Weekends with you is a well written tale of roommates that become family.

The main character Lucy is a florist who moves in with 7 roommates. Each roommate plans a monthly event that all roommates attend. I enjoyed getting to know each of the roommates and seeing how Lucy got to know them.

This was a quick and fun read. I would recommend to anyone and think it would be great for book clubs.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!

8 flat mates.
2 besties.
1 flower shop girl.
An opportunity to find love, one weekend at a time.

📖 Recap:
Lucy finds herself in a predicament - she has to move out of her apartment and cannot afford much, since her job at the local flower shop, The Lotus, may not be going very far anytime soon. Her best friend Raja invites her to move in with her and her roommates in a London warehouse converted to apartments. All 8 of the roommates have a monthly tradition - warehouse weekends - where each roommate picks an activity each month and they all hang out together. These weekends bring Lucy and Henry together - and tell their story one weekend at a time.

📚 Review:
There were things I enjoyed about this book and things I wish were done better. I really liked the way the author told the story - focusing only on the Warehouse Weekends and jumping from month to month - giving us Lucy and Henry's relationship through the eyes of that weekend, a-la One Day. I really liked the relationship of the roommates and loved their warehouse weekend adventures. Having a group of people that love you and accept you for your quirkiness and uniqueness and also go along your crazy adventures with you is a great thing to have. I loved Lucy's love and passion for what she did, and I can see her inner struggle in balancing her desire to grow in her career and her loyalty to Renee, the shop owner. I loved Raja and Lucy's friendship - it was true, honest, supportive, and full of love.
I wish Henry would have handled his relationship with Lucy different, in particular taking her more into account in his decision making, and not making it feel like an afterthought. As young love goes, we make mistakes and make selfish decisions sometimes, but I wish that he would've been more considerate. I also wish I would've seen more of their relationship and how they get close to each other outside of the warehouse weekends. I feel like that would make their chemistry and their connection deeper to the reader.
In the end, I felt like Lucy grew to herself during the year of the story, while Henry seemed to struggle more with that (no spoilers, but I wish the end would've been different).

❤️ Read if you like:
Slow Burn
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Strangers to Lovers
Will they or won't they?

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This book is perfect for people who love a strong friend group, adventures and banter. The friends were all hilarious and fun and I enjoyed every second of their adventures together. This could have just been a story of friendship and I would have eaten it up! I looked forward to each of the “warehouse weekends” and found myself longing for the details of each one! The relationship/love story on the other hand had its ups and downs. I so badly wanted to root for the couple and I was hoping for a happy ending. Unfortunately something just didn’t sit right with me the whole time. I felt their spark but never felt like they showed they cared enough about each other. It was one miscommunication after another and I don’t feel like any were ever resolved. All together I did enjoy the book. The main character is a florist and I loved hearing about her work and designs. I wish we had more information about her background and seen more growth in her relationship but I did enjoy seeing how things played out. Worth a read for the friendships and the “warehouse weekends.”

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an advance copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my very own!

Thank you @netgalley and @avonbooks for the advanced copy.

“Flowers have always been the best communicators. They’ve mastered falling over one another in the perfect way to announce exactly what they need: sunlight, water, space, time. They let us use them again and again to say congratulations or I’m thinking of you or I’m sorry. They do not rush. They do not bloom before their time. They do not take without giving in return. They are nothing like the rest of London.”

This opening statement got me! It was from this tiny paragraph that I knew I was going to enjoy this one, for whatever reason. I also surprisingly loved how the chapters were broken apart by month, to capture Warehouse Weekend vibes.

This story houses an eclectic variety of characters and relationships that I could appreciate. I’ve always thought being a florist would be such a cool job and so immediately felt a connection with Lucy and loved the freeness of her friend, Raja. I also LOVED their monthly Warehouse Weekend activities, in order to include their flatmate (Henry) who is always traveling for work and therefore only home one weekend a month. Kind of a cool idea, if you ask me (which you didn’t 😉).

This one also made slightly jealous that I didn’t really ever experience the roommate lifestyle in my 20s. It sounds like so much dang fun! And the anxiety I felt for Lucy as she departed for the Netherlands was intense. And it completely irritated me that she re-accepted Henry as quickly and easily as she did. More than once. I think I need a movie version so maybe his looks can make him more endearing to me. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I love a happy ending…but team Oliver over here.

This debut novel, Weekends With You, by Alexandria Paige, did not read like debut novel for me. I absolutely LOVED the story of Lucy & her 7 roommates all living in a London warehouse converted to apartments. I loved that regardless of what they had going on personally/professionally they all came together, one weekend a month, for what was deemed Warehouse Weekends. Truly, a found family. I loved how each chapter centered around that month’s Warehouse Weekend.

I found the on again/off again relationship between Lucy & Henry to be relatable and felt my heart clench along with hers during several moments. I do want to take a second to say “Justice For Oliver”, I wish Lucy had been given the chance to explore that relationship a little more.

Thank you to NetGalley, Avon & Harper Publishing, & Alexandra Paige, for the opportunity to read Weekends With You ahead of its April 9th release date! I truly enjoyed reading & look forward to following along for future stories.

This was such a fun and light rom-com that centered on Lucy, a florist in London who had to move into a shared warehouse loft space due to financial struggles. Here, Lucy met an assortment of friends who planned monthly hangouts during which time all the roommates would be together and catch up on one another’s lives. While this in itself was fun and really highlighted the ups and downs of life as a young urbanite, of course one of the roommates, Henry, quickly becomes a romantic interest for Lucy. There are (not shockingly) some obstacles in their way, and they have to navigate geographical issues and deviating life plans. In typical rom-com fashion, however, it ends in a happily ever after.

I really enjoyed this and thought it was a super cute and quick read. Thanks NetGalley and Avon for a copy of this arc!

"Weekends with You" by Alexandra Paige was a cute, summer read. Lucy is Long Islander working in a florist shop in London. Not able to afford rent on her own, she moves into the "Warehouse" with her best friend and 6 other roommates. She quickly develops feelings for her new roommate Henry, who travels for his photography job and is only home once weekend a month. He is traveling for work, but he has acknowledged that he is also trying to find a place to call home.

I struggled with this book for a few reasons: (1) There were too many roommates to keep track of. (2) The relationship between Lucy and Henry seemed very rushed if they only saw each other 2-3 days per month. (3) I felt like Lucy was this incredibly strong, business-minded female, but once Henry was around, she became a weak character.

This book is an easy read, and if you're looking for something fun and simple, this is a great choice. But I wasn't won over by it.

Many thanks to NetGalley and HaperCollins Publishers for the eARC to read in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks to Netgalley & Avon/Harper Voyager for the E-ARC! Really enjoyed this one! The characters were cute & liked the setting. Definitely will read more from the author!

Lucy is a florist who moves to a flatshare with a friend and 6 strangers when her building is sold. One of her flatmates, Henry, is a photographer, and only comes home once a month. Whenever he is home, someone in the flat organizes a weekend activity so that they can catch up. Lucy develops a crush on Henry, and this is the story of their relationship. First of all, I loved the monthly organization of the book, and I loved the camaraderie between the roommates. My main complaint about the book is Henry's moodiness. I did not love him as a hero. Spoiler alert - I loved Oliver more!

I like the characters–they feel like a found family–but it feels like nothing is actually happening, and I was somewhat bored. I stopped at 8%. I can see this being three stars for the target audience.

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon for the ARC.

Solid debut! Set in London living in a converted warehouse with 7 other flatmates… oh to be in my 20s again and living with this mix of people and call them family. Lucy, a florist at a struggling independent flower shop, falls for flatmate Henry. Who has an odd photography job that only brings him to London for 1 weekend a month. This dude sucks at relationships and not because of the wondering cheating eye suck… dude needs to see a therapist and work through some stuff. I don’t know how Lucy survived him. I wasn’t pulling for him for the last 1/3 of the book but he does eventually show his heart in the only way he knows how that was pretty brilliant.
Thank you (or should I say “Cheers”) to Harper Collins and NetGalley for the ARC!

**This book will be published on 04/09/2024!**
I received this e-book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to NetGalley and the author/publisher for the copy!

Lucy is an American that works in a flower shop, The Lotus, in London. Lucy ends up having to move in with her former college roommate, as well as 6 others. In the spirit of getting together & catching up, the 8 of them get together & a roommate plans what they will all do for the weekend (Warehouse Weekends). One of the roommate is Henry, a photographer who only comes home 1 weekend a month because he is piloting a new program for his job. What he knows is that he won't be living in the flat forever, so as he travels each month, he is trying to find his new home. Lucy & Henry eventually start to enjoy each other's company when he comes home, only for it to fail what seems like every time he's home.

This book had an interesting concept and I found that I wanted to hear more about the roommate situation and Warehouse Weekends rather than the main plot. I did not enjoy Henry and wanted Lucy to end up with Oliver! He sounded like a dream, and Henry was just a jerk who didn't know what he wanted. Maybe that's just my opinion. There were parts in the story that were just so cringy that I was suffering from secondhand embarrassment for the fictional characters!!! If you enjoy slow burns and don't mind that the main guy the MC is falling for is kind of a jerk, then this is for you! ;)

I love a good romcom and was very excited to read this. The story started off great but I very quickly became fed up with Henry. Definitely not a likeable main character. I would've also liked to get to know each of the other roommates better and had more background from each one. They were all great! I did love the found family aspect and loved Warehouse Weekend. Such a cute idea!

“If he couldn’t see me, couldn’t see what this could have been, there was nothing more I could’ve done.”

This book wasn’t it for me, and truthfully it was hard enough just finishing it. I thought the premise would be cute, but I soon realized that the whole moving into this warehouse flat with seven other people plot really didn’t matter because the monthly installments that the book is written in is so focused on Lucy and Henry that the other roommates really don’t matter. You get a little bit of background on Raja since she was Lucy’s friend in college, and I think she helps Lucy navigate through some things, but besides Finn’s weekend we really don’t get much. We know about as much as Henry does with his one sentence updates. I wish there would’ve have been more of an effort made of Lucy getting to know and hanging out with the other roommates, outside of the designated weekend, so we can see her truly grow into their family.

As for the “romance” there was no way. Henry was a total wanker and frankly Lucy gave him WAY too many opportunities to be a decent human and put her first. I won’t go into spoiler details, but I just couldn’t get into it because I absolutely despised him. I had more interest in Liv and Finn’s secret cuddle sesh that we never learn anything about.

Overall, I’m giving it a 2/5. I appreciate Netgalley for allowing me the opportunity to read this book and I know a lot of people did enjoy it! It just wasn’t my cup of tea.

This was a decent debut, but not one that blew me away. It was cute, but it didn't grab me the way I hoped it would based on the premise. I thought the writing was good, but it just wasn't as captivating as I expected it to be.

This is a fun quick read; I especially loved the found family in this book (quickly becoming my favorite current trope in all books) and it is a book that evokes a particular time period in one's life. The late twenties are both exhilarating and, in looking back, exhausting and I feel like that comes through brilliantly in this book. The up and down-ness of the relationship between Lucy and Henry did get a bit tiresome after awhile (I think there was one break-up too many) but I think that is also indicative of this period in your life when you're finally figuring out what you want and who you want with you for the ride and everything is a bit of a mess.

While working as a florist, Lucy lives with seven others in a warehouse conversion. Each have their own careers
but make a point to hang out on the weekends. Main character is Lucy coming into her own as a florist.
I enjoyed the interactions between the flat mates and their weekend escapades.
#WeekendsWithYou #NetGalley

This book appears to be a light romantic read about a group of roomates in London who share a flat and become found family. The female main character, Lucy Bernstein, is a florist who dreams of a bigger life and falls for one of the male roomates, Henry, a music photographer who travels the world in a typical will they won't they romance trope.

Positives:
A quick read-I enjoyed the author's writing style.
Warehouse Weekends-one of the main themes of the book is that the roommates plan weekends together to catch up while participating in fun activities. The weekends were fun to read about and as a reader it was a good opportunity to get to know each of the individual roomate side characters. Each chapter was a month in which the warehouse weekend took place.
I liked the female main character and her growth in her career as a florist as well as her counterpart and boss, Renee. I actually wished the book focused more on this relationship than the one it did.

Negatives:
I could not stand the male romantic interest, Henry. He was selfish, toxic, immature, I thought he treated her terribly (as opposed to the side guy Oliver) and was NOT rooting for them as a couple which IMO was the main plotline of the novel.

So while it was a quick, fun read. Overall I just could not get behind this book.

Enjoyable read with a a meet-cute beginning. The monthly installments will keep you interested and invested in the outcome.

Budding florist, Lucy, moves into a 8 person London warehouse rooming group and is instantly smitten with Henry. Unfortunately, Henry is only home one weekend a month. Challenges, opportunities and misses combine to complicate and hinder fulfillment.

Quirky characters and situations abound in this debut novel. Alexandra Paige does a nice job of creating a family amongst roommates. The story is centered around revolving monthly weekend activities planned in turns by the roomies.

I enjoyed this nice escape to London with Lucy, Henry and their roomies.
Put the Pub date 09 Apr 2024 on your calendar!

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for this early read in exchange for my honest opinion.

Weekends with You was quite a charming read, although it relies on my least favorite trope — instalove. Henry and Lucy only get to spend one weekend a month together in person, and although Lucy and Henry do get to know each other better through phone calls, texts, and FaceTimes most of that is briefly glossed over and happens off-page. I was really intrigued by the dynamic between the two, but was also at one point was simply hoping that they wouldn’t end up together, because it seemed healthier that way. Still, this was a fun read and I loved reading about the group dynamics, and Lucy!