We Met in December by Rosie Curtis

 

This December, unlucky-in-love Jess is following her dream and moving to Notting Hill. On the first night in her new house-share she meets Alex, the guy in the room next door. They don’t kiss under the mistletoe, but there’s still a spark that leaves Jess imagining how they might spend the year together – never mind the house rule against dating…

But when Jess returns from her Christmas holiday, she finds Alex has started seeing Emma, who lives on the floor above them. Now Jess faces a year of bumping into the man of her dreams – and, apparently, the woman of his.

Jess is determined to move on and spend the year falling in love with London, not Alex – but what if her heart has other ideas?

For the first time ever I have actually managed to finish reading my Christmas books before the big day has arrived! I debated making a start on next years books but decided to look back on my kindle books that I ran out of time to read before Christmas last year and spied I Met You in December by Rosie Curtis which said was great for Josie Silver fans who’s novel One Day in December was an absolute delight so I decided to cosy up and dive into this book.

The novel follows a new house share in London where both Alex and Jess have just moved in with three other housemates after changing careers. Jess has moved up from Bournemouth to start a career in publishing, the streets of London are all new to her but she and Alex start up regular walks to show her the sights hidden within and a spark of chemistry is felt between them but can they resist acting on it when the house rules are no relationships!

This was a sweet light-hearted easy read that has a slice of friendships and a sprinkling of romance to keep you entertained. Not so much a festive read just a wintery romance story but none the less a feel good storyline for the hopeless romantics to read.

The storyline is predictable but I still wanted to follow Jess and Alex’s journey from friendship to a blossoming romance as they were both likeable characters who were taking life with both hands and starting their lives on a new path and I wanted desperately for them to succeed.

I did enjoy this novel and I would definitely read another by this author but I don’t feel the storyline had enough going on or enough depth to make it a memorable read.

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