Reviews

The Love Square by Laura Jane Williams

ciarareads96's review against another edition

3.0

This was an enjoyable and engaging read, very light-hearted from start to finish. However it was a typical romantic comedy and I was looking for a little more from it than just the standard set-up. Even though she’s pegged as having three love interests, it’s obvious from the beginning that there’s really only one, so there was no real dilemma and the plot fizzled out a bit. 

Overall not my favourite romance but still an easy, fast-paced read if you’re looking for one.

donnareadathon2021's review against another edition

4.0

I was lucky enough to read Laura Jane Williams’ latest book, The Lucky Escape through Netgalley and then found her previous book on a Kindle Deal recently. I think I preferred this one.

Penny is a chef who owns her own small cafe in London. She lost her mother at a young age to cancer and then battled it herself. At the time she arranged for her eggs to be harvested and fertilised with help from a donor and now that things in her life have stablised, she is considering a surrogate to start her family.

The only problem is that she hasn’t had much success with a partner. So when Italian chef Francesco comes to deliver bread one day to her cafe and her colleague takes his details she doesn’t get in touch even when she is tempted.

Then just when the two do connect again, her uncle is ill and she needs to take charge of his pub in the country and leave London.

Then starts a situation where Penny doesn’t just have one person interested in her but three... Thomas who isn’t into monogamy, Prijesh the older wine dealer and then Francesco who arrives back in Penny’s life.

But really Penny needs to decide what she truly wants and not live her life to please everyone else. I really enjoyed this story and struggled to put it down until it was finished! ❤️

vasuki's review against another edition

1.0

dnf but it sucked

blissbubbley's review against another edition

4.0

Re-read this recently as I had almost forgotten it but soon it all came back to me. Would make a great holiday read and I recommend reading the other books by the author too.

paolapom's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

tassiereads's review against another edition

5.0

I didn’t go into this book with high expectations, I had bought it second hand because I though the cover was cute. Though now that I’ve finished it, I really enjoyed it.

There was talks of them being spicy but we didn’t see much spice which was okay. It was good blend of romance and drama, second chances and messy relationships. I’m happy Penny ended up with her true love in the end, he was my favourite

saramassey's review against another edition

2.0

It was a very typical romance book - no real surprises. A love square rather than a triangle - 3 men who Penny likes for all different reasons. However, it’s blatantly obvious who she really likes. Trigger: cancer survivor story.

Overalls was good but nothing to write home about!

readingwithlibby's review against another edition

3.0

I actually liked this book the more I read it. For the first hundred or so pages I thought it was quite boring, a little cliche and very cringy. If I’m honest, it was quite cringy throughout, but it did get a lot more interesting. I thought the book was quite good. I even had a tiny little cry at the last two pages. I found that the book was trying to be quite progressive and at first it felt a tad out of place, but by the end I think it worked quite well. I thought the addition of Lizzo from mid way to the end was a little strange, but not completely out the blue, many books mention celebrities in the forms of favourite bands or movies etc. I think it was just a little strange to see such a recent celebrity talked about. I am surprised that I pretty much actually liked all the characters of the book, there were none that I disliked, though I wasn’t fond of all of them all the time. I struggled a little with it being in third person as I much prefer first, but that’s just my preference. Overall I enjoyed it and think it was fun and light hearted and quite sweet overall!!

coldcoffeelibrary's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

arabellasbooks's review

2.0

I think my issue with this book was that I had hyped it up so much for myself and it just fell short.
Where this book was cute in parts, it overall did not do a lot for me and although I don't know what I was expecting initially, I just don't think this book is really for me. There was nothing inherently bad about it I was just not a fan of the plot lines most of the time and felt that I was misled a little with the synopsis.