A gorgeous story set in Reykjavik in Iceland. You can actually picture yourself there with the brilliant descriptions of the area, definitely wanting to book a trip there now to see the sights! This is the story of Chloe from Hampshire and Gunnar from Reykjavik, Chloe travel to Reykjavik for a work project and the very first person she litter bumps into is Gunnar! I laughed and cried at this book, you will not be disappointed

I really liked this book. Was a perfect easy read to enjoy on holiday in the hot tub! It made me want to visit Iceland!

Having read lots from this author before I was excited to tuck straight into this, especially with a book cover like that! I love anything with the Northern Lights so I absolutely loved the fact this book featured them.
The story itself is beautiful, the characters are perfect and the location was perfect.
This book is very easy to read and you will have a smile on your face reading this!

A lovely story to escape in. You have great characters. Makes you want to visit Iceland . A perfect winter read. You have youth, age, a terrible boss, love , fertility and northern lights. Read it .Also a perfect ending .

This was…fine? In some parts it was decidedly less than fine actually, and I probably wouldn’t call it good, but it was certainly a book I have now read.

First of all, the main issue our protagonist, Chloe, is facing is that she has been sent to Iceland for work because she lied about being fluent in the language. I was prepared for some epic miscommunication trope, but no, this is actively never an issue. The Icelandic people she encounters all speak perfect English, she never misunderstands anybody, and the one time she actually needs to speak the language the fallout of that is completely brushed off and is no longer relevant 2 chapters later.

So then we come to the second issue our protagonist faces - she’s a workaholic. Nothing new and different for these kind of books, of course, and this is paired with the fact she has fertility issues and everyone around her seems to be having babies and getting pregnant. This should be a great avenue for exploring conflict right? Yeah, you would think. Instead it is just brushed over, and by the end Chloe is still very work focused, but now she has room also for a man in her life.

This is also a dual POV and the issues that Gunnar faces are equally met. He has adopted an orphan, he seems to be struggling financially (this is so briefly touched on, I had to refer to my notes on my kindle for this) and the old lady he lives with keeps falling off and over things - including a roof, but this is because she kidnaps a man and ties him to a chair?? I truly did not understand why the only fallout from this was her falling off a roof and being fine.

The dialogue was stilted and bizarre, none of the characters communicate in a human or natural way - Chloe tells a stranger she has just met that she is alone in Iceland, has no money, and not place to stay within 5 minutes of meeting him. Someone also refers to being pregnant as a “pregnancy arc” and there are several 50 Shades of Grey references that have no relevance to the situation at all.

About 56% of the way into the book one slightly interesting thing happens where Chloe hires Gunnar to be a translator for a client that happens to be his ex girlfriend and I was like “oooooo” but then after about 3 chapters this issue resolves itself and I was back to being a bit bored again.

This is passably enjoyable but I don’t think I would ever reach for this book again honestly.

Thank you to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for the ARC of this.

This is plagiarism. There’s another book which is called the same thing like “Meet me Under the Northern Lights” by Emily Kerr. You can search it up on Goodreads. It’s crazy. I was so shocked like why?

I was not a fan of the blatant plagiarism and copy of Secret Nights and Nothern lights by Megan Oliver. Not only is the story the same, but it's also the same cover. Shame on you.