Fantastic read. I have been completely unable to put this one down. I cannot wait to read more by this author.
Full review to follow

Love Almost by Hayley Doyle is a contemporary romance novel about Chloe and Jack. They have dated for mere five mothers, and have made so many lists and plans to do things together. But life has different plans and Jack meets with an accident. Chloe is left all alone and doesn't know what to do.

I am usually not someone who prefers reading books like these. Dealing with grief and loss, I am not very emotionally expressive towards these things when it comes to books. But I really enjoyed reading this book, somehow. It was totally more than what I had expected and it was so nice to read about Chloe.

Chloe and his family, as well as Jack's family thought she did not know much about Jack to actually be grieving about the same. The book actually starts and gives out a very important message as you what love is and how loving someone is such a subjective experience that it cannot be generalized or as much cannot be compared to a timeframe.

Telling much about this story is only going to give more and more spoilers. So all I am going to say it the book is sad, emotional, thought provoking as well as very touching and emotional at the same time. I liked Chloe, I liked how she moves forward in her life and is strongly dealing with grief.
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Thank You to NetGalley and Publisher - Avon Books UK for providing me eARC in exchange for a honest opinion.

Love Almost tells a tragic love story of Chloe and Jack.
As it opens, I was instantly drawn in to how much fun the couple were having. Then suddenly, tragedy hits and Jack is killed. We then follow Chloe’s process of grieving and moving on without Jack.
Unfortunately, I felt that the book lost it’s way. Jack’s funeral seemed to show how little his friends and family knew of Chloe. They were a thirty something couple who were living together - but she seemed to be a total outsider.
I did finish the book but I didn’t enjoy it as much as I thought I would have read earlier reviews.

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Ratings : 3.5 /5⭐
Publication Date: January 7, 2021

Love, Almost is an emotional love story. Chloe is grieving losing her boyfriend to a tragic car accident and seems to be contemplating their relationship throughout the book. Chloe has to move on from the future she wanted with Jack while wondering if that future was ever going to happen even if Jack was still alive. Chloe turns to her family and friends. Some are trying to be supportive without knowing what to do while others think the relationship wasn’t serious so she should get over it.

I've never read any of Hayley Doyle's book before & was very intrigued by the storyline. She did a great job with this book.

Like mentioned in the blurb I recommend Love, Almost to fans of JoJo Moyes and Josie Silver.

Thank you @avon_books , @harpercollinsin @harpercollins and @netgalley for Love, Almost.

Good read one to curl up with on a Sunday afternoon. Would read more by this author. Good characters and likeable/

‘Love, Almost’ is a lovely story about love, loss, and how you move forward after losing the person you love. This was an unforgettable, emotional read. If you enjoyed PS I love you, you will certainly enjoy this one.
My thanks to Net Galley, the author and the publisher for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

A different love story! A story about love, grief and self-discovery; approached in an entertaining and even fun way by the author.
The story of Chloe and how she grieves the loss of her boyfriend, with whom she had all these plans and dreams and hopes with is a story that takes you on a journey with her attempts of finding answers to questions that might never be answered.

In endless could have been’s, and what if’s we enjoy Chloe and Jack’s relationship while she is grieving the relationship she thought was the perfect and final one!

Mix in parents, in-laws that don’t even know her, friends and colleagues, and why not, a new love? The above is definitely what makes this a good read!

This book is the first I have read from the author, and it was very good. It follows the sorry of Chloe, whose love interest Jack dies after whirlwind romance. it follows her as she deals with the grief and always with Jacks family and friends meeting her after his passing. Overall a good story, and much different than my normal rom coms.
Thanks netgalley!

Chloe meets Jack. She enjoys a whirlwind 5 month romance where she moves into his flat before it is tragically cut short. Jack dies in an accident. However, Chloe is the last to know about this as Jack's parents did not know about her. Her first meeting with Jack's parents is at his flat when his Dad retreats their upon finding out the news.

On Jack and Chloe's fridge hang tickets to gigs, dinner and holiday plans. These are a stark reminder to Chloe of the fun and future they had planned together. Chloe seeks out to live out all their plans in an attempt to stay close to Jack. She often finds herself talking to him out loud.

Love, Almost follows Chloe's journey in accepting Jack's passings and all it's difficulties with it regarding their newly established relationship. Love, Almost portrays both the beauty and struggles of experiencing grief; the vivid illusions of hearing/seeing a loved one that has passed away.

Love, Always
Truly beautiful!

This book didn't work for me at all. I couldn't connect with Chloe, and I'm not quite sure why. I feel she was written much younger than her age, and so I felt that as someone in her mid-30s, she should have been more mature. Perhaps that was supposed to be part of her charm, however in this case, it didn't engage me at all.

Unfortunately, did not finish. There are ways to write about grief and loss, and this was just not a way that appealed to me. The beginning seemed callous, rushed, and hurried.

What initially reeled me into this particular book was the emotional synopsis. I went into this book expecting to be gripped with emotion and possibly cry while reading. Unfortunately, this was not the case. Although I did lack any emotional connection to the characters in this book, I didn’t particularly dislike the book as a whole. I would be open to reading more from this author.

The synopsis of this book sounded really good but unfortunately the writing didn’t live up to the blurb. We weren’t given the chance to get to know Jack before his untimely death so could never be fully invested in Chloe’s grief - but there again neither did her family and friends. I question the five month relationship, particularly as they were in separate cities for the first 4 1/2 months. They had only lived together for such a short time that I again couldn’t really believe in Chloe’s grief. Most of the characters (including Chloe) were horrible and therefore I didn’t enjoy reading this book - although I did give it the respect to finish it.

I enjoyed this book wasn’t quite how I would imagine it didn’t quite grip me but was nice.

We have Chloe and Jack in holiday in Bangkok having a lovely time. Then they move in together and after a few months Jack is tragically killed and this leaves Chloe to try and grieve. The only problem Jack never told his family and friends about Chloe. She wonders did he truly love her.

This takes Chloe on a journey to discover whether he loved her or not. She even went on holiday back to Bangkok but that didn’t help her.

Will she find out did he truly lover her?

I should start by saying I'm a sentimental person. I cry at TV ads, and cat videos for goodness sake! But I often find supposedly emotional or sentimental scenes in fiction forced or predictable. Consequently, there are only a small number of fictional stories that make me cry. Fewer still that really hit me emotionally to the point of full on sobbing.

This was in the latter category. At times I was sobbing to the point that I had to go and take a walk. That's one of the reasons why it took me twice as long to read as most books. It had nothing to do with the beautiful writing or the pacing of the story. I was never bored, never struggled with the believability or any of the characters. I was immediately hooked. Immediately invested in Chloe and Jack. So I found myself so emotionally bereft at times that I needed to take a deep breath. Or ten!

Things I particularly liked:
* Chloe was painfully real. Her journey through the stages of grief was so skilfully imagined that it was visceral at times. And, although gut wrenchingly tragic at times, it never felt morose. There were some truly hilarious moments interspersed throughout.

* I also liked that all of the main characters were in their late 30s, dealing with all the anxiety, loss and emotional baggage that comes along with people in this age group who are still trying to find their HEA's.

* I really appreciated that it wasn't predictable. The answers to Chloe's questions weren't all tied to grand gestures and huge, groundbreaking revelations. I can't say more without spoiling some of my favourite parts, but real life isn't like fiction, so this unpredictability added to my emotional investment in all of the character's lives.

Things I didn't particularly like:
* Running out of tissues. Several times!

All that said, If you've ever suffered a huge loss in a relationship (whether that be through bereavement or not; and regardless of if it's a partner, or simply a friend or family member) this is an uplifting and cathartic read. Hayley Doyle's exquisite writing ultimately leaves the reader with hope for the future. And that's all you can really ask for, isn't it?

Overall rating: ❤❤❤❤❤
Heat rating: 🔥🔥
Emotional rating: 😭😭😭😭😭

“P.S. I Love You” meets “Eat Pray Love” is the best descriptor I can think of for this book. The premise of the book sounded appealing and emotional to me, but unfortunately, it fell flat in my opinion. I never felt any attachment to the characters and didn’t know Jack well enough to feel sadness or remorse after his death. None of the characters stood out to me as memorable or particularly likable. A few times throughout the book, I thought of DNF-ing because I wasn’t invested enough to care about the characters’ outcomes, but I wanted to see it through because I still appreciate the ARC. Overall, I would give this book 2.5 stars.

A really sweet book about finding love, then losing it. The book is about Chloe whose boyfriend of 5 months (Jack) unexpectedly passes away in a traffic accident. Life gets a bit awkward for her because she didn't really know much about Jack and hadn't met his family or friends (except his brother very briefly) and she feels she can't share her grief as no one in her life knew Jack either. She then tries to move on by ticking off all the calendar items they had planned together. The storyline was lovely - thankfully never having lost someone like Chloe did, I couldn't relate to her whirlwind choices but I could imagine how grief would prompt you into making crazy choices. The characters were well written - I really liked Beth and Kit and I kinda want a tin of broken up easter eggs for emergencies now... This book is definitely about loss and moving on from it and I think the author did a good job with it.

I thought this was going to be a really good read because it got off to such a good start. However, very soon it just became totally unrealistic and hard to believe. Chloe and Jack have been together for 5 months when Jack dies suddenly in an accident. Chloe, for some bizarre reason, finds it hard to tell people Jack has died, and makes up all sorts of excuses. His family, and all her friends and family all seem to be totally unbothered by the fact that Chloe is grieving and don't even really acknowledge their relationship. I was also really irked by the authors constant use of the word 'me', as in 'me father', 'me mother' etc etc. I'm from Liverpool, and I think the author is too, but believe it or not, some of us can actually use the word 'my'. The word 'Babes' started more or less every sentence uttered by Chloe's friend, Beth. Totally annoying. I wouldn't recommend this book. The story seemed to me to be just words to fill pages, and I was glad to finish it.

This was a beautiful book and reminded me of one day which if you loved you will certainly love this. This was such a poignant and beautiful read to start the new year with and so much more than a love story a d conveys the message life is so precious so make sure make memories and live each day like it's your last as you never know what's round the corner.

I was not ready for Love, Almost by Hayley Doyle. Such an emotional, heartbreaking and heartwarming read. Chloe and Jack are in happy and ready for a life together, when tragedy strikes. Chloe is left lost and grieving and without the future she had imagined. Now she finds herself looking at what her future now means. What follows is her journey and how she works through the grief and finding herself. It was both sad and hopeful and I enjoyed it.

Happy reading!