This was ok, it started well enough introducing all the flatmates, and it’s set in London, which is one of my favorite cities, and Lucy was charming, but I just couldn’t understand what she saw in Henry, who seemed quite aloof, but then all it’s fixed and all it’s good, again it was ok but not one that will stay with me.

I always love a cozy romance, I enjoyed this one very much. Thank you to the publishing team for granting me this arc.

I received this book from Netgalley for an honest review.

Weekends with You is a story about eight flatmates who all live in a warehouse and are close like a real family in London. Lucy is a florist, who moves into the warehouse since her best friend Raja lives there, after not being able to afford her current living situation. When she moves, she meets Henry, a photographer who is only home one weekend a month, if that. Slowly, Lucy and Henry begin to form a relationship that has a ton of heartache and happiness. Henry is trying to find his home and isn't sure London is home for him and Lucy just wants to know if he is going to stay and be with her or if he's going to move, as planned.

I really enjoyed this story. I like that each chapter is a new month, therefore, a new Warehouse Weekend (a time where all the flatmates are together and enjoy activities set up by one another). In each chapter there was also a small recap of what happened in everyones lives over the past month. I felt like that cut out a lot of unnecessary text that may not have gone well with the story. I think my favorite thing about the book was the banter and relationships among all the flatmates. Honestly, I felt like I was watching a movie as I read this book. It did start off a little slow for me but after a few chapters, I really wanted to continue reading. When it comes to Lucy and Henry's relationship, I'm not sure how I feel. I really liked Lucy and the growth she showed throughout the book. I liked Henry at first, but when he kept making Lucy think they were going to work and then breaking it off and then apologizing, it made me dislike him. I felt horrible for Lucy with the things he said and I know she kept going back to him, but they did live together so I can imagine how those feelings would still linger after not seeing each other for so long and not having proper closure.

Overall, it was a great book and story. I would recommend it.

This story of romance between Lucy and Henry is a journey into snatches of kisses and weeks of yearning. Henry and Lucy live in a warehouse apartment with several quirky roommates-fun and crazy roommates. They keep Lucy alive while Henry spends all but one weekend a month away for work. Loads of ups and downs to traverse.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This was cute - a warm and fuzzy read. I loved the London setting, all of the flowers, and the found family aspect. The highlight for me was the dynamic between roommates and I honestly enjoyed seeing those relationships develop much more than the romance in this. I think mostly because there didn't seem to be a huge spark between Henry and Lucy, honestly, she seemed to mostly enjoy his looks more than anything. But again, I really enjoyed most of this, romance aside.

A huge thanks to the publisher, Alexandra Paige, and Netgalley for an early copy in exchange for an honest review.

I received this novel as an advanced reader copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The chemistry between the two main characters was great as it built in the novel I’d like for setting of London, and the idea of all the flatmates planning activities each month the storyline is believable And fun great beach read.

I liked this book but didn’t love it. The relationship between Lucy and Henry was frustrating and came across as superficial rather than a great love. Where the story really shined was with the relationships between the flatmates and the theme of found family.
I would read another book from this author as I liked her writing style and see a lot of potential.
3 1/2 ⭐️

In order to save money to be able to keep her struggling flower shop going, Lucy is forced to move into a flat with seven other roommates. The title comes from the fact that Lucy begins falling for fellow roommate Henry, who is a traveling photographer and only home for a few weekends a year.

Unfortunately, this book didn't really work for me. I didn't care for Lucy or Henry, so I couldn't get very invested in their relationship. And I didn't really buy into the idea that Henry couldn't be more committed to the relationship.

On the other hand, I did enjoy the writing style and a lot of the other characters--I am looking forward to seeing what Alexandra Paige does next.

Can you call in love with someone you only see for one weekend a month?
Told mostly around the one weekend per month that their entire flat group gets together, the story of Lucy and Henry slowly unfolds over the course of approximately a year of missed opportunities, missed connections, misunderstandings, and growth. It was an interesting way to tell the story and watch the changes in this fun cast of characters without getting bogged down in too much life stuff.

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I enjoyed this cute little story from a new to me author. It was a quick read, I liked the characters. I love reading books set in London, though I've never been there.

I’m sorry, but I simply cannot support this relationship. The whiplash between these two is real. I really liked the concept of just visiting our characters one weekend a month. It’s unique and a cool way to watch characters grow and evolve. However, I don’t feel like our characters actually grew all that much. And the fact that we dropped in on Warehouse Weekends every month made things feel a tad repetitive (Renee asking Lucy if she should be leaving every month).

On the positive side, I actually liked Lucy quite a bit. I would have happily read a book following Lucy in her job as a florist. Quirky workplace mishaps, the meanings of flowers, the ins-and-outs of running a boutique flower shop. These are all interesting things that could have led to the same professional conclusion. We also have Lucy adjusting to life living with a whole host of quirky characters. But so little time is focused on them that I still found myself getting confused about which male roommate is which.

Overall, I wanted to like this book. The premise was promising and the writing wasn’t bad! But I just could not with the back and forth between our lead couple. I’m sorry, but this just doesn’t feel like a healthy relationship and a certain side character was done real dirty.

Note: I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Weekends with You was a 3.5 star, but I rounded up to 4 stars. It was a beautifully written rom-com debut that was easy to read and was hard to put down.

I LOVED the plot and the premise of the story. I thought it was incredibly creative and new. I loved how memorable the characters were - not only the FMC and the MMC, but also all of the sided characters who made up this amazing found family.

The only reason for the rating is that I went into it expecting a love story but I didn't feel the chemistry between the FMC and MMC. it was hard to root for the relationship because the chemistry was lacking.

I loved the relationship between all of the friends and that was enough for me.

Huge thank you to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for the ARC in exchange for my honest review!

Thank you NetGalley and Publisher Avon for an advance reader copy of Weekends with You.
Loved the setting in London for this cute RomCom. This story was light and every romcom lover will enjoy as you will get lost in the story. Lucy's story kept me entertained as she navigated through young love, working and maintaining a business and friendships.

2.5/5 stars

OK, I have really conflicting thoughts about this book and actually that’s pretty rare (and frustrating) for me. While the cover appeared that it would probably be a rom com, it lacked that feel between the mains. In fact, I felt that I would have enjoyed it more if it had been more about the roommates’ friendships than centering on the turbulent romance.

This story revolves Lucy (younger 20s) and Henry (late 20s). Lucy is a talented London florist who works at a shop with a 70-something boss/owner who is slowing down (as is the business). Lucy has dreams/ambitions but finds herself being discouraged by her boss when she mentions trying to branch out to bigger events. She worries about her job security and reluctantly finds herself moving in with a friend and her six roommates to save money.

Henry, one of her new roommates, is a freelance photographer who travels extensively and is only “home” one weekend a month. He’s also trying to figure out where in the world might be calling to him to settle down as a homebase.

Lucy and Henry are attracted to each other immediately, but while Henry would like to act on that attraction, Lucy is cautious as she’s feels limited with a one weekend a month relationship and also doesn’t know where Henry will ultimately end up. And as she finally begins to win more notice at work and make more definite plans for her future, she begins to doubt that she should wait around to see if their relationship might be worth it in the long run.

I definitely liked Lucy’s character more here…although she definitely had her frustrating moments. She was a talented, good-natured young woman that I found myself cheering for when things (both personally and job wise) began turning around for her.

Henry was just a mess. I actually ended up not liking his character throughout, even at the end as I couldn’t tell for sure that he had actually changed/grown. He was self-centered, immature, a bit arrogant at times, and I just wanted to shake him and say, “Move forward. Make some decisions. Get on with it.” He was just so wishy-washy with Lucy and put her through such an emotional wringer that I found it hard to have much sympathy for the guy. Lucy, bless her, tried and tried and tried to make a relationship work, but Henry was just not THERE, literally and figuratively.

What I loved about this story? The roommate relationships. They were such a diverse, lovable and loyal group, and I fell for each and every one…they were just so wonderful. It really is a great book about friendships, and I think that in a way that arc of the story ultimately saved the book from being a total emotional slugfest for me. And thank goodness for friends because unfortunately by the end of Lucy and Henry’s arc, I was feeling utterly exhausted.

My sincere thanks to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for the free early arc of Weekends with You for review. The opinions are strictly my own.

When Lucy was unable to afford the rent hike on her place, she took a room in her friend's warehouse flat. Though she was initially leery of being one of eight inhabitants, she found life with the roommates to be quite lively, especially warehouse weekends.

Those special weekends were reserved for the roommates to spend time together. The bonding sessions were made even more special because they were the only time Henry was home from his travels. Though there were sparks between Lucy and Henry, could they really form a meaningful relationship in one weekend per month?

I want to set the expectations right for this one. For me, it felt like Lucy's story with a very strong romantic subplot. The move, her career struggles, new friendships, and the challenges of trying to form a relationship with Henry all played a big part in Lucy's personal growth. I really enjoyed seeing her grow and change. It took quite a few nudges, but Lucy eventually embraced the changes while taking on some new challenges in her work life. There were setbacks but Lucy also enjoyed some success, and I celebrated that with her.

This story had an interesting format. It was told over the period of year focusing on one weekend per month - the warehouse weekend. I loved the whole concept of these weekends, and bits and pieces of the time between the weekends was filled in via the update that each roommate gave at the beginning of the weekend. This was clever and effective, in my opinion, and were a great lead in to these boisterous events. The events were rather fabulous, but what I really adored was seeing the roommates in action. They had an interesting and great dynamic. They truly formed a family, and I am such a sucker for found family.

I have to admit, the romance between Lucy and Henry drove me up the wall. There were aspects I really loved, and in the end, I had happy tears in my eyes, but it was frustrating. I understood Henry's position of trying to find himself and his place via all this traveling, but often, his actions didn't line up with his words. While Lucy was over there trying to really form a relationship with Henry and learning to open her heart, he was waffling on previous decisions. Despite that, there were some very sweet and tender moments between the two that were able to convince me that this could be a good idea. Just be prepared for a bumpy ride.

Overall, I enjoyed this story of friendship and love. It was a fun take on new adulthood when you are trying to figure out what and who you want to be, and it was great that Lucy and her friends had each other as they attempted to discover these things.

Weekends with You tells the story of Lucy, a florist who moves into a warehouse flat with 7 other roommates. Immediately upon moving in, Lucy and her flatmate Henry have a noticeable spark. The problem is that Henry is only at home one weekend each month. I really wanted to like this book and it started out well—I loved the premise. However, by the time I reached the halfway point, I was rooting for Lucy to come to her senses and move on. Henry never seems certain of what he wants, and every time he messes up, he is able to win Lucy over with a grand gesture. Meanwhile, Lucy gives him endless chances. I found Henry to be a bit of a manchild, but I was expecting that the ending would reveal some sort of extenuating circumstance (a secret family? some sort of terminal illness?) to explain his behavior throughout the book. Suffice it to say that I remained unconvinced that this was not a majorly dysfunctional relationship with all sorts of red flags. Dysfunctional relationship aside, the friendships that developed between Lucy and her flatmates were heartwarming to read about and I loved the descriptions of London.

Lucy makes a big decision and moves into a flat with multiple roommates. What she finds is a found family along with feelings for roommate Henry, who is only in town one weekend a month.

This was a super cute romcom with all the feels. Lucy was an interesting character. I liked how she was always looking for balance in work, love, and friendship. I was rooting for her the whole time. The structure of this was also great. I enjoyed seeing the snippets of life from each month and how the characters had changed. The real triumph of this book lied in the friendships between the roommates. They really were a found family by the end. The weakest point for me was Henry. I liked him but not all of his actions.

All in all, a cute romcom with an amazing found family.

Thank you to the author and publisher for the gifted copy

I appreciate the advance copy, so thank you to NetGalley and the publisher. Unfortunately, I liked the idea of this book much more than I liked the book itself. There was virtually no chemistry between Henry and Lucy, so I'm not sure how the reader was supposed to believe in this great love that kept Lucy coming back for repeated dishonesty and nonsense from Henry. I did like the friend/roommate group, but those scenes got so repetitive about halfway through the book. Random activity, banter, drink too much, rinse, and repeat.

I received a free ecopy through Netgalley and a free audiobook copy through Edelweiss. I decided to listen to the audiobook copy and voluntarily reviewed it.

I DNF'd this book about 10% in I think. I listened to the audiobook and this was toward the end of chapter 2. The concept for this book sounded quite interesting, with the couple only seeing each other one weekend per month. When I started this book this book I quickly realized this book wasn't going to work for me. At first I mostly struggled with the narrator, her voice was fine, but the changes in volume didn't work for me. I couldn't find a comfortable volume to listen to as either some parts where way too loud and if I put it lower I couldn't hear the softer parts. This is probably a me thing as I can be quite picky about this.

I decided to still give the book a bit more time to try to see if the story could hook me, but it just didn't work for me. After the first chapter there is a time skip of a month and that felt jarring to me. I think the whole book will be like this told in weekends with a month time skip in between. I don't think this works for me, it felt jarring and like I was missing what happened in between. The reason why Lucy moved to the flat was kinda odd and she didn't really seem to want this. I liked the variety of characters and the found family trope, but I didn't like them enough to keep going. The connection between Henry and Lucy didn't seem to be solely based on attraction so far and for a romance with this concept I just had expected them to hit it off right away, but that didn't happen. Maybe I'll give the ebook another try at some point, but I don't think this book is for me.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5
🌶️ 1/5

I won't lie, at first I struggled a bit to get into this book, but I think that's because I was in a bit of reading slump. Once I got about 15% in though I did not want to stop! I found myself both swooning and getting so frustrated with Henry! Lucy & Henry are new flatmates that only see each other one weekend a month with an immediate spark, but is that enough for their love to blossom?

I really love that the story was told over the course of a year, with us only getting to see how that one weekend a month goes. I have been used to shorter chapters in romance books, but I really enjoyed that the chapters were longer so we could get a good glimpse of each weekend.

I would get so frustrated with Henry though. Definitely a lot of push and pull in this story. I found myself really connecting with that because I have experienced similar relationships in the past where the connection was so intense, but the timing or maturity never seemed to be right so I could 100% understand Lucy's thought process. I also know Henry was still growing and learning and I do believe he grew a bit, but would have liked to see even more growth from him.

My only complaint was that I wanted to see a bit more of what life looked like for them and the other roommates in the last chapter, though I think it ended on a good note still with emphasis on the found family.

What to expect-

💐 Roommates to lovers
📷 Found family
💐 Florist/Photographer
📷 Closed door romance
💐 Push & pull
📷 European settings

I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.