When Henry and Halley meet sparks fly. Henry is instantly smitten but has no way of contacting her. Henry is determined to track down Halley via email, and the two begin to build a connection through email. Their relationship deepens, but with that also comes the challenges of long-distance romance.
While this story is sweet and the emails were clever it kind of just fell flat for me. I didn’t really connect with Henry and Halley so it was hard for me to invest in their relationship.
Although this book didn’t quite captivate me the way I hoped it is a light, feel-good read for those who enjoy the idea of a long-distance relationship!

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher (Joffe Books) and the author for sending me this ARC for an honest review.

I'm not a lover of insta-love that isn't done within the right context and it fell a little flat for me here. Halley and Henry are a fantastic couple, but I feel like they should have fallen in love slowly not all at once. I enjoyed the slower pace, but wanted more development.

Overall, a good read that I enjoyed!

Excellent book, loved it! Looking forward to more from this author! Apologies for the lateness of my review

Cute and romantic good book. Would definitely recommend this! Loved the chemistry between the characters and also the plot!!

Look, I think before I start this, that I am the problem here. I realized with this book I do not like Insta love as a trope. So I spent most of the book going come on. There was nothing wrong with this book. I liked the characters well enough. I just am too old and cynical lol

This book starts with a meet cute, ends with a happily ever after. A fun cute read you should definitely add to your TBR

The story of Halley and Henry. After a chance encounter while she is on holiday in Oxford, Henry sets out to track her down, by contacting all the Halley Harts he can find. A fun read and I liked how it was told from both points of view.

This was a great romance read. Very cute and I loved the chemistry between the characters. Definitely a good one to add to your list!

Ultimately, this book was fine. It was cute, I loved the premise of trying to find all of the Halley Harts, with a good amount of epistolary storytelling. Sometimes it's nice to have a comedy of errors, even if there were almost too many errors for my liking. I'm reviewing this a while after reading, and unfortunately I'm just not finding it super memorable? I read a lot, but the fact that nothing about this book really stuck with me is making it hard for me to generate a lot of excitement for it for others.

Are You My Halley Hart is about the relationship between Halley, a Stanford Astronomy PhD student, and Henry who is a history postdoc at Oxford. The book has an interesting meet cute where Henry tries to find Halley after meeting her by contacting every email that could potentially be Halley. Overall, the characters were likable the book had some interesting concepts typically not seen in other romances. Although it initially drew me to the book, the premise soon got old because Henry found Halley very fast, and the rest of the book relied on a long distance relationship to build conflict and tension. I think the reliance on this trope weakened the potential of this book and took away from any interesting plot points. The whole rest of the book was just fluff, and not just any fluff, but fluff that happened when the two characters weren't even together. In addition, there was a desperate search for cheap conflict, and the miscommunication trope (Halley flew to England to surprise Henry at the same time Henry flew to America to surprise Halley) was used in order to keep the audience drawn in to the boring, slow part of the book. But I still liked the book, it was an easy read and something cute and light to end your night with.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher (Joffe Books) and the author for sending me this ARC for an honest review.

Are you my Halley Hart? is a cute, bicoastal romantic comedy, a story of a long distance relationship and the complications of dating across the pond. It is a very fast read since a lot of it was told via email exchanges and text message threads. It has some miscommunication but honestly it was very light on complications outside of just distance. I liked the characters but they were very surface level, not much with their backstories or their thought process. A quick and easy read.

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I enjoyed this book a lot. It's a wonderful book!

"Are You My Halley Hart?" by Claire McCauley is a charming rom-com that had me hooked from the start! 🌟 The story kicks off with a cute meet-cute in Oxford, where Henry and Halley share a magical, albeit brief, moment. When Halley leaves without a trace, Henry embarks on a hilarious quest to track her down, emailing every Halley Hart he can find. Their long-distance relationship unfolds through emails and texts, adding a fresh twist to the romance.

While the slow burn and constant near-misses might test your patience, the witty exchanges and Henry’s endearing determination make it a fun read. Perfect for fans of quirky, feel-good love stories!

I loved this book with all my heart - it had me in constant awe while reading!

Henry and Halley have an initial meet cute in Oxford during a holiday, and then continue to have a series of meetcutes; this ends the day with Halley kissing Henry. Henry than desperate to find her contact every Halley Hart trying to find this one girl he can’t stop thinking about.

There were moments when the pace was a bit slow for my personal liking but overall a lovely story and would recommend!

First of all, our two main characters are intelligent, well-adjusted, mature people. Yay!

Henry’s search for Halley doesn’t actually take up a lot of the story. Once they connect via email, we get to see their emails and text messages, as well as narrative from both of their points of view. As their correspondence brings them closer together, they make plans to meet. Those plans are constantly foiled, and we are frustrated right along with them at all the near-misses.

When they finally do get together, it’s the stuff romcom legends are made of. But, of course, the happiness can’t last forever, and their happiness is interrupted. Both are miserable without each other. Given the type of book this is, I don’t think it’s too much of a spoiler to say that we do get a happy ever after, though not without a little bit of family meddling and some refreshingly mature soul searching.

The varied modes of storytelling keep the story fresh and progressing nicely. The constant interruptions of plans to meet kept me engaged in the story. All in all, a fun read.

Possible Objectionable Material:
Drinking. Reference to sex. Sex, though not descriptive. Swearing (I don’t remember any F-words).

Who Might Like This Book:
Those who like rom-coms, especially ones where the protagonists have lots of obstacles to getting together. Those who like astronomy and history.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing an advanced reader copy in exchange for my opinion.

This book is also reiewed at https://biblioquacious.blogspot.com/2024/07/two-misses-and-hit.html

I read The wedding hitch earlier this year and absolutely adored it so of course I had to read this one! First note i would like to make is when i downloaded and read the book it had a different name and to be honest i'm not sure I would read the story with the new title.. that being said the story within is absolutely lovely and had me entertained throughout. I really enjoy Claire McCauleys writing style.

Great plot and great characters, Highly recommend!

This book was an extremely slow burn. It started with insta-attraction and delved into a long distance relationship that was experienced through emails, texts and FaceTime. I can rarely get into an insta-love story and I really don't care for long distance romance. Due to both tropes, I couldn't connect with the characters. However, I did chuckle at all of the Halley Harts in the world!

When I downloaded the book, it was called Once In A Lifetime with a tagline "You only get once chance at love...don't you?" which I preferred to the updated title and tagline!

loved this romance and her mom wants her to date this guy she has these amazing friends who are all dealing with different relationship issues . loved that she found her way in the job and found love

I enjoyed reading Are You My Halley Hart? by Claire McCauley. You will fall in love with all the characters. I received an ARC of this book courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher. All opinions expressed in this review are my own and given freely. Happy Reading!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with this book for free in exchange for my review! All opinions are my own.

This was a fun and enjoyable romance. I was drawn to this book because of the cover. I hadn't heard of Claire McCauley before. With that being said, I thought she is a great writer and would read more books by her in the future. Pick this book up if you're in the mood for a delightful romances !

Many Thanks again to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with this book in exchange for my honest review.

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