Thank you to the author, publishers, and NetGalley for allowing me to read an ARC of this book!

Unfortunately, I choose to DNF this book after Chapter 2. The premise of the book is was drew me in, but in my opinion, the story was too slow for me. I tried to see if the mystery of Davey would keep me interested, but I lost interest fairly quickly.

I was not able to become a fan of any of the characters introduced so far due to how slow and how little we got to know about them. The main character seemed relatively generic and a bit bland. The only character that seemed mildly interesting was Joan.

I think there is an audience for this book, and hope that people who are interested in the plot will give it a shot.

I love this kind of story, which is becoming harder and harder to imagine in this digital age. This is a reminiscent of 90s rom com era but let me be very upfront this is not a rom com.. Hannah answers the phone and on the other end is Davey, an American. It was a wrong number and she never expects to hear from him again. Not long after she gets a text that he is moving to London and he got the job. Over the next month their texts turn to phone calls and a real friendship is formed. I don't want to say too much more because it is truly best to go into this one blind.

Thank you #RandomHouse and #NetGalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

The Man I Never Met by Elle Cook is one of those books I wish I could read again for the first time. It reminded me in spirit of Landline without the magical realism elements.

It builds off the concept of how one phone call from a wrong number can change your life. What if that call happens to be from your soulmate?

That is exactly what happens to Hannah.- although fate intervenes in some really challenging and poignant ways.

Many thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for sharing this book with me. All thoughts are my own.

A beautifully written deeply emotional story. Hannah and Davey have an adorable “meet cute” via a misdialed phone call from across the ocean. They slowly get to know each other and develop a wonderful friendship, but each hope that this is just the beginning for them. Hannah shows up to meet him at the airport and is shocked to find herself all alone while holding a sign with his name on it. She has seemingly been ghosted and she is perplexed and devastated. When she finally finds out why she is knocked off her axis. The question is can they both move forward without each other knowing how good they’d have been together? I adored this book. The writing, the people, the emotions….all of it. I really hope that someone has optioned this for a movie.

This is a beautifully written love story with some heartbreaking components. I could not wait to see how it ended.
I was gifted a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

Delightful, funny, and heartwarming! The Man I Never Met is a delicious romance that is hard to put down. Highly recommend!

The Man I Never Met is about Hannah, a girl from London, who receives a call from an American stranger named Davey who miscalled her for a job interview. Hannah wishes him luck and expects to ever hear anything back from him. That is until she gets a text from him that he got the job and will be moving soon to London, so he would be grateful to get recommendations from someone.

Hannah and Davey start texting, which then turns into calls, which then turn into facetime, and eventually, they start a long-distance relationship. The day that Davey is scheduled to arrive Hannah is there to finally meet him but Davey never arrives, nor does he answer her calls or texts. Hannah later finds out what exactly happened to Davey and because of this, he won't be able to move to London any time soon, so they decide to go separate ways and forget about each other. Could fate bring them back together in the future?

*SPOILERS BELOW*


I really liked this book in the beginning, getting to know how Hannah and Davey met, their calls, their facetimes, their banter, their chemistry, when they finally started going out, up until Davey's accident happened and he was diagnosed with cancer. Hannah could've fought much harder for him and made him realize she was in it with him until the end. But then Hannah started dating that other guy, the trainer, which always seemed like he kept lying about things and keeping so much for her. And then Davey went back with his ex who also didn't treat him like deserved!!

I feel like it also took waaay too long for Davey and Hannah to find each other again and finally be together. They had so much chemistry from the beginning, the cancer event kind of ruined the book for me. It would've been way better for Davey to have another type of accident and for Hannah still be there for him. And then for the rest of the book to be about their struggles as being in a long-distance relationship while Davey made full recovery and he was finally able to move to London.

Did I enjoy reading this book? Yes, I did. Did this book had more potential? Yes, I did, and let me explain why. I love when the characters first become friends before they start falling for each other. It gives their relationship more depth. But I truly wished that it was not dragged all as much as it did in this book. That is the part I struggle with. I wanted more from them.

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

I truly enjoyed this contemporary romance about Hannah and Davey. Hannah receives a call from a wrong number, which leads to forming a friendship with a man (Davey) overseas. We follow each of their lives as they struggle with health issues, relationships, friendships, and life-altering decisions. If you are a fan of Josie Silver or Beth O'Leary, I recommend this one!

What a wonderful, sweet story! To see that the author loved something quite similar made it even sweeter, This reminded me so much of the Richard Curtis love stories I have enjoyed so much over the years.

"The Man I Never Met" has real emotion and avoids overly gushing expressions of love. It tells a unique story with great meaning and authentic, heart-wrenching themes, possibly inspired by the author's own experiences with cancer. The story includes a poignant moment when a character refuses further treatment, reminding the reader of similar experiences with loved ones. The book touches on the difficult and heartbreaking theme of facing terminal illness.
It is the perfect balance between happy and heavy themes. its amazing, and really a story told with love.

I really liked all of the characters in this book (except for the ones I wasn’t supposed to like that it. I didn’t know much about the storyline going in so the direction it went in took me in a bit of a surprise. But I enjoyed it. I see this story being about two people who are meant to be together but have some pain and growing to do before they’re really ready for each other.

The book felt a little long in some points but I think the eventual payoff was very good.

Thank you to Random House Publishing Group for an advance copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

The premise of a wrong-dialed number, a connection for two people across the world was well done. I enjoyed the relationship that blooms between Hannah and Davey. I appreciated that we get an insight into both of our main characters' lives. The relationship that they share is very sweet.
The side characters for both Davey and Hannah were enjoyable. With Davey's best friend and Hannah's neighbor being a stand-out.

**possible spoilers ahead**
My two issues are these:
The side relationships that Hannah and Davey have were very toxic. Hannah's boyfriend is the worst, and I would have appreciated her dumping him LONG before she actually does. His obsessive behavior with her weight and diet was terrible. Add to the fact that he is rude to all her family and friends.
The other issue was something that may have just bothered me. Davey leaves his job, and before he starts his new job he is diagnosed with cancer. He's still in Texas, so where does he get insurance to pay for this? Is he rich enough that he can pay out of pocket? Ok, again this may have just been a thing I had an issue with, but it constantly pulled me out of the story.

Overall, this is a sweet romance that tackles tough topics.

An interesting rom com. And based on the title it doesn’t seem like a rom com. I can’t say to much as I think this one it best to go into not knowing much. But just know it is a good rom com in which noting is as it meets the eye.

I think that this book has the cover of a cutesy romance but the content of something much deeper. I will say some of the subjects talked about this book are hard to read about, but I also think that there needs to be more books that cover topics that are hard to talk about because it does affect so many people. I think from cover to cover this book is just so special. It takes the whole accidental chat trope and adds so many layers. I definitely thing that this is a book that many should pick up and would probably relate to.

I was somewhat skeptical of the premise because I've been hurt too many times before (looking at you, Mr. Wrong Number), but this book pleasantly surprised me. I ate it up.

I loved the authentic and genuine friendship that it felt like Davey and Hannah developed over the course of their "relationship", which then made their eventual romance so much more believable and sweet to root for. To answer the question, "can you fall for someone you have never met?" This book proves, scientifically, yes.

My one gripe was that for a story that was so well paced and spanned a time of nearly two years, the ending itself was more rushed than I would have liked. I think we need to normalize MORE SLOW BURNS in this genre!! I would have been right there with you, Ms. Elle.

Overall, satisfying read that gave me all sorts of feels, and I will be recommending to my romance reader cohort.

I'm torn on this one. It's not the easy, breezy rom-com I expected, but I still enjoyed it. I'd have liked more of Hannah and Davey's romance, rather than the entire book being a build-up to a lovely (albeit totally unrealistic) meeting. It would have been nice to see how they interacted face to face for more than a brief moment near the end.

Slow burn but oh so good!! I’ve been very into sad romance lately

Thank you NetGalley for eARC in exchange for an honest review

This was not what I was expecting, but I loved it! I could definitely see this as a movie, and it’s one where you are screaming at the characters begging them to talk!!! I read this on my kindle and also listened to on audio. I really enjoyed the audio version. I was happy we got a little bit of dual pov, but would have loved more in the beginning. I loved how much you could relate to both main characters, and you could understand the way they were behaving at that time in their lives.

I read a spoiler ahead of time, otherwise I probably would have been pretty devastated halfway through the story!

Thank you PRH audio for my gifted copy in exchange for a honest review.

I simply adored this book. I'm not sure exactly what it was that pulled me in so quickly but I was hooked. I really connected and became attached to the characters and was intent on finding out how their story would end which kept me reading pretty much non-stop.

Hannah and Davey meet 'on the phone' when she answers a misdialed call from him. They find that it's easy to talk to one another so they continue messaging and ultimately talking after that. Their relationship grows and as Davey prepares to move to England, Hannah is eager to see how their relationship will continue to blossom. But a huge, unseen issue arises and you're left wondering if these two will get their happily ever after or not.

If you're looking for a heartwarming book with all the feels, a love that must be fate and some wonderful and heartachingly real characters, then this book is one you should check out. It does get a little gritty and brutal along the way, but it's worth the hard stuff to get to the beautiful parts.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC. I voluntarily chose to read and review it and the opinions contained within are my own.