I loved loved loved this book. Talk about fate. I think the concept of this plotline was amazing. I've never read anything like this previously. I think the idea that two people can fall in love without ever meeting is such a pure and lovely idea. I loved the side characters, I loved the plot, I loved the development.

I absolutely loved it. Was hooked from page 1. I read this while on holiday and bathing by the pool I was sitting with a huge smile on my face one minute then hiding tears behind my sunglasses the next. I would 100% recommend this book amd if your a Paige Toon, Lindsey Kelk, Beth O'Leary fan then this book is definitely one for you to read.

The book just felt so real. British girl gets a random phone call from American boy who is interviewing for job in London. Hannah wishes him good luck and the rest is history. The friendship goes from texting to calling to facetime to arranging to meet at the airport but not all is plane sailing.

Thank you @netgalley for the book

My first holiday read for the week...and this one gets off to a very fast start! By the end of the first chapter I was engrossed!

I loved the concept. Hannah is in East London, going about her normal routine as we all do and she gets a call from a strange number. It is Davey, who has misdialled her from Texas when trying to contact someone else in London. It could have been the end of a very short story...but their relationship develops.

As quickly as the story draws you in, it also throws you around a bit with some unexpected twist and turns and some characters that serve a purpose but are not very likeable...

Overall I enjoyed it, the first few chapters were my favourite and it does leave you wondering whether it is possible to fall in love with someone you've never met 🤷🏼‍♀️

Released in the UK on 24th November 2022.

Thank you to @netgalley and @randomhouseuk for the opportunity to review.

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This book was definitely slow-paced. It starts off with a long-distance relationship where Davey has misdialed and reached Hannah. They go back and forth for a bit. The main 'conflict' in this book that the characters need to overcome to have an emotionally gratifying ending is
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and that should have been the only 'conflict'.

The crapy partner's plot was not needed for either of them, it frankly didn't add anything for me, and it made me respect Hannah less. If a guy says the only thing I wanted from you was to get on birth control, so I don't have to wear a condom, you walk away. In Hannah's case, she ignores all the red flags and stays for longer than she should have. George sucked. It didn't help that this part of the book felt even slower than the rest. I like slow-burn, but these chapters were boring.

You know how for Spanish Love Deception, the book could've been solved if they just talked to each other at the start honestly - the same could've happened here. The main leads just needed to get over themselves; he thought he was a burden when the people around had made clear he was not (therapy is the answer), and she frankly lacked a spine. The ending was like two lines and an overview of like a year wasn't the emotionally gratifying ending you want in a romance.

Thanks to Netgalley and Random House, as I received an ARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Book #189 of 2022.

I had to debate between 4 and 5 stars for this book as a I rarely give 5 stars….but I decided in this case it had to be done! When Hannah takes a call on her mobile from Davey, who has misdialled the number and called her by mistake, she finds herself drawn to this unknown man on the other side of the Atlantic. Love isn’t straightforward for this couple and there are lots of obstacles, heartache and tragedy to get in the way. A heartwarming tale which was a pleasure to read. Highly recommended!

A really enjoyable, unputdownable story all about fate, timing, and true love. I really enjoyed this book, right from the beginning. It begins as Hannah receives a call from an unknown American number, and it is Davey, thinking he has called the person about to interview him for a new job. They laugh off the mis-dial, but Davey later texts Hannah to let her know he got the job. This leads into a relationship of messaging, and then more. The relationship that builds between the two of them is very lovely to read and I felt genuinely invested in their relationship.

A month later and Davey is preparing to move to the UK, and they pair have plans to meet each other. Hannah goes to the airport to pick Davey up but he never appears. The reason, Hannah finds out, is completely unexpected, and means both her and Davey have to move on with their separate lives, without having met.

Hannah then begins to date George, but always thinks about Davey as "the one that got away". The character of George is unlikeable and I this is the reason I have deducted a star - the relationship between them is almost abusive, with George gaslighting Hannah, and being very childish. I don't appreciate when a "bad boyfriend" is used to move a plot along, and would have preferred if this was not used here. I enjoyed all the other characters, and Hannah's own journey. Apart from the "bad boyfriend" sub plot, I really enjoyed and would recommend this book.

Trigger warning: cancer, chemo etc plays a very big part in this book. I didn't realise until I was fully invested, and I chose to read on. The author in the acknowledgement states that some of the story is based on her husbands real experience of cancer and treatment, which is reflected by how realistically she has written about it.

Thank you to Netgalley for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

This book was really amazing. I read it in one day, which says a lot because I don't normally read that fast!
I think it did a great job at tackling some really sensitive issues and quite triggering things that unfortunately a lot of people face. (TW: terminal illnesses). The story was great from the very start, well paced and an interesting plot line. It got even better in the second half when the male's perspective was introduced!
I did find that things slowed down pace wise towards the end of the book and felt there were some things that weren't necessary. That being said though, I still loved it and would definitely recommend to anyone who wants a romance where you are so invested in the characters and hope they can beat all the odds stacked against them!
I felt so sorry for these characters and cried way too many times (which to me, is always a sign of a great book).

4 star rating, because the ending did feel slightly rushed for me and would have loved to get just a bit more detail on where they ended up but nonetheless a great book!

"I can only think about what it will be like to see him, to meet this man I am 99 per certain I am falling for."

I loved the concept of the book and how it was a story that didn't fall into the typical flow of a romance genre.

The book mainly focused on the POV of the female lead, with dual POV much later in the story. The beginning of the story and the development of the chemistry between the two main leads I enjoyed.

However I found that the middle section of the story struggled to continue the ease of the flow we began reading. I believe as the characters were stuck in places they didn't want to be, the pacing and development slowed to match that.

I would have loved to have had dual POV much earlier in the story, but that is my own preference.

Overall a good book for those wanting a story outside the normal arcs of romance books.

Thank you to Netgalley and Random House UK, Cornerstone for an eARC.

This is the best book I've read in a long time - and I read a lot!
Hannah receives a wrong number call from Davey in the US. They develop a long-distance friendship, then gradually their feelings deepen. Arranging for Hannah to meet Davey at the airport, we wait with bated breath for this love story to explode....but Davey wasn't on the flight and isn't answering his phone.
What follows is heart-wrenching and powerful. I lived through this with these characters, it felt so real to me.
I was on tenterhooks right to the final chapter.
This is a fabulous, brilliantly written book and would make an amazing movie. Please read it!

This was a very sweet love story (in the end!) and I definitely felt like shouting at both Davey and Hannah to get over themselves and call each other!! Yes, predictable, but also full of warm and fuzzy feelings and a lovely read about falling in love with the person themselves, (and only a little bit their appearance!)

Firstly, thanks to Elle Cook and Netgalley for allowing me access to this title - it was a fantastic read!!

Elle, you write so beautifully, its so vivid and your characters are great. Their development throughout the book was evident and I loved the concept of the book. I've never read anything like this before and my standards where high and you did not let me down!

I was angry when Davey didn't show up but I was rooting for them. I wanted him to tell Hannah and try work it all out. I was shouting, laughing and aww-ing at times. Highly recommend.

I was right there with them falling in love and it was such a well written story of how two people in different countries can get to know each other and fall in love. Their romance was a rollercoaster and Elle Cook wrote so well that I felt it all.. my only gripe is the ending, what happened!? Why was it reduced to a summary??? Poor writing or poor editing- but it is the only minor point I can find to mark it down so would be 4.5 stars really but 5 it shall be

When Hannah answers a call from an unknown number she discovers she's been misdialled from a man in America called Davey whose supposed to be having a job interview. After wishing him luck she thinks nothing of it until she receives a message saying he got the job and hes going to be moving to London and they begin to chat regularly. Romance soon follows and they agree that Hannah will meet Davey at the airport.
But Davey doesn't turn up and when Hannah finds out the reason why it changes both of their lives. Will they find their happily ever after?

This was a really good story. It kept me gripped and I didn't want to put it down there was parts that were heartbreaking.

Every character was very fleshed out and I loved the friendships Hannah had. George was the worst character and honestly have no idea how Hannah could even speak to him.

The ending let's this down a bit I feel the author could've given us more but overall a very enjoyable story and highly recommend.

I loved this book. Its my read of the summer so far.

I've never read this author before but I really enjoy her writing style.

The book is fun, fast paced, funny and a bit of a roller coaster ride.

I'll definitely be looking out for other things by this author

This wasn't the romance book I expected to read from the synopsis but over all an enjoyable read. I always enjoy a dual pov so see the internal monologue of more characters. The ending was a big let down which was condensed down to a few sentences.

Thank-you for the ARC.

This book was an unexpected delight. I loved the romance. It wasn’t your run of the mill cute romance. It goes far deeper than that. A perfect accidental relationship.

This is such a unique romantic story that I absolutely loved throughout, and I was so invested in Davey and Hannah’s relationship from the start!

The main antagonistic storyline within this novel is quite a hard-hitting topic, and if you struggle with reading novels that surround life or death medical issues, then this may not be the book for you.
When things started to get in the way of Hannah and Davey’s romance, I was aching for things to hurry the hell up and let them be together; they were just so perfect for one another!

Hannah’s character was very relatable, I found parts of myself within her, which helped me empathise with her and the struggles she was going through throughout the book. Davey is the perfect book boyfriend, someone who you wish was a real person (or that men could at least learn from in real life!!) and I was really heartbroken for him when his life was turned upside down.
I also loved the side characters, Miranda, Paul and Joan specifically, were great additions and made me feel all warm and fuzzy that Hannah had such amazing friends and family around her.
I liked George at the beginning of the novel, when he and Hannah first started out, but then he soon starts to show his true colours (not caring about the things Hannah loves, judging her friends, judging her on what she eats!!).

The only thing I did not enjoy about this novel was the ending. It felt rushed and I really wanted a bigger and more in-depth resolution for Hannah and Davey, they'd certainly earned it!

Without saying anything else that may risk spoilers, I would definitely recommend this to any romcom lovers & I look forward to reading more books from Elle!

3.5
Well… this was cute. I adored the concept and the plot, and although I wanted to strangle them both at times, I gotta say I didn’t want to stop reading and wanted to find out what happened chapter after chapter.
Very adorable. For sure a cozy read for the winter to come.

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The Man I Never Met by Elle Cook ✨⠀
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So I know they say you should never judge a book by its cover but I can't be the only one guilty of it right?!⠀
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Based solely on the cover expected this to be a fluffy easy read, you know one you can read before you go to sleep, a cosy I know where this is going kinda read... ⠀
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BUT man I was wrong - It was so so much more! It took me by surprise, stole a piece of my heart & secured its place in my top reads of 2022!⠀
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I got sucker punched with a twist & after that I couldn't put it down! I stayed up way way past my bedtime because I had to know what was going to happen.⠀
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It was jam packed with all kinds of emotion & I absolutely bloomin' loved every moment of it! ⠀
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It's not out till November 24th, but I cannot wait to get a real copy to get a copy for my trophy shelf, I'll definitely want to read it again. ⠀
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I can't recommend it enough 💕 ⠀
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🧐 What was the last book that completely took you by surprise in the best way?!

❤️ A BIG thanks to @penguinrandomhouse @cornerstone_press & @netgalley for giving me the opportunity to discover this absolute gem of a read!

Thank you so much to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an eArc in exchange for my honest review.

I haven't read anything by Elle Cook, and I requested this one because the description intrigued me. I have to say I was impressed by this. I thought this was an easy romantic contemporary read, but honestly, it was so much more than that.

This book deals with cancer, body image, unhealthy relationship, and so much more. The main characters (Hannah and Davey) are likable and realistic. The side characters are likable too (Wish I could read more of Joan). While it's a romantic story, the author writes it realistically.

The only thing I didn't like was how the ending ended, wish we could read more of them, say a few pages more.

But it was an enjoyable read!