It's a fairly classic romance, modern at the same time. Enjoyable and simple to read, can be great as a beach read. The plot is not mindblowing or surprising in any way, but the repetition of the word "unrequitted" can be annoying at times. Read at the right time, it's a pleasant book to spend a few hours with. What I liked most were the friendships, because the author managed to stay away from classic cliches that make romances impossible to read anymore.

Unfortunately, I did not enjoy this book as much as I wished I had. I did not finish reading this book as nothing about it held my interest. I did enjoy the writing style but the story was just not for me.

A very funny, if not slightly predicable book but a pretty good read and great for cheering yourself up.

incredibly cute book and thoroughly enjoyed the characters and the whole story over all. thank you for the opportunity

This story was so nice but at times a little hard to read because our heroine's life is not too joyful.

Alice is a character that grew on me page after page,she is not too lucky,she fell in love with her friend's fiancèe and she can't try to win him over.I've appreciated her moral integrity to not act on her feelings and to endure every moment shared with them putting a smile on her face.
At the end of the book I cheered for her and supported her choices like she was one of my real friends because she deserves to be happy.

This was the first time I've read a book written by Sarah Louise Smith but it won't be the last,I already have another of her books ready on my reader.

I got this book from Netgalley. Yes, the title got me curious. Aren't you? Unrequited?

This story isn't like the adventures the more popular Alice had. This is a bit sad and you will find yourself empathizing with Alice, especially if you have had an unrequited love. Yes, this is about unrequited love. Have you had one? I think, once in our lifetime, each of us will have to go through this type of unnecessary yet unavoidable emotion. It is not unheard of nor is it a phenomenal occurrence. Every person will at least have this kind of heartache or a recipient of this unwanted or undeserved feeling.

Like Alice in Wonderland, Alice here did fall but not into a rabbit hole but fall or to be correct, fell in love with the fiance of her best friend. What is more tragic than that? There is. Here it comes. As it turned out, she fell again for another guy. This time a guy who had become her best friend yet does not want to fall in love with her. Ouch! This seemed like a hopeless case right or is Alice the hopeless one?

In more ways than one, my heart bleeds as Alice's heart was broken, twice. I can relate to her experiences in some ways though I have not specifically fallen in love with my best friend's boy friend. Honestly, I did fell in love with a guy who I had gotten very close to but when our friends started teasing us, he admitted that he was not ready for another relationship. Believable, because he just found out that his long-time girlfriend has found another love and she never even bothered to tell him. He told me that he will be ready in two years. I was not really hopeful and I did not wait around for two years to find out. I left and worked in another city for seven years. When I moved back, I bumped into him and it was just like the song says--"I remember the boy but I don't remember the feeling, anymore."

It is really difficult and excruciating moving on from an unrequited love. Keeping that feeling hidden alone is enough to induce a coronary, much less proclaiming it only to be rejected. That is way more than double jeopardy. More like double collateral damage. I am not sure if I would still have a heart left after that. Just like what happened to Alice. But then, just like they say, everything happens for a reason and for its own season. Timing. There is such a thing as perfect timing. There are people who come into our lives for a purpose and for a specific time. Some of them are not meant to stay. Or meant to be.

As sad as the title is, this isn't all a tear-jerker. This story will also make you hopeful and not scared to fall in love. Yes, fall in love again. Hopefully, not unrequited the next time. This is a true example that the best relationships often start with friendships. I would love to fall in love with my best friend. Sadly, no (male) one matches that designation currently or for the last ten years. Maybe, I will have to make one. After all, relationships are not all measured by the length of time you've known each other (like in the story) but by the depth and intensity of the experiences you have shared and battled through together. There is still hope, yet.

I give this book 5/5 stunning pictures of Niagara Falls. Everyone is powerless against love. It's like stopping a raging waterfall. Like the saying goes, better to have loved than to have not loved at all. Not being in a relationship doesn't mean, you won't have your heart broken. There are no guarantees, especially if you have an unrequited love.

What I love about this book is that the author perfectly captured and described in detail the exact vulnerability and heartache anyone has to go through in an unrequited love. The pain, the what if's, the maybe's and the daydreams are all vividly rounded up that you can't help but relive the pain of your own exhausting, tormenting and harsh unrequited experience, making Alice a kindred-spirit.

And you'll never know that being in unrequited love is a heart-breaking, soul-destroying thing.
- Sarah Louise Smith, Unrequited Alice -


Thanks again, Netgalley for the copy. I am looking forward to reading more heartfelt stories from Miss Sarah Louise Smith.

A interesting easy read, good location details, very true to life.

I loved this! I started reading this and could not stop. I loved Alice and Toby, and just wanted to see how their story ended. This book was one of the best friends-to-lovers stories I've read. Both characters felt real, as did the cast of supporting characters - both friends and family.

This book made me smile a lot. And I swear the page count on this was wrong because it felt much longer than just a bit over 100 pages....

Alice had always been in love with her oldest friend’s boyfriend, Ed. She knew she wouldn’t have any space inside his heart especially now that he was gonna marry Hannah. Tough as it was, she still organized her friend’s hen weekend in Niagara Falls, hoping to extinguish any more feelings she had for Ed.

And then she met Toby over the weekend. Toby, who was hot and cold. Toby who, like Alice, held a torch for someone else, someone like her brother’s fiance. Toby, who unconsciously crawled to Alice’s heart, making her forget about Ed, but still failing with this unrequited love.

Alice is a character I’d love to comfort and confront at the same time. This girl has got a lot of love to give, and it pains me to see her conflicted and distressed over the men who didn’t love her back. Between Ed and Toby though, I’d place my bets for Toby right from the start because he’s such a kindred soul. Hannah, her oldest friend, was unfortunately lame and selfish, I disliked her instantly, and I don’t know why.

The thing about unrequited love is, it suffocates your heart, taking it all in, somehow wishing for something that doesn’t really belong to you. Yes, such is the tragedy of unreciprocated feelings. I know, I’ve been there, I’ve wallowed in it, I’ve lucked out, and in the end, I moved on. But that’s another story.

Unrequited Alice is a light romantic story that is heavy on the feelings. The story about two people not sharing the love isn’t really new to me. Surprisingly though, in this book, I was able to relate with the main characters and felt the instant connection I don’t usually get from other books. Sarah Louise Smith got me reading this in the break of dawn and reluctantly finishing it the next day. I didn’t want to part with Alice, I didn’t want to forget about the Niagara Falls, I didn’t want to forget about the wedding dances and the flights from London to New York and vice versa.

In the end, love prevailed. How it happened, it’s up to you to work on it. Read this and you’ll know.

A fun and trendy book that I was able to read in one day. Loved the story and where it was going--and sad when the book was over. Thank you so much for allowing me to read this title prior to publication--it was definitely a joy!

Overall I think this was a fun, quick, romantic read but there was some repetitiveness I could have done without and I wish we could have gotten to Toby and Alice's relationship a lot sooner then we did,

I wasn't crazy about the book. It was well written and flowed nicely. I just didn't love any of the characters. I look forward to check out more from this author. Everyone can't love every book! This one just wasn't my favorite.

Alice has been friends with Hannah for years & is going to be her chief bridesmaid in a few months time. The problem is Alice is in love with the groom & doesn't know how she's going to cope seeing him marry someone else. Still she performs her bridesmaid duties & arranges a fantastic hen weekend at Niagra Falls. It's here that she meets Toby & feels an instant attraction to him. But guess what - Toby is in love with his brother's fiancee!

Follow Alice & Toby on their quest to get over their unrequited love & hopefully find happiness in the process.

I really enjoyed this book & devoured it in a day. I would happily read more books from this author.

I'm a bit conflicted over this book. On the one hand, I mostly enjoyed it, but on the other hand there were parts that frustrated me by moving either too slowly or too quickly. I liked the characters, the setting, and all of that, but the plot pacing seemed just a little off at times. A couple of times I was getting annoyed with Alice, and then I was honestly surprised with the speed and ease with which a certain issue was resolved. I hope that doesn't give anything away! So yeah, a tricky one to review. Great read for the most part, with a couple of small let downs.

This book was a quick, lighthearted read and although it was not one of my favorite genres, I liked it. It tells of two people, Alice and Toby, who fall in love with the wrong people and over one weekend they find a shoulder to lean on in each other. The rest is quite predictable, but this was still a good read.

This book was such a fun, adorable chick lit novel and I really enjoyed reading it. I flew through it fairly quickly and i found myself laughing out loud.
In this story, you follow Alice, who lives in the UK and is in love with he best friend, Hannah's Fiancé, Ed. You follow Alice and she is cooping with all of this while planning the hen and helping plan the wedding. The hen is in Niagara Falls and the descriptions of the scenery there are beautiful. While they are in Niagara, Alice meets another man, who is from the US, and they find out they have a lot in common and quickly become friends.
This is a very character driven story and I enjoyed learning about Alice and her family and getting to see her grow and becoming stronger as the story progressed.
You follow Alice through this part of her life and get to see hr laugh, cry and find herself in this story and you cannot help but to root for her. I loved this story and Alice as a character.
My main complaint about this story is that the dialog seemed very repetitive to me and they seemed to talk about the same problems over and over again, with the conversations ending the same every time. I also am not a huge fan of the love triangle trope in contemporary novels and this definitely had that.
All and all, I enjoyed the story and I found myself smiling and rooting for Alice the entire book.

This was a good read. The main characters were okay. I did not really connect with the characters. Hence, it did not keep me that interested. I had to put the book down a couple of times. The book dragged a bit and got boring at some parts. The ending was good. Overall, an okay read.

I enjoyed this book. Alice and Hannah have been friends since primary school. When the story starts they are just heading to Niagara Falls, for Hannah's 'hen do'. Alice is her Chief Bridesmaid, but has been smitten by Hannah's fiance for ages. What can she do? How will she cope?
At this point we are introduced to Toby (from England, but living in New York), who is at the same hotel for his friend's birthday bash. The two hit it off. Can they help each other to 'move on'?
There are some entertaining moments, and some reflections on strength of character and friendship. I have to say that Penny came across as one of my favorite characters.

An enjoyable read about love, loss and how not to fall head over heels.
I particularly liked the trip to Niagra that is the first major event in the novel and this set the scene for fun and frolics with some soul-searching too.

Whilst none of the characters were particularly deep, I found myself warming to Alice. A couple of the scenarios were a little unrealistic -- particularly the aftermath of a certain event (no spoilers) -- but this did not detract from my enjoyment.

My thanks to the publisher and netgalley for an advance review copy.

I really enjoyed reading this book. Somewhat predictable, but most romcoms are, but it was enjoyable seeing if my prediction would happen.