ljesica 's review for:

You Had Me At Hello by Mhairi McFarlane
3.0
medium-paced

 
Ben and Rachel meet the day before uni.  And they spend the next 3 years as best friends.  Rachel has a boyfriend named Rhys back home and Ben is sort of a player and she never really thinks of him romantically.  She adores him and he adores her.  Rachel is also close with Caroline and Mindy and they have all the fun that university students should.
Fast forward 10 years.  Rachel hasn’t seen Ben since graduation.  She is calling off her engagement and relationship with Rhys after 13 years.  She still spends time with Mindy and Caroline.  And then Caroline says she saw Ben in town.  He’s moved back.  And Rachel is stunned.  She’s never told anyone why they stopped talking.
This one was not bad, but may be my least favorite of McFarlane’s books.  I found that I didn’t really like most of the characters.  Yes, all humans are flawed, but I struggled to really embrace any of them.  And while we got a happy ending, it wasn’t the one I would’ve wanted