On a cold December evening Laurie looks out the bus window and spots Jack sitting on a bus bench reading a book , they both make eye contact and in an instant they know they were meant for each other. Before either of them can make a move the bus drives away. Even though she’s certain that “Bus Boy” May never enter her life again she spends a year looking for him at every bus stop , shop, bar and everywhere she goes. As she gives up hope shes finally reunited with him the only problem is he’s on the arm of her best friend and roommate Sarah! Yes Sarah’s new boyfriend is Jack and she’s fallen head over heels for him . Part of Laurie wants to tell Sarah the truth that Jack is “bus boy” but when Jack acts like he doesn’t recognize her she lets it go and tries to hide her feelings . Sarah doesn’t make it easy for Laurie when she wants all three of them to hang out. What Laurie doesn’t know is Jack really does recognize her and he can’t believe that his new girlfriends best friend is the girl he had been searching for as well... One day in December follows Laurie , Jack and Sarah through ten years of heartaches, passion, anger , misconnections, misunderstandings and secrets. The book bounces back and forth between Laurie and Jacks point of views and I loved it! This has now moved up my list of books that I have loved every minute of that was published this year. I could not put this book down I had to know what was going to happen with Laurie and Jack I soaked in every minute of this story my heart broke with each of them and at the same time rooted for them. If you need to get lost in a wonderful story full of heartache and love this book is for you! I give this book five huge wonderful stars!

LOVED IT. It took me a little while to get into (I'm not a huge fan of pining after your friend's significant other), but this was such a good book.

If you treat yourself to one book this month, make it this one. It's a "everyday" epic love story about friendship, romantic love, and the swallowing ones own feelings to make these types of relationships work together. Josie Silver does an amazing job taking us through the 10 year journey cataloguing the romantic entanglements of the 3 central characters, Laurie, Sarah and Jack. I subscribe to the notion that drives the story line; Laurie and Jack make eye contact that they both feel to the core. When nothing comes of that moment and fate brings them back together, it happens in circumstances that will test all three. Whose to say what and how things are supposed to work out and why.

Driven from the perspective of a young woman, Laurie, as she experiences a soul crushing moment discovering your best friend has unwittingly begun dating a new man who happened to the same mystery man that the two of you spent a year searching for. The situation has angst written all over it and there is angst a plenty. We get both Laurie and Jacks view directly, but also Sarah's from the way these two perceive her. There's no bad guys here, just bad timing. I really love the journeys the individuals take and how their relationships are with each other show us the characters in different light(s).

I inhaled this story. Between the reading of it and the reflecting on it and how it made me feel, it took a few days of my gladly given time. This one is a true gem and I highly recommend it be read by contemporary romance and womens fiction reader enthusiasts. This is definitely a 2018 favorite and a book to consider a #mustread :-)

One Day in December absolutely has that Hallmark movie feel, and I went into it looking forward to a feel-good holiday romance, but was quickly uninterested and disappointed that I could not find a connect with the characters or feel the want to know what happens in the story. I found a mix of the protagonist's personality and the writing style to dampen my desire to continue reading even as much as I tried to push myself ahead.

This book is adorable. It’s the perfect winter read. If you liked Love, Rosie/Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahern, this will be a great pick. This will be a great recommendation this winter!!

Addicting and adorable, One Day in December is one of those stories that you just don't want to end and leaves you thinking about the characters long after you're finished reading. I loved it!

I am so disappointed to say that this book was simply not for me. I love Christmas, and I love romance, so I was sure that any book called One Day in December would be everything I ever wanted. Unfortunately, this was not the case. I actually kind of hated it. I was about 25% of the way into the book when I realized this would never be a book I would enjoy. This is essentially a love story between two people who are in relationships with other people. The end. I really don't know what else to say about it at this point. I was wildly disappointed. This is very much a "love at first sight" story - as in... they never really even interacted, just made eye contact and fell instantly in obsession. yick.

This book was so much more emotional than I anticipated! I laughed, I cried, and I was on the edge of my seat the entire time waiting to see what direction the author would take next. I loved this book!

This book is absolutely perfect for the cozy holidays looming ahead. This is a hallmark christmas movie wrapped in paper packaging. It’s delightful and fun - the perfect romantic story for winter reading by the fireplace. I can’t wait to see more people reading this one this holiday season.

I loved this book! It was a fun "chick-lit" read that was well-written and more thoughtful than a lot of books of the genre. Laurie sees a man sitting at a bus stop while she's on a bus and they have an instant connection.

Unfortunately, the bus pulls away before either of them can move. Laurie dreams about "bus boy" and doesn't see him again until he turns up as her roommate's new boyfriend. That begins years of unrequited love soul-searching.

A great book about love and friendship!

Thanks to Crown Publishing/BroadwayBooks for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was a very enjoyable read. It kept you on your toes, wondering where each character was going to end up (and with who). There were several times I thought it would go one way and it went the complete opposite direction. This page turner will make you believe in love at first sight. I would give this book 4 stars.

Every New Year's Laurie makes a few simple resolutions revolving around her love and work life. She loves her life at Delancey Street with her roommate and best friend, Sarah, but dreams of a proper job and some romantic prospects. One day in December (get it?), she locks eyes with Jack, handsome fellow as she rides the bus. Could it really be love at first sight? They'll never know, as their moment of hesitation means their paths aren't destined to cross. At least that's what they think, until one day Sarah brings home her new, wonderful boyfriend: Jack. As the years pass, Laurie, Sarah and Jack continue to be important to each other. But no matter how lovely things seem on the surface, the lingering effects of that first glance lurks just below. Can Laurie and Jack truly find happiness in others without letting go of what might of been? For fans of "Sliding Doors" and "One Day" by David Nicholls, Silver's novel is a treat to cozy up with this winter.

"One Day in December" is a love story about two people destined to be together, but only after their lives twist and tangle into complicated patterns first.

Laurie is riding the bus one evening in December when she happens to look out the window and locks gazes with a man standing at the bus stop. For a moment it appears as if he is about to board the bus, for the express purpose of meeting her, but unfortunately he doesn't make it in time. Laurie spends the next year searching for this mysterious stranger, but to no avail, until they cross paths unexpectedly at a party when he is introduced to her as her best friend's new boyfriend, Jack.

The book takes place over the course of ten years, during which time Laurie, her best friend Sarah, and Jack (the man they both love) have to find their respective places in the world and determine where they fit into each other's lives.

I don't often read romance books, and this is the first new adult book I have read, so I struggled to gather my thoughts about this book. It was just the light, fast-paced, sweet book I was looking for at the time. If you are a romantic at heart than this book is for you, otherwise I would skip it.

3.5 Stars.

Thank you to NetGalley for the free galley.

One Day in December by Josie Silver was an engaging story about true love with many twists and turns before its conclusion finally played out on a way I couldn’t be sure it would. ( The author did a great job at not being predictable. ). And along the way, she made me truly care about the protagonists.

Here’s the publisher’s blurb:

“Two people.

Ten chances.

One unforgettable love story.

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 one snowy December day, she sees a man who 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.

What follows for Laurie, Sarah and Jack is ten years of friendship, heartbreak, missed opportunities, roads not taken, and destinies reconsidered. One Day in December is a joyous, heartwarming and immensely moving love story to escape into and a reminder that fate takes inexplicable turns along the route to happiness.”

From the first chapter:

“There’s a guy perched on one of the fold-down seats in the bus shelter. This can’t be his bus, because he’s engrossed in the hardback book in his hands. I notice him because he seems oblivious to the pushing and shoving happening right in front of him, like one of those fancy special effects at the movies where someone is completely still and the world kaleidoscopes around them, slightly out of focus.

I can’t see his face, just the top of his sandy hair, cut slightly long and given to a wave when it grows, I should imagine. He’s bundled into a navy woollen reefer jacket and a scarf that looks like someone might have knitted it for him. It’s kitsch and unexpected against the coolness of the rest of his attire – dark skinny jeans and boots – and his concentration is completely held by his book. I squint, trying to duck my head to see what he’s reading, wiping the steamed-up window with my coat sleeve to get a better look.

I don’t know if it’s the movement of my arm across the glass or the flickering lights of dandruff-woman’s earrings that snag in his peripheral vision, but he lifts his head and blinks a few times as he focuses his attention on my window. On me.

We stare straight at each other and I can’t look away. I feel my lips move as if I’m going to say something, God knows what, and all of a sudden and out of nowhere I need to get off this bus. I’m gripped by the overwhelming urge to go outside, to get to him. But I don’t. I don’t move a muscle, because I know there isn’t a chance in hell that I can get past anorak man beside me and push through the packed bus before it pulls away. So I make the split-second decision to stay rooted to the spot and try to convey to him to get on board using just the hot, desperate longing in my eyes.

He’s not film-star good-looking or classically perfect, but there is an air of preppy dishevelledness and an earnest, ‘who me?’ charm about him that captivates me. I can’t quite make out the colour of his eyes from here. Green, I’d say, or blue maybe?

And here’s the thing. Call it wishful thinking, but I’m sure I see the same thunderbolt hit him too; as if an invisible fork of lightning has inexplicably joined us together. Recognition; naked, electric shock in his rounded eyes. He does something close to an incredulous double take, the kind of thing you might do when you coincidentally spot your oldest and best friend who you haven’t seen for ages and you can’t actually believe they’re there.

It’s a look of Hello you, and Oh my God, it’s you, and I can’t believe how good it is to see you, all in one.

His eyes dart towards the dwindling queue still waiting to board and then back up to me, and it’s as if I can hear the thoughts racing through his head. He’s wondering if it’d be crazy to get on the bus, what he’d say if we weren’t separated by the glass and the hordes, if he’d feel foolish taking the stairs two at a time to get to me.

No, I try to relay back. No, you wouldn’t feel foolish. I wouldn’t let you. Just get on the bloody bus, will you! He’s staring right at me, and then a slow smile creeps across his generous mouth, as if he can’t hold it in. And then I’m smiling back, giddy almost. I can’t help it either.

Please get on the bus. He snaps, making a sudden decision, slamming his book closed and shoving it down in the rucksack between his ankles. He’s walking forward now, and I hold my breath and press my palm flat against the glass, urging him to hurry even as I hear the sickly hiss of the doors closing and the lurch of the handbrake being released.

No! No! Oh God, don’t you dare drive away from this stop! It’s Christmas! I want to yell, even as the bus pulls out into the traffic and gathers pace, and outside he is breathless standing in the road, watching us leave. I see defeat turn out the light in his eyes, and because it’s Christmas and because I’ve just fallen hopelessly in love with a stranger at a bus stop, I blow him a forlorn kiss and lay my forehead against the glass, watching him until he’s out of sight.”

Sounds like a great movie script to me. In the meantime, it is the perfect escape feel-good reading this December!

Thank you Broadway Books and NetGalley for the Advanced Reader’s Copy of this book and for allowing me to review it

Having read several heavy books recently, I was in need of a few light, fun, romantic, and positive stories. This book hit the nail on the head. It was such a fun story and kept me on the edge of my seat wondering what was going to happen in Laurie’s love life. In the beginning I didn’t love that each year was only a few chapters, but as the book went on I started to enjoy it. Overall a light and fun read!

This book was very engaging from the beginning. A love at first sight experience ends up to be the new boyfriend of her best friend. The book takes place over the span of 10 years piecing together key events from the character’s lives. Loved this book and stayed up late to read and see how it all fit together in the end. Super cute and sweet!

This is a perfect book to curl up with over Thanksgiving or Christmas Break. It will let you escape and believe in love again (if that is what you need).

This book!!! Girls sees boy, boy sees girl, it's love at first sight! This book took me on an emotional roller coaster and sometimes I wanted to throw it away and then I couldn't wait to get back to it. I love a book set in England and all the humor and descriptions of the places. I was of course rooting for Laurie and Jack throughout the whole book which made it all the harder with the amazing side characters that appeared along the way. One thing for sure is that I will be reading more of this author and this book is a prize as not only a Christmas story but as a heart treasure. Read it, you won't be sorry you did.

4.5 stars

This book is all about fate, timing, and star-crossed love, told with a side of humor and a lot of heart. You’re not a romance reader? Neither am I! But this book melted my non-romance reading heart into a puddle.

In short, I loved it. It turned out to be so much more than I expected. I loved the characters of Laurie, Sarah, and Jack. I also enjoyed how the author explored the friendship between Laurie and Sarah, best friends for life, through thick and thin.

We follow these three through ten years, 2008 to 2018. Each year starts off with Laurie’s New Year’s resolutions and we hear both Laurie and Jack’s POV. Honestly, I couldn’t decide how I wanted this messy situation to end up and I changed my mind several times throughout. Things are not always how they appear and there are a few surprises in store.

The book ends in the year 2018 and you won’t read any spoilers here. I closed the last page with a tear in my eye and a smile on my face. 

Don’t let your dislike of the genre miss this gem! Do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of this book that will warm your heart on the coldest of days. It would also be perfect for the booklover on your gift list.

Do you believe in love at first sight?

I finished One Day in December in just over three hours one night! I opened the book and found myself immersed in Laurie and Jack's story. It was exactly what I needed - the kind of book I couldn't put down. It was an addictive, angst filled love story that filled my heart with a solid dose of romance.

The story is told from both Jack and Laurie's perspectives, starting from the snowy December day they find themselves on opposite sides of a misty bus window, inexplicably drawn to each other. The moment is brief but the bond it forms within them is strong and leaves them both marked. Can they find each other again or was this doomed to be a missed, fleeting moment in both their lives?

This is not a typical love story. It unfolds over the course of ten, angst filled years! In the decade following the moment they first laid eyes on each other we follow Laurie and Jack's ups and downs, their heartaches and relationships, misunderstandings and of course their friendship and undeniable connection. They may have the world's worst timing and a seemingly impossible road to love and happiness together but you can't help but root for them while wondering - will they ever actually get to be together?

Do you believe in destiny? That we all have that one perfect match - the person we are meant to be with!

One Day in December was charming, complex and romantic. Laurie and Jack are perfectly flawed and the kind of well written characters that feel like friends you want to shake and yell at for not being honest about their feelings. Every romantic at heart needs this book in their life!