This book was a cute read. It had a great idea, and I really wish I loved this book, but it just wasn’t for me. I had a hard time connecting with the characters. :( In my opinion Helen came across immature, and some dialogue was a bit strange (I had to re-read parts to understand). Some scenes I skimmed because I found them boring, but overall this was a fun read.


That being said, I will read the next book by Hayley Quinn.


Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Collins for the opportunity to read this ARC.

This was a do-not-finish with me. I really struggled to connect with the character in this one! I was really looking for more depth but couldn't find it. I love romances but for me I like reading about characters who have life goals outside their love lives - if you want purely romance this might be for you, just wasn't for me.

It is a solid book. Classic love story. The characters haven't been as developed. I did not build a "relationship" with them. But I liked the story and it was well written.

Helen is a food blogger who laments her single status in the lead up to her thirtieth birthday, triggered in large part by the engagement of her ex-boyfriend. She reluctantly joins a dating app and meets Brody, who might just be the man of her dreams. After an app glitch causes them to lose contact, she sets out to find him and finds herself on quite the adventure...

This was a fun read with an interesting premise and an original twist. Nanny G was a great character with an engaging storyline, and it would have been ideal if other supporting characters were fleshed out in a similar way. Helen’s self-pitying tone became a little draining to read after a while and large sections of her inner monologue could have done with further editing. The book might also have benefitted from a faster pace to maintain interest throughout and to hook you from the beginning.

Overall this is an easy, light-hearted summer read that would be ideal for a lazy day on the beach.

Thank you to Net Galley and Harper Collins for providing an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

(N.B, The ' Post review to Goodreads' option is not working - the error message 'Unable to find book with ISBN "9780008511036" on Goodreads' appears, therefore I have posted separately and added the link below)

It's been such a good year for contemporary romances that this one wasn't a top tier pick for me. Third tier purchase

A DNF for me. I tried, but it just didn't click. I couldn't relate to the characters they felt forced upon me. This book just wasn't my cup of tea.

Thank you to NetGalley and HQ, HQ Digital for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

At 31, Helen is fed up of being single especially after seeing her commitment-phobe ex had recently got engaged. Helen decides to start online dating and meets Brody, but they lose contact soon after and she puts everything into finding him again.

This book was cute and a really fun read!

Ish was definitely my favourite character!

I felt sometimes there were some rushed sections but other than that I enjoyed it!

I rated this book 3 stars.

This was such a fun cozy read, I could not put it down. Read in one sitting! I would recommend to anyone looking for a quick but enjoyable read!

I overall enjoyed this book. The story and romance element were cute (I loved Ish!). The grandma element was sweet and sentimental. I will say parts of the book read…young maybe for lack of a better word. Helen comes across really immature at times and some of the dialogue is very odd considering these are 30-something’s. Speaking as a thirty something, it reads a little young. Overall though it was a cute, quick read.

I thought this was a nice, comfortable read that I enjoyed. It wasn't putdownable for me, but it was excellent to unwind at the end of a long work day.

this book started off very strong but towards the middle, i became a little bored. some of the characters were great but others, not so much. the writing wasn’t really for me either.

DNF for me which was unfortunate because it started out strong. I lost interest by 50% and didn’t proceed

Thank you for the eARC in exchange for an honest review

I really liked the premise of this story which is why I picked it up, but I don't know if it satisfied my expectations. I ended up skipping many parts of the book as I became bored.

I do like how the book ended though and what happened with Helen's love life, and I thought it was nice how it showed dating in one's 30s. I'm not even sure if I felt any chemistry between the 2 MCs - it all felt a bit rushed.

Overall, while I didn't enjoy this, it may be someone else's cup of tea.

This ended up being a DNF for me. I loved this book at the beginning and was hooked right away. I think mainly because the MC was so relatable. But towards the middle/ three quarters of the way through I just lost interest.

I will be posting about it on my Instagram @manas_library between the dates of 6/21 and 6/24!

A big thank you to NetGalley and HQ for the eARC. I am voluntarily reviewing this book. OMG this book...I almost threw my kindle across the room. I haven't been on a date in 36 years (I need to but its terrifying). This type book doesn't really help. I think I am to old, and to American to try to figure out the British references. I did not really like the book. It has a few fun elements and Helen seems to have amazing friends, but otherwise eh. 2.5 stars

This was a DNF for me. I tried, but it just didn't click. I couldn't relate to the characters (or really like them for that matter). I'm sure it's lovely for some, but it wasn't my cup of tea.

Thank you to NetGalley and HQ, HQ Digital for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

I really couldn't get into this one. I wasn't fussed on the writing style and there was a lot of annoying little Americanisms used despite it being set in Britain (pants for example).

The main character was really unlikeable and I couldn't warm to her at all. It felt like the author tried too hard to make her this sarcy quirky character but she just fell flat.

This modern British romcom started out so strong, but sadly, as I continued to read it just fell flat for me. I loved the premise of Helen trying to find love again after a heartbreak from her ex-boyfriend who is now engaged to someone else shortly after. She finds out from stalking his social media and man, haven’t we all been there?! The book also includes texts between friends and Instagram captions/hashtags. Definitely a modern novel and anyone who has ever used a dating app or social media can totally relate to this and laugh.

Helen connects with Brody, her first match, and they have a pleasant chat and agree to a date while Helen is in Cornwall visiting her family. Brody tells Helen he is looking for his last first date and Helen wants nothing more than to settle down. We meet Granny G who is very important to Helen . Granny G tells her about the man she met before she married Helens grandfather and it just so happened to be in Cornwall. The date goes well, Brody is a gentleman, and they share a kiss on the cliffs in Cornwall.

At the end of the night, Helen is happy and goes to message Brody on the dating app, and the app has crashed. Helen loses her connection to Brody and doesn’t have his number. All she has is a few bits of information about his life. Devastated, this is where Helen goes off the rails and I no longer had interest in this book.

Helen goes from sweet, relatable girl to a crazed, self obsessed stalker on a quest to find Brody. The next chunk of the book is dedicated to constantly finding Brody and it became annoying. Helens every thought and action with herself and her friends revolves around a guy she had one date with. She takes it far enough to the point of social media stalking his friends with a fake profile and learning he is going to be at a music/camping festival back in Cornwall MONTHS later and decides to go and try to find him.


During all of this, we get a better look at Helens friends, Elle and Sophie. Sophie gets engaged to her boyfriend on a trip. Helen stalks deep to learn that Brody also went to the same place on vacation with his friend recently as well. Sophie’s engagement brings up some feeling for Helen such as feeling the societal pressure to get a life, a home, a fiancé. Totally relatable to any mid-twenties/ thirties person.

Then we get to Elle. The portrayal of Elle was atrocious. Elle is stereotyped as hot headed, rude Latinx who says amiga constantly. As if it’s her catch phrase. Elle was honestly a mean friend hurting Helen’s feelings over her wanting to find Brody. She was constantly putting Helen down and not even over the stalking bits, but just her overall tone with Helen was dismissive and cruel.

Helen meets a man named Ish one night and the two eventually become friends. He is a blogger like her (him history, her baking) and he tries to help her with filming and other tips. They have great talks and it’s easy to be around each other. Ish is clearly into Helen but is totally respectable. He even knows about the Brody situation and allows Helen to carry on to help her get (hopefully) closure. Ish is a great guy. Something she’s been searching for and yet Helen seems oblivious to that. Even with a great guy in front of her, she is so hung up on Brody. Again, MONTHS after their first date and without any contact other than stalking his friends and his job.

Well, Helen ends up finding Brody at the music/camping festival. And shocker, he’s actually an awful human being. Brody was being so aloof towards her once they reconnected (I mean, again they had one fricken date months ago)and apparently is really into doing drugs. That was a turn in the story I thought was weird. His character was completely opposite the man we were introduced to in the beginning. Helen’s extreme attraction to Brody and their date made it seem like they were going to be endgame. But no, he was not who he said he was, didn’t want a long term relationship, and Helen wasted months of her life chasing after a guy and ignoring Ish.

This book has some of the weirdest dialogue. It was chopping, jumping from scenario and topic quickly. Some chapters were long. Some were short. Some where a single text message.
The use of the word “yep” constantly annoyed me. Is it because I’m an American and empath who thinks it’s automatically a hostile word? Who knows. Helen was so desperate and annoying over one Brody. Everyone was mean to Helen. I know the book is meant to be in modern day, but the cliche speaking and phrases (Ish has BDE, big dick energy) was cringey. The only person I really liked was Granny G and sometimes Ish. If we skipped the stalking, friend bashing, and stereotyping of Latinx, it would have been a hit for me. Sadly, it was not.

Thank you Netgalley and Harper Collins UK for this eARC in exchange for an honest opinion.

Thank you so much to Netgalley and the author for providing me with this ARC. All opinions and thoughts are my own.

I loved the blurb of this book so I was super thrilled when I got this ARC, which follows the story of Helen, in her 30’s trying to get back in the dating game after finding out her boyfriend cheated on her. Single and ready to mingle she downloads a dating app to see what her options might be, and just like that- a match and date set up with a guy name Brody. Brody seems to good to be true really, but she think this guy might be the the one she goes on a last perfect date with. That is until the app crashes and loses all their information, data, profiles and conversations.

Distraught but determined she goes out to go find this ‘too good to be true’ man while in the process of finding herself as well. Will she find him? Will this truly be her last first date?

I have to say it took me a while to get into this book, and the reading style was something to get used too. I can’t elaborate too much without giving spoilers, but it was entertaining and I liked the focus on the importance of good friends and family, along side the romance. I absolutely adored Ish and Elle.
I liked the concept and the positive message about how tough it is for single woman especially in their 30’s to find someone, and I enjoyed Helen’s personal revelations about who she is and what se wants as well. As these feelings were explored I couldn’t help but feel like the execution fell a bit flat. This story had a lot of potential, and was enjoyable, I just expected A BIT more.

Quinn captures a modern day fairytale of what Helen Pines thinks she wants. With an impactful beginning, Helen finds herself overly fantasizing of "what could be" when matching with Brody from an online dating app. This story goes through Helen's emotional rollercoaster with her head in the clouds until someone comes along for the ride. Quinn reminds her readers that although we may be focused on what's in front of us, don't forget stop and look around. Something or someone could have been there all along.