Genre: Contemporary / Romance
Book Type: Audio
Author: Sophie Cousens
Narrator: Hannah Arterton
Pages / Length: 368 pages / 10 hours and 29 minutes
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons (December 1, 2020) / Penguin Audio
Book Description: Their lives began together, but their worlds couldn't be more different. After thirty years of missed connections, they're about to meet again...
Minnie Cooper knows two things with certainty: that her New Year's birthday is unlucky, and that it's all because of Quinn Hamilton, a man she's never met. Their mothers gave birth to them at the same hospital just after midnight on New Year's Day, but Quinn was given the cash prize for being the first baby born in London in 1990--and the name Minnie was meant to have, as well. With luck like that, it's no wonder each of her birthdays has been more of a disaster than the one before.
When Minnie unexpectedly runs into Quinn at a New Year's party on their mutual thirtieth birthday, she sees only more evidence that fortune has continued to favor him. The gorgeous, charming business owner truly seems to have it all--while Minnie's on the brink of losing her pie-making company and her home. But if Quinn and Minnie are from different worlds, why do they keep bumping into each other? And why is it that each fraught encounter leaves them both wanting more?
A moving, joyful love story, This Time Next Year explores the way fate leads us to the people we least expect--no matter what the odds.
Thoughts: I really enjoyed the depth to this book. I went into it expecting your typical romance, but it provided so much more. It tackles mental health, friendship, chasing your dreams, pursuing love, superstition, and fate. I enjoyed the humor Minnie provides and the way she is filled with so much fear around her birthday. I loved the flashbacks to each birthday Minnie and Quinn had when they would overlap, but how different they each chose to live their lives. I also enjoyed the way their family dynamics were laid out. It had an overall happy tone to it, but was a story on strength and growth, and was a fun beginning of the year read.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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