I am a massive fan of the author and have been waiting for the book with great anticipation, I was thrilled to be provided with an ARC from the publishers and Netgalley. I found the story to be mesmerising, emotional and fantastic love story. Spanning over a year, a chance encounter where two souls found each other leads to ups and downs, misunderstandings and missed moments. With so many added layers from finding family and discovering your true self; this book is well written; with characters you will enjoy even if they get frustrating at times.
I sat and read the book in one sitting and it really struck a chord with me. I loved it.

Beautifully written with honest and valid feelings. It's a wonderful story of love that leaves you guessing right until the very end.

Oh my goodness I loved this story! Do you believe in love at first sight? Can falling in love hit you so quickly? Perhaps it can when you meet your perfect match. Sam and Phoebe’s love story had me smitten from the first chapter. I couldn’t wait to find out if they would meet again.
The story follows them through their lives for twelve months and has you feeling their pain.
I don’t want to give the ending away but can thoroughly recommend this book and would love to see it made into a film .

I enjoyed reading this book. It is an ideal holiday read.
It’s a story about love at first sight and how the two characters decide to meet a year later. I like the way the chapters alternated between Sam and Pheobe and what they had been up to on their travels.
Personally I don’t think it’s as good as ‘One Day’ but I still enjoyed it.
Thanks netgalley for allowing me to read this book.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. This is a heartfelt and beautiful story which I highly recommend to anyone who loves a love story. A lot can happen in a year, this book is the tale of two people who agree to meet in a year if they still want to be together.

Didn't you just know that Phoebe wouldnt make it to the meeting point! I found her a strange mixture of academic adult and feeble traveller, having panic attacks about the thought of going 'abroad'....not far abroad really, just Europe.
She and Sam meet on the station whilst waiting for a delayed train, or two. They are each 'searching' for something and each going in opposite directions. They fall in love....all in the space of a few hours. Deciding to put everything on the back boiler for a year and then to meet up and 'see if they still liked each other', they eventually get off on their journeys.
It was a light read, and somehow I expected more of a Miranda Dickinson book. Nothing intrinsically wrong with it, but I wasn't overwhelmed.
However, thank you Net Gally for a chance to review the book.

This was an enjoyable read. Sam and Phoebe meet by chance at St Pancras station when there is a long delay. They spend a few hours together and fall in love! Both are embarking on plans for the year and they decide to meet up a year on if they still feel the same. They stay in touch and the story follows both their adventures throughout the year. I must admit the story wasn't as twee as I thought it might be, although I was ready to bang their heads together at one point! Thanks to NetGalley for a preview copy.
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Sam and Phoebe meet at Pancreas station and fall in love. They both have their own adventures to follow so carry on with their respective journeys to spend a year apart. Sam wants to find his father and Phoebe wants to find herself. They promise to meet at the statue a year later. They keep in contact via email and postcards and phone calls. I enjoyed the book and this was a lovely romantic read. However I found the point where they were supposed to meet at the statue and one of them didn't a bit poor in terms of character motivation. It didn't make sense to me. I would rather have read about them being together and trying to overcome obstacles of forming a new life together at this point. I don't want to sound negative because I really did enjoy this book but the last third of the book spoiled it for me because I didn't understand Phoebe's reasoning and still don't! A great holiday summer romantic read. Thank you to Netgallley and the publishers for letting me review this book.

Good holiday read, either on a long plane journey or sitting by the pool. The perfect modern day love story.

Phoebe and Sam meet when their trains are delayed at St Pancras and fall in love over a few hours - but are both going away for a year so agree to meet again in 12 months and keep in minimal contact til then. It's a bit like the 90s film Before Sunrise in some respects.

It sounds like a delightful love story, and it sort of is, but it's utter fluff. Sam is from the Isle of Mull but I'm not convinced the author actually knows anything about Scotland - trains to Scotland don't go from St Pancras, so why is he there in the first place? She refers to "it'll be dark soon" about Mull in July (Scottish islands and long late nights in summer isn't exactly an unknown phenomenon, and what islander minds driving at night anyway?), and thinks Scottish school holidays are in August when they're in July. Phoebe is a 32 year old woman with enough tenacity to do a PhD, but can barely contemplate travelling to Paris alone despite no obvious reason for her anxiety (ie no mental health issues, just a bit pathetic) and her "adventures" are both unlikely and unexciting. There is no way that Sam is in the wrong at the end, and the long distance limited contact thing is ludicrous - the idea worked in the Before Sunrise because it was the 90s and the characters were students, it doesn't work 25 years later when the characters are adults separated only by the Channel, not the Atlantic.

Too many plot holes, not enough charm.

A very light read, seeming to be another which derives from the success of One Day. Unfortunately I just could not get into it at all. Ended up skipping pages to get through it more quickly and see if it became any more engrossing - sadly it did not.

A shame, as it had promise on the page.

Thank you Netgalley for sending me an e-copy of The Day We Meet Again by Miranda Dickinson.
This is a romance for the 21st century. Phoebe and Sam meet on the day both are leaving London. They are both about to embark on a journey.....Phoebe to Europe and Sam to the Isle of Mull.. They make an instant connection with each other and agree to meet up at the same place in a years time. Throughout the book we read of, and learn their histories. I loved the descriptions of the places they visited, (and yes I did google one or two to see if they were real places - and they were!) their friendships - old and new- and I found myself speeding along wanting to find out what happened to our hero and heroine.
I enjoyed this book and think it would make an ideal holiday read and also a great book to curl up with on a wintry day.

This was a so- so women’s fiction read for me (and I say that as a fan of both the genre and the author). I liked the premise, in theory, but I felt it lacked something in the execution. I can’t quite put my finger on what though. However, I did like the way it alternated between Pheobe and Sam within each chapter, although I found myself much more interested in Pheobe’s story than Sam’s. Also, the last quarter of the book, where there’s a major plot point, is the most interesting part of the book in my opinion and as a result I am glad I read to the end. Not my favourite from this author though.

I can understand the appeal of this book. Every woman dreams of meeting her love at first sight, however I believe this story was a little far fetched.

Meeting someone, falling in love within a mere couple of hours and then agreeing to meet a year later with minimal contact throughout that time.

I think this would be ideal as a plane or holiday read, for the ultimate romantic young woman.

I gave this 2 stars because I can see that it will appeal to a lot of readers though I didn't really enjoy it myself, largely because it felt super derivative of popular hits like One Day, and I found the main character far too whiny. She spent over a year moping and mooning and yet every new person she met seemed to find her delightfully sparkling and bent over backwards to help her.
My main issue was with the whole 'let's not really communicate for a year and meet up next year to see if we still feel the same' deal. My take: why wouldn't you feel the same about someone you hadn't spoken to for 12 months? What could possibly change? They couldn't either annoy you or charm you because you haven't seen or talked to them! I'm not averse to the love-at-first-sight premise at all, but why on earth couldn't they spend a year doing what they had planned WHILE ALSO HAVING A RELATIONSHIP? Text, chat, FaceTime, weekend meet ups, holidays - I mean, they were separated by the English Channel, not the Pacific ocean! And to make it even less credible, they weren't 19 and clueless - they were 32! What 32 year old woman in search of romance is happy to send postcards for a year to the man she is convinced is the love of her life?
So it's a hard pass for me, but I can see how it will be a light-hearted beach-read success for many less cynical readers :)

This is a very lightweight romantic tale which is not very believable. Two people meet at St Pancras station and immediately fall in love. They agree to meet there in a year's time if they still feel the same way. They communicate through email and phone throughout and each goes through life-changing and enhancing experiences during their year - she in Paris, he in Scotland. There is a little jeopardy, but you can predict the ending. This is a frothy beach read for young women.