Penny Bridge gets herself into a love square, completely unintentionally. She has a love interest that has to end as her life is abruptly uprooted away from London. So she’s free to move on, and meets two other men... ⁣
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In my opinion, this book was so much better than Our Stop. It wasn’t as frustrating (if she wanted to meet him so badly, she easily could have), and it wasn’t a conventional romance either. I loved that there wasn’t just one, predictable love interest. I appreciated how it highlights how women can enjoy no-strings attached relationships, just as much as men - I’m all for female empowerment!
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Penny was a complex character, and so was her life. Everything that happened was believable, and not predictable like most romance books. It was very refreshing to read!

Another entertaining, fast pacing, feel-good, swoony, cute reading makes you smile, gives you positive energy.
Even though I decided to give three stars, (mostly I gave those stars to Switzerland-let’s meet in the middle books) I have to admit, it was fun and it relaxed my mood, cleared my mind. These days we need softer, lighter, comfort zone reads for brightening our darker moods!

Let’s move to the plot to get a closer look to the story: We’re introduced to Penny, unlucky in love, suffering from numerous disastrous dates. And till one day, she meets with an amazing man, next day she meets with another amazing man and then she meets with one more amazing man. See! Third time is the charm. Nope, I’m correcting, she already found three charming men and she needs to choose wisely. ( don’t say that she has to keep all of them and enjoy foursome polygamous lifestyle. We are reading a decent, cute, entertaining romcom, not a mischievous erotic romance!)

The heartbreaking and emotional parts about Penny, losing her parents and surviving against the big battle with cancer are the most realistic and well-written parts help me to connect with heroine. But maybe I’m old school when it comes to love because Penny’s indecisiveness till the end about her choice and flirting with three men at the same time just a little irritated me and damaged my ideal romcom idea. At least two of them would be assholes or if she could find out with whom she wanted to be a little bit earlier which worked better for me. Her confusing mood made me lose my connection with her. (Come on! When your heart knows something it always whispers to your brain. What are you still thinking?)

By the way Sharon is my favorite supporting character (At some parts, I loved her more than heroine and I root for her to have her own sequel.)

Overall: My only problem was idea not to choose between three men till the end of the book a little destroyed between Penny and my favorite candidate’s HEA (That’s my opinion. I’m keeping my favorite hero to myself not to ruin your reading!) and made me annoy the heroine, lowering my points. But the writing style and pacing is good and of course Penny made a great choice at the end. (At least I truly agree with the author.) If you want to read a feel-good, enjoyable and soft rom-com, this is a great fit for you to put your mind at ease and get rid of your stressful days.

Special thanks to NetGalley and Avon Books UK for sharing this sweet ARC with me in exchange my honest review.

Really enjoyed this book. It was fun light hearted & really easy to relate to. The main character Penny was very likeable & the story was fun. Thank you to Netgalley for the preview of this book

a funny light-hearted rom-com with no depth. Still enjoyable. Liked the characters and the premise was good, but the plot was similar to many rom-coms. I would still recommend this because it did have some funny parts.

Thanks to NetGalley, the author and publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

I really enjoyed the character of Penny. I could empathise as she tried to date in the modern world. And what I really loved about the book was that I didn’t know how it was going to end. Therefore I raced through it just to find out. I think this is a good by the pool read during the summer, where you want something light but to be entertained.

I found this book to be an enjoyable read but not great! It definitely was funny and most of the characters are likeable and easy to relate to. Overall, I am glad I got the opportunity to read this book and would recommend it to readers.

This book was so good! The characters were so well rounded, you felt like you actually knew them! The plot was so good you didn't want the book to end!

Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I am having a hard time rating this book, purely because my emotions about it are all over the place. My real rating probably falls under 3.5/3.75.

The Love Square is an enthusiastic, fast paced read about a woman named Penny who has never had any luck in dating. This time though, Penny finds herself surrounded by 3 men she likes and who like her back even more. The book guides us through Penny meeting all of the men and how she interacts in each relationship, including of course Penny's life journey and the ups and downs that come with being a chef and having immense love for your family. Halfway through the book I was unapologetically and enthusiastically rooting for one of them - I won't name who just in case it is considered a spoiler - and that decision stuck with me until the very end.

I believe at its core, The Love Square is more of a book about finding yourself, standing up for yourself and finally allowing yourself to believe you deserve good things and that you can let good things happen to you. Just as in real life though, this realisation comes from the culmination of a set of love affairs, ups and downs, heartbreak and crying with a bootle of wine in hand.

Penny is a strong character. She has been through the loss of both her parents, her own battle against breast cancer and pretty much every issue that society issues on women in general. I was happy to read through Penny's journey and to see her own up to her mistakes, getting help for herself, and deciding that she can do something that she wants, for once.

I must highlight as well that the side characters is this book are absolutely phenomenal. I fell in love with Sharon, Charlie and Stuart right from the point of introduction and would even love if each of these got their own book with the story that goes alongside the events in The Love Square- a reader can dream, right?

All in all, The Love Square is an enjoyable, witty read about someone who is trying to find her place in this world and trying to figure out where her life is headed. Life will throw everything at you, but you're lucky if you manage to handle it like Penny Bridge.

Penny thinks she is unlovable and unlucky when it comes to love. She wants nothing more than to start a family but can’t seem to find the right guy. She has a great business, a great family, and great friends but feels like she is missing something.
While I finished this book in one day and genuinely enjoyed it, there were quite a few things that frustrated me that seemed to be thrown in all at the end.
Unlike other romance books, I truly didn’t know which way Penny was leaning and who she would choose. I felt 2 of the 3 love interests didn’t have much chemistry with Penny, and I was confused to why they were ever in the picture.
It was a quick, enjoyable read during my quarantine. Thanks to Netgalley and Avon Books UK for the ARC!

Unlike most romance novels, I truly did not know how this one was going to end! It had me flip-flopping and guessing all the way through.

Before even reading the synopsis, “A Love Square” indiscreetly reveals there is more than one man in the picture here. I instantly found the premise intriguing: Penny is single & hopelessly unlucky in love, until suddenly, she's finds herself with not one.... but 3 men vying for her love. It’s the perfect set up for a brilliant, cheesy, feel-good rom com. Instead, it was much more irritating to witness her date multiple men than I anticipated. Most of the book, I found myself frustrated with Penny’s indecision (but then again, that was partially what drove me to keep reading). While the story starts strong, midway through I found myself rushing, wanting it to be over.

With ALL of that said, did I read this in one sitting? I sure did. Could I put it down? Absolutely not.

The romance genre is quite a hit or miss situation for me and Williams' "The love square" definitely felt pretty underwhelming .

Three very different men, but who to choose 🤔

Penny Bridge, about to embark on a new chapter, leaving her cafe in Stuart's capable hands, to help her uncle by managing his pub/restaurant, due to ill health.

Rewind a few months, Penny's been single for five years, is looking for love without much success, raising questions with herself, why? What's wrong with me? until ...... events then unfolding from here until the day Penny met Francesco.

Fast forward, six months later.. managing/working at The Red Panda, and so it begins.... three very different men, but who to choose.

Full of humour with aromas of romance and tinges of sadness. A great light hearted read, perfect for the summer. Put time aside, you may not want to put this book down, before you've finished ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I loved every second of reading this book, honestly couldn't put it down. This was just the kind of entertaining read I needed.