To Me, Jill Mansell, is the perfect summer read author. Although I read this from the comfort of my home, I can imagine this would be a great sun-lounger read. Entertaining and easy reading

Jill Mansell captivated me with this charming novel from the first chapter.
Mimi is an attractive PR consultant in London who discovers the welcomeness and charming life in a Cotswolds village when she goes down to visit her father and his new partner. She falls in love with village life and develops a crush on one of its inhabitants.
Having been cheated on by her best friend and her boyfriend,who's also her boss, Mimi packs up all her belongings and travels back to the Cotswolds to recover and decide on her future.
This book has everything romance, sad times, happy times, wonderful characters and laugh out loud moments.
Loved it.

This review contains spoilers.
Maybe This Time, nope maybe next time. It seems that this book is perfectly titled. I felt so bad each time it happens though.
I was rather disappointed to tell the truth. It's not until chapter 48 (the final chapter) that Cal and Mimi even decide to be a couple. We never even get to see them go on one date together. There was a ton of drama too.

Such an adorable vacation read. I love Jill Mansell's books and Maybe This Time was no exception. Such fun!
Many thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for my ARC. All opinions are my own.

This is a great vacation or summer read. Light/easy read, beautifully described small town with friendly/likeable people, and a little bit of a love story (including a meet cute). Were parts of the story predictable? Sure. Who Mimi ends up with at the end wasn't a huge surprise. I would have loved a epilogue, though, to really wrap things up. To see where the budding romance leads. But I sure enjoyed reading Jill Mansell's words along the way. Fans of Jojo Moyes and Lianne Moriarity will really enjoy this book.

Now, if only I could book a trip to Goosebrook to have a pint with Mimi, Lois, Cal, Paddy, and all of the others. That sounds like a good time.

Fantastic title ... because throughout the book you’ll ask yourself if THIS will be the time that Mimi admits she’s fallen in love - with her dad’s village, with a certain man in said village, with who she really is in her heart. Mansell takes a good look at what it means to be home and how once you’ve figured that out for yourself, everything comes up roses.

This is the first book I have read of Jill Mansell and I am hooked. This is a wonderful romance with lots of twists and turns running through the book. Mimi shares a flat with her best friend until she catches the two of them together. Mimi leaves and goes to the country to be with her dad and step father. Mimi wants them to start to integrate with the community as they have kept themselves to themselves. The ensuing story follows Mimi through heartache, laughter and love. If you want a great love story, which is well written, then I recommend you read this fabulous book. Ideal for a summer holiday read. The characters are lovable especially Cora the young girl and her lovable dog. Congratulations Jill Mansell.

I read this book courtesy of NetGalley

Jill Mansell can be counted on to deliver an entertaining cast of characters, a sweet and satisfying love story, and a ton of humor sprinkled in too. This book read a bit differently than many of her others where she switches perspectives and the people you think are supposed to be together in the beginning are not actually who you are rooting for in the end. This one has more exposition to set up why Mimi, in the countryside to visit her father, can end up with Cal, of the beautiful wife and daughter. The story has a sad beginning, jumps four years, and then gets right back into what Mansell does best-- getting readers to yearn for the stars to line up for our two lovebirds.

I love all of Mansell's work. It never fails to make me wish I could go to a quiet countryside town in England and find a no-nonsense lovely man to sweetly pine for. Highly recommend this title for fans of Josie Silver's One Day in December.

I really enjoyed this book. Loved the characters. This book is a perfect poolside/ beach read. Highly recommend.

I always enjoy Jill Mansell books and this one is no exception. The plot was a little predictable as the romance between the two main characters progressed but there were enough differences in the plot and pacing to keep it fresh. Jill Mansell characters are always well developed and engaging; it's easy to get involved in Mimi and Cal's relationship throughout their story and I enjoyed the secondary characters and their trials/triumphs as well.

I enjoyed this book. There is a diverse group of characters and an intriguing storyline. A perfect poolside read.

So though I really enjoyed this book, the main reason why I didn't give it a favorite designation was honestly because I thought that Mansell should have Mimi with someone else that was introduced in the book. I thought all of the story-lines were very good and that Mansell did a good job of showcasing all of the stories though she doesn't juggle as as much as she usually does. For once, she stays focused on one character throughout the book with the secondary characters taking a back seat. The ending was a bit abrupt I thought, though often times Mansell's stories do kind of just end. I am a sucker for a good epilogue showing people over a good passage of time and having the author wrap things up in a more satisfactory way.



"Maybe This Time" follows Mimi Huish as she visits her father and his partner, Marcus in the new village they have moved to, Goosebrook. Mimi has what is a pretty funny meet-cute with Cal Mathieson. Mimi wants her father and Marcus to become part of the village, so on her next trip down she meets Cal again, and then is able to introduce herself and her father to some of the villagers: Paddy (local heart throb), Lois (gorgeous), and Felix (super posh). She also has a run in in with Felix's overbearing mother, Henrietta. Once Mimi's father is invited to participate in a local event she is glad that he is finally settling in. Unfortunately something occurs and Mimi doesn't visit Goosebrook for four years. I don't want to get into spoiler territory, but after the initial set-up of the book, I thought I knew which way that Mansell was going to go with things, but guessed wrong.



I loved the character of Mimi. She has a job doing PR which she loves and is very good at. When we see her four years later, she is still living with her best friend and has a new boyfriend she is crazy about. She eventually finds out though that what she thought was real was a lie and runs back to Goosebrook to lick her wounds. Being back there four years later has her catching up with all of the village that she hasn't seen in years. And now Mimi is having romantic thoughts about Cal though I honestly didn't see it myself.



Mimi starts hanging out with Lois and sees how her life has changed. Their friendship was a definite highlight while reading.


Cal was just okay. I really didn't find myself invested in him. Probably because most of the time he felt like a coat rack come to life. You know that coat racks are nice to have. But if you decided to get rid of yours, would you really notice? So that's how he read to me.


I really enjoyed Mimi's interactions with Paddy and wanted more of them. It definitely seemed like there was a mystery going on there. And the way the book ended, I wonder if maybe there will be a follow-up story starring Paddy.


Mimi also gets a boss in this one, CJ, who was a hot mess. I laughed every time he showed up.



The writing was good. I also have to say I was surprised by the turns this book took. It's not like Mansell hasn't written a book that has made me sad/cry before, see "Three Amazing Things About You." Starting off with introducing us to a lot of characters and then jumping four years later was pretty smart. And she ends up eventually moving through another full year (I think) by the time the book ends. I liked that, because it drives me nuts when a lot of books have life altering things happening in like 4 weeks book timeline wise and I go, this is not realistic every five minutes. The timeline issues still bug me whenever I re-read "The Proposal" by Jasmine Guillory.


The flow was a little rough here and there, but not enough to impact my reading.I think that the book jumping back and forth from Goosebrook to Puerto Pollensa was one reason why the flow was a bit rough.


The setting moves between London, Goosebrook, and Puerto Pollensa in Mallorca. The village of Goosebrook felt small to me though familiar. You quickly get used to the locals and everyone's relation to each other.


The ending as I said was a bit abrupt. I also thought it was just okay. I wish that Mansell had gone another way with Mimi. That said, I was happy about the resolutions with Felix, Lois, Henrietta, and Paddy.

I thoroughly enjoyed the story of Mimi in the Cotswolds! The cast of characters are fun and well developed. I loved the way the author communicates the special relationship between Cal and Cora, the courage of Lois, and the ability of the community to celebrate life at every opportunity. The section of the book that Mimi works for CJ was enjoyable, but perhaps a little too long in my opinion as I simply wanted Mimi to return to the Cotswolds and its lovable characters.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good romantic comedy! I rate it 4.5/5 stars.

I received an ARC in from Netgalley in exchange for a fair review.

This is one of my new favorite beach reads! It's sweet and light and a little dark but not too much so. Jill Mansell is amazing!

I love this book! One of the reasons I enjoyed the plot is, knowing it is a Women’s Fiction book, I hope the ending will be happy. Yet, I also had no idea what was going to happen. I had hopes and wishes, but honestly, I was never certain of the outcome.
I am struggling to write a review, because I think “not knowing” too much about some books, before you read them is a good thing. Sometimes reviews will tell you more than you should know. They then, in my opinion, ruin the enjoyment of reading the book and letting your imagination and emotions go along with the ups and downs of the plot.
Therefore I am torn, how can I write about how great this book is, without talking about the plot? I guess my best try at this is the say that I think Jill Mansell is a fabulous writer! She has created another wonderful world in this book (as she has in her other books). I adore her characters. Each one is unique and memorable. Each person is the result of their past, and this is definitely shown in Jill’s wonderful character development.
Her scenery descriptions are just as great as her character development. I have never been to any area like in this book, yet I felt transported to each place.
Some parts of books I find funny, but they do not make me laugh out loud. This book did, several times! It was unexpected at times too! I was reading, so involved in the story, then Bam! I start laughing. There are some humorous situations and thoughts by the main female character that had me smiling quite a bit.
The book also had a very sad situation that was in the background of the plot most of the book. This made the story realistic to me and had me crying a few times. When a bad situation happens, there are two choices, to move forward, or be stuck in the rut of depression. This story has the characters moving forward and they find a brighter future as time goes by. The author pulled so much emotion from me while reading this fantastic story.
I want to thank NetGalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for giving me the immense pleasure of reading this book. I hope that many readers find it and enjoy it as much as I did.

I received this book from NetGalley for an honest review.
This book will be a quick great summer read. I enjoyed this book enough to finish it, but not sure it was my favorite. I really don't want to say it's an awful book as Ive never really read any of this authors books. But for me, it just didn't grab me. It took me awhile to read this novel as it didn't hold my attention. And yet I did want to find out what happened. I'm thinking fans of this author will love this novel tho. And like I said it would be a great by the pool summer read. I like how she wraps the novel up. And there were a couple moments where I had a good chuckle.

I really enjoyed Maybe This Time. The characters are relatable and sweet that make the reader invested into the character development. Mimi is definitely a character I believe many women can relate with on her life journey. I enjoyed the family elements, but as well as the sorrow that comes with loss. My only complain is it was a little confusing to know how much time had passed during the story. It would be helpful for future readers to know how many years/months has passed to better understand where the character and other characters are at in their stories.

I haven’t read many of Jill Mansells books, but I did love this one! I couldn’t wait to go to bed to find out what the next chapter had instore for Mimi! The story begins with Mimi visiting her father and his partner in a quiet little village where she meets Cal but turns out he’s married so off limits, she herself stays in London with her best friend who turns out to be a not so good friend, who steals her boyfriend! After which Mimi escapes back to the countryside to figure out what to do next since she had been working for her boyfriend the relationship breaking down meant she had no job. The story takes a few twists and turns to the whole way through I couldn’t tell how she was ever going to find happiness as always the story shines to the right ending I don’t want to give too much away and spoil the story but it will have you in tears but ending smiling!

A lighthearted read set in the Cotswolds, MAYBE THIS TIME is a sweet, fun look at the goings-on of a village with heart. I really enjoyed the characters, and I was genuinely sad to say goodbye at the end to the lovely little village and their slightly dysfunctional, big hearted family. Jill Mansell’s latest is a fun read, perfect for the beach.

Another happy, comfort read from Jill Mansell. Although much of the plot is predictable that was part of the attraction of this happy easy read and it provided a useful tool after the trauma of finishing a much darker book. It takes you from Flat life in London to a Cotswold village and also to Majorca.
I recommend this as a good read if you are prepared to read late into the night and want an escape from the realities of life.

Thank you for an advanced copy in return for a review.