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One Summer Weekend: A fun, feelgood romance perfect for summer by Juliet Archer, Juliet Archer
zooloo1983's review
3.0
In this novella, we meet Alicia (again what a fab name), an executive coach, who has been tasked with a new client. In walks, Jack Smith, who is arrogant and if you listen to the tabloids is a player with the ladies. Alicia has already written him off and is strictly business with him, Jack likes to flirt and joke around - Alicia does not find this acceptable.
In order for Alicia to help Jack, for some reason, she has to go away for the weekend with him on a business trip. The client, are also good friends of Jack, and Alicia has to pretend for the weekend in the Lake District that she is his girlfriend, what could go wrong?
Being a novella, you know things are going to progress and quick. We learn quite a bit of their backstory, but there were still some gaps that I would have loved to been answered. Due to Alicia 'researching' Jack, she had made a judgement on him before she had met him and wrote him off as a womaniser. I mean I get we would all do that, but she shut him down completely at the start, then when they got to the weekend away after a couple of wines she kissed him. I thought it was progressed probably a bit too quickly in terms of their feelings for each other with the little time they spent together. The judgement she had made on Jack was based on "him", the mysterious man from her past, who left her completely heartbroken and turned her into the Ice Queen, cue the drama for later on in the book. I did love Jack, albeit the arrogance, but he had a huge heart and knew his flaws.
I did LOVE the walk they went on in the Lake District, as the descriptions of the views sounded breathtaking. For someone who has never been there, but always longed to, I felt like I could picture it perfectly.
This is a perfect read, sitting in the garden in the early evening with a nice glass of wine (well we have to keep up with Alicia and Jack!)
*Thank you so much to Rachel at Rachel Random Resources and the author Juliet Archer for a copy of this book for my honest and unbiased opinion*
In order for Alicia to help Jack, for some reason, she has to go away for the weekend with him on a business trip. The client, are also good friends of Jack, and Alicia has to pretend for the weekend in the Lake District that she is his girlfriend, what could go wrong?
Being a novella, you know things are going to progress and quick. We learn quite a bit of their backstory, but there were still some gaps that I would have loved to been answered. Due to Alicia 'researching' Jack, she had made a judgement on him before she had met him and wrote him off as a womaniser. I mean I get we would all do that, but she shut him down completely at the start, then when they got to the weekend away after a couple of wines she kissed him. I thought it was progressed probably a bit too quickly in terms of their feelings for each other with the little time they spent together. The judgement she had made on Jack was based on "him", the mysterious man from her past, who left her completely heartbroken and turned her into the Ice Queen, cue the drama for later on in the book. I did love Jack, albeit the arrogance, but he had a huge heart and knew his flaws.
I did LOVE the walk they went on in the Lake District, as the descriptions of the views sounded breathtaking. For someone who has never been there, but always longed to, I felt like I could picture it perfectly.
This is a perfect read, sitting in the garden in the early evening with a nice glass of wine (well we have to keep up with Alicia and Jack!)
*Thank you so much to Rachel at Rachel Random Resources and the author Juliet Archer for a copy of this book for my honest and unbiased opinion*
kirkw1972's review
4.0
A lovely little novella perfect for summer reading.
I wasn’t sure at first though. I struggled to start with to like Alicia, she didn’t come across as very likeable and certainly not as professional as the character believed they were. However by the end of the book I was rooting for her just as much as Jack.
This is all told from the perspective of Alicia but I’ve read in other reviews that there will soon be a follow up from Jack’s perspective which I’d like to see.
Being a novella it’s a quick read, great for sitting in the garden on a sunny afternoon. And it’s also re-ignited my desire to go back to the Lake District. It’s been far too long. Lovely book, really enjoyed it.
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I wasn’t sure at first though. I struggled to start with to like Alicia, she didn’t come across as very likeable and certainly not as professional as the character believed they were. However by the end of the book I was rooting for her just as much as Jack.
This is all told from the perspective of Alicia but I’ve read in other reviews that there will soon be a follow up from Jack’s perspective which I’d like to see.
Being a novella it’s a quick read, great for sitting in the garden on a sunny afternoon. And it’s also re-ignited my desire to go back to the Lake District. It’s been far too long. Lovely book, really enjoyed it.
Free arc from netgalley
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