I will not be giving feedback on this book as I couldn’t really get into it but I think others may enjoy it.

I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher, via NetGalley. This in no way impacted on my view.

Hugo Wilkinson's whole life has been in the spotlight. The youngest sextuplet, he and his siblings have always been treated like a unit, and it's starting to grate on him. He's due to start university in the autumn, and though he's excited, he hates that the choice of university, and the independence, has been taken away from him; he has to go to the University of Surrey, with his 5 siblings, to get the scholarship that was left for them all. But, he has his trip across America with girlfriend Margaret to look forward to, and that's what's been keeping him going. However, when she breaks up with him, and leaves him the tickets, he needs to find another Margaret Campbell to go with, as the tickets are non-transferable. That's how he finds Mae. Mae thought she had it all planned, but when her audition film for film school at USC doesn't pass muster, she's floundering. Should she go on the trip, and keep it from her dad's, or will she always regret not taking the opportunity, and exploring the country, and herself?

This is a book where I didn't really know what to expect, but I really enjoyed it. I have liked other books by this author, and the premise of this one seemed fun, and it really was - though there were some hard hitting moments too. Hugo wants some freedom, and independence. He doesn't want to be known as the youngest Wilkinson sextuplet any more, and though he loves his family, he wants the space. Going from living with them all for 18 years, to having to go to the same university for the next 3 years, is a hard pill to swallow. Having his week in America, albeit with a stranger, sounds like heaven, and I loved seeing how Hugo embraced travel, and exploration. His development and growth was fantastic, and I really liked where he was in the end of the story. Mae's character I really like too, but I don't think she grew as much as Hugo. She's sort of always known what she wanted, and was supported by her nan and dad's, but never really put much of an effort in - just thought that she would be a shoo in for her admittance to college. Hiding the truth about her trip from her dad's, she was slow to take to the experience, but used the trip, and her meeting new people - including Hugo - to grow as a film maker, and discover herself, and her own feelings on love. The romance between Hugo and Mae was cute, but a bit fast I thought. I did like it, though, and felt like the ending was the perfect way for the story to end - though maybe a bit of an epilogue or something would've made the book all the better. All in all, an enjoyable read.

Well, how cute was this? Sometimes you need a book that is just going to make me curl in a ball and make a ‘SQUEEE’ noise and this book, it ticked that box.

The book follows Hugo and Mae as they train across America. Two strangers forced together by fate (in Maes case) and a broken heart (In Hugos), its worth mentioning at this point that I love love love this trope, this ‘forced together… how’s it going to work out trope. But in the end it was there separate stories and growth that made me enjoy this book so much.

This book is bonkers, really truly bonkers. But bonkers is not necessarily a terrible thing – especially not in this case. If you’re looking for a light, unique and adorable YA romance. Look no further, this was truly wonderful.

This book is so sweet and I love how it played out. The the setting of the book two teens figuring out life life on train trip across the US and I liked the spark between the two main characters. As always with Jennifer’s book I read it one sitting couldn’t put it down.

Unfortunately, I have not been able to read and review this book.

After losing and replacing my broken Kindle and getting a new phone I was unable to download the title again for review as it was no longer available on Netgalley.

I’m really sorry about this and hope that it won’t affect you allowing me to read and review your titles in the future.

Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity.
Natalie.

I loved this book. It made me want to book a train ticket and go on an adventure of my own. Definitely my favourite Jennifer E. Smith book to date

I LOVED THIS, the romance, the adventure, everything. It just makes you book a plane/train ticket and go off travelling!

Thank you to MacMillan and netgalley for sending me a copy of Field Notes on Love for review.

Hugo and Mae are supposed to go on a rail trip across the states for the summer. But then Mae dumps Hugo and Hugo can’t get a refund so he decides to go on the trip anyway. Mae has booked the tickets so Hugo decides to post an ad online to find someone with the same name to go with him in the trip.

I enjoyed Windfall by Jennifer E. Smith a couple years ago so I was interested in picking up her latest novel, Field Notes on Love as her style is really easy to read for me.

I read this way back in August (I know, I’m super behind on my reviews) and it was honestly such a good summer read. It was cute without too much angst and was all about travelling and finding yourself. I think this book is the perfect palette cleanser when you’re been reading a bunch of heavier books. I also think it’s good for a read by the pool.

However, whilst I did enjoy this book I felt like it was missing a bit of a spark. I wasn’t really pulling for Mae and Hugo in the way I like to when I read YA romances. I also felt like it was lacking in the travel department as well. As much as there are parts of it that of course are unique to travelling, a lot of the time it felt like you could’ve stuck some of these kids anywhere and the story still would have been fine. I wish there had been more exploring and more of the experience.

I don’t really have much else to say as this is a short and simple story and was a fun, quick read.

Loved this and was a compelling read!

Read this a little while ago, and forgot to publish my review.

Very sweet and very ‘now’ when it comes to YA romance. It was a little too sweet for me, but I’ve been able to recommend it to so many people I think it’ll be perfect for.

A very sweet story, and I loved the characters.

I wish we had seen a little more of the States than just the train. There were some amazing destinations mentioned, and we didn't really get to experience them. Maybe I'll have to take the train ride myself.

I think it would have been great if Hugo's narrative were written in British English, and there was a little more research on British customs and culture done. For example, in Britain it's not called the Great British Baking Show, and dorm rooms are not shared. The UK version needed just a little more tweaking.

I received this book from the publisher via Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.

This is so sweet! I really enjoyed the concept, and loved how it played out.

Hugo is adorable and I loved him! I really liked all his interactions with his siblings too - even if there wasn’t really enough of them for them to stand out as individuals, his dedication to them was lovely. And I also loved that he picked the grandma originally! That just made me smile.

Mae is so lovely - I especially loved everything with her grandma. But her relationship with her dads is gorgeous, as is the way she slowly learns to open up. Her and Hugo and their little documentary made me so happy.

I also loved the journey - it made me want to take a train across the USA. Ten years ago I did a cross country road trip which was amazing, but I have always wanted to try a train trip.

One thing I was surprised by was that the British publisher obviously hasn’t changed the very American version. And for the American readers it doesn’t matter that there are little inaccuracies, but for us Brits, it would have been nice to see some very small changes just make it a little more realistic. They wouldn’t change the story, so would be easy to do. The biggest would really be room sharing at uni - most unis don’t do that here, and certainly my friends who went to Surrey all had single rooms. Maybe putting them in the same flat of the same dorm would have covered that. Small things like that threw me a little.

Gorgeously lovely little story, 3.5 stars.

A sweet read, lovely characters that you connect with easily, lovely story, great setting on the train and their journey. Lovely spark between the characters. An entertaining and easily addictive read.

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

A sweet contemporary YA romance set on a train across America? I'm there for it. Smith did a great job conjouring the atmosphere of Amtrak's cross-country tourist service as a background for the meet-cute between Hugo and Mae, both of whom were well-rounded and appealing characters. I especially enjoyed the glimpses of Hugo's identity as one of a set of sextuplets and the issues this causes for him. Ultimately, there's not a great deal of depth to the story but for an undemanding summer read, you could do a lot worse.

A quirky read about love, taking a bold step and finding someone who ‘gets’ you.
Hugo has just been dumped by his first serious girlfriend. The only problem is, they’re meant to be travelling in America together. The tickets are booked in her name, and are non-transferable. Desperate to work out who he is (being one of the UK’s famous sextuplets is difficult to escape) Hugh doesn’t do the obvious. He advertises for someone of the same name who’s prepared t9 travel with him.
Quite unrealistic, a little absurd, but of course it ends well.
Our secondary character, Mae, is rather closed. She is clearly engaging and yet seems reluctant to let others in.
Of course, the inevitable happens and we have a wonderful love story. I thought a whole book of them travelling on a train would be boring. Thankfully there’s enough extra details to keep us entertained.
Thank you NetGalley for the chance to read this in exchange for my thoughts.

FIELD NOTES ON LOVE was a sweet read. It was pleasant, easy to get into, with interesting characters. The premise for this storyline takes a bit of setting up before Hugo and Margaret make their epic train journey across the USA.

Hugo is a sextuplet (its relevant) from the UK and he needs a Margaret Campbell to use two tickets for his journey. Enters the perfect-aged Margaret Campbell. Both Margaret and Hugo had interesting families and they were cute to watch getting to know one another.

I didn’t make an emotional connection with the story or the characters particularly which left me feeling like an outside observer. I found the exes issue an irritation and perhaps a little bit of a predictable story arc. However, it was overall satisfying book.

This is an easy, appealing read with likeable characters. I would recommend for a day’s or weekend’s escapism reading.

I voluntarily read an early copy of this book.

Field Notes on Love by Jennifer E. Smith reminds me a lot of her debut novel. Two characters, trapped together in transport with very little time to fall in love, and yet they still manage it. It was going back to the very first romance of hers that I fell in love with as a reader, and I really enjoyed that parallelism.
The train and its passengers made for an excellent setting and cast. I wish there had been more claustrophobia and more staring out the window to really make the most of it.
Hugo and Mae’s relationship was quick to spark, and they really helped one another to fix the problems they were dealing with - for Hugo, it was standing apart from his five siblings, and for Mae, it was putting more of herself into her art. A romance is only truly iconic if it makes use of the ‘but there’s only one bed’ trope and Field Notes really delivered there, haha!
The one thing I thought this book was truly lacking was any real conflict! Of course, there was the fact that the couple only had a week to bond before they had to go back to their lives an ocean apart, but I didn’t feel any sense of urgency with their own plot lines. Mae had already been accepted into her preferred university, just not on the right course - and she was more than capable of producing a great film. Hugo didn’t want to go to university, but his siblings and parents were completely understanding of that, so there was no real fight about it. And as for his break up at the beginning of the book that started the whole journey…it was clean and uncomplicated - unexpected for a romcom!
Still, I felt swept along with the train and the love story, regardless. And I feel very satisfied with where the two characters were left. 3.5/5 stars to this cute and quick contemporary.

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<p>The story begins
with a nonrefundable train ticket across America , and Hugo needs a Margaret
Campbell for the journey where he sort of wants discovers himself his life
other than being a sextuplet. On the other hand there is Mae , budding
filmmaker but asoiring to do more . When these characters meet&nbsp; Sparks fly and there is a inta kind of love ,
&nbsp;and as the ride progresses , they start
to ponder over there lives together. Basically , it is a story of two teens and
what love means to them . The story is adorable and so cute and fluffy . Hugo
and Mae had such a great chemistry and adorable in every ways especially Hugo. </p>
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<p>&nbsp;Hugo and Mae are people like us who have their
insecurities but a train journey together clears their false notions. I know
the book was a light read but it did address the need to create a personal identity
for Hugo, who was the youngest of the Sextuplets . </p>
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<p>It would hardly take more than 3 – 4 hours in gorging this book , a journey of two teens figuring their life in a train trip across US with a dash of romance . <strong>Overall,&nbsp;<em>Field Notes for Love</em>&nbsp;is an entertaining read&nbsp;</strong></p>
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Hugo and his long time girlfriend Margaret were about to go overseas just before each of them goes to different universities (on two different continents). But then Margaret decides to break up with Hugo and leave him with the train tickets for journey through the US. Hugo on the other hand has never been outside his home town. Being 1/6 of the sextuplets he is a local celebrity and therefore he together with his 3 sisters and 2 brother were offered full scholarship at their local university. This means that apart from the upcoming US trip Hugo is supposed to spend most of his life in the same place with the same people. Now that he feels a bit opressed by this idea Hugo decided to go on the US adventure on his own, but he can't because it turns out that all the tickets are booked on his ex-girlfriend's name. That's why he puts an advert online to find another Margaret to make his US dream come true. And he does find her, a girl his age with no belief in true love. Will they find it weird to travel with a total stranger or will they fall in love? It's for you to find out.

I love Jennifer E. Smith's style of writing, there's everything that I need: lovely flowing style of writing, sense of humour, believable characters, warmth, love and moral on the things that are most important in life. Loved it!