Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn't exist anywhere but the movies. But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man who she knows instantly is the one. Their eyes meet, there's a moment of pure magic...and then her bus drives away.
Certain they're fated to find each other again, Laurie spends a year scanning every bus stop and cafe in London for him. But she doesn't find him, not when it matters anyway. Instead they "reunite" at a Christmas party, when her best friend Sarah giddily introduces her new boyfriend to Laurie. It's Jack, the man from the bus. It would be.
What follows for Laurie, Sarah and Jack is ten years of friendship, heartbreak, missed opportunities, roads not taken, and destinies reconsidered.
My review: This was one of my local book club picks for December (I was in 2 during 2019!). Let me start off by saying if you're looking for a feel good, not very deep read with all the stress of the holiday season...then this is probably perfect for you.
The book follows the lives of 3 friends Laurie, Sarah and Jack who are living in London and how their lives do complete 180s for one friend and for the other two it takes 12, yes 12, years for change.
While I did think the story was cute, it definitely annoyed me in a lot of ways and just seemed very unrealistic in others (like how Sarah was that unsuspecting for so long and how Laurie searching for this mystery man never once ever came up?) Laurie's husband being so easy going and just too nice actually drove me nuts! There was never any real conflict there and even the "big" conflict was taken as like "okay. So we're doing this then." But if you take this book for what it is, just a feel good December read, then that's what you'll get out of it.
Given the hype about this book, I thought there would have been more substance to it. But I leave my readers with these questions: Have you read this and if so what did you think? Do you think Laurie should have told Sarah? What about Jack?
Book Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
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