A heartfilled breathtaking romance filled with yearning, desire, humor and a creative plot. Not to be missed! Such a fun read.

The best part of this book was the roommate friend group. All the activities sounded like a lot of fun. Lucy and Henry are very sweet at first but as time goes on the back and forth was exhausting. I didn’t get why Lucy kept going back but whatever. I didn’t feel like we saw enough of them interact so it was hard to pull for them. It never seemed like Henry wanted what was best for Lucy. He was selfish and I didn’t see much of a change by the end of the story. Even by the end I was still team Oliver.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the arc.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review. A lovely romantic debut that is perfect for reading during a lazy weekend. This was an adorable read, and told in monthly weekend spurts over the course of a year made this book a quick and enjoyable read for me.

Let me start by saying I loved the warehouse setting. The idea is so many people being flat mats took me back to the year I lived with 5 our girls- it was never boring to say the least. Each roommate was lovable in their own way and gave us such a great comedic moments i actually laughed out loud over something Finn said more than once. I was nervous keeping track of each of the 8 roommates but Alexandra did a great job distinguishing each of them. I thought the idea that Henry is only around one weekend a month/the warehouse weeks was a unique story line and really enjoyed that each chapter was a new month or roommate weekend
I love Lucy’s ambition and the friendships she made with each roommate throughout the course of the year. However, I didn’t really feel the spark between her and Henry I should’ve. I think there were one too many will they won’t they moments to fully feel that they should be together in the end. The slowest slow burn.
Overall I can see why fans of Beth O’Leaey would gravitate to this book, I know I did!

This was a cute roomates to more romance and I really enjoyed it. I wasn't sure I would like the format of weekly installments, but it worked well for my reading style after all. I think patrons will really enjoy it, so I'm adding it to our collection for sure. Thank you

This is not good. The initial chemistry was there but none of the rationale or the belief that they would stay together. I like the structure - one weekend a month, but we did not see enough of either of the characters to make them lovable or believable. The writing and dialogue felt stilted too.


Thanks to the author, publisher and netgalley for the arc.

So, there's this book about a love story that takes a year to reach a happy ending, but the couple only sees each other for a total of 24 days or less. Lucy, an American in London, loses her apartment and moves into a warehouse with her ex-uni roomie and six other tenants. They have this fun tradition called "Warehouse Weekend," where they pick an activity for all eight tenants to enjoy, and the roommate that picks the activity is done alphabetically. That's where Lucy first meets Henry, a Londoner who travels for a living.

Henry only comes to town for these weekends, as he's off to different countries trying to find himself while photographing bands and venues. Lucy works as a florist and wants more for her shop, but we don't really learn much else about her. It's a fun and frustrating story because these two young people don't really know how to interact with each other, and we never get to see a big picture of anyone's life, just fleeting glimpses.

Overall, the book is well-written, and the story is a window into two days of the month. It's an entertaining read, but you won't necessarily root for Lucy and Henry because we don't get to know them enough. I didn't feel any connection to any of the characters, although some of them could have been amazing with more development. One thing I loved, though, was the idea of "Warehouse Weekends." It's a fantastic concept, and I'd love to go on one!

I adored this story, it was lovely. Very enjoyable read. I like how it was divided into the months over the course of a year so you could see how the characters changed over time. Easy to follow along and it had me in tears and laughing.
I will be recommending this book to others

Loved this one! I think we will be seeing it as a highly-sought after pick for a lot of book clubs. I highly recommend this unique story. So adorable.

While I enjoyed this book I felt like He Rt & Lucy started and stopped so often I was starting to get tired of their nonsense. I knew they would end up together but who was going to give was the question I kept reading to find out. I was also tired of the excessive drinking from all of the roommates. It felt like every chapter/month was basically the same story - go out drinking, flirt with each other and then argue about who didn’t mean what they said. Lucy was immature in her expectations of herself and Henry.
I did like the relationships between the roommates and thought that was a sweet aspect.
Despite the repetitiveness and the predictability, I did enjoy reading this and would recommend it as a very light book.

This was a cute read! I thought the way it was broken up into the different months, and focused on the weekends that Henry and Lucy were together was really clever and definitely added to the story. I thought Lucy was a very relatable hopeless romantic. However, while I wanted to love Henry, I just felt like a lot of his behavior was a walking red flag, and I wanted Lucy to just tell him to kick rocks by the end of it. I don’t necessarily love the miscommunication trope either, which was a big aspect of this story.

In the end, I wound up giving it 4 stars because overall I had a good time reading it. I’d be really curious to read the stories of the other members of their warehouse flat, if I’m being honest.

In August, Lucy, a florist, finds herself moving into a warehouse loft with her best friend from college, Raja and 6 other people. One of those people is Henry who travels for work and only comes to London once a month. When Henry is in town, the roommates hang out together having a "warehouse weekend". Lucy and Henry are attracted to each other and over the course of the book, get to know each other during that one weekend a month. I think Lucy gave way more of herself in this story and, after the events in March, I don't know....I would have like to have some backstory as to why Henry behaved the way he did. The story was likeable, 3 1/2 stars.

This should really have been titled “One Weekend a Month with You,” but that’s not as catchy, I suppose. But the mode of storytelling is very unique and I enjoyed that it was such a different way to tell a story. Basically, the FMC (single and in her 20s) moves into a flat with seven other roommates. And they all have a standing commitment to gather and hang out together one weekend a month. One of the roommates travels constantly for work, so they schedule their weekends when he’s home. Every chapter tells the story of one of these weekends. So you only see the characters once a month. It was a very interesting plot device and I thought it worked well. I looked forward to finding out what activity they all planned for their weekend.

Other things I liked: I loved the found family aspect of the eight roommates. At first I was nervous that I wouldn’t be able to keep them all straight, but that wasn’t the case. They were all unique and interesting. And I loved their banter and interaction. I would love to see more books following each of them. I wanted more of their stories. Because we only saw them for one weekend a month, we never got to find out more of their backstories.

What I didn’t like: the romance fell flat for me. The MMC was the most unlikeable of the roommates. I needed more backstory to understand his struggles with commitment. Without some trauma to explain his actions, he just came off as very immature and not ready for a relationship. The FMC was making strides in her career and making adult choices. And the relationship didn’t seem like it was right for her. The problems they had in their on again, off again, on again, off again, on again relationship seemed likely to continue unless the MMC did a lot of growing up.

Overall it was a fun way to tell a story, with some great characters. But I needed more backstory on all of them.

Thank you to @netgalley and @avonbooks for the chance to review this book.

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
Forced Proximity
Strangers to Lovers
Will they or won't they?

Many thanks to #NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital copy in exchange for my honest review!!

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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.