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Lucy Bernstein has been working for several years at a lovely independent flower shop, The Lotus. It’s owned by an older woman who is close to retirement, and Lucy is getting a little nervous about how the shop is doing. She has a lot of big ideas for what they could do to grow, but the owner is reticent.
She’s been lucky to have a nice little apartment of her own, even in the big city of London, but then she is booted out and she has to find a new place. One of her best friends lives with seven other people in an apartment converted from warehouse space. So Lucy finds herself going from living alone to sharing a place with a bunch of new people. But they all get along, and it works out.
Right away, she finds herself attracted to one of the roommates, Henry. Sure, it could be a bit complicated to fall for a roommate. But what’s worse is that Henry is barely ever home. He’s a photographer who travels all the time and only comes to London for a weekend each month.
The roommates have a tradition where each month, one plans a fun weekend for the whole group to enjoy. So Henry is present for these big group events, which vary from trivia nights at the local pub to axe-throwing and charcuterie-making.
A part of Lucy wants to pursue something with Henry, and the logical part knows it’s a terrible idea. So the book essentially shows us how over the course of a year she (and Henry) go back and forth on it. I honestly didn’t think it was a great idea, either, but it seemed OK and then it wasn’t, and then it wasn’t. I got tired of it, and in real life I would definitely have told Lucy, Enough!
I’ll let you draw your own conclusions about how a book like this actually ended, because it is a romance book, after all. I’d just say it didn’t quite work for me.
Rated: Moderate. Profanity includes around 35 instances of moderate profanity, about 35 uses of mild language, 25 instances of the name of Deity in vain, and 24 uses of British (bl-) profanity. Sexual content is moderate; there are a number of references to sex, a number of times it’s mentioned that couples are having sex but with no details. There is one scene with moderate detail. Alcohol consumption and getting drunk are frequent.
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