I loved the multiple timelines throughout the story and the "what if" moments. This had a Serendipity feel to it. Will she chose the stable relationship or the "what if" she met 6 years ago who she had an amazing time with?

Thank you Netgalley and PENGUIN GROUP Putnam for providing me with an eARC in exchange for my honest review.

An interesting premise but fell a little flat to me. There were definitely parts I enjoyed, including the moving between the timeframes, but the characters were not super likeable.

Thank you to NetGalley and Putnam for the ARC of this novel. I have ended up reading all of Cousens's work and it always is a bit different which I appreciate. I will admit that Audrey was a bit annoying at times and stuck in her own head but that girl desperately needs some therapy! Josh was always very calm and sweet and just a tad snarky so a good match for Audrey but how did he not push her to be more of a team? I am glad by the end they seemed to commit to resolving their issues and truly communicate and the epilogue was extra adorable. I do not know how memorable this will be but I did end up reading about 65% of the book in 2 hours before bed so it was good for the moment.

I had high expectations since I had enjoyed a previous book by Sophie Cousens. Sadly I did not like this book. I did not have a connection with any of the characters. I wasn’t a fan of how the book keep going back and forth from present day to flash backs so much. Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

Another great book from Sophie Cousens!

I really enjoyed Before I Do. I love how the author did past & present to bring the 2 stories together of how we initially find Audrey on her wedding day. Some parts of this book are incredibly funny and others just make your heart swell. The writing is great and I loved the story and characters within it.

If you’re looking for a fun read I would highly suggest Before I Do, or any of Sophie Cousens books!

***Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC copy in return for an honest review***

I needed a book to get me out of a reading slump, and boy did this one succeed! The night before Audrey's wedding to Josh, her what-if guy shows up at her rehearsal dinner on the arm of her sister-in-law. Fred, the guy she spent one amazing day with six years ago. It sends Audrey into a spiral, causing her to wonder if it's a sign, if Josh isn't her soul mate, if she shouldn't be marrying him. Everything that could go wrong does...

Told in multiple flashbacks--from six years ago, her day with Fred; to meeting and dating Josh; and to present day--this book is classic Sophie Cousens. She is a master at beautifully and clearly weaving together multiple timelines to tell a cohesive story. It also, like previous books, examines the role of fate in romance, and asks us how much of a role it should play. And the book keeps you guessing in the best way--who should and does Audrey end up with? Josh? Or Fred? I think this is Cousens' best novel yet, with each getting stronger and stronger. I highly recommend this read!

Thanks to Putnam for my eARC and my finished copy! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

5 stars - 9/10

This is a great book for fans of Emily Henry and Katherine Center. I enjoyed reading it and recommend it!

I enjoyed this RomCom, Before I Do by Sophie Cousins. That said, the leading lady, Audrey drove me crazy. While she was likeable and her reasons for her particular brand of dysfunction were understandable, I was screaming at her through my Kindle to MAKE BETTER CHOICES!! This is one of those stories where there is sort of a love triangle theme and in order to work it out, someone has to be made to look bad. Why can't authors write these books where everyone is fairly decent, if a bit flawed, but the leads are just forced to MAKE A CHOICE rather than someone's last minute bad actions easily making the choice for them? I want to see something more realistic in my romcoms. I laughed throughout the book at cute and funny mishaps. I hated Audrey's mother's repeated mistakes as a mother and in her personal life. In the end, though I do not think the ending was what should have happened if this were a real-life situation, I was overall happy and uplifted by the book.

This one follows Audrey as she leads up to her wedding day. The rehearsal goes batty and Grandma Parker speaks of bad omens. Audrey is already freaked out but what could make it worse than when an old ex, the whimsical What If, Fred walks into dinner. Audrey has a decision to make. Is her perfectly sweet fiancé Josh the one?? Are the bad omens trying to steer her away from making a huge mistake? Or should she run back into Fred’s arms and far away from this wedding??

This book was sweet and I was extremely happy with the way the ending turned out! It’s easy to second guess things in life when things are going exactly right. We deserve love and nothing about that love is going to be perfect. However, we’re deserving of kindness, trust, and faithfulness in our relationships as well. I believe that’s what Audrey learned in this book!

Pub date was October 11th! A huge thank you to @netgalley and Sophie Cousens for the opportunity to read this ARC!

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

When the man Audrey spent one unforgettable day with six years earlier unexpectedly shows up at her rehearsal dinner, she's left questioning if marrying her fiance is truly meant to be.

I have grown to love Sophie Cousens' writing. I know when I read her books it will be a captivating, heartfelt, fun read. This story was so unpredictable, which is unique sometimes in the romance genre. Even up until the final chapters we didn't know which man Audrey would choose. I loved the multiple timelines, seeing present day, 6 years ago when she met Fred, and the years she met and dated her fiance. I kept waiting to fall into a Team Josh or Team Fred camp, but it took nearly to the end for me to decide which man I was pulling for!

Sophie cousins can do no wrong! Her books are always so unique and leave me smiling. Highly recommend!

Thank you @netgalley and Putnam for my eARC of this book in exchange of my honest review.

Let me preface this by saying that I love Sophie Cousens. But I could not fall in love with this book. In fact, the first half was such a struggle that I’ve been trying to read this one for months.

I do think there is a lot of good in this though. Sophie’s writing is on point, as always. There’s humor mixed in with some more serious subjects. But the multiple timelines just didn’t do it for me. As well as the amount of drama in this story.

I think it’s still worth a read as many people did enjoy it. Just wasn’t for me. I’ll definitely continue to pick up her books in the future!

This one gets 3⭐️‘s from me.

Sophie Cousens totally knocks it out of the park AGAIN. She has officially locked in her spot in my top favourites for romance authors. I truly wasn't sold on the synopsis of this one, but because I had loved her previous too so much I wanted to give it a chance. And admittedly, I wasn't the biggest fan right of the bat and I wasn't really sure how the story was going to play out or what I even wanted to happen in the end.

I loved the back and forth timelines to tell us the MC's love story and personal history. I loved the witty back and forth banter with the characters. I loved the deeper underlying stories throughout. I adored the questions of fate and how it plays into our lives. GO, RUN and read this book!

Sophie Cousens has swiftly become one of my favorite romance authors! Before I Do is a charming and cinematic rom com with wonderful characters. It follows Audrey on the eve of her wedding to kind, successful Josh. She runs into Fred, the man she fell in love with six years prior but disappeared. It combines some elements of Before Sunrise (spontaneous love and longing) and Amelie (photo booths and a chance encounter), which I really enjoyed. The story skips around in time and we learn about Audrey's past family and romantic relationships. The plot wasn't super surprising, but very well crafted. I listened to the audiobook which was perfectly narrated by Emma Sidi. I really enjoyed this adorable, funny novel.

Thank you Penguin Random House Audio and Putnam Books for providing this audiobook and ebook ARC.

Sophie Cousens’ dual timeline novel Before I Do; is the story of Audrey and Josh who are about to be married tomorrow - and Fred - possibly Audrey’s “one that got away.”

The days before the wedding bring some odd signs that maybe the wedding shouldn’t happen - like bats falling in the church, and then Fred showing up as Josh’s sisters date. This all leads Audrey to start wondering if Josh is really her true love.

The story answers questions, and should leave the readers happy. This wasn’t my favorite of Cousens novels, but I will surely keep on reading!

Okay so this book COMPLETELY caught me off guard. I didn't read the synopsis, so when I started reading and realized what it was about, my first thought was "oh no." It went in a completely different direction and I LOVED IT!!! The ending was absolute perfection!

Before I Do was SUCH a treat of a book. From the first page I was hooked. Audrey was such a relatable character, a flawed but lovable human who struggles with her identity. Despite this, she finds a wonderful man who loves her, after being with many horrible men following a traumatizing experience. The day before the wedding she comes face to face with a person from the past, her great “what if”. Someone she believed was her soulmate. With alternating timelines, you get sucked into Audrey’s life leading up to the wedding. This story makes you realize that oftentimes, the things that seemed so magical in the past, aren’t always what they are cracked up to be. What matters at the end of the day is what is in front of you, and what and who you want to bring into the future. I absolutely adored this story. Just wait until you meet Granny Parker, the true riot of the story.

I loved reading this book! Sophie has a great way of giving readers romance with depth. I felt deeply for the characters, and found them relatable

On the eve of her wedding, everything starts to go terribly wrong for Audrey. At the top of the list is the dreamy man she had the most incredible day with 6 years ago showing up as her future sister-in-law's date. This throws Audrey into a complete tailspin and she questions whether fate is trying to intervene to stop her wedding. To figure out what she really wants, Audrey will have to confront her past traumas before she can move forward.

I loved this sweet story. Sophie Cousens has such a beautiful way of describing the fears that come with trusting fate or trusting your own choices. I also loved the structure of this book is told with multiple timelines so that the full picture of how we got to the present becomes clear. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a funny, sweet romance that makes you think about the role that fate plays in our lives.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Group Putnam for the ARC of this book.

This book had potential but fell flat for me. The main character, Audrey, is set to marry Josh until the man she met once shows up as someone’s date. I genuinely felt bad for Josh in this story and disliked Audrey a lot. She thought very highly of herself despite not having many great qualities.