4.5 stars
The only reason I have taken a half star off is because having read the book, I dont actually like the cover anymore. I get that the tux and the blue hair is a big part of this story but having read the book, in my head Gwen and Sam dont look like they do on the cover. Their dynamic is making me think of Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis from the movie "Friends With Benefits" so all the way through I'm picturing Justin Timberlake with blue/ indigo hair and Mila Kunis in a tux. I'm sure other people reading this will disagree but this was just my interpretation of the book and I kinda think there should have been a way to show the tux and the hair on the cover without actually showing the characters so your imagination can let you picture the characters. The one thing I will say is that the fact that I feel this way means the book was really well written if I can see the book playing almost like a movie in my head and I can think which actors and actresses should play which characters.
Apart from the cover, I actually loved the story. It was funny in places, emotional in other places and just generally absolutely brilliant! I will definitely be recommending it to people!

This was a lovely quick read!

I read it as an ebook, due to the format it reads more like a play as it’s very dialogue heavy, which was actually quite nice in some ways?

I liked both of the main characters & it was so nice watching them fall in love over a bus journey (because let’s be honest, we’ve all imagined it!)

If you don’t like descriptive passages or just want to get lost in a cute little romance, I would definitely recommend this book!

After reading the other reviews I am also ready to try out the audiobooks as they sound amazing!

Thank you to victory Headline Eternal & Netgalley for the opportunity to review this ARC.

I have exactly 5 hours and 10 minutes to get from Boston to New York City or the professional opportunity of a lifetime disappears. My only travel option? The second to last seat on a discount bus. Across from the bathroom. Wearing last night's clothes (don't ask). All worth it if I can make it in time.

My nerves almost get the best of me, but then there he is, sitting down in the seat next to me. Tall. Friendly smile. Bright indigo streak in his brown hair. The perfect distraction. Turns out he's on his way to reconnect with an old flame. The one that got away. We can both make it on time - just barely - if the traffic keeps flowing.

Playing road-trip games, avoiding calls from his mother, and effortless conversation keeps us from clockwatching . . . until the bus breaks down. And my seatmate turns into my copilot as we wrangle a ride in a car three decades old. And hit all the traffic. And oh, Lord, the detours. And somehow I end up careening cross-town on the handlebars of a Citi Bike carrying a box of kittens. (Yeah, don't ask.)

He's my hero every step of the way . . . and I might be falling for him. But what happens when we reach our final destination? Could my seatmate really be my soulmate?

Highly recommend if you want a fun, easy read with lovable characters.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review - Seatmate by Cara Bastone @carabastone #CallMeMaybe
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Thanks to Headline @headlinebooks and @NetGalley for providing me with a proof copy in advance of publication. 📚
This was a quick, sweet story about fate and how open two strangers stuck together on a bus ride can be. Our two main characters start talking about how they’re sitting in the worst seat on the bus, then bond over where they are rushing to be and tell each other their deepest secrets, thinking they’ll never meet again. But after one too many complications, will seatmates turn out to be soulmates?

This is a classic meet-cute rom-com by Cara Bastone and the third of her Love Lines series. This is a perfect novel for lovers of the 90s and 00s romcoms. The story is told through dialogue and very few descriptions, so you fall in love with the characters exclusively through their words.

I don’t know how I feel about this one to be honest, it was not my favourite read of the year and I struggled with the dialogue. Normally, I quite like a lot of dialogue but I felt a lot of this was quite rambly and no real point to the story.

It was very cliche (which you know I enjoy) so I knew from the first few pages what would happened with the storyline and I was right.

It was a quick, easy read but not my favourite.

Fun, fast paced, entertaining, romantic read. That makes you wish for a summer holiday in the sun. Read this by the beach.

A fast paced book, loved the fact it was told from both sides. Really enjoyable. I read it in one sitting.

Look forward to more from this author.

Thanks for the arc

I’ve enjoyed this author’s previous work, but Seatmate left me exhausted. This book was filled with never ending chatter and while I appreciated the set-up of this story, the execution was painful. At times I couldn’t tell who was talking in the book (maybe if I listened to it, it would have been different). I liked both the characters quite a bit. Sam was just one of those good guys that goes out of his way to help not only his mother, but his friends, and even strangers when he can. He was a bit goofy, had a great sense of humor, and seemed to be a bit of a rut when it came to life. Gwen was a whirlwind and it was easy to see she had a very outgoing personality which worked well for her profession. It was obvious there was more to her and it took awhile for that to come out, but she was at a bit of a crossroads in her life and career. This book takes place in a day on a journey from Boston to NYC on a Megabus and beyond and it was just frantic. I did feel the relationship building between them but for them to change their entire lives in a day’s time, not buying it. Seatmate was fun and entertaining but also frustrating and hectic and a bit unrealistic.

Great read. Sam and Gwen are seatmates on a coach back to New York. Everything seems to be going wrong, except their connection, but what will happen when they reach their destination?
A fast paced read set over the course of one day, but easy to keep up with. I liked how it is told from both points of view.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me access to this eARC of this book I am so grateful as I have now found a new fav.

I may have read this in a day! A day guys.
The relationship was cute and progressed so sweetly and slowly, they are just such a pick-me-up couple that was adorable and made me feel in such a good mood. I have read all the other books in this series so I was very excited to be accepted to read this eARC that I may have read it all primarily in one sitting. This series is based on meeting a new person over the phone or on transport and falling in love, the series is a cute romantic comedy with sweet heart-melting romantic characters. The main female lead was fun and a lover of travel and the male is a homebody which is usually not seen in romance the male is usually seen as the traveller and the woman a home body so I loved that twist. I fell in love with not only the male lead but the female lead too, now I have a fictional book best friend and a fictional boyfriend.

I received an Arc in exchange for my honest opinions. Thank you Cara Bastone and Headline for giving me the opportunity to read Seatmate before it's release.

This is 100% a book I wish I had read as an Audiobook. I found it a little jarring to get into at first as it is mostly dialogue, but once I got used to it I fell head over heels for Sam.

Seatmate follows Gwen as she rushes to get back for the opportunity of a lifetime; interviewing an idol of hers in the hopes she can turn it into a book deal. Finding the coach is probably the cheapest and quickest way of getting back in time, she gets one of the last tickets. While on the coach she meets Sam; who is travelling back to his mum. The two get to talking and the spark is clear.

But everything that can go wrong does in fact go wrong and the pair find themselves in a race against the clock to get Gwen to this interview before her rival.

I absolutely loved Sam as a character and the interactions between him and Gwen were brilliant. I found myself hoping that they would make it in time and I was rooting for them to get together; despite only just meeting.

A totally fab read! I always love how visual Cara Bastone stories are, I feel truly immersed into the scenarios every time! The characters develop and evolve so quickly it’s the perfect read for a short trip!

Just like every other one of Cara Bastone's books, I absolutely adored 'Seatmate'. Despite reading the other two of this authors books by ebook, I decided to give the audiobook of this one a go and it was so amazing.
Reading this book was like listening to two people have a conversation for two hours whilst falling in love, and I adored it.
This book is a novella but the relationship between Sam and Gwen was so well established, I felt like I was reading a full length novel about these two characters. I loved Sam and Gwen both as characters and together. I loved the instant connection between them, and it didn't feel too insta-love even though this book takes place over the space of one day.
I loved how much action was happening in this book, and how even though it was only short, there was so much drama and plot twists.
Everything about this book was adorable and I can't wait to read more of Cara Bastone's future books because I have adored every single one I have read and have fell in love with all of the characters.

Gwen and Sam wind up sitting next to each other on a six hour bus ride, and begin to fall for one another. This is a quick and sweet read with fun characters, although the format is unusual. I read the book on paper rather than listening to the audibook, and I think the audiobook may have been more effective. However, that didn't stop me enjoying the story!

I received a copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Sam was late catching the bus back from his mom's house in Boston to New York so instead of his usual prime seat at the front he is stuck at the back near the toilet. Gwen was attending a family wedding in Boston but she has the chance of a lifetime to interview an living legend for a book she is trying to put together, provided she can get back to New York for the interview on Sunday afternoon. Stuck in the worst seats on the bus, the two strike up a conversation and discover they are polar opposites. Sam is a homebody, visiting his mom regularly, and has never been outside the USA. Gwen writes a travel blog and has no desire to settle down and get married like her sister.

Sam and Gwen's journey gets more bizarre as the afternoon progresses. There are tuna sandwich incidents, bus blowouts, a box of kittens, an arch-nemesis, Sam's high-school crush, and Sam's helicopter mother to deal with.

Can these two opposites find some common ground?

I really enjoyed Cara Bastone's two previous books so I was eager to get my grubby paws on this ARC when I saw it. Unfortunately, this one did not do it for me. I understand that Cara usually publishes her books in audio format and I can definitely see that this would be much better suited to that genre. What would be a comedy of mishaps in an audio book just feels too cliched and ridiculous in a book.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

A delightfully short and sweet romance featuring two characters whose chemistry leaps off the page. This was written as an audiobook and its obvious how much that first chapter lends itself to one, but it still works as a written novella. I loved that Cara Bastone added the usual drama and tension that comes with a road trip with a 'must get to X by X or else' timeline but she does so in a way that is still fresh and not cliche. I loved Gwen and Sam together. What sweethearts.

I really liked the concept of this but I was just rather underwhelmed. And I think I reread the first chapter so many times to make sure who I knew was talking. There wasn’t a set first pov so it was just two strangers having a chat and I still don’t know who was who.

I liked the characters and it was an easy ready just confusing at times and something you read when you don’t really want to focus on it

Thank you netgalley and the publishers for allowing me to read this arc in exchange of my honest review

Two stars for written version; audio book was great!

I started this book on audio and was quite enjoying it. Then my audible subscription ended so I picked up the written copy. And yikes, it was impossible for me to read. I couldn't follow who was saying what, and it was just dialogue; which works on an audio book, but not a written story. Definitely recommend the audio book for this story!

Cara never fails me!
I’ve loved each book in the series more as we go and the special place they have in my heart!!! Definitely one of my top reads of the year.

Firstly I’d like to thank the publisher and NetGalley for the eARC!! 😍❤️

I really really enjoyed Seatmate, the banter between Gwen and Sam is so captivating and their attraction to each other is so obvious that you just can’t stop reading!! 😍😍 Sam is basically perfect, I’m so jealous of Gwen it’s unreal 😂😂 I want to have a Sam!! (Please can I have a Sam!!) He’s the most adorable man ever!! 😍😍 Gwen’s equally as magnificent and they just seem to fit together like a ying yang.

The journey they take between Boston and New York City is an extraordinary one but together they make it there flirting and learning about each others lives along the way!! ❤️❤️

This book is brilliant, romantic and so fun!! Clara Bastone is a genius ❤️❤️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for sure!!