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The Day We Meet Again: escape with the most romantic love story from the international bestseller
Miranda Dickinson
3.47 AVERAGE
89 reviews for:
The Day We Meet Again: escape with the most romantic love story from the international bestseller
Miranda Dickinson
3.47 AVERAGE
I love train stations. That may sound weird but bear with me. Having done the long distance thing for nearly 7 years, for me train stations are synonymous with meeting my partner after a few weeks away from each other. The flip side of that is that there is always the sadness of going back home but bygones. So when I read The Day We Meet Again by Miranda Dickinson which uses St Pancras Station – once the scene of a reunion of me and my fiancé – I knew I was going to love this book.
The Day We Meet Again is one of those frustratingly wonderful books that you want to simultaneously hug and throw across the room. You yell at the characters, you will them to make better choices, you groan at the fact that they are not marionettes that you can manipulate to do your bidding but I suppose if I had that power then the book would have been much shorter and the pay off less great.
With Phoebe and Sam, Miranda Dickinson has made two fantastically likeable yet flawed characters. She has the perfect set up which has allowed them both to be selfless in their selfishness so when they pull their heads out of their bottoms they can be the perfect companion for each other. All the while you travel to some amazing places. Dickinson really has worked her magic in this book. It is a lovely read and a perfect gift for the romance reader in your life.
The Day We Meet Again by Miranda Dickinson is available now.
The Day We Meet Again is one of those frustratingly wonderful books that you want to simultaneously hug and throw across the room. You yell at the characters, you will them to make better choices, you groan at the fact that they are not marionettes that you can manipulate to do your bidding but I suppose if I had that power then the book would have been much shorter and the pay off less great.
With Phoebe and Sam, Miranda Dickinson has made two fantastically likeable yet flawed characters. She has the perfect set up which has allowed them both to be selfless in their selfishness so when they pull their heads out of their bottoms they can be the perfect companion for each other. All the while you travel to some amazing places. Dickinson really has worked her magic in this book. It is a lovely read and a perfect gift for the romance reader in your life.
The Day We Meet Again by Miranda Dickinson is available now.
An insta-love story with an almost immediate forced separation? Count me in on that. Miranda Dickinson’s novel tells a story of two strangers who meet during a prolonged train delay and fall in love. (Don’t you wish that could happen to you during transport delays?) The problem is, both Phoebe and Sam are about to start big, important year long journeys. Neither of them had planned on allowing for a relationship to complicate their trips. But in the space of several hours, they decide that if they feel the same way about each other in exactly one year, they will meet again at St Pancras station. If they don’t…well, they don’t turn up. No hard feelings, right?
It’s the start of a love story that just begs to be made into a movie. And in true movie style, Phoebe and Sam have made rules. They can send postcards to each other and texts with the occasional phone call. So it’s not quite the pining lack of contact that brings them back together at the end of the year. Rather, it’s the endless analysis of what he or she said or didn’t say that threaten to drive the couple apart before they’ve even properly started. Sam is off to find the father who left his life as a child and get over an awkward breakup. Phoebe is trying to spread her wings, gain confidence and live on a whim. Because they don’t really know each other that well, Sam doesn’t know that Phoebe tends to anxiously overanalyse everything and Phoebe isn’t aware that Sam can barely talk about feelings and his past. That’s where the fairy tale instant attraction love tends to wither rather quickly. With only limited contact, the pair hang on to every word of the other, examining it until they find a potential fault. Phoebe’s impetuous ‘I love you’ has Sam freaking out, followed by Phoebe convinced that she’s driving him away. Sam’s lack of in-depth discussion of finding his father has Phoebe convinced that he doesn’t want to tell her everything when Sam just doesn’t know how to say it.
Told in alternating chapters by the main characters in first person, this analysis of the other’s words got a bit wearing for me. Knowing exactly what was going on, I found the rehash of Sam’s/Phoebe’s take on whatever the other had/hadn’t said repetitive. Perhaps this part of the story would have been better told in larger chunks by one character so the reader didn’t have the omnipotent view. Phoebe’s jitters, which didn’t have a clear reason, were also irritating sometimes. It would have been good to have some backstory as to why she was so cautious to be on her own, especially given Sam had a rather detailed background. To me, Phoebe came across as immature which didn’t match her age or her educational background (I have no idea how she managed to write her PhD thesis when she is so indecisive)!
There are a lot of near misses in this book, especially towards the end. It’s a sweet idea, but bogged down by the continuous introspection and a lack of growth in Phoebe. Probably a good pool or plane read, but some nights I just couldn’t face the continuous revising of the characters’ actions towards each other.
Thank you to Harlequin for the ARC of this book. My review is honest.
It’s the start of a love story that just begs to be made into a movie. And in true movie style, Phoebe and Sam have made rules. They can send postcards to each other and texts with the occasional phone call. So it’s not quite the pining lack of contact that brings them back together at the end of the year. Rather, it’s the endless analysis of what he or she said or didn’t say that threaten to drive the couple apart before they’ve even properly started. Sam is off to find the father who left his life as a child and get over an awkward breakup. Phoebe is trying to spread her wings, gain confidence and live on a whim. Because they don’t really know each other that well, Sam doesn’t know that Phoebe tends to anxiously overanalyse everything and Phoebe isn’t aware that Sam can barely talk about feelings and his past. That’s where the fairy tale instant attraction love tends to wither rather quickly. With only limited contact, the pair hang on to every word of the other, examining it until they find a potential fault. Phoebe’s impetuous ‘I love you’ has Sam freaking out, followed by Phoebe convinced that she’s driving him away. Sam’s lack of in-depth discussion of finding his father has Phoebe convinced that he doesn’t want to tell her everything when Sam just doesn’t know how to say it.
Told in alternating chapters by the main characters in first person, this analysis of the other’s words got a bit wearing for me. Knowing exactly what was going on, I found the rehash of Sam’s/Phoebe’s take on whatever the other had/hadn’t said repetitive. Perhaps this part of the story would have been better told in larger chunks by one character so the reader didn’t have the omnipotent view. Phoebe’s jitters, which didn’t have a clear reason, were also irritating sometimes. It would have been good to have some backstory as to why she was so cautious to be on her own, especially given Sam had a rather detailed background. To me, Phoebe came across as immature which didn’t match her age or her educational background (I have no idea how she managed to write her PhD thesis when she is so indecisive)!
There are a lot of near misses in this book, especially towards the end. It’s a sweet idea, but bogged down by the continuous introspection and a lack of growth in Phoebe. Probably a good pool or plane read, but some nights I just couldn’t face the continuous revising of the characters’ actions towards each other.
Thank you to Harlequin for the ARC of this book. My review is honest.
The day we meet again centres around two characters who meet at St Pancreas station when their trains are delayed. There is an connection between the two, but they are going in different directions so they decide to meet again in a years time if they feel the same way.
The writing was lovely and you could really see the scenes that she was trying to create but I did feel like this was a little too drawn out. Its a nice summer read but could have been slightly shorter.
The writing was lovely and you could really see the scenes that she was trying to create but I did feel like this was a little too drawn out. Its a nice summer read but could have been slightly shorter.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The first half of the book was great but the rest just fell flat for it dropped.it wasn’t even funny I got annoyed with all the characters and didn’t even care whether I should finish it or not. Very disappointing and underwhelming.
The day we meet again was more complicated than I first thought it would be, as the initial plot - boy meets girl just before they leave London to separately travel for a year, seemed to be coming together too easily.
There are plenty of twists and turns along the way, and each character is also on a metaphorical journey to discover who they are. However while it was interesting enough at the time, the whole thing felt full of romcom cliches.
#netgalley
There are plenty of twists and turns along the way, and each character is also on a metaphorical journey to discover who they are. However while it was interesting enough at the time, the whole thing felt full of romcom cliches.
#netgalley
What happens after Love at First Sight if you can’t actually be together? Sam and Phoebe meet at St Pancras station when their trains are delayed – he’s a musician heading to Scotland to search for some answers about his unhappy childhood, she’s headed to Europe to follow in the footsteps of the authors she studied during PhD in English literature and figure out what she wants to do with her life. They are immediately taken with each other but reluctantly decide to head off on their own adventures. They agree to keep in touch and to meet again at St Pancras exactly a year later if they still feel the same. I think this was an interesting premise, and I liked the main characters immediately. I really enjoyed Sam’s half of the story – I thought both his character and his story arc were satisfyingly developed as he returns to Mull and looks for his deadbeat father. On the other hand, reading about Phoebe’s year was like scrolling through an Instagram influencer’s feed – she’s admittedly appealing, but she bounces from beautiful location to beautiful location where she is inevitably given free accommodation by the most wonderful hosts with nothing better to do than show her around town and throw her magical dinner parties. She encounters no real difficulties on her trip, yet somehow the reader is supposed to believe she’s had an amazing year of growth. Their year apart is marked by misunderstandings and overreactions which feels realistic though was occasionally tedious to read as the year went on. Despite this complaint, I did feel that the author effectively built tension and anticipation as they converge on St Pancras a year later, and was compelled to see how their story continued after that day. I would recommend this novel to readers looking for a light, feel-good love story with a fun premise and likeable characters.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What a gorgeous audiobook! My first by Miranda Dickinson, but definitely not my last! I am so glad Meggy shared her review recently as I would have missed out on this fabulous book!
This was wonderful story of love at first sight, and all the complications two people have when they weren’t expecting to full in love whilst waiting for their trains.
I loved the journeys Phoebe and Sam went on over the course of their year apart. Loved what Phoebe did in Paris and Italy. In fact I was quite envious of Phoebe’s adventures, and of the lovely friends she made. I wasn’t jealous of Sam’s adventure, it was a heartbreaking journey he took, a scary time of discovering family secrets and learning more about himself.
And the meeting at St. Pancras a year later? Well what a twist! I knew something was going to happen because there was still about a third left in the book, but I wasn’t expecting the different detours that Phoebe and Sam went on! I was shocked on a few occasions, I was disappointed by some of their decisions, but I always hopeful that they’d get together again, really hoping for a happy ending.
Phoebe and Sam and their friends became my friends as I listened. They were all so real, and I felt quite sad when I came to the end of the audiobook. I definitely think I’ll be listening to this again when I need an escape or a comfort listen.
Laura Kirman is already a favourite narrator, so it was a real pleasure to have her narrating with Joshua Manning. She brought Phoebe and the other characters to life perfectly. Joshua Manning was excellent as Sam and all the other characters, especially his honorary aunty Ailish on the Isle of Mull.
I highly recommend this audiobook if you enjoy contemporary romances.