I read lots of mixed reviews so I started this with low expectations. I was pleasantly surprised!

Of course I listened while our internet was out, so I my review is minimal...

If I never met you was actually the first book I read by this author. I think I had a hard time getting into this book when I first got it so I put it down for a few months and finally got back into it in February.

I really liked the main character, I thought she had a good attitude about life despite what had happened to her. I liked the ending how there was some redemption, but I don’t want to spoil the book too much by talking about what happened here.

I don’t think I am a fan of the fake dating relationships in adult romance fiction, that seems like that would be best left in the young adult genre. The plot wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t my favorite plot for this genre.

This book was still written well and I liked the characters. I think readers will definitely enjoy it. I always love it when covers are purple, they always draw me in since purple is my favorite color. This was a three star rating. This means it was still good, but had potential to be better. A three star rating does not mean the book was bad.

This was given to me by Netgalley and the publishers. This had no impact on my thoughts, my thoughts are my own. Thank you for giving me the chance to read it!

3.5

I found the beginning of this book really slow and it took me a while to get into, but once Laurie and Jamie started "going out" the book got more interesting. There were just a lot of flashbacks at the beginning which I guess are important but make the flow of the book kind of awkward.

Also there wasn't as much romance as I was expecting. Laurie was a really likeable character and her development is great throughout the book, but that meant that the book was less focused on her "relationship" with Jamie, and more on her personal development. I suppose it was just a bit more slow paced than I'm used to. The ending was pretty rushed, but I didn't mind that too much because that's pretty common in romance novels.