My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Title: Just Haven’t Met You Yet
Author: Sophie Cousens
Format: eBook (NetGalley)
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 11/09/21
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Categories: Adult, Romance, Contemporary
Disclaimer: **I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.**
Thank you you to G.P. Putnam’s Sons for giving me a chance to read this eARC in exchange for an honest review!
Laura’s business trip to the Channel Islands isn’t exactly off to a great start. After unceremoniously dumping everything in her bag in front of the most attractive man she’s ever seen in real life, she arrives at her hotel only to realize she’s grabbed the wrong suitcase from the airport. Her only consolation? The irresistibly appealing contents of the case: a copy of her favorite book; piano music; and a rugged, heavy knit fisherman sweater only a Ryan Gosling lookalike could pull off. The owner of this suitcase is Laura’s dream man–she’s sure of it. Now, all she has to do is find him.
The mix-up seems written in the stars. After all, what are the odds that she’d find The One on the same remote island where her mom and dad had first fallen in love, especially as she sets out to write an article about their epic romance? Commissioning surly cab driver Ted to ferry her around seems like her best bet in both tracking down the mystery suitcase owner and retracing her parents’ footsteps. And if beneath Ted’s gruffness lies a wit that makes their cab rides strangely entertaining, so much the better. But as Laura’s long-lost luggage soulmate proves difficult to find–and as she realizes that the love story she’s held on a pedestal all her life might not have been that perfect–she’ll have to rethink her whole outlook on love to discover what she really wants.
This is a fun story about a woman who takes a business trip to the Channel Islands, Jersey, to be exact, to hunt down information about her parents’ romance story. But she picks up the wrong luggage at the airport and comes up with this Mr. Perfect dream scenario in her head about the luggage owner so she decides to find him.
Laura is a wild woman! Haha, talk about concocting fantasies in her head about the mysterious luggage owner but she is funny, nice, romance obsessed and such a funny character. She goes to Jersey on a work assignment and finds out a lot about her family history and uncovers some truths that break her heart. But she also meets two men who become potential romances for her, but which one will she choose?
The whole cast of characters are fun as well from her best friends Dee and Vandy, who give love and life advice to everyone she meets on Jersey.
The men she meets on Jersey are quite different. Ted, her cab driver, is scruffy, older and going through a divorce. Jasper, the luggage owner is perfect, they like the same music and have the same goals and yet….Ted is who she keeps thinking about. She’s only known these men for a few days so it is almost an insta-love/insta-attraction kind of thing.
I liked the emotional parts of the book as well when it came to Laura and her memories of her mom. Ted also has moments with his dad who has Parkinson’s. There was a nice sense of family being important in the story and I love that.
I learned about Jersey! I never really knew anything about it or the Channel Islands so it was nice learning about the island.
Content Warnings: grief, marriage troubles
Ted is going through a separation and I think I would turned off by that but it really did seem like it was an ended relationship, the paperwork just needed to go through. Laura knew about it at least, it wasn’t secret.
Why you should read it:
- cute rom-com story
- sentimental and heartwarming
- the cast of characters are funny and entertaining
Why you might not want to read it:
- a little bit of insta-love/ or insta-attraction
My Thoughts:
This was a fun rom-com that was exactly what I needed for this holiday season. No it’s not a holiday romance but it gave me the romance feels and the sentimental ones especially when the characters were surrounded by family. I loved the setting of Jersey because I learned something new. Laura is a fun main character who finally gets the meet-cute, two guys to choose between, clarity about her family and a chance to stand up to her overbearing boss. I enjoyed this one a lot!
📚 ~ Yolanda
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So… Not really love triangle-y right? 😅 I do like the sound of this and even from the synopsis I can already tell which guy she is going to go for (unless I’m super wrong lol) but Laura does sound wild with her dreaming! Sounds like a fun romance 🙂 Great review!