Thoroughly enjoyed Sam and Phoebe's story; one of second chances, taking risks and following your dreams...showing you never know what could happen if you just take a chance.

This was such a lovely book to read, I’ve never read any of Miranda Dickinson’s books before and was quite nervous as to what it would be like. I was pleasantly surprised and will be looking out for more of hers in the near future.
The story was different to other books I’ve read, being a love story I wasn’t too sure if I was going to like it but, I have to say I loved it!!!!
My thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for giving me the opportunity to read this book in return for an honest review.

This is the story of Phoebe and Sam who fall in love during a train delay at St Pancras station as both wait for trains destined to keep them apart for a year whilst they follow their dreams.

Phoebe travels to Europe trying to find her self confidence whilst proving her friends wrong in their doubt that she will be able to go through with it. Her journey through France and Italy is beautifully described but it is almost too perfect .

Sam is travelling to the Isle of Mull to retrace his childhood steps, recover from a broken heart and find answers about his father's disappearance. His unexpected love of island life and the peace he finds by being with his friends, playing music and being part of a community brings him peace and some personal awareness

Although i enjoyed parts of this story i struggled with the whole premise of love at first sight and testing that love by deliberately staying apart for a year. The miscommunication between them and the random meetings in unexpected locations just made this tale implausible for me. I really did want to love this but I unfortunately didn't quite get there.

The old film about the strangers that meet at the train station and fall in love is re-imagined here as a modern love story.
Two people travelling in opposite directions but who meet and fall in love (lust?) at St Pancras station whilst waiting for their delayed trains. They talk and agree to some rules about how they will communicate during the following year. But they break these rules as their communications become more intense. And of course, they have agreed to meet again at the end of the year, in the same place, to continue their journeys together this time.
But life is never as straight forward as that, which is why I liked this story. Most traditional stories would have had them meet and all would be well. But as we know, real life is not as romantic as this.
The writing style was pleasant and the story was well crafted. It was enjoyable if not high literature.

Absolutely loved this title, one of my favourite authors and a very comforting chick lit book for a rainy autumn week

Anxious and excited. Meet Phoebe about to embark on her year long adventure, and Sam, getting ready to start his journey to his truth. Paths collide in a serendipitous delay at St Pancras train station in London and the future is forever changed.

Easy to read, exciting, uplifting, the flow of the prose making this a compelling page turner, I thoroughly enjoyed this Sunday afternoon beauty. Really made me smile. The author successfully distinguished between the world that Sam resides in – homely, comforting, music gigging, old familiar faces to that of Phoebe’s – each turn a new landscape, new challenges.

The question on your mind throughout the read of highs and lows, is do they meet again.

Make a pot of tea, pick your favourite grazing snack and get stuck in. I highly recommend this one!

The Day We Meet Again by Miranda Dickinson is set in London, Scotland and parts of Europe. Our couple meet as they are about to embark on separate year long adventures, and the book follows them as they negotiate their journeys and their developing relationship.
This is a good book if you want escapism and an uplifting read. Written from the point of view of both the male and the female, this is a well written and interesting exploration of new love and personal realisation.
Thank you to for the opportunity to read this book.

I love train stations. That may sound weird but bear with me. Having done the long distance thing for nearly 7 years, for me train stations are synonymous with meeting my partner after a few weeks away from each other. The flip side of that is that there is always the sadness of going back home but bygones. So when I read The Day We Meet Again by Miranda Dickinson which uses St Pancras Station – once the scene of a reunion of me and my fiancé – I knew I was going to love this book.

The Day We Meet Again is one of those frustratingly wonderful books that you want to simultaneously hug and throw across the room. You yell at the characters, you will them to make better choices, you groan at the fact that they are not marionettes that you can manipulate to do your bidding but I suppose if I had that power then the book would have been much shorter and the pay off less great.

With Phoebe and Sam, Miranda Dickinson has made two fantastically likeable yet flawed characters. She has the perfect set up which has allowed them both to be selfless in their selfishness so when they pull their heads out of their bottoms they can be the perfect companion for each other. All the while you travel to some amazing places. Dickinson really has worked her magic in this book. It is a lovely read and a perfect gift for the romance reader in your life.

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This is a cute, easy to read romance. Overall, I enjoyed it but found it difficult to get drawn in to the main characters. I would have liked the story to have more substance as I thought it slowed down mid way through.

Overall I enjoyed this. The meeting and the way the characters developed throughout their year apart was great. You really got to understand both of them.
After they returned I struggled a bit more. It felt somewhat drawn out and whilst the ending was lovely, it felt a bit rushed after such a build up.
Looking back on the book, I did enjoy it overall and would recommend.

Such a lovely idea for a romantic story that didn't disappoint me !
Phoebe and Sam meet by chance at St Pancreas train station - they are both at the start of a turning point in their lives embarking on soul finding missions . Phoebe is travelling in Europe for a year and Sam is going to Scotland. They both experience a chemistry that they haven't experienced before and make a vow that they will meet back in St Pancreas a year from now. I loved the 2 stories and how their year apart shaped up - it was a different sort of romantic book.perfect escapism and uplifting read

This novel tests believability: is there such a thing as love at first sight, is it possible to stay in love wit someone for a year based on a few hours acquaintanship and intermittent postcards, texts and calls. If that is all OK there are still various misunderstadings, assumptions and other issues to be dealt with. Well written and keeps you guessing as to whether love will triumph in the end.

Loved the premise but just couldn't warm to either of the characters.
Also couldn't get my head around the fact Phoebe and Sam met for 4 hours and basically pinned their future to those few hours.
OK, its about love at first sight and they slowly get to know each other over the following year through calls and corispondence but to feel disappointed because one (stranger) didn't open up to the other and then at the last minute decide not to meet; I almost stopped reading and did for a few weeks but endeavored to continue.
At times it's beautifully written which kept my hopes alive that it would get better, knowing sooner or later things would sort themselves out, because what was the point of the story otherwise?
However throughout the book my sensible self just kept thinking 'why didnt you just meet say "hey let's get to know each other and see where it takes us'', not jump in feet first with I love yous and pin every future hope only to become desolate because he didn't reciprocate her feelings immediately. I couldn't believe that she was 32 if she''d been an impressionable 21 Yr old fresh from uni some of her immiture attitude would have been acceptable.

If Phoebe had been my friend I would have encouraged her to write to him, but all the other nonsense she would have been told to 'get a grip' and perhaps their happy ending would have been sooner! (and I'd been able to go on to read a better novel)
Sorry many will love this story but I need to like the main character Sam was fine but Phoebe needed to grow up, so it wasn't for me.
Thank you to netgalley for a free arc for an honest review.

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This is such a love story and is full of varying degrees of emotions.
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Sam & Phoebe meet up by pure chance at St Pancras Train Station- in those couple of hours they find that they have an instant connection but sadly that it just isn’t the right time for either of them to start a relationship. Sam is returning to his childhood home in Scotland to visit family & friends and also to discover more about his father. Where as Phoebe has decided to take 12mths off work and tour Europe. With this in mind they make a pact that if 12months from now they still have feelings for each other then they will meet up at the very spot that they first met at 11.05am.
Phoebe sets out some rules regarding contact- postcards , emails and phones calls are ok but limited.
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The path of true love never runs smoothly and a lot can happen in 12months.
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The writing style is well constructed, plot is strong and there is enough going on within both the characters and the story to give the book depth.
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This is more that a story about 2 people finding each other and falling in love. It is what they find out about themselves too.
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As expected there are a mixture of emotions. Rejection,anger,happiness, upset and heartbreak. But it also addresses some more serious issues alcoholism, abandonment, mistrust and loneliness.
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The individual journeys of both Sam and Phoebe was really interesting and then going on their own journey of discovery was quite enchanting.
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There were parts that I felt for me were a little rushed and a couple of loose ends. But that did not detract me from enjoying this journey of love and escapism.
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Go on give this book a good. Everyone loves a good love story.
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Two strangers at the end of their separate relationships meet and fall in love during a train delay at St Pancras station. Both have a gap year planned and agree to meet at the end of it in the same place and if their feelings remain the same. We then follow their relationship through their separate journeys and communication by post email or text. It is a romantic fiction full of schmalz reminiscent of the Mills and Boon will they / won't they tradition. The whole thing feels laboured. a piece of fluff. A quick read for a rainy day or a beach read but it doe not stand out from the cord in a packed genre

I really enjoyed this story, so much so I read the last 70% in one sitting. But at 80% I was beginning to think the ending was not how I was expecting it to be. And honestly, it wasn’t. It was a last minute thing, but it was wonderful. It was heart-breaking, it was full of love,

I liked Phoebe. I connected with her quickly, and I don’t have any faults about her. Her development throughout the book was fantastic, until she made the wrong choice. But even then that broke my heart for her. I liked her easy chemistry with all the characters, especiall Sam. Her friendship with Meg was my favourite Phoebe friendship. It was easy, loving, caring, and meaningful. I loved Phoebe’s journey in Paris and in Rome. You could see her becoming more alive with every page, with every experience, and with every new friend she makes.

I loved Sam. I found him funny, a romantic, witty. His easy friendships were fantastic, especially with Niven who I thought was fantastic. I loved his journey to Mull, finding his father, and everything that came with that.

I love Miranda Dickinson’s writing style. It’s engaging, full of life, character and love. I fell into this books grip as soon as I read the first page. I’ve read a few books by this author, and as always this one was a delight to read. It’s probably one of my favourite by the author, up there with It Started With a Kiss and A Parcel for Anna Brown.

The idea of this story, meeting in exactly a year is brilliantly. We didn’t know whether they would be in the same place or not, whether they still felt that instant connection. I really wanted everything to be straight forward for Sam and Phoebe, but like every love story it isn’t.

This book is wonderful. It’s about discovering who you are, finding love at the most unexpected time, and in the most unexpected place.

This book has a lovely premise, but ultimately didn't quite work for me.

Phoebe and Sam meet at St Pancras train station when both of their trains are delayed. Neither are in the right place emotionally for love, and both are off on journeys that will take a year to complete. Nevertheless, they feel an incredible attraction that makes them say to one another, let's meet back here in a year. They keep in touch with text, phone and postcards, but the course of coming back to one another is not as simple as it sounds...

It's cute, right? Falling in love at first sight, were they destined to meet, etc? But the premise that might make people pick up the book is also its biggest challenge. This 'couple' is instantly separated. Then we have to spend a year of alternating chapters in their heads while they mull over whether it's love, whether they are sharing enough with the other person, are they having too much fun with other people? Phoebe gives too much of herself away and Sam holds too much back.

There's lots of conflict, but just not enough time together to 'see' that they are really meant to be. And in today's world I couldn't help think that it would've been really easy for one of them to travel to the other for a few weekends to explore the relationship before the big, too-much-pressure, meet up at St Pancras again. Even the end of the book couldn't convince that these two would ever last the distance.

A really nice idea for a romcom read, with a few twists to keep you interested and on your toes, but overall, I just needed and wanted a little more from the characters and the plot.

When I first picked this book up I knew it was going to be a good read based on others by this author.

I had no doubts about jumping straight in and devouring it. I read this book on holiday and got through it on 2 afternoons sat by the pool. Once I delved in I wanted to follow the characters and find out more.

I really liked that they both had stories they needed to figure out. Find themselves. But yet finding out about each other as well.

The whole plot of this book draws you in amd doesn't let you leave. It brings hope, happiness and sadness all in one story. You route for them and hope that you have got it right.

Worth riding the roller-coaster. Brilliantly well written, great visual descriptions and brilliant characters.

What a wonderful book. Such an emotional read for me. Goosebumps by the bucketload. Thanks for the opportunity to read this from NetGalley. I've since bought the paperback, met the author at a book event and had it signed.
This one will stay with me :)
I'll post a blog, but I just needed to comment on here as I've just finished and LOVED IT!!!!