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An Impossible Thing Called Love

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what an amazing book. Loved it from beginning to end
I loved the authors style of writing and will be looking for other books by this author.
I would recommend this book to friends and family

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Heartwarming and funny, I really enjoyed this book.
Many thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author. All opinions are my own.

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An Impossible Thing Called Love by Belinda Missen is the most charming, fun filled, delightful contemporary romance that will leave you feeling good.

A wonderful humorous look at love, with two lead characters exchanging many amusing dialogues. This book will have you smiling throughout as a great love radiates from its pages. I found An Impossible Thing Called Love very reminiscent of the film Love Story - the great love is tangible for all to feel.

The characters are perfectly drawn. I could 'see' them in my mind's eye, but more than that, I could 'feel' them. I felt an emotional attachment to them, as if the characters reached out from the pages of the book and touched my heart - never have I felt such an emotional response to fictional characters before.

The reader is in for a cosmopolitan treat as the action travels from Edinburgh to Australia to London to Paris, the city of love.

I really cannot praise An Impossible Thing Called Love highly enough. It's a perfectly charming feel good read with characters that remain long after the book is ended.

I received this book for free. A favourable review was not required and all views expressed are my own.

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This is such a feel good romance novel that I smiled through the entire book! Who knew that such a chance encounter that happened repeatedly would lead to true love? A happy and fun read coupled with the British humour I enjoy. Well worth it.

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Really enjoyable and heart warming. I hadn't heard of this author before and I have no idea why I'd not! Enjoyed her style of writing

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While travelling around Europe, Emmy meets William one night by some crazy misfortune, i.e. getting punched in the face by her friend, and they fall immediately in love. I'm generally not a huge fan of the instalove trope, so I wasn't that taken by Emmy and William's whirlwind romance, which also happens over a number of coincidental encounters. Then there is this huge epistolary section following Emmy and William over a year or so as they try to keep in touch. I don't mind a change in style, but the letters felt very clunky to me and sort of ruined the flow of their story. I had trouble relating to Emmy and William and I didn't find either of them particularly likeable, so I didn't feel too invested in their romance. There were some opportunities for a more dynamic story (e.g. developing Emmy's friendship with Pam and maybe confiding in her or perhaps explaining why William failed to contact Emmy when he always had her contact info), but I felt like everything fell a little flat for me. There were also some aspects of the story that I really didn't like, so in the end, An Impossible Thing Called Love just wasn't the right book for me.

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