugh.

If you enjoyed the likes of PS I Love you and Me Before You you will most likely enjoy this book too.

I would love to read a sequel to this story.

Thank you to Netgalley and Avon books for the arc.

Chloe and Jack are soulmates. But life has other plans…

Chloe is deliriously in love for the very first time. But when Jack, her boyfriend of five months, is killed in a tragic accident, she is left reeling. Their relationship was amazing – but it never really had the chance to get started.

Grieving but determined, Chloe decides to live life for the both of them and makes her way through the list of things they’d planned to do together – this time on her own.

This was at times a heartbreaking read. Chloe as a character handled grief exactly the same way I would, over-analyzing everything and pushing people away.

For fans of Me Before You.

We’re introduced to Chloe and Jack on holiday in Thailand, after a whirlwind romance Chloe has barely moved into Jack’s flat when a tragic accident leaves her bereaved and unsure of anything. She’s mourning what might have been whereas others don’t necessarily appreciate the depth of her loss as she’s only known him a short time. Chloe decides to remember Jack through seeing through the few plans they had for their future.

I found Chloe a difficult character at first, it’s difficult to say whether grief made her selfish or she is generally a self absorbed person but I found that version of her hard to like. It’s interesting to see her journey and it does leave you wondering what path she and Jack would have followed though and it’s thoughtfully written. This is an interesting bitter sweet romance that had great chunks of originality.

This book was the perfect escape. It was lovely and fun. It was my first book by this author and I will definitely be on the look out for more!!

Unfortunately this book was not for me and I Did Not Finish after 15% in.

I found the writing style frustrating; too many ‘huns’ and ‘babes’ for me! I also felt the characters could have been introduced better.

I really wanted to love this book but it’s hard when you can’t fully warm to the main character Chloe. It a well written story of grief and her journey with funny moments but I’m afraid it wasn’t for me. Thank you for the read though

I give this book three stars for the following reasons:
- I didn't like the way the heroine cling to her past
- I actually hate her boyfriend (sorry not sorry) I just think we never really know him and although at the end there is a closure it was not enough for me.
- The heroine friend was not nice.

The book itself remained a lot to "Me Before You" so If you are looking book of this type read it. We get to see little by little the growth in the heroine!

Not your typical love story but still a story of love! Cried a few times reading this one! Will recommend this book 😊

This was a quick and entertaining read that you feel like you cannot put down because you need to know what is happening next. Great character development; however, I never felt like I could connect with the characters or understand their reactions. Grief is really hard to write, and unfortunately it didn't really come through to me as a reader in this book.

It is a happy start to Love Almost with Chloe and Jack enjoying their holiday in Bangkok, revelling in their freedom to sample the sights and smells of a city that never sleeps. Their relationship is very new but it would seem their connection is very real. Could Chloe at the ripe old age of thirty six have finally have found The One? Fast forward a short while and Liverpudlian Chloe is now living with Jack in his London flat. On this particular day Chloe is just exiting the shower when she comes face to face with Jack’s father John, the bearer of devastating news. Jack has been killed in a road traffic accident and in that instant Chloe’s life falls apart. Their relationship has tragically ended before its even really begun which forces Chloe to question how well she knew this big lovable bear of a man and whether theirs was a love that would have stood the test of time.

Although there’s plenty of fiction exploring grief and its unique nature, this storyline acknowledges the fact time is irrelevant in matters of the heart. Instead what is more relevant are the ways in which people can have an impact on your life and imprint themselves on your heart whether it’s for five minutes, five months or longer. It’s a storyline that recognises the struggle many face in coming to terms with losing a loved one, the coping mechanisms they employ to deal with grief and the ways in which individuals begin to move on. Chloe is no exception as she battles her reluctance to accept that life goes regardless, questions her entitlement to feel her bereavement so keenly and questions whether her relationship with Jack was the real deal or not. You cannot fail to be touched by events that see Chloe holding imaginary conversations with Jack’s ghostly presence, her ill timed return to their holiday destination of Bangkok and a determination to fulfill the list of things they’d already planned to do in the future. As she bravely works her way through the list, with limited success, Chloe learns more about the man who literally lit up a room with his presence, his booming laugh bouncing off the walls. Quite what is the significance of a photo depicting a man sitting in a trolley underneath the infamous McDonald’s golden arches, a photo that hangs in Jack and Chloe’s kitchen is perhaps the biggest question of all.

In terms of characters, there is the usual eclectic mix of family, best friend, new friends and passing acquaintances that prove love is still very much in evidence in Chloe’s life even if it may not be of the romantic kind. The Roscoe family provide much of the laughs in contrast to the Carmichaels whom I couldn’t warm to until the closing pages when their grief at losing son Jack is finally recognised, putting Chloe’s experiences into perspective. Up until then they exude frostiness and unfriendliness as opposed to the natural warmth that exudes from the likes of Beth and Si and all the Roscoes. The voices of Chloe and the rest of the Liverpool contingent sound authentic with dialogue that is typically scouse, hardly surprising since the author hails from this part of the world but it helps in visualising these characters, bringing them to life. Chloe herself is somewhat flighty, incapable of taking life seriously much to the annoyance and despair of those closest to her. In short this is a woman who despite her thirty six years has a great deal of growing up to do. The unexpected death of Jack ensures that Chloe will be a very different woman from the one we glimpse in the opening pages, thanks to the help of her friends and family and the life lessons she learns along the way.

Having previously awarded the author’s debut novel Never Saw You Coming with 5 gold stars I wanted so much to be able to do the same with Love Almost. The crucial word here is almost as I couldn’t find it in my heart to do so for a number of reasons. I longed for Chloe and Jack’s story to make me weep as well as smile, laugh and feel hopeful but unfortunately my eyes stayed resolutely dry, even with the repetition of THEIR saying (which I won’t spoil for you!). It is heartening that this love story ends on a brighter more hopeful note given that Chloe’s story is overwhelmingly sad although the humour is still there in the writing, just bubbling away beneath the surface. It explodes onto the pages from time to time especially where Chloe’s family are concerned but it definitely is more subtle overall. Maybe that’s inevitable given the subject matter but I also failed to connect with Chloe in the way I expected to, despite the fact she’s a lost soul blindsided by grief. That said Love Almost is beautifully written, heartfelt and touching with the author capturing the uniqueness of the grieving process and beyond, reminding us there is no right or wrong way to behave when experiencing great loss. I feel this is a love story to savour,rather than race through, allowing you to reflect on a a subject all of us will confront at some point in our lives. My criticisms will by no means deter me from picking up future novels by this author and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend. My thanks as always to the publisher and Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley for allowing me to read this book to enable me to give an honest review.
This book is so sad and covers all avenues of grief, but also allows you to laugh at times. I wasn't drawn in straight away as the sudden loss seemed so rushed and I felt like not enough back story was given, however as you continue through the book, memories piece the story together.

I Received An eBook Version Of This From @netgalley In Exchange For An Honest Review.

I Reckon I Love This Book! Chloe’s Story Is So Heartbreakingly Sad, But You Are Able To Also Laugh Along At The Funny Bits.

This Book Covers The Absolute Highs And Lows Of Life. Hayley Doyle Has Written It So Well, It’s Lovely But You Also Feel Like You Are Grieving Jack.

I Really Liked The Fact That It Wasn’t Your Typical Happy Ending. It Is An Ending With Purpose, Not Just Girl Gets Boy.

I Highly Recommend This Book, There Is More To It Than Meets The Eye.

This book is special. It’s the kind of story I know I will think about for a long time.

Chloe and Jack’s time together is over before it really began. This is not your average love story but it’s definitely a story about love. Its unpredictable. Its emotional and it’s about moments we share with those we cherish. It’s also about healing and finding yourself and a future you can be happy with.

I cried a few times in this one. It made me pause and think about mortality, about family and about happiness. There’s a fantastic group of supporting characters that made it a really rich read. I absolutely loved it.

I must be a sadist or something, reading this sad "made me cry" book during these trying times. Maybe it was because I loved the simple yet colourful cover too, I can't get enough of this cartoonish pieces of art and I am always attracted to books with these types of covers.

Love, Almost is heartbreaking, following Chloe's journey through loss and grief, and her inability to move on from her boyfriend, Jack...so she decides to complete a list she and Jack made and as she does so it leads her on a journey of discovery. The novel is quite hopeful in some ways too because it shows that death isn't the end of you, you can and will move on and the person who died never really leaves us. *sniff*

Whether you’re usually a fan of this type of novel or not I definitely think it’s worth checking out. It made me feel all the feels and to me that's worth All. The. Stars.

I would first like to say thank you to Netagalley for giving me a copy of this book for my honest review!

Wow. This book...just hits you in all the feels!!! Chloe an jacks story is so real. I felt so many emotions. How grief is articulated felt real, i felt the loss an cried on several occasions. I was fully surprised with how quickly this book got me. This is a book for the reread pile because i can definitely see myself reading it again in the future. Books like Love, Almost is why i love reading! Books that take you places an make you feel emotions an just so heart wrenching. Highly recommend

I usually read contemporary romance books 100% for the HEA. This book reminded me just why I do that - I really can't handle sad stories!

It was easy to feel empathy for the main character, Chloe, and joining her on her journey as she tries to recover from the tragic loss of her love and move on was painful and heartwarming at the same time.

The writing was good, the characters were easy to feel for, and the story was okay (reminded me a bit of PS I Love You but I'm sure there are a lot of stories featuring the loss of a significant other), but at the end of the day these are just not the stories I like reading. I'd recommend this for anyone who liked PS I Love You / books about characters healing from grief.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

The story follows a girl chloe and boy named jack who were living together and were in their late thirties. It has just been three months since they are together, and one morning Jack's dad comes to jack and chloe's appartment and tell her that he is no more.
Although, I enjoyed every moment readying this book and still at some points I could not connect with chloe.
But still I would recommend this book to everyone.

This book is terribly sad and incredibly heartwarming at the same time. It’s very well written and a truly lovely story. Beautiful book

An easy read and feel good story which shows hope at the darkest times. Unfortunately I struggled to connect with Chloe and felt she seemed really immature at times, with those around her appearing insensitive which was frustrating at times.