One Bed

This was a fun book full of sunshine and spice. I really liked all of the characters (not just the lead protagonists) they had a lot more depth than I was expecting and the relationships all felt real. The story is fun and well developed, it follows the formula we all know and love but avoids feeling like you're just waiting for the actual three break up etc, you're on the journey with them and the pacing feels right and natural to the story. A really good romantic romp!

5 stars

This is a new author to me. I don't often read contemporary stories but I enjoyed this one. Bea is helping her Godmother arrange a retirement/birthday party on Santorini. Obviously someone with lots of money and friends. The Godmother, Golly is a bit self obsessed and self centered but has helped Bea in the past. Bea's parents weren't very useful and she used to stay with Golly in the summer. One year another child, a young boy of 10 was staying. Bea, aged 5 thought he was very untidy but he was very sporty and gangly and this figure becomes the hero of Bea's teenage stories. She's very successful, guided by Golly but keeps her author persona anonymous. Gibson, the Pip muse, hires a cottage off Golly at the same time as the party and Golly orchestrates that Bea & Gibson have only the one bed. Works well as a romance and as a treatise of getting your own stuff together before impacting someone wlse in relationship. The Gibson character is obviously channelling Chris Helmsworth.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for this arc!!

What a good book! I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. I loved the main characters! They had great chemistry and worked so well together. I loved how the book just flowed. My first by this author but will not be my last!!!

As female main character began to grow and develop she became more compelling as she began to reveal more of herself to the MMC. I love great character development
The side characters in this book are so funny and well-developed! I have a good image of who these people are and am able to easily picture them.
Sometimes you just need a funny, light hearted romance and this serves that purpose wholeheartedly

One Bed
Joss Wood

This book made me laugh and my heart break. I love Golly and want to be her when I grow up! Her character brought this book to the next level. I love a good forced proximity, one bed, enemies to lovers story.

Gib and Bea met briefly as kids. When luck (or Golly) brings the back to the same villa forced to share the same bed they are both pissed. Neither have time or energy nor are looking for a relationship, maybe a little fun but nothing serious. Golly has other things in mind.

This book was a great 4-star read for me.

One Bed, by Joss Wood, is a fun and light read with an interesting plot that keeps you interested. The characters are the best, especially Golly. Her name is so fitting. Joss Wood is an author from whom I will be looking to read more novels.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with the ARC ebook I read and reviewed. All opinions are my own.

This was a wonderful book! I really enjoyed reading this book. The plot is very well written and interesting, and the characters were well developed. I would definitely recommend this to other readers!

I requested to read this ARC based on the cover alone, I absolutely love it! A fantastic piece of Art and a perfect match to the title.

I enjoyed the story, which is pretty much what it says in the title, although there isn’t much of a story to follow it doesn’t lack in keeping you entertained. The last few chapters really sold it for me, as there was just so much more” more depth, more emotion, just more.

It’s a cute, slow burn, forced proximity that will either keep you as entertained as it did me, or you are looking for something more. But for me it hit all the right spots and I really enjoyed it.

Bea is a secret YA novelist with a fraught family history who has retreated to a safe, introverted life. While organising her flamboyant godmother’s 70th birthday on beautiful Santorini she has to share a cottage - and a bed! - with Gib who sets the ‘meerkats’ of her sexual desire all aflutter. This is a warmhearted and entertaining book. Joss Wood’s writing is funny and full of life. It would be a wonderful movie or TV series. Thanks so much Netgalley for the advance copy.

This was a really nice read. I would recommend this book to someone who loves Mama Mia and the one bed trope, for obvious reasons. The romance was adorable and the characters were all a lot of fun to read about. I gave it 4/5 stars because I felt that the romance moved a little too fast at the beginning. Don't get me wrong, I loved getting straight to the heat but it moved so quickly that it pulled me out of the book a little while reading. I appreciated that there wasn't much beating-around-the-bush when it came to Bea realizing that their relationship wasn't going to work if Gib couldn't open his heart and his eyes to how dumb he was being.

This books starts with a typical “enemies sharing one bed” trope. It was fine and entertaining enough, but about half-way through, my feelings toward the story shifted.
The female main character began to grow and develop. She became more compelling as she began to reveal more of herself to the MMC. I love great character development in a story, and this one has it in spades! A person standing up for themself, asking for the things they need in a relationship is very refreshing to read! We don’t get to see that same development in the male main character, but the epilogue addresses that quite satisfactorily! I loved that little peek into their future!
The side characters in this book are so funny and well-developed! I have a definite image of who these people are, abd they added so much color to the story.
Overall, I really did like this book, and I would recommend it!

Oh! Great cover. Fun setting. A writer - dream job! A loving grandma character. This book was fantastic. Lovely! Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.