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The Romance Chronicles #1
Love Like This
Keira Swanson, 28, lands her dream job at Viatorum, a slick magazine in New York City, as an aspiring travel writer. But their culture is brutal, her boss is a monster, and she doesn’t know if she can last for long.
That changes when Keira, by a fluke, is handed a coveted assignment and given her big chance: to travel to Ireland for 30 days, witness the legendary Lisdoonvarna festival of love, and to debunk the myth that true love exists. Keira, cynical herself and in a rocky place with her long-term boyfriend, is all too happy to oblige.
But when Keira falls in love with Ireland and meets her Irish tour guide, who just may be the man of her dreams, she is no longer sure of anything.
A whirlwind romantic comedy that is as profound as it is funny, LOVE LIKE THIS is book #1 in the debut of a dazzling new romance series that will make you laugh, cry, and will keep you turning pages late into the night—and will make you fall in love with romance all over again.
That changes when Keira, by a fluke, is handed a coveted assignment and given her big chance: to travel to Ireland for 30 days, witness the legendary Lisdoonvarna festival of love, and to debunk the myth that true love exists. Keira, cynical herself and in a rocky place with her long-term boyfriend, is all too happy to oblige.
But when Keira falls in love with Ireland and meets her Irish tour guide, who just may be the man of her dreams, she is no longer sure of anything.
A whirlwind romantic comedy that is as profound as it is funny, LOVE LIKE THIS is book #1 in the debut of a dazzling new romance series that will make you laugh, cry, and will keep you turning pages late into the night—and will make you fall in love with romance all over again.
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September 30, 2017
Not one of the best written book I've ever read, but something about it kept me interested enough to finish it...although to be honest, that might've been because of the Ireland angle. I think the biggest problem I had with the book was the pacing...it felt rushed, like the author didn't dedicate enough text and prose to fleshing out all the ideas she wanted to explore. I was also mildly annoyed (slightly irked) with the indiscriminate use of exclamation points in the prose. I don't hold with the use of exclamation points in prose. She had a good basis for the characters, but didn't really flesh them out, I felt.
Anyway, I read it all the way through, and I was not left with the "I just lost hours from my life I'll never get back" feeling, but I don't think I'd really recommend it.
Anyway, I read it all the way through, and I was not left with the "I just lost hours from my life I'll never get back" feeling, but I don't think I'd really recommend it.
March 16, 2022
Book 1 of the Romance Chronicles, written by Sophie Love in 2017, narrator Elaine Wise.
This book is about Kira (I hope I write the names correctly, because I have listened to the audiobook). Kira is a writer/reporter, who works for Joshua, who works for Elliot. Joshua is supposed to go to a small town in Ireland to spend a month there to work on the cover story, about the festival of Love. Unfortunately for Joshua he breaks his leg 1 day before he was supposed to go, therefore Elliot chooses Kira to go instead. After Kira comes home to her boyfriend Zack she tells him her amazing news, but he isn't happy at all. Kira will miss Zack's sisters wedding and Zack is convinced that Kira chooses her job over their relationship.
Kira does indeed chooses her job over Zack and left the next day to Ireland, where she meets Shane, her tour guide, and her Ireland adventure begins..
Absolute loved the book from the very beginning. It is a little predictable, but a very fun quick read. I just love small-town romance books
I recommend this book to all small-town romance lovers.
This book is about Kira (I hope I write the names correctly, because I have listened to the audiobook). Kira is a writer/reporter, who works for Joshua, who works for Elliot. Joshua is supposed to go to a small town in Ireland to spend a month there to work on the cover story, about the festival of Love. Unfortunately for Joshua he breaks his leg 1 day before he was supposed to go, therefore Elliot chooses Kira to go instead. After Kira comes home to her boyfriend Zack she tells him her amazing news, but he isn't happy at all. Kira will miss Zack's sisters wedding and Zack is convinced that Kira chooses her job over their relationship.
Kira does indeed chooses her job over Zack and left the next day to Ireland, where she meets Shane, her tour guide, and her Ireland adventure begins..
Absolute loved the book from the very beginning. It is a little predictable, but a very fun quick read. I just love small-town romance books
I recommend this book to all small-town romance lovers.
October 4, 2018
1.5 Stars
This book is hands down the most predictable book I've ever read - in the worst way.
I started Love Like This as an in-between book, also because it was only 168 pages long. I expected to finish it within a couple days but that didn't happen because the story was so exhausting and quite boring, unfortunately.
The initial idea for this book is actually pretty good but the author didn't use the idea's full potential for the characters and story at all. I was about to give up a few times but I didn't and I have no idea why I didn't.
I finished Love Like This only a few days ago but I can't name any specific scene or situation as to why I didn't like the book because I forgot everything already and that is always a bad sign.
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Meh...
RTC!
This book is hands down the most predictable book I've ever read - in the worst way.
I started Love Like This as an in-between book, also because it was only 168 pages long. I expected to finish it within a couple days but that didn't happen because the story was so exhausting and quite boring, unfortunately.
The initial idea for this book is actually pretty good but the author didn't use the idea's full potential for the characters and story at all. I was about to give up a few times but I didn't and I have no idea why I didn't.
I finished Love Like This only a few days ago but I can't name any specific scene or situation as to why I didn't like the book because I forgot everything already and that is always a bad sign.
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Meh...
RTC!
April 5, 2018
This book is fine as a stand-alone, fluffy, easy beach read. It is the rest of the series that irked me. The main character is a cynical, egocentric writer who goes to Ireland with the intent of mocking the romance of Ireland in general and the concept of a matchmaking festival specifically. She does not have any belief in love at first sight, or in there being a "one" person who is just for you. As you would expect in this genre, Ireland and her hot tour guide, change her mind on both accounts. So, why then, is book two in the series a book where she flies to another country and falls in love with another tour guide? Apparently love at first sight and "the one" truly are myths. It may be a fantasy world, but when I choose to read cheesy romance, is like to believe the romance lasts longer than an epilogue that takes place one day later.
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May 8, 2023
Didn’t finish after 17%. The biggest problem I had with the book was that it’s a little boring. The writing is not super engaging and neither are the characters. It’s all just very straightforward storytelling. For instance, Keira gets an opportunity to go to Ireland. What follows is us listening to her retell all about this opportunity 3 different times right in a row, as she relays it first to her boyfriend, then to her mom, then to her sister. All while overemphasizing the fact that this is such a great opportunity that can’t be missed. I mean, why? Why be so repetitive in your storytelling? I started to lose interest fast by this point. Then I have to read about the mundane details of the plane ride, then the drive to the hotel and I’m losing even more steam. When she meets the love interest Shane, I feel like he could have the potential to be intriguing and I like that the two seem so different, but the author wasn’t quite able to bring him to life in our initial meeting of him. He seems fairly ho hum himself. So she is boring and he seems boring and then add in that he gets to be the cliche smirky male and then keira has to be the uptight, indignant, and upset about everything out of the guys mouth female and, well, yeah I’ve read that set up one hundred too many times so I just didn’t want to go on. Its too cliche. I get sick of the girl always being the one that has a stick up her ass and can’t take a joke or a little lighthearted jabbing. I like a fun female. Or, if she is uptight I need her to be lovably uptight. Not annoyingly uptight, as Keira is in this story. It’s too bad I’m not loving this book because shockingly, I’ve actually been to Lisdoonvarna. It is an awesome little town and the B&B we stayed in was quaint but so so lovely. Much better than the city center where we stayed the first part of the trip. So I was looking forward to reading more about it. We weren’t there during the festival of love though. But sadly I just could not get into this story at all.
July 5, 2021
2.5 stars
Was not bad. Was not good.
Just thought it was a bit boring. I even skipped some parts.
Was not bad. Was not good.
Just thought it was a bit boring. I even skipped some parts.
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January 30, 2018
I like to finish a book even if I hate it, sometimes there is a wild amount of character development in the second half or the plot really picks up. So I really gave this book the benefit of the doubt.
But Keira is one of the most annoying females leads I have had the displeasure of reading in a loooong time. I had to re read several chapters because I couldn't decipher if she was deliberately written to be disliked or if it was just me - I'm still not sure. I almost wish this was a book about Zach her "jerk" of a "cheating" ex boyfriend, I was 100% on his side of the argument. SHE STOOD UP A WEDDING FOR AN OVERSEAS WORK TRIP. Like seriously, can she not comprehend that a wedding takes months of planning and ridiculous amounts of money? She backed out as bridesmaid THE DAY BEFORE!! Dresses would have been purchased and flowers arranged and hair and makeup appointments booked and deposits paid and place cards made and tables sittings organised. Like, its proper annoying when a standard guest doesn't turn up, but your bridesmaid??? Even if you don't really want her there?!? DISASTER.
Also - Keira's argument of Zach not supporting her in advancing her career is a piss weak excuse to throw a tantrum (which is what she does, while struggling to conceal her "excitement", while her boyfriend is "the angriest she's ever seen him" - so many signals she just failed to pick up on because it was inconvenient).
Anyone in a long term relationship understands that you give and take - it cannot be all one sided. Maybe if Zach had been bitching that it was his own career advancing event that she was missing i could have dealt. But its his sisters wedding - family is important and to be honest once you've reached your career use-by-date family is most of what you have left. So sure Keira if you want to be a selfish bitch and run off on a bride for a job, be my guest. But i will judge you for it.
Then once we get to Ireland Keira goes about her merry way judging everyone else and writing snide things behind their back. When the pressure of writing the article that she so desperately wanted becomes too much its literally everyone's fault but her own.
Keira is such an unlikable character that Joshua (the big bad boss type character) doesn't even seem that bad. He's mildly annoying at best.
Apparently her love interest is Shane - who I cared so little about that the only noteworthy thing about him is he gets a haircut and suddenly Keira gets tingly in her lady parts.
On the way home Keira judges the other people in the airport ("are they aware there's more to Ireland that just the tourist hot spots??"). Um, yea honey, ditto literally every other country in the world. And then submits the complete opposite of what the brief for her article said to write. AND SHE DOESN'T LOSE HER JOB. I need to live in Keira's world, where if i do the opposite of what my boss asks me he gives me a bonus.
On a different note - the writing is awkward, the characters don't inspire feeling and the whole feel of the novel is a little weird. Like someone tried to write about a place they've never been. There are incredible examples of the romance genre out there - this is not one of them.
But Keira is one of the most annoying females leads I have had the displeasure of reading in a loooong time. I had to re read several chapters because I couldn't decipher if she was deliberately written to be disliked or if it was just me - I'm still not sure. I almost wish this was a book about Zach her "jerk" of a "cheating" ex boyfriend, I was 100% on his side of the argument. SHE STOOD UP A WEDDING FOR AN OVERSEAS WORK TRIP. Like seriously, can she not comprehend that a wedding takes months of planning and ridiculous amounts of money? She backed out as bridesmaid THE DAY BEFORE!! Dresses would have been purchased and flowers arranged and hair and makeup appointments booked and deposits paid and place cards made and tables sittings organised. Like, its proper annoying when a standard guest doesn't turn up, but your bridesmaid??? Even if you don't really want her there?!? DISASTER.
Also - Keira's argument of Zach not supporting her in advancing her career is a piss weak excuse to throw a tantrum (which is what she does, while struggling to conceal her "excitement", while her boyfriend is "the angriest she's ever seen him" - so many signals she just failed to pick up on because it was inconvenient).
Anyone in a long term relationship understands that you give and take - it cannot be all one sided. Maybe if Zach had been bitching that it was his own career advancing event that she was missing i could have dealt. But its his sisters wedding - family is important and to be honest once you've reached your career use-by-date family is most of what you have left. So sure Keira if you want to be a selfish bitch and run off on a bride for a job, be my guest. But i will judge you for it.
Then once we get to Ireland Keira goes about her merry way judging everyone else and writing snide things behind their back. When the pressure of writing the article that she so desperately wanted becomes too much its literally everyone's fault but her own.
Keira is such an unlikable character that Joshua (the big bad boss type character) doesn't even seem that bad. He's mildly annoying at best.
Apparently her love interest is Shane - who I cared so little about that the only noteworthy thing about him is he gets a haircut and suddenly Keira gets tingly in her lady parts.
On the way home Keira judges the other people in the airport ("are they aware there's more to Ireland that just the tourist hot spots??"). Um, yea honey, ditto literally every other country in the world. And then submits the complete opposite of what the brief for her article said to write. AND SHE DOESN'T LOSE HER JOB. I need to live in Keira's world, where if i do the opposite of what my boss asks me he gives me a bonus.
On a different note - the writing is awkward, the characters don't inspire feeling and the whole feel of the novel is a little weird. Like someone tried to write about a place they've never been. There are incredible examples of the romance genre out there - this is not one of them.
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December 29, 2022
1.25
Gave young adult vibes until there were some lines that implied more, and the sudden shift was like the constant slap to the face.
This is so predictable and then earlier like near the 22% mark, she literally thought she was on the moon and I literally thought she was on drugs.
She keeps jumping to conclusions and the pacing of this is horrible, it's soo fast and everyone feels shallow and nonexistent, they feel fake
Instalove, third act breakup
Third person, a 1 minute scene brought more emotions than the other hundreds of pages before it
Gave young adult vibes until there were some lines that implied more, and the sudden shift was like the constant slap to the face.
This is so predictable and then earlier like near the 22% mark, she literally thought she was on the moon and I literally thought she was on drugs.
She keeps jumping to conclusions and the pacing of this is horrible, it's soo fast and everyone feels shallow and nonexistent, they feel fake
Instalove, third act breakup
Third person, a 1 minute scene brought more emotions than the other hundreds of pages before it
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February 13, 2022I'm cleaning up my currently reading shelf and this one needs to go.
I have started this book monthSSS ago (June2021) and I'm no longer interested. I also can't remember much. I just know that the female lead was irritating. I stopped at 26% of the book.
I tried this on audio and it was bad, though it was a free one on Google Play Books. I was planning to read this via an ebook but I guess that won't happen anymore.
Not for me.
I have started this book monthSSS ago (June2021) and I'm no longer interested. I also can't remember much. I just know that the female lead was irritating. I stopped at 26% of the book.
I tried this on audio and it was bad, though it was a free one on Google Play Books. I was planning to read this via an ebook but I guess that won't happen anymore.
Not for me.
December 19, 2025
3.5 stars
February 16, 2024
Liked this book and I'm going to continue with the second in the series.
February 3, 2020
This is a book I downloaded for free quite awhile ago when the lists would get circulated on Facebook and I just now got around to reading it. And actually, I really liked it. I can clearly see I was in the minority this time but there were quite a few things I liked. I guess I really liked that something bad happened to a douchebag in the beginning and Keira stood up and took her chance at writing the story. She jumped right out of her comfort zone and took on not only the story but a trip alone to Ireland too. She had to do so many things she had never done before and I felt kind of proud of her. She was sent to investigate and basically debunk the Festival of Love and she started out by doing it...but along the way, she began to befriend these people she was making fun of. Again, she stood up for herself when she realized that she had fallen in love with someone and she did not want to trash the nice people, the city, and the Festival itself. She met Shane's family as a fluke and loved them as well. Long distance love CAN work for many people but can they make it work when neither one of them has a high paying job to pay for multiple trips and neither one wants to move to the other country? Nothing spectacular about this book, by any means, but it was a fun and light hearted read and I really enjoyed the way the country, the inn, and the people were portrayed.
September 24, 2018
Just about alright
I just needed something to ease me out of the routinely tension. I randomly picked this from Amazon and started reading.
It was an okay read. About Kiera and Shane. Kiera is sent to Ireland for an assignment for a month and things don't go as planned.
I like the simple language and smooth narration. The writer has not stuffed big words into the story. My favourite part was exposing the menacing boss. Don't we all have someone like that at our workplace?
On flip side, the timing of certain events seemed to be vague. I mean her last day she goes about the village, then sulks, then meets the veteran love birds, then drives off to Shane's place, make up, then back and party and then meet everyone to click the pictures and then spend the night together. All in one day?
Also, no prize for guessing - this was the most predictable story I've ever read, and a tad bit too long for that. And hence it was an okay read, a two 🌟. It fixed my mood a bit, too.
Read it when you just want a simple story.
I just needed something to ease me out of the routinely tension. I randomly picked this from Amazon and started reading.
It was an okay read. About Kiera and Shane. Kiera is sent to Ireland for an assignment for a month and things don't go as planned.
I like the simple language and smooth narration. The writer has not stuffed big words into the story. My favourite part was exposing the menacing boss. Don't we all have someone like that at our workplace?
On flip side, the timing of certain events seemed to be vague. I mean her last day she goes about the village, then sulks, then meets the veteran love birds, then drives off to Shane's place, make up, then back and party and then meet everyone to click the pictures and then spend the night together. All in one day?
Also, no prize for guessing - this was the most predictable story I've ever read, and a tad bit too long for that. And hence it was an okay read, a two 🌟. It fixed my mood a bit, too.
Read it when you just want a simple story.
May 30, 2019
As the goodreads synopsis is currently in French I'm not sure if I met the hero of this book in the 33 pages I managed to read, but the heroine was an asshole. Bashing everything she sees and people who've been nothing but nice to her, and acting victimized when her boyfriend who told her things were over if she left didn't respond to her texts. She was a bitch and I'm not here for it. Dnf
January 8, 2018
Love it!!!
I have always loved romance novels. They way they talk about Ireland makes me want to go there with my husband.
I have always loved romance novels. They way they talk about Ireland makes me want to go there with my husband.
May 26, 2020
There is this thing called a sappy romance, and then there's this girl who just so happens to be a sucker for them. That girl may or may not be me...
September 14, 2018
“I’ve been doing this a long time. I’m an expert in love and I can see it in people’s eyes. I’m not so certain this man is right for you.”
I must be an expert in love as well because I could tell he wasn’t for her when he gave her an ultimatum of her job or him. Ridiculous.
I really liked Kiera’s character. She was smart and bold. She was a realist. She doesn’t believe in ”The One”, she is very cynical about love in general. So the people in Ireland (well really only William and Shane) set out in a journey to prove her wrong and show her “The One” truly does exist. One thing at the beginning of this book that is bugging the crap out of me is how she plans to write this article. She plans to basically “get dirt” on all these people and write a trash article about them even though they have been nothing but nice and showed her nothing but kindness. That makes me irritated
Let’s just say Zach is a douchebag times 10. What kind of guy gives his long term girlfriend an ultimatum then when she chooses a once in a lifetime trip that can make her career you go and sleep with someone not even 24 hours after she left!!! What kind of person does that? Tf. Scum. Seems like he just wants a girlfriend that will cater to his every need and do what he says and ask how high when he says jump. Ridiculous. It’s the 21st century buddy!
I feel like Shane is perfect for her. They are both so sassy.
Kiera is so stupid I mean really all these people being nice and you’re gonna talk smack about them in an article. She claims to be in love with Shane but at the same time she trash talks him. That is just not cool. Can she really blame Shane and Orin for getting upset when the read the stuff she had wrote? Probably broke their hearts.
I loved the ending of this. Seems everything happened exactly how it was supposed to happen. I am excited to start the second book.
I must be an expert in love as well because I could tell he wasn’t for her when he gave her an ultimatum of her job or him. Ridiculous.
I really liked Kiera’s character. She was smart and bold. She was a realist. She doesn’t believe in ”The One”, she is very cynical about love in general. So the people in Ireland (well really only William and Shane) set out in a journey to prove her wrong and show her “The One” truly does exist. One thing at the beginning of this book that is bugging the crap out of me is how she plans to write this article. She plans to basically “get dirt” on all these people and write a trash article about them even though they have been nothing but nice and showed her nothing but kindness. That makes me irritated
Let’s just say Zach is a douchebag times 10. What kind of guy gives his long term girlfriend an ultimatum then when she chooses a once in a lifetime trip that can make her career you go and sleep with someone not even 24 hours after she left!!! What kind of person does that? Tf. Scum. Seems like he just wants a girlfriend that will cater to his every need and do what he says and ask how high when he says jump. Ridiculous. It’s the 21st century buddy!
I feel like Shane is perfect for her. They are both so sassy.
Kiera is so stupid I mean really all these people being nice and you’re gonna talk smack about them in an article. She claims to be in love with Shane but at the same time she trash talks him. That is just not cool. Can she really blame Shane and Orin for getting upset when the read the stuff she had wrote? Probably broke their hearts.
I loved the ending of this. Seems everything happened exactly how it was supposed to happen. I am excited to start the second book.
March 14, 2025
This chick sucks. I only finished in hopes that she wouldn't get everything she ever wanted. She is a horrible person. She has no likable qualities.
August 12, 2017
This author is a natural storyteller. Working with a simple plot, Sophie creates a whole world of emotions and turmoils, describing superbly the mind of a young lady (Keira) and her struggles to balance her social life and her career.
Keira is a young lady living in New York City. She just started working at Viatorum, a magazine owned by Elliot, but managed by Joshua, her boss. When he is incapacitated by an accident, she landed a cover page story about the Love Festival in Ireland. In order to attend the 30-day Festival, she ended up braking her relationship with her boyfriend Zack, who is too possessive and do not see this assignment as a career opportunity. When he makes Keira chose between her career and him, she has no doubts and go to Ireland. When arriving there, she was skeptical about true love, but things start changing when she met her tour guide, Shane. The matchmaker, her visits to places in beautiful Ireland and her visit to her guide's family changes her view not only about Ireland, but also about true love.
This book is very well written and edited and I highly recommend it to the permanent library of all readers that appreciate a romance that can be savored during a weekend. You will not be disappointed.
Keira is a young lady living in New York City. She just started working at Viatorum, a magazine owned by Elliot, but managed by Joshua, her boss. When he is incapacitated by an accident, she landed a cover page story about the Love Festival in Ireland. In order to attend the 30-day Festival, she ended up braking her relationship with her boyfriend Zack, who is too possessive and do not see this assignment as a career opportunity. When he makes Keira chose between her career and him, she has no doubts and go to Ireland. When arriving there, she was skeptical about true love, but things start changing when she met her tour guide, Shane. The matchmaker, her visits to places in beautiful Ireland and her visit to her guide's family changes her view not only about Ireland, but also about true love.
This book is very well written and edited and I highly recommend it to the permanent library of all readers that appreciate a romance that can be savored during a weekend. You will not be disappointed.
September 28, 2017
If it feels like you’re familiar with this story it might be because you watched The Matchmaker with Jeanie Garofalo and David O’Hara...that might be a little unfair...but not much. Never connected with ANY character, (metaphorically) rolled my eyes several times, no sexy-time scenes to distract me, and a predictable ending. Tailor made to be an enjoyable if unoriginal Hallmark movie (which I would probably watch).
February 21, 2024
4.75
This book was so wholesome, and showed the struggle of choosing between telling the truth and lying for your job. It also highlights the ways that life can blindside you and bring you happiness in unexpected ways. But the accent of the narrator was odd to me due to the female main character being American and the male main character being Irish. However, this book was very well written and the narration was great.
This book was so wholesome, and showed the struggle of choosing between telling the truth and lying for your job. It also highlights the ways that life can blindside you and bring you happiness in unexpected ways. But the accent of the narrator was odd to me due to the female main character being American and the male main character being Irish. However, this book was very well written and the narration was great.
March 18, 2022
It is funny that I had to read a book for a reading challenge I am taking part in. The prompt for the task is to read a romance book. Love Like This is a sweet short story in Irland. I didn't arrange to read a book that is so close to St. Patric's day.
When Keira unexpectedly gets the chance to travel abroad for her job as a writer, she grabs it with both hands. Under the pressure of her boss, she starts her journey like a cynic, ready to break down everything the "Love-festival" in Ireland stands for. But along the way, she gets a change of heart and struggles to determine what is most important in life.
Honestly, I was getting super-posed at Kiera only because she had such an opportunity and kept wasting it.
The story itself wasn't a total cliche. At the same time, it wasn't something unique. It wouldn't be the plot that will convince you to read further as it was predictable your every other romance plot. It was your very same one boy and one girl plot where circumstances make them meet story. But the narration and character building were something that will latch you on to read and make you finish the book.
The truth is this book made me want to travel to Irland; the picturesque descriptions of the country are so vivid.
When Keira unexpectedly gets the chance to travel abroad for her job as a writer, she grabs it with both hands. Under the pressure of her boss, she starts her journey like a cynic, ready to break down everything the "Love-festival" in Ireland stands for. But along the way, she gets a change of heart and struggles to determine what is most important in life.
Honestly, I was getting super-posed at Kiera only because she had such an opportunity and kept wasting it.
The story itself wasn't a total cliche. At the same time, it wasn't something unique. It wouldn't be the plot that will convince you to read further as it was predictable your every other romance plot. It was your very same one boy and one girl plot where circumstances make them meet story. But the narration and character building were something that will latch you on to read and make you finish the book.
The truth is this book made me want to travel to Irland; the picturesque descriptions of the country are so vivid.
January 13, 2023
I don’t know how to describe this book other than saying it is one of the most predictable books I have ever read. I could zone out for a bit because I already knew the ending almost from the very beginning! I think it was this predictability that made the book excruciatingly long. I listened to it as an audiobook, and when I found out the book was 160 pages just now I was genuinely shocked, flabbergasted that it wasn’t at least 300. There was nothing in the book I particularly disliked… there was also nothing I particularly liked. Something I did find very ick about the book though was that this woman is well into her 20s, barely knows the man she likes and yet still says I love you to him. Like it has been a month since you met girly you’re not in middle school. Perhaps wait a bit? Overall, wouldn’t recommend to anyone no matter their age. Save your time queens and don’t read this.
March 13, 2020
When Keira unexpectedly gets the chance to travel abroad for her job as a writer, she grabs it with both hands. Under the pressure of her boss she starts her journey like a cynic ready to break down everything the "Love-festival" in Ireland stands for. But along the way she gets a change of heart and struggles to determine what is most important in life.
Sophie Love has a nice and easy to read way of telling a story. I did enjoy Keira's journey, but the timeline logistics annoyed me a little in the end. Not that everything in a romance novel has to be correct, but to many impossibilities in a row are just sad...
Sophie Love has a nice and easy to read way of telling a story. I did enjoy Keira's journey, but the timeline logistics annoyed me a little in the end. Not that everything in a romance novel has to be correct, but to many impossibilities in a row are just sad...
September 12, 2021
Spoiler-ish??
This book ended with a HFN. When I saw this was a series I initially thought it would be a book about different couples. Once I realized it wasn't I thought we would get to see Kiera and Shane's romance blossom maybe with some issues along the way due to the distance and her career. I was not expecting the next book to take her on a different trip with the possibility of a new romance. Knowing that I will not continue this series.
I feel like I invested my time seeing Kiera have an about face about love, only to know that maybe she'll start thinking that she was right all along.
This book ended with a HFN. When I saw this was a series I initially thought it would be a book about different couples. Once I realized it wasn't I thought we would get to see Kiera and Shane's romance blossom maybe with some issues along the way due to the distance and her career. I was not expecting the next book to take her on a different trip with the possibility of a new romance. Knowing that I will not continue this series.
I feel like I invested my time seeing Kiera have an about face about love, only to know that maybe she'll start thinking that she was right all along.
May 6, 2024
Keira is a journalist tasked to do a scathing piece on a love festival in Ireland. At first the words come easily to her but as she falls in love with Ireland and the people, especially her guide Shane she finds it harder to write about things she believes to be untrue.
I enjoyed a lot of this book however the ending was a bit of a let down. Keira and Shane say goodbye at the airport after confessing their love, Keira uploads a different story, her overbearing boss gets fired and she gets a bonus that she offers to pay for Shane to get a flight to NY. I thought she would ditch her job and go back to Ireland or something more. It was a bit of an anticlimactic ending.
I enjoyed a lot of this book however the ending was a bit of a let down. Keira and Shane say goodbye at the airport after confessing their love, Keira uploads a different story, her overbearing boss gets fired and she gets a bonus that she offers to pay for Shane to get a flight to NY. I thought she would ditch her job and go back to Ireland or something more. It was a bit of an anticlimactic ending.
July 24, 2025
Predictable but not
This was a story that I saw in my head playing out before being 15% into the book. It was a predictable unfolding of events. Yet the last few chapters of the book did take me by surprise and I am happy it did. The story line was aiming for something original yet while it was predictable it wasn't all the way and that it is why I gave it a 4.
This was a story that I saw in my head playing out before being 15% into the book. It was a predictable unfolding of events. Yet the last few chapters of the book did take me by surprise and I am happy it did. The story line was aiming for something original yet while it was predictable it wasn't all the way and that it is why I gave it a 4.
April 16, 2021
Gostei do livro, a história era interessante, mas não foi daqueles que me prendeu do início ao fim e que me deixava com vontade de ler sempre mais. No entanto, foi, sem dúvida, um bom livro para relaxar.
July 6, 2023
I listened to the audio version of this book and was not impressed. Everything about it was predictable and annoying. To top it off, the audiobook narrator had a British accent and never veered from it, despite the fact that the “heroine”🤔 is American, and the story takes place in Ireland. The one good thing I can say about “Love Like This” is that it’s short and didn’t waste too much of my time, especially since I listened to it at a faster speed than normal.
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