A Eurovision based rom-com? Is there anything more sparkly, enticing and fabulous? I was delighted to be approved for this book and I simply had to read around Eurovision time. Sadly, I missed my chance last year but I've now seized the day (or season?).

At the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, Julie and Tom locked eyes across a crowded room and the rest is history. Fast forward to the age of their granddaughter Millie who is equally obsessed with Eurovision. One year, she and her best friend James hang around the venue and meet handsome amateur photographer Noah with a secret past and aspiring German popstar Ingrid. After an excellent night out together, the four vow to meet every year at Eurovision, wherever it may be. As the years pass, friendships and romance blossom. Can they all stick together despite only meeting once a year?

I loved the friendship aspect of the book. I felt that Millie and James' friendship was so authentic. The fact that as childhood friends, they grew apart for a while and then came back together was so real, so I really appreciated that it wasn't all sunshine and roses and constant coffees and messages between them for years on end. I also thought it was really cute how invested Ingrid was in ensuring that everyone kept the pact to meet up annually. She had the air of a chaotic, ethereal, pixie girl with a huge heart and I really loved her.

I'm afraid I struggled with the primary romance between Millie and Noah. I just didn't get their chemistry, especially as they only saw each other once a year. I thought they were cute together when they first met but when they didn't talk at all in the long stretch of months between their meetings, I lost belief in their genuine desire for each other. I also thought Noah's careful hiding of his past was a bit strange and I didn't fully understand his reasons for that.

I would have liked a bit more of Julie and Tom's story as this was the start of it all. Overall, it was an easy read with a unique setting. I just wish it had given me a bit more of the warm fuzzies.

A great light read based around The Eurovision contest. .
The begins as a young couple in 1974 meet as ABBA finish their winning song Waterloo.
Years later four young people meet at the semi-finals and make a pact that they meet each other at the finals.
The book takes us through the love of the show, the glitz and glam and the different countries.
This is a great lighthearted read.

Unfortunately I read this when long-term sick and so while I noted a star rating, at the time I didn't have capacity for reviews for everything I was reading, and am only now just getting round to giving my feedback. Sorry that's not super helpful

Who doesn't love Eurovision and a book based around Eurovision is everything I didn't know I wanted and now I can't not have it.
I loved it

I'm a massive ESC fan. I'm talking "follow all the national finals, ranking and reranking my personal favourites, using statistics to predict the qualifiers and top 10" level of fan. I put the "fan" in "fanatic". So when I saw that someone had written a novel about Eurovision, set at the Song Contest itself, I just had to read it.

This reads like a debut that needed a bit more editing, but something makes me think it isn't. I sadly only made it 12% of the way through. Bland characters, awful dialogue, this forced overhyped feeling of excitement that exploded of the pages,... Just not my cup of tea.

A fun book, that initially I was a little worried about as I am not the biggest fan of Eurovision but that really didn't matter. The characters are fun and the plot engaging.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of the book in exchange for a review.

Somewhere in the crowd was my cheery read before Eurovsion 2023 and it was such a fun read. Many Thanks to NetGalley and Hodder and Stoughton for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

The book itself centres on a group of friends meeting for various Eurovision song contests year after year, with romance thrown in. I loved the backdrop, the plot was beautifully investing and really intriguing and I loved everything about it- but it's definitely a fluffy read and doesn't break the mould when it comes to general romance based books. The pacing was really well done as well.

The story takes place over quite a large timeframe of 10ish years which sometimes caused me a bit of confusion between years, but not a massive concern. My biggest upset with this book is some characters I just really did not like, and i'm not sure why. it made me not interested in their story and overall made me struggle to kind of relate and want them to develop and lose interest in their storylines.

It's a great read for eurovision season for any and all fans, and a fluffy piece of escapism at all times.

I absolutely love Eurovision, so the concept of a romance set against the backdrop of the biggest, glittery filled song contest know to man felt like a winner. I'm surprised no one had thought of the idea before. Somewhere in the Crowd follows four friends who meet up year after year to watch the final,whether that's live or on TV. We see the ebbs and flows of their relationships and how they change as people over the years. Through it all we have the backdrop of Eurovision, calling them all home.

The backdrop for this is really the star of the show. Eurovision is almost a character all by itself, with a rich history to draw from and countless different glamorous locations. However at times it felt lacking in depth and there was a missed opportunity to delve the archives and throw in some memorable moments of shows gone by. I also thought the four character lacked a lot of emotional connection, as we never see them development slowly, but rather as a snapshot of this one night.

Wonderful, lighthearted story that is sure to delight Eurovision fans but I think I would have liked it centered around one Eurovision rather than through the years.

I love Eurovision and as it’s in my home city this year on behalf of Ukraine, I couldn’t resist this book and I’m so glad I didn’t . I adored everything about this story, the characters, the cjourney they go on, how it travels over years. This will have you laughing, crying, wanting to sing along and attend yourself

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

This book gives you all the Eurovision vibes! I adored it and fell in love with the main characters. This book follows the characters and their meet-up on a yearly basis wherever Eurovision is being held. This book is fast-paced and funny and I just wanted more. I loved this nice, quick easy read.

Some of the best people in my life I've met at live music gigs. There is nothing like a shared passion for music, a music festival or a particular band.

And that's exactly the spirit captured in Katrina Logan's Somewhere in the Crowd, only instead of a specific band, Logan focuses on the Eurovision song contest.

Dependable Millie grew up loving Eurovision after her grandparents met as teenagers at the Brighton final a Swedish band called ABBA won.

Every year Millie and her best friend, aspiring music journalist James attend her grandparents Eurovision song contents party.

It's not until Oslo they meet Noah, an Australian backpacker who has escaped the expectations of his wealthy father, and Ingrid, an aspiring German singer.

They make a drunken pact to meet every year at the winning Eurovision city.

The book weaves between 2010 and 2023 and throughout the years we see the developing relationships each character has with each other, and with others.

While I'm not a Eurovision afficionado, I do understand and appreciate the adoration people have for it (especially the late Terry Wogan, whose acerbic commentary was sometimes every more entertaining than the entries themselves). Reading this book made me want to watch this year's competition (which is very soon!).

I really loved the characters and found myself drawn in, sometimes worried about where their trajectory would go (especially Noah's where I was relieved that Logan pulls back from going to cliche with his arc). I do wish, however that we saw Millie start to grow a backbone more and a bit earlier. She was a people pleasing character, and I wish that she had some chickens come to roost a bit earlier and also see that backbone. Instead she was still a bit too pleasing even by the end.

Put on your sparkliest clothing with your best dancing shoes, because Katrina Logan's Somewhere in the Crowd is as much of a mood lifter as a round of Eurovision. I really loved this book I bought my own copy as well as the audiobook.

This was very fun concept and like that it was based around Eurovision, I liked that you got to follow all 4 main characters for over a decade of their lives.

You get little snapshots of where they are in their lives once a year when they meet up at Eurovision. Despite the fast pace of it, it took me a while to get into the book just as I was wanting more from the snapshot we saw and wanted to know what directly happened next before moving on. However, I still really enjoyed the journey that we went on with all of the characters, I thought the writing style made it very easy to follow and I did really enjoy the ending

If you want to get into the Eurovision spirit,, then you need to pick up Somewhere In The Crowd - it’s a fun read that takes us on a Eurovision journey and can’t fail to make you smile.

Millie and best friend James are at the Eurovision final in Oslo in 2010 with Milllie’s grandparents who actually met at Eurovision many years previously. Millie and James befriend two other people there, Noah and Ingrid, and together the four make a pact to meet at the final every year. We follow them over the next ten years and we see how each of their lives evolve in between their meet-ups.

If you’re a Eurovision expert you will appreciate how the story is grounded in reality with real host countries, performers and winners all referenced. Full of the glitz and fun of Eurovision that brings people together from all over, it is a fun journey through the friends’ lives and their evolving friendship and an enjoyable escapist read.

Not into Eurovision at also this took a while for me to get into. Overall and entertaining, summer read with mix of interesting characters. 3 ⭐️

I'm a Eurovision fan, so this was a must-read for me!
Good friends and massive Eurovision fans, Millie and James, travel to the 2010 final in Oslo. There they meet Noah and Ingrid. The four of them have a great time together and make a pact to meet in the host city for the finals every year.
The book then follows their relationships and lives through each year, as they meet up at the Eurovision finals.
This book was a little predictable, but having four main characters meant that each character's conclusion could be spread out through a few chapters.

A great read- perfect for on the beach, in the garden or by the pool.
Despite not being a Eurovision fan it was easy to get swept up into the enthusiasm shown by the main characters for all things glitter and sequins and the annual reunions of the group of 4 spark lots of great side stories.

What’s not to love about this book? Eurovision meets One Day - genius. Such a heartwarming story, that actually feels a bit epic given it spans over more than 10 years! The stories of the four main characters are easy to get invested in, even more so with this euphoric celebration of Eurovision as a backdrop.

A book set at Eurovision? An absolute must read for me!

Millie and James travel to the 2010 final in Oslo, and meet Australian Noah and German Ingrid. The 4 of them bond, and make a pact to always meet in the host city for the finals every year. The story follows their ever changing relationships as the Eurovision years pass.

I loved the Eurovision facts and details that were integral to the book - the host cities, winners etc were all factual, and then little bits of information scattered throughout was fun. I wasn't too taken with the story of the four main characters however, at times it felt rushed and glossed over, I expect because the author had to fit most of what was happening around 4 or 5 days a year - there were chapters based outside of the Eurovision time, but there were not enough to make me totally gel with the characters. The idea was fantastic, but at times it didn't work for me. However, it was a fun, quick read.

This was a DNF for me as I just couldn’t get into it, and didn’t feel a connection to any of the characters. Perhaps if I loved Eurovision it may have been more appealing, but sadly that aspect was more a venue rather than a major part of the story for me

Such a great read, I can’t believe no one has done a Eurovision love saga before, a great laugh. Real friendships and jobs and hurts and bruises as friends find and lose each other and their partners. Romance flows through the book but doesn’t overpower and all of this woven around Eurovision. What is not to love?