This is another winner from Josie Silver. I liked the premise of why the female character went to the island in the first place (the uncoupling twist), and I found myself engaged with both character's plights and challenges. Her characters have depth, and I was rooting for them to work things out.

I was excited for this one, especially since I love small-town charm and her most previous book is a favorite of mine but once I realized the male love interest in this book was still married, I did not feel comfortable continuing reading. However, for readers who this detail wouldn't bother would probably like it as much as her previous novels.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher. All views expressed are my own.

Sadly, I did not enjoy this book. I really hate when I don’t like a book I expected to love. I loved her other books, but this was a miss for me. Honestly, it was boring. The romance wasn’t there. Nor was the comedy. Seems more on the women's fiction side for me. I tried for months to finish it, but ultimately had to just accept it’s not for me.

(I won’t be posting this on social media, other than my Goodreads account.)

I have been a fan of Josie Silver since her debut and ONE NIGHT ON THE ISLAND is no exception - her novels keep getting better and better. The setting for this one, a remote Irish island, makes for a completely absorbing and atmospheric adventure that had me yearning to take a vacation abroad. There are several comedic scenes and always entertaining rom-com banter but, thankfully, Silver always injects a much more thoughtful and poignant element to her stories than one might expect from a typical romantic comedy. This is a perfect vacation/beach read and I didn't want it to end!

Synopsis: When two complete strangers end up reserving the same rental space in a small remote town they are forced to make the best of things. Oh and did I mention that the ferry only comes once a week and there is very limited additional space on the island due to it being remote.

Thoughts: I thought this was a sweet meet cute and enjoyed the characters. I also enjoyed the story line of Cleo and her expectations of what she should have accomplished by her thirtieth birthday. The remote location made this the perfect place for these two random strangers to be trapped together but still learn more about themselves and on how to manage the struggles they are facing. I enjoyed that this pulled in real life struggles and forced expectations. I recommend this book to a romance reader who also likes hearing about struggles.

Another Josie Silver novel to tug at your heart (and make you laugh a little). I wouldn't quite call this Rom Com, more just Rom and self discovery, with a very amusing and sweet cast of characters. Cleo goes to a remote island to focus on self love for her 30th birthday and discovers self love along with a lot more. Not groundbreaking or surprising, but a perfect choice for readers who love to be immersed in a new place and truly get to know a (fictional) community along with the heroine. A perfect way to escape for an afternoon, so long as you don't mind a few tears along the way!

Cleo is scared of turning 30 and the last thing she wants to do for her column is taking a quasi-sabbatical to self couple. Cleo goes to a remote Irish island called Salvation Island. She is booked to stay the Otter Lodge. However, she has an unexpected visitor. He is an American named Mack and he claims that he is booked to stay at Otter Lodge. Due to the weather, the boat is delayed, so these two are stuck together on this island and in Otter Lodge.

This took me a long time to read, but I started this in my slump that was caused by my depression. I thought during that time I could read it and get through this fast because I’ve enjoyed Josie’s other books. But, I Ed did not read the last 200 pages until my depression was lifted in late April/early May. I ended up really enjoying this read. The enemies to friends to lovers was well done and turned out to be really sweet. I really loved Cleo’s self discovery. The locals in this book were one of my favorites. I really enjoyed seeing the relationships that were made between the locals to Cleo and Mack. This overall was a sweet book and I look forward to reading more of Josie’s books.

What a fun getaway romance! I loved the tension that built up between the two main characters, but what I really loved was Cleo’s character development. A woman who goes on a solo vacation (my dream!) to marry herself and make commitments to herself- that’s a plot line I want to read!

Yes, this book was incredibly cheesy at moments but that did not take away from Cleo’s strong plot line.

Last thing I loved the YaYa sisterhood vibes I got from the women of the island- it reminded me a bit of Season for Second Chances! Really adored this read.

cute, but not my favorite of Josie Silver's books. her first book and even her last one before this set a high bar for me. But I still enjoyed!

Cleo has been writing a column for an on-line magazine chronicling her search for her "flamingo." Flamingos mate for life and she wants that too. For her 30th birthday the magazine rents a lodge on a remote island off of Ireland so she can find herself and perform a self-coupling, essentially marrying herself, but when she gets there she finds there is a mix up in reservations and she is sharing the lodge with Mack. He is an American photographer trying to reconcile his life being separated from a wife he still loves and his sons who he adores. His grandmother came from the island and he hopes to reconnect with his family history.

I really didn't like Cleo all that much. In the beginning she comes off as nasty, angry and spiteful. I understand that it was an awkward situation to share the home she thought would be hers alone but I think I would have been a little kinder to the big guy I had to live with until things are sorted out. Mack was a great guy. He was kind and trying to make the best of a bad situation.

Even with the remoteness and the bad weather the island sounds beautiful and the people living on it were lovely. They were a bunch of characters but were welcoming of both Mack and Cleo. I could understand the draw of wanting to stay there.

At times I felt like the story could have moved along quicker and I would have liked to know more about Cleo and Mack too but overall the 4 stars is an indicator of how much I liked the story overall and the people on the island.

I would like to thank Netgalley and Random House Ballantine for providing me with a digital copy.

One Night on the Island is Josie Silver’s latest fictional journey in modern romance and self-discovery. It follows Cleo, a late twenty-something dating columnist from London, and Mack, a young thirty’s photographer and dad from Boston, who happen to rent the same (and only) vacation property on remote Salvation Island.

Both come to this space looking to find themselves and separate from their current romantic troubles. What follows is a conscious temporary coupling and a few weeks of romance.

This book is set in a dual perspective - hopping back and forth between Mack and Cleo - while I love Cleo’s journey to self-love, I found Mack’s lacking in depth and accuracy. Some of Mack’s thoughts took on British phrasing, and I never sympathized with his situation in the long run.

All in all, this seemed like a highly logical romance - while enjoyable to read, I did not feel as captivated as with Silver’s previous books.

I'd like to thank Netgalley and the Publisher for sharing an ARC in exchange for an honest review. I absolutely loved this book.

Although I liked parts of this book, I found it a bit too long and slow paced. It was good, but I loved Josie Silver's other books so much more.

I love a good forced proximity book especially if its full of emotion like this book. I'll definitely be reading more of Josie Silver's books as this was my first one.

I struggled to get into this one. Possibly it was my. Mood and mindset going in to the book because in the end I quite liked it. Josie's writing is so soothing. That's the only way I know how to describe it. Time seems to relax and I forget how long I've been reading. It was so beautiful. More heartwarming, heart wrenching, find yourself drama than rom-com.

What a lovely book! I absolutely adored this story of self discovery paired with romance, and how well they tied together. I have recommended it to so many friends!

“One Night on the Island” by Josie Silver is more than a rom-com.To be honest, it was hard for me to get into this book. I had to pick it up multiple times as I was not connecting with the main character. Silver’s previous novel “One Day in December” is one of my favorite books and I had high hopes for this one too. Unfortunately, this was not a favorite for me however, I will always pickup another one of Josie’s books.

Thank you NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine for my digital arc in exchange for my honest review.

Cleo is a journalist who takes a trip to Salvation Island to “self couple.” Upon arriving at the place her boss has booked for her to stay, Cleo finds Mack. Due to a miscommunication, Mack’s cousin, who owns the cabin, has given him clearance to stay there as well. As there is nowhere else on the island to stay, Mack and Cleo decide to cohabit the cabin.

I did not enjoy this book. I was so bored the entire time. I was not at all rooting for Mack and Cleo to get together. Everything was so long and drawn out and entirely too much. The plot (what plot?) was nothing. Do not read.

Thank you to Ballantine Books and Netgalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

The cover points to this being a RomCom but really it was a story of self-discovery, determining your place in the world and yes, a love story.

For me though, the love story took more of a back seat and I would have been completely fine with a different ending.

I loved how Cloe’s character became more self-aware over the story. I loved the fun characters on the island and the hill where the women screamed into the wind, gave me goosebumps.

I would love to spend more time on this island. I wonder if the author will bring us back here again.

I was able to listen to the audiobook while reading along. The narrators were great so pick this up if you are an audiobook fan.

Cleo writes a magazine column about her (so far unsuccessful) dating life; as her 30th birthday approaches, her editor convinces her to go to an isolated island in Scotland to "marry herself" for a story. Unfortunately, when she arrives, there's been a mixup and she finds herself sharing her AirBnB with a big brooding Bostonian, Mack, on his own retreat. It's a cute premise, but I hated how stubborn and petulant Cleo was throughout the book - refusing to make the best of a bad situation and generally coming off as a brat. I didn't love the romance between the two main characters (um, he's married?!), but I did love the characters on Salvation Island - I wish the book had been more about them.