When you have your supposed dream job but with corporate restructuring, job redundancies, it's become soul destroying.
Can't see the way out then they cut your pay. Taking a second job to pay bills and trying to find joy in life again.
A chance meeting leads to a possible relationship that ends up confusing.
There are no jobs for life but you need joy from your job to feed your soul.
It's a book for the here and now. Change is scary but also invigorating

Thankyou Netgalley for the arc.

I enjoyed this and loved the different tropes within the book, Nora is a great character who I connected with.

The author did a fantastic job in bringing the characters of this story to life. You really felt what all the characters were feeling and it made for a bit of an anxious read. You were torn with whom you wanted to side with as you could see it from both points of view.

A lovely story with loveable characters. The budding romance between Nora and Andrew is well written! Love being part of the publishing world too.

I felt for real anxious reading this, in a good way I suppose! I felt myself spiralling with Nora and genuinely felt her stress over her predicament and tangled web of lies. At the same time I was just so rooting for her and her happy ending, and I became genuinely scared it was not going to happen at a few points. I loved this, and especially the banter and spark between Nora and Andrew ❤️ But this was also a poignant story about finding happiness in yourself, and not in another person. The depiction of mental health in this as well is so important. My only disappointment was there there was no epilogue 😫

What you think will be a frothy and witty take on ‘devil wears prada’ but in publishing turns out to be a sweet, uplifting tale with vivid, relatable characters. I really loved Nora with all her vulnerability and charm and wow, did I relate to the concept of building your identity and self-worth around what you ‘do’. Overall, it left me with a feeling of hope: there is always capacity for change. Really recommended for a light but meaningful read that will leave you thinking.

Nora is struggling to advance her career and after hitting some tough times, she finds herself a second job at a rival publisher. I love books set in the publishing world, and the chemistry between Nora and Andrew is great. I think this is more women’s fiction than a romance, and deals with some heavier topics but over well is was a perfectly pleasant read. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this advanced copy.

Really enjoyed this story full of love, laughter and tears. Nora is a great character who just got in a muddle.

Nora, as a child was a vociferous reader. And also as an adult. When she secured a job as an editorial assistant she thought it would be perfect for her as she answered the criteria ‘must love books’. But after five years of more admin than editing, and little prospect of promotion she was jaded. When her best friend moved on and Nora had to accept a pay cut she knew she had to do something.
Nora’s self searching for what she wanted from life was realistic. Not everyone can experience a happy ever after and Nora suspected she was doomed to the point of considering suicide.
This story moved slowly with a lot of detail but is realistic in it's portrayal of mental health and feeling everyone else is leading a perfect life and you're not.

Nora’s story really hit my in my mid-life existential crisis feels. Struggling in her current role and unable to figure out what her future might hold or how to get out of her current situation is something many can relate too.

I went into this book thinking it was going to be a cute romance with a nice HEA, but instead the onus was on Nora and her figuring out the key to her own happiness.

I enjoyed reading this book, even if a lot of the emotions brought up here hit a bit too close to hone.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

This is the story if Nora- a woman searching for herself and meaning in life. Don’t expect a standard romance book. This book deals with strong emotions and big feelings but it’s a book worth the read.

I read this author, Shauna Robinson’s, second published book before this book. I rated it 5 stars and loved it so much. I definitely wanted to read her first book based on her second.

I was sent the ARC of this book by HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter and thought the title was familiar, but I did not realize that it was Ms. Robinson’s first book until I was about half the way through. I was struggling a bit with this book so I read a few reviews while I was reading.

I was getting frustrated with the characters and also felt the story was dragging somewhat and just wanted to see what other people thought. I certainly thought that this book was a romance from the book cover, I soon learned that it was not from what people had written. That was a prominent theme, almost all book reviews stated that. From the book cover style, I definitely thought that the overwhelming issues in the character’s life would be resolved happily at the end and with a romantic partner. Although, I was not happy that several reviews stated that this book does not have a happily ever after, they alluded to it being open-ended, and that the future could be happy. So I guess I am doing the same thing here, stating something in my review that I wish I did not know. As I write this first part to my review, at 50% read. I will add that I am pushing myself to finish the book, since at this point, I really do not want to continue to read it.

Now that I have finished the book, and understand more fully what the main character was going through, I am much more sympathetic to her issues. Without giving more of the plot away, it is difficult to explain my reasoning for not liking Nora very much. The traits that I disliked about her came to light as a living strategy, more than her true personality. As I read I did feel very differently to her than I did in the first half of the book.

I draw emotions from books I am reading, and this was a difficult book for me to get through. I want to warn of triggers in this book; Depression, Suicide, Lack of Self Worth, Mendacity

This book was already released in the US in January 2022. I was sent the Kindle version that will be released to the UK in January 2023. I want to thank HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter for sending the ARC to me. My review is written freely as a hobby, and is totally my own opinion, not influenced by receiving the ARC.

NOTE TO HARPERCOLLINS UK, ONE MORE CHAPTER, THIS WILL APPEAR ONLY IN MY BOOK REVIEW POST TO NETGALLEY:

I know that ARC books will have errors, typos, mistakes etc., but the Kindle file I received had over 200 line entries of the following scattered throughout the text.
"MustLoveBooks_B_1stRevise_20220527_411FFF.indd 67 27/05/2022 0743"

I read and also listen (text to speech on my Kindle). At 21% read, I did a search on the line above and counted the number of times it appears. I counted up to 200 entries and then stopped, so it is over 200 times in the file I received.

I was nearly impossible to get interested in the story, with having this line read to me over and over (I still can feel it read to me in my mind!) When I was actually reading the file myself, I could ignore all these red lines with the file name. I think it would be very helpful to update this file in NetGalley so other reader will not have to be frustrated as I was.

I posted my review to Amazon US since this book was already released in Jan. 2022. It is not approved yet, so I cannot attach the link below.

This book was not what I expected.
I was expecting more romance and I felt that there was missing chemistry between Nora and Andrew. Besides that, it was interesting reading about the inside pov of working in publishing. I have to say, I was in the same position as Nora (on a different job) and it was difficult. You'd do anything to try surviving in a way, but then you'll realize that you just have to cut off some things in order for your own happiness. I like that the author focused on Nora and her development as a person. Being in your twenties is hard and with job problems like these it's even harder. Sooner or later everything will be alright!

Thank you for the free e-book One More Chapter,Harper Collins UK!

I only just realised I had read this book before and it just didn't take my interest, didn't draw me in and didn't keep me wanting more. But I gave it another go and it only grew on me a tiny bit but still didn't enjoy it that much. It is a bit of fun, a bit of romance but not much substance for me.

It is the book style of the moment and one that does somewhat annoy me, It is slightly whinging in tone and and not at all like I thought it would be a better read than what it was. A bit slow, a bit dull and a bit boring.

Sorry to say it just didn't do it for me even the second time around!

Interesting insight into the publishing industry. Expected the plot to be a bit more adventurous and varied. Didnt feel as bought in as hoped but some good scenes.

Nora is a mess and I loved her. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for a review.

Nora is starting the career of her dreams, or is she. Nora is overworked and underpaid. She mets Andrew a best selling author who seems to have the confidence she doesn’t. This book is not a rom com. It has difficult themes of depression, loneliness and all the ups and downs of being a young woman trying to find her way in the world. This book was hit harder than I expected it too. It took me longer than usual but I think that’s because Shauna wrote Nora as a character with flaws and you could feel how sad she was with her life.

I will look out for more books by Shauna Robinson in the future.

As a woman in her messy 20s, this really resonated with me. Nora is admittedly a bit of a disaster - her decision making is frustrating, as is her inability to help herself for most of the book. But that all made me enjoy it more. It wasn't the romance I expected which wasn't a problem. A nice, easy, relatable read.

A quick, easy and relatable read that wasn't at all what I expected but that was still enjoyable. I expected a romance and it was more about mental health and job dissatisfaction. However I still enjoyed it and it would have been a 4 star read but I felt the book read clumsy at times because of the pacing, but it was still enjoyable,

Nora Huges is an Editorial Assistant for Parsons publishers. She’s been doing this job for 5 years but with staff cuts and then her pay is cut she can no longer make ends meet. She starts moonlighting as a freelance editor with another publishers to make ends meet and also finds herself having feelings for one of the Authors she is supposed to be getting to sign a deal with Parsons. She hopes that nobody finds out what she is up to as the consequences could be dire.
This book was ok but I found at times it dragged on a little. I would still recommend it as it had a good storyline and was entertaining at times.
Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest views.