Many thanks to NetGalley for giving me a chance to read this book.
A romantic read without the slushiness. Real characters who you really felt for and could relate to.
It did remind me of One Day but only slightly and I enjoyed this more.
One of my favourite books of 2016 so far and a perfect Summer read.

I adored this. No, really. A stunning read.

This could easily have been a fairly standard ‘will they, won’t they?’ tale, the kind of plot that so many contemporary romance novels follow: 300-odd pages of 'boy never quite meets girl, but wow, look at that – the perfect happy ending'. However, Kate Eberlen rises above this and has cleverly crafted two almost perfect plots, with two entirely separate characters whose lives follow their own messy trajectories, much like the rest of us. The ‘will they, won’t they’ moments merely feel like natural steps along the way. And each story line drew me into the separate worlds of Gus and Tess, as they navigate their way from teenager to adult whilst making the same mistakes as the rest of us.

There are echoes of David Nicholls, which is no bad thing, but far from being derivative this is a fantastic and original novel, and I’m very grateful for Pan Macmillan for letting me read it early. I loved it.

I adored this book! The near-misses of Tess and Gus had me hooked from the very first page. Kate Eberlen has created two characters that I genuinely cared about, with a supporting cast of interesting periphery characters to back them up. None of them were two dimensional, they were real and flawed and utterly believable.


As well as wonderfully rich characters, this book had me longing to be back in the beautiful city of Florence, encapsulating the magic of place perfectly.


I've recommended this book to everyone I know - if you love a love story (and I absolutely do) then you really must read Miss You. One of my favourite books of 2016, hands down.