A review by skylover
One Day in December by Josie Silver

funny lighthearted sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.25

I needed a lighthearted read after getting into too many romantasy books and this story checked the box. While I enjoyed Sarah and Laurie's friendship, the rest of this plot was repetitive and dry.
I really didn't like Jack. It didn't sound like he even knew or liked Laurie the first time he met her at the New Year's party. He was awful toward Oscar, in that "I'm the only one who can have her" mindset even though he himself was taken, him telling Laurie not to tell Sarah about their kids after he initiated it and acting like they were equally guilty when that was his fault, and how he never seemed to care for anyone - even Laurie!! - especially when it came to romance (that Amanda and Sarah both tensed as he tried to arouse them when he dated them respectively shows that he isn't as generous in bed as first believed) and only career-focused like Oscar as well.
. While this is technically a "love at first sight" book, it felt dull at the end
when they FINALLY got together but you don't get any of the reward about where they end up, especially after time jumps of TEN years, we can't get a 10 months later chapter?? Let alone, feel any chemistry between them?? Their romance seemed like the type that liked each other because they couldn't have each other, not because of their actual characteristics
. This book also was a comedy to me with the amount of times Laurie said she wasn't religious but then went on to say "God knows" or "Only God would know" - like m'am, God doesn't know anything if you're not religious. Also the typos were the same amount of times alcohol these people consumed were mentioned. 
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