Well all I can really say is thank you. This book was gorgeous and an absolute treat to read.
I've read all of Sophia Money-Coutts' books and this may very well be my favourite. With a cast of fabulous characters, I particularly enjoyed Gus with his German endearments, by the way, this novel is a breath of fresh air. It's a fabulous 'what if' story, what if you really were meant to stay with your first love. Along the way there are laughs, some rather steamy scenes and tears. Nell is a wonderful heroine and we even have a dastardly villain in the form of Prince Pervert. Honestly this book has everything and I defy anyone not to enjoy it.
Thanks so much to Netgalley for the APC.

Sophia Money-Coutts is fast becoming one of my go-to authors (in great Mhairi McFarlane, Jo Watson, Lindsey Kelk company!)

I was so happy to receive an advanced copy of the book and couldn’t wait to get started.

Nell was a great main character, so normal and very relatable. The change of character to suit her London surroundings was realistic. Nell’s settling and accepting terms of a relationship was written well and made her likeable.

Gus was grating, his terms, likes, gadgets, hobbies, etc all made me chuckle. We all know a Gus!

Art was great. I would have liked more chemistry between Nell and Art in the current day, but the story still felt real and believable.

Overall I loved this book. I resonated with the heartbreak when younger and spending months nursing a broken heart.

I loved the authors writing style, it was engaging, flowed well, wasn’t too flowery or padded with waffle...I didn’t want to put the book down!

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for my advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review 📚

Despite the rather unfortunate topics of divorce and infidelity running through the book, this is a fun bit of escapism if you don't take the plot too seriously. It's easy to follow with plenty of quirky characters. I really enjoyed it.


Did You Miss Me? is due for release in August 2021, and I'm sure it's going to be a big beach read hit for Sophia Money-Coutts.

Thanks to #Netgalley, #HQDigital and #sophiamoneycoutts for the ARC.

I loved this author’s previous novels, so was super excited to read her newest work! Needless to say, not only did it not disappoint but was even better! A sparkly glass of champagne fun read!

Genre: Romance | Fiction

Release Date: Expected 19th August 2021



Eleanor Mason is fine. Better than fine actually.

She's got the perfect job as a lawyer, supportive parents and a wonderful flat in London. And then there's Gus, her very sweet, very long term boyfriend who she has sex with at least once a week.

She's completely fine - until she heads back to her parents town for a few days and sees Arthur. Lord Arthur Drummond, to be precise. Rich, successful, gorgeous and married to a stunning Heiress. But underneath all that, he's just Art - the one who got away, her former childhood friend and the one person who's ever broken her heart.

And the longer she's in her old town, the more her life slowly feels less and less perfect. Is this just a case of the grass always looking greener on the other side? Or is Nell just settling for fine because she's scared to reach out for something amazing?

Did You Miss Me? managed to completely capture that nostalgic pang-in-your-stomach feeling when you think about going home. It was a beautiful story about roots and growing up and that desperate longing for everything to be exactly as we saw it when we were young.

I saw so much of myself in Nell - trapped in almost painful boredom and suffocating from being stuck in a rut but not knowing how to break the endless cycle she'd created for herself. This was a love story, yes, and while I adored fawning over Art and trying to figure out who Nell should really be with, that was just a small part of the story. Every single person we met had their own story to tell, their own vibrant personality that stood out and each story interwove into one in a spectacular way.



RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Thank you to Sophia Money-Coutts, HQ and NetGalley for this ARC in return for an honest review.

Three and a half stars.

On paper Nell Mason should be happy, a successful divorce lawyer with prospects of partnership within the next six months, a long-term relationship with her partner Gus, a house in Clapham and money in the bank. What more could she ask? Maybe Gus won't set the world on fire but he's solvent, kind, and reliable, even if he does have a regrettable liking for German petnames.

Then her mother calls to say that Lord Drummond has died, the father of Nell's schoolgirl crush, Art(hur) Drummond, her brother's best friend. Nell, Art, and her brother Jake grew up together, it didn't matter that Art was the son of the landowner and Mr Mason worked for him, the Masons were in and out of Drummond Hall all day long and Art was in and out of the Masons' far less impressive semi-detached cottage just as often. Then Art broke Nell's heart and has been living in America with his wife and son pretty much ever since.

Although she's avoided anything and everything to do with Art ever since, Nell knows she will have to return for his father's funeral, especially since Jake can be guaranteed to weasel out of doing anything. But meeting Art again after all these years brings back all those hopes and dreams that Nell has suppressed for years, is the grass always greener or has she been settling for boring all these years?

I liked this but I felt that too many of the secondary characters were characters. Nell's brother was a wide-boy estate agent who acted like a teenager. Nell's mum leaves her father for a caricature, Nell's boss is a ghastly misogynist, her clients are foul, her father is oblivious, Gus is self-absorbed - it was all too much and too strong. It felt like these characters overshadowed the romance, which in itself had broken down because of a series of coincidences, and consequently the ending felt like bish-bash-bosh, the end. More comedy than romance, which meant that some of the story didn't hang true for me, if Nell works 12-14 hour days in London how can she take her Dad down the pub every night at 6pm when she is working from home, and go for a run every morning?

Recommended if you are looking for a good laugh about divorce lawyers (and their clients), London snobbery and parental disasters, not so much if you are looking for a touching romance.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.