This came completely out of the blue in the story and was only partly followed-through – it becomes part of the impetus for Laurie finally giving up on a relationship with her father, but in all honestly, it felt a bit gratuitous – just another source of angst in an already angst-filled story. Every time things start to get fun, the story throws another piece of misery at us, from the relentless sexism and entitlement of Laurie’s colleagues, to the terminal cancer diagnosis of another character, to the tragic back story involving the death of Jamie’s brother when they were both children, to racist microaggressions, to terrible parents to something that deserves a content warning for its WTFery.Īt Laurie’s terrible father’s terrible wedding reception, Laurie runs into an old friend of his and suddenly remembers that he tried to molest her when she was eight, only she ran away, and then got in trouble for this because she wouldn’t say why. This is not what I’m looking for in a romantic comedy. Every time you think it can’t get worse, it does – it’s a slow motion train-wreck – and honestly, by the time Laurie and Jamie finally got stuck in the lift together, I was so depressed that I was ready to stop reading. It’s just that you have to wade through 130 pages of the most excruciating break-up from the point of view of the devastated heroine in order to get there. Also, I love me a fake relationship, and the social media twist sounded like enormous fun.Īnd indeed, the fake relationship was enormous fun.
It’s described as a romantic comedy, with a delightful cartoon cover, and hey, we have a diverse heroine, too, which means with a bit of luck this one won’t have Surprise!Racism (something I’ve encountered a few too many times in my romance reads recently). I was definitely in the mood for some romantic comedy, and this looked like a really fun, light-hearted, funny read.
But there’s a fine line between pretending to be in love and actually falling for your charming, handsome fake boyfriend… With the plan hatched, Laurie and Jamie begin to flaunt their new couple status, to the astonishment-and jealousy-of their friends and colleagues. It’s the perfect proposition: a fauxmance played out on social media, with strategically staged photographs and a specific end date in mind. Laurie wants a hot new man to give the rumor mill something else to talk about. Jamie Carter doesn’t believe in love, but he needs a respectable, steady girlfriend to impress their bosses. Then a chance encounter in a broken-down elevator with the office playboy opens up a new possibility. When news of her ex’s pregnant girlfriend hits the office grapevine, taking the humiliation lying down is not an option. Her once perfect life is in shambles and the thought of dating again in the age of Tinder is nothing short of horrifying. When her partner of over a decade suddenly ends things, Laurie is left reeling-not only because they work at the same law firm and she has to see him every day.
If faking love is this easy… how do you know when it’s real? If I Never Met You is a sweet, but very angsty, fake-relationship romance that is let down terribly by its advertising and blurb: Genre: Contemporary Romance, Romance, Women's Fiction
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