12.12.18

BOOK REVIEW: One Day in December by Josie Silver

Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn't exist. After all, life isn't a scene from the movies is it? But then, through a misted up bus window on a snowy December day, she sees a man she knows instantly is the one. Their eyes meet, there's a moment of pure magic... and then her bus drives away.
Laurie thinks she'll never see the boy from the bus again. But at their Christmas party a year later, her best friend Sarah introduces her to the new love of her life. Who is of course, the boy from the bus.
Determined to let him go, Laurie gets on with her life. But what if fate has other plans?
Following Laurie, Sarah and Jack through ten years of love, heartbreak and friendship, One Day in December is an up-lifting, heart-warming and immensely moving love story that you'll want to escape into forever. For fans of Jojo Moyes, Lucy Diamond and Nicholas Sparks. 

Publisher: Penguin
Pages: 432

One Day in December is such a lovely book, it is perfect to read during the festive season but would still be enjoyable at other times too.
Laurie and Jack see each other through a bus window and there is an instant connection but the bus drives off and Laurie is left searching for 'Bus Boy' as she affectionately thinks of him. A year passes and Laurie has given up hope, it comes as such a shock when her best friend Sarah introduces her to to her new boyfriend and suddenly Bus Boy is standing right in front of her. But now he is Sarah's , Laurie must hide her true feelings
in order to support Sarah who is like her sister. We follow Laurie, Jack and Sarah for the next ten years as feelings, friendship and the boundaries of love are thoroughly tested.
Josie Silver has created truly wonderful characters. It felt at times like I actually knew Laurie, Jack and Sarah. I laughed with them, shed a tear and there was more than one occasion where I wanted to thoroughly shake them.
One Day in December is a modern tale of love, it looks at the decisions we make in life and love. Laurie and Jack are meant for each other but fate and bad decisions keep them apart. As the time goes on, you do begin to wonder if they will ever get back to each other again. So much has happened and so many people have been hurt, can any good come of Laurie and Jack.
One Day in December is so well done, if you are looking for a warm, uplifting read then I can highly recommend it.

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