My Rating: 🍪🍪🍪
Genre: Romance
Read if you liked: One Night on the Island
This book is SCREAMING to be made into a romcom movie. For a living, Laura writes about how different couples met, and her boss is looking for a twist on their usual narratives. On a whim, Laura suggests telling the love story of her late-parents and soon finds herself on a whirlwind trip to the place where they met. When she arrives, she accidentally grabs the wrong suitcase at the airport, the contents of which point to it belonging to the man of her dreams. Laura teams up with grumpy taxi driver Ted, and they begin a twofold journey to relive her parent’s romance and to find the owner of the suitcase.
The premise of this book was so cute and it was executed exactly as you’d expect it to be; packed with warm, genuine small-town characters and self-discovery as Laura’s journey uncovers unexpected truths about her family. The romance was a slow burn, but I lovedd the build-up and Laura’s experience figuring out what she really valued in a partner.
There were some romcom tropes that felt a little far-fetched to me and one love interest I found super annoying. I think this book did everything it was trying to do, it just wasn’t anything particularly novel or groundbreaking. Overall a sweet story, but not my favorite by Sophie Cousens.
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