This book was adorable, funny, engaging, sweet, all at different times. It was so easy to just get sucked into this book. I love the characters, and I found myself rooting for them throughout the book. Please, do yourself a favor and go out and read this book! I will find others by Rosie Curtis because I loved this so much.

This book was not for me. The mutual pining felt way too forced and everything was tell rather than show how the characters felt. The ending was really cute and so was the US cover, but I couldn't get over the fact that I just did not want to keep reading this book. I wouldn't even classify this as a romance because the relationship is not a central part of the story, it's really just a look at two character's lives over a year.

Thanks to Avon Books UK and Netgalley for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Audio: Narrators are fine. They have accents of course.

Follow along the year-long story of right place, wrong time. Really cute story that is perfect for an uplifting read this fall season.

Thanks Netgalley and the Publisher. I am not sure about this book to be fair it was too soppy for me. It was just okay

Thank you to William Morrow Books for a copy of We Met In December by Rosie Curtis for an honest review.

I thought this book was just okay. Now if we are honest, some of that definitely could be down to my mood and current reading slump. We Met In December follows Jess and Alex for a year. They both are starting over in London, new jobs, new aspirations and they are both renting a room in the same house. Neither of them are ready to start a relationship and are instead focusing on starting new chapters for themselves.
To me, this book felt a lot in spirit like a book I read last year, which may have coloured my opinion. I did find a couple of times where I thought, haven’t I already read this one? It is a common trope though so maybe this one just wasn’t for me. I did like the main characters a lot and thought the author did a great job switching back and forth between them so we got the whole story on both sides.

We Met In December is a story of meeting the right person at the wrong time, perfect for readers who love One Day and One Day In December

I do enjoy slow burn romances, but this one moved way to slow. I did want to know how it all played out so I read the last part of the book very quickly to see how it played out. Satisfying ending for rom-com fans!

I received this book complimentary from NetGalley, however all opinions are my own.
Oh this was so lovely. Every character was interesting and unique and fun. I just adored this. I hope to find my Alex someday and make christmases magical. Jess was sweet and cute and I just really loved this. The author has a way of writing where you feel the moods of the characters and the setting and it was just lovely.

I felt this was perfectly nice story where nothing really happens.

I’m going to go with 2.5 stars because it was a lovely concept and the writing was good. I didn’t really dislike anyone...they were all so nice
I just never really felt anything when I read it.

This was a slow-moving romance about ta group of people living in a share house in the present time in Notting Hill.
Jess moves to Notting Hill to live in a share house owned by her friend Becky. Becky inherited the house and invited four friends to live in the house with her.
Jess has a job in publishing. She loves taking photographs of interesting views for Instagram so she can share her life with her grandmother Beth who also has an Instagram account.
Alex also lives in Becky’s house, he gave up being a lawyer and is training as a nurse, on his weekends off he takes Jess on walking tours around London.
This was a nice romance about friendships, relationships and families.

This book was just ok for me. I thought based on the title and cover that it would be a holiday book, but felt a little mislead. Overall I liked the story, but I felt that there was a lot going on but very little of it mattered. I would have liked to have seen the subplots be explored more or even the main characters have more of a connection.

Thank you to Netgalley for letting review this book. Before I start my review if you read One Day in December or The Flatshare this is a great book for you as it is the perfect mix of the two! Now time for my review!

This was the first winter read of the year and I really enjoyed it as it wasn’t fully set around the festive period but over months instead which was a great way to progress the story and not drag it out too long, I think thats why I read it so quick!

I enjoyed the different characters that live in the house: Jess and Alex who have both left well paid jobs in search of doing something different and following their dreams!, Becky who owns the house after it being left to her from her grandparents and is able to charge super cheap rent for the posh side of London (P.S I need to find a friend like Becky!), Emma who doesn’t pay attention of the no relationship rule between the other housemates and has a casual fling with Alex and then there’s the chef who name has suddenly gone out of my head!

I liked reading about the walks round London Alex and Jess did together, but I felt like I knew what was going to happen at the end of the story and then all of a sudden there was a leap forward a year so it was quite a lot of build up and then felt quite rushed.

However there was a best quote for me, where Jess is talking about her new boss. “He doesn’t Just have a plum in his mouth, I reckon he’s got several fruit trees”

I enjoyed the connection between Jess and Alex. I also enjoyed being transported to the setting of picturesque London. Overall the book was only okay. Some parts were slow moving and I struggled to maintain interest.

Sometimes I get confused or overwhelmed with dual POV, but this book was done so well. I was in love with the characters quickly and I felt like they were well developed.

A heart-warming easy read. I generally don't love dual-POV books, but this one really worked for me. Curtis did a terrific job writing a slow burn romance, letting the emotions simmer beneath the surface until the time was right. I look forward to reading her other books.

A cutesy holiday romance perfect for a snowy day spent by the fire it under the covers. I enjoyed the characters and plot.

This was a cute, cosy kind of romance that i really enjoyed reading. It was simply a feel-good kind of story.
Jess just moved to London to follow her dream and start a new career. Alex made a drastic change of career and change of life. Both of them end up renting rooms in the same house. And through the events of a whole year we go with them through different difficulties and witness the evolution of their relationship.
It was a nice quick read, with various interesting characters.

A cute story told in the viewpoint of the two main characters. I loved how they switched from points of view and how their story unfolded. It was a very sweet read

I really liked this and read it quickly and loved the characters. The plot felt a bit off and on at times. This is definitely not a Christmassy book in any way - and it reminded me a lot of One Day in December which I had similar feelings for last yea

A book that is full of holiday romance. Well written and such a sweet story. A typical lovely feel good love story.
Thank you to both NetGalley and publishers for giving me the opportunity to read this book

I thought that "We met in December" by Rosie Curtis was an easy-going, fun read. I did not have the comparison issues (with another book along the same lines) that a lot of reviewers seemed to have reading this book so I was able to take it for face value.
We are introduced to Jess who is moving to the big city for a new job in publishing and leaving a cheating boyfriend in the dust. She's able to hook up with a room in a shared house in Notting Hill (not too shabby!) with 4 others around her age.
While the story touches upon her new job and the struggles she faces, it primarily focuses on the new friendship between Jess and her housemate Alex. The story alternates between Jess and Alex's point of view for the first year giving us a glimpse of how they are each feeling about their place in this world and about each other. While relationships are frowned upon in the house, Alex does end up sleeping with another housemate, Emma. Jess finds out and assumes that she has lost her shot with Alex.
I think the author did a good job of capturing the everyday development of the characters without it being boring and did a beautiful job of growing the relationship between Alex and Jess.
The relationship Jess had with her grandmother was very sweet and relatable but I was VERY unfond of Jess' mom- who was beyond unreal and obnoxious. I did find the whole Alex sleeping with a housemate but pining after Jess a little gross....I liked the idea that she had friends outside the house but a storyline revolving around one friend trying to get pregnant became distracting.
I don't think this necessarily as a Christmas book- even though it glazes over the holiday but it was a charming rom-com and would recommend it for anyone looking for a sweet light read. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.