Book Review: One? by Jennifer L Calhill

I would first like to thank Jennifer for reaching out to me to review her debut One?.

It’s London in the mid-noughties before Facebook, iPhones and ubiquitous wifi, and One? follows the highs and lows of a group of twenty-somethings living in leafy SW4.

Zara has just moved to London for her first real job and struggles to find her feet in a big city with no instruction manual.

Penelope works night and day in an investment bank with little or no time for love. At 28 she is positively ancient as far as her mother is concerned and the pressure is on for her to settle down as the big 3-0 is looming.

Charlie spends night and day with his band who are constantly teetering on the verge of greatness.

Richard has relocated to London from his castle in Scotland in search of the one, and Alyx is barely in one place long enough to hold down a relationship let alone think about the future.

At first I thought this was gonna be your cliche of a love story but it actually isnt, there is none of the cheesey, cliche’s of your typical story. The characters were believable and the way in which Cahill describes the scenes draws you in. This is one book where I haven’t found the characters to be annoying, they are all real and relatable in their own unique way.  This was a fun filled, light hearted story about love and friendship before the introduction of the internet as well as getting by in London. I thoroughly enjoyed reading One?, it was a wonderful debut and I look forward to reading the follow up “Two”.

4/5

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*I received a finished copy of this book from the publisher/author in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review

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