I absolutely love Jo watson and her books and the way she writes. Highly recommended as always. This book however pulled so many of my emotions and the writing was just beautiful, I loved it.

Unfortunately, I have not been able to read and review this book.

After losing and replacing my broken Kindle and getting a new phone I was unable to download the title again for review as it was no longer available on Netgalley.

I’m really sorry about this and hope that it won’t affect you allowing me to read and review your titles in the future.

Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity.
Natalie.

🇿🇦 What?!?! A chick-lit romance set in South Africa? 😱😱 Yes! Yes! A thousand times yes! ⠀
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💞Besides the location of this book, this story has all the great makings of a perfect rom-com! The quirky and hilarious protagonist who finds herself in many uncompromising positions and gets caught up in laugh-out-loud shennanigans, a sexy, sweet and smouldering love interest and a love story from the past that will have you ooh-ing and aah-ing on one page and then bawling your eyes out on the next. ⠀
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😔What really tugged at my heart strings is that there were so many couples torn apart during Apartheid just because they didn't share the same skin colour and made this story all the more heartbreaking for me. ⠀
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🤔So why did I dock off a star? Well, this book fell into one of my biggest pet peeves. ⠀
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✍️The sheer amount of US and UK terminology used instead of South African terminology took me out of the story more times than I could count. ⠀
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🚗 a trunk of a car as the boot of the car;⠀
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🎠 a carousel as a merry-go-round;⠀
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🧹a hoover as a vacuum cleaner;⠀
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🏪 a convenience store as the corner cafe;⠀
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🥔 crisps as chips;⠀
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⛽gas stations as petrol stations;⠀
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🚼diapers as nappies;⠀
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🏞️ grasslands as the veld;⠀
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🧥a jumper as a jersey;⠀
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🥰 we don't say we fancy someone, we say we like someone;⠀
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👛 SA does not have Amazon or Craigslist, we have Takealot and Gumtree respectively;⠀
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🧓Tannie is not the Afrikaans word for granny. It means aunt and is also used to address a lady older than yourself as a sign of respect within the Afrikaans community;⠀
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😋That is to name a few. It's just frustrating as this takes away the authenticity of the location and people but moral of the story: if you love chick-lit and don't share my pet peeve then definitely PICK THIS UP! ⠀
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🤩🤩This story is FANTASTIC and is one of my favourite chick-lit stories of the year.⠀
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Well. This book was everything I didn’t know I needed. I went into “You, Me, Forever” being fairly confident I’d enjoy it, but I never expected it to consume me the way it did. I read it in one sitting, which rarely happens for me these days. I just couldn’t stop reading. I laughed out loud so many times. Becca was brilliant, so funny and entertaining. And Mike...well, he was everything I DID know I needed and then some! The story didn’t go anywhere near how I expected, and it was both beautiful and heartbreaking. The author made the characters and this little town feel like home, and I didn’t want to leave. A perfect read.

I really did not like the main chatting at all and it made me not enjoy the book at all unfortunately

Jo Watson, is my go to for Netgalley requests, out of the books I've read so far (4 I believe) there's only been one that was a miss for me.

Luckily I enjoyed this just as much as the others! Once again great humour, but the plot was just as good!

Please note that this book is not for me - I have read the book, However I had to DNF and because i do not like to give negative reviews I will not review this book fully - there is no specific reason for not liking this book. I found it a struggle to read and did not enjoy trying to force myself to read this book.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused and thank you for the opportunity to read this book

A very nice book by Jo Watson. I’ve never read a book by this author before so I wasn't sure what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the story and the characters.

I was so excited to read another book by Jo Watson as the only other one I read by her was absolutely hilarious!
Although this book is funny, it is more focused on the actually storyline. The first part of the book does have some real funny bits in, but as the story develops you see less of that, but you get more sentimental emotion as the story unfolds.
This is such a touching love story from years gone by about a couple who couldn’t be together due to race, and letters are found that were written by Edith to Abe declaring her love for him. Such beautiful letters that really pull at the heart strings, but also as it goes on, another love story develops as Becca tries to track down who wrote the letters, and who they were for. Really enjoyed this read, and really bonded with the characters.

Oh boy, was this book not for me. At first I thought it was just me having issues connecting to the protagonist but after scouring some other reviews, I saw that others had the same issues as I did.
While I really enjoyed the letter part of this novel, nothing else really kept me going. The tension fell a little flat and I wish I could relate more to at least some other characters.
Perhaps it was just the breaking of the fourth wall that had me itching, but I still would recommend this to romance readers.

Absolutely adored this. Raced through it, and loved every minute. Becca is a relatable, genuine character, prone to sticky situations
, and a perfect leading lady. I’m actually a bit in love with Mike, so fairly sure he’s a keeper. A gorgeous easy read underpinned by some very complex narratives. Highly recommended!

I’m so disappointed with myself more than the book. All these wonderful reviews and I’m afraid I just could not get into it ... and I tried several times. I’m sure it is a great book, but just not for me, perhaps I’ll revisit it another time and try again but it was just missing the hook to reel me into the story.

Such a great, laugh out loud read that's perfect for anyone looking to start reading more historical fiction romance.

A heartwarming comedy - a few laugh out loud moments, a few face palms and everything inbetween. A really easy read!

Really enjoyed this book thank you. Vibrant, believable, characters and an absorbing plot. I will ensure I look out for this author in the future!

I recently finished this book by Jo Watson and I have very mixed feelings on it. I nearly DNF’d this twice but pushed through. It’s strange because I didn’t dislike especially, I just wasn’t enjoying it at all and had no desire to continue reading.

I don’t want to give anything away because the story with the letters is pretty sweet but I found the book slow and I didn’t like the main character.

I am glad that I didn’t give up on it as it did improve towards the end but I just wasn’t invested in the relationship at all and the whole book left me feeling pretty ‘meh’ even though I did like the letters storyline. I am sorry to not be so positive about this book but I just didn’t find it particularly enjoyable.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Headline for a copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.

I adore this author and this book was a brilliant read and one that is perfect to escape for a few hours and loose yourself.
Characters that fall out of the pages of the book and make you fell apart of the story, the setting comes alive and captured is well with words.
A great read. that I would highly recommend.

This book should be on prescription, I haven’t laughed and cried (from laughing, but also some emotional bits) so much so I got strange looks on the bus. I loved Becca so much , the characters are so well developed, the story beautifully written. I adore Jo Watson and had forgotten how much. You need to read this book.


Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

I laughed so much that my face still hurts. It’s been so long since I’ve read a romantic comedy so good that I really want to see a movie out of it. Honestly, this book should be read by everyone and trust me when I say that you won’t regret it.
It’s a story about a love that couldn’t be, a life of what-ifs and regret but destiny has a way to bring together two people that are related to that denied love.

Becca has made many wrong choices in her life, much of which could be justified by her rocky childhood. But she makes her worst decision yet when suffering from writers block. She plans to plagiarize a bunch of old love letters she found and steal someone else’s story. But first she needs more context and journeys to the small sleepy town where it all happened. This leads her out of her comfort zone and into the proximity of the smoking hot local sheriff.

My first instinct was to roll my eyes at the over-the-top humour and what could be the potential to sensationalize apartheid. But I was very wrong. This book got better and better and I was totally hooked and entertained. Yes, it was a bit over-the-top but much of it was genuinely funny and all the characters were so likeable. There is wonderful romantic tension as well as an intriguing mystery to solve. There were even moments of depth and wisdom as the characters gain insight into themselves. So overall, don’t judge a book by the first chapter. I would have missed out on a light-hearted, poignant, saucy, romantic read!