An easy read that I did enjoy, however I felt the ending was incredibly rushed and just a bit unrelatable. Did warm to the characters but there was a lot going on with each of them.

I enjoyed the unique plot of this book, which wasn’t what I expected.

Tom is a catholic priest who realises what is missing in his life is a wife and children. He leaves the church to follow his passion in photography. After returning home to his cold and bitter mother he meets Faith, and immediately falls in love. What follows is a slow burn full of miscommunications, secrets and revelations.

I liked the character of Faith, and her relationship with her sister Hope, who lives with ME. The impact of this condition is explored in a number of ways both for Hope and her desire to have a job, and Faith, whose relationships and studies are impacted as she acts as carer for her mother and Hope. While technically secondary to the romance storyline, I most enjoyed the other relationships- Faith and Hope, ‘the boys’, Miranda and Perdita. I was occasionally pulled out of the story because of the farcical elements, and I felt that Faiths friends and family were surprisingly mean to her at times, but I can see this appealing to someone who enjoys this flair for the dramatic in their reads. Overall an enjoyable read. Thank you to the author and NetGalley for providing this book in exchange for an honest review.

It is unusual to have a priest as the male interest in a story so I was interested to see how the author would balance the rules of priesthood against a priest who wants love and family.
It was a sweet romance but there was a lot of poor communication and secrets kept between friends that bogged down the story.
I prefer honesty over intentional secrets that serve no benefit.
I received an arc of this book in exchange for an honest review

A big thank you to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for the eARC. I am voluntarily reviewing this book. This is the 2nd in a series, but reads well as a stand alone. I found this to be an odd premise. A very odd way to meet. Faith flat out needs to learn to communicate better. I couldn't relate to the characters. Thomas was a priest when they met. Just odd, so odd. 3 stars There were moments of humor don't get me wrong.

Having never heard of this author before, I was surprised to learn that this was not her debut novel, but rather book two in the series.

This book follows Tom, a soon-to-be ex-priest, who decided to leave the church when he realised, he wanted a family; and Faith, a heart-broken girl who’s struggled in her life.

Slow to get started, there were vague vibes of “You’ve got mail”.

A huge part of the book focuses on the stories of others and not the main couple, and while most of the characters in the book are intimate and friendly with each other, the dialogue between them felt robotic and forced.

I also thought it was weird that the characters would be loyal to Tom, who they just met, while lying constantly and keeping secrets from Faith, their close friend of many years. Who would do that?

Overall, an okay read.

Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this book in return for my honest review.

This book just wasn’t for me. The pacing wasn’t doing the book much good and the characters were difficult to follow. There are too many threads in this book and they just don’t make much sense.

This book was a bit of a miss for me. I was interested based on the summary - it seemed to be promising to be full of entertaining shenanigans. However, I was mostly left feeling bad for Faith. Her entire friend group ended up being in on what was going on, and she was left to deal with their scheming. And in the end, Tom made her feel guilty about being upset she had been lied to, also did not sit right with me. Some of the parts of the book did make me laugh, like when Tom went to the librarian for help. Overall, I think this book was not for me as I was often left confused by the plot and the web of characters.

I found it hard to get into this book. It just felt very slowly paced and this stopped me wanting to read on and I had to force myself to finish it, sadly.

1* Disappointing

On a cold wet evening I searched for some light entertainment. Encouraged by an interesting synopsis with 5* ratings describing it as a farce, I downloaded Love in a Cupboard.

Admittedly there were a few funny episodes but these were overshadowed by the idiotic, impossible, senseless or inaccurate events contained in the rest of the book. I won’t point out what I disliked - it would take too long.

Not for me.

eARC generously supplied by Fuchsia Publishing and NetGalley, this review is my personal, unbiased opinion.

This is a joy! Funny and silly and quirky and a little bit delicious. It works, and we care about Tom and Faith and want them to get together. Lots of insight into Catholicism (not all complimentary). Third person, dual POV, so we can feel the feels.

There's slapstick, pathos, and a health disability rep for Faith's sister, Hope. There's kindness and caretaking, all so thoughtfully done.

Catholic priest Tom is naive and awkward but so appealing. Faith is insecure. They are both lonely and finding each other is the charm of this enchanting novel. No obvious tropes and an original premise. Engaging side characters, character growth. Everything you need in a funny, wistful rom com. Recommended!

Thank you NetGalley and the author for the ARC.

Oof this was a tough one. Lots of unnecessary descriptives such as the terrible outfits Faith wears and the dressing gown and pj combo of her sister Hope. Because of course they are named that. I thought this would be cute and funny but instead it just reads as sad and dated. Didn’t work for me

“Love in the cupboard” is a cute romantic story between Faith, a heart-broken girl who’s struggled in her life and Tom, a soon-to-be ex-priest who decided to change his life when he realised he wanted a family.

The book was easy to read even though I found it a bit slow in the beginning. I liked all of the characters but I wasn’t thrilled with the fact that a significant part of the book focused on the stories of others and not the main couple. Sure, their issues were pictured nicely but they weren’t exactly complementary to Faith & Tom and I wasn’t particularly interested.

I liked the fact that it wasn’t a love story that began and ended HEA within a couple of days but I found Tom’s love at first “sight” unrealistic. I would have liked to see some more in depth descriptions of the way his feelings evolved since he was feeling things for the first time. There were some funny scenes, I especially laughed with the ship and the train.

The book is written in 3rd person and has close to 0 🌶️.

Overall, I give this book 3.25/5 ⭐️

I received a free copy of this book via NetGalley and I’m leaving a voluntary review.

When Father Tom Sheridan encounters Faith in a dark cupboard, they share a kiss. He thinks he might have met the woman he wants to marry. However, when they meet in the office kitchenette, Faith can’t stand him. Yet all of her friends love Tom and urge her to give him a chance. Faith can’t tell them that she still thinks above the kiss she experienced in the cupboard.
A sweet romance with plenty of comedic moments. With several great characters, this was a fresh and quirky story.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

enjoyed this story and author. i found her on this platform and must read her any book of hers now. This was a good story. I was into it from the start.

I wanted to read this story because it mentioned a chronically ill character and others being gay in the synopsis. I've had quite enough of books that are awfully flat when it comes to diversity: when there is no variation in skin color, religion, history, or cultural background included. It doesn't have to be a theme, it is just that those flavors of life also need to be expressed.

The story started a bit slow, but when Perdita entered the scene... there we go! Made me laugh out loud with her dry remarks. And after that it picked up with a Miranda Hart kind of vibe, the weird and clumsy coincidences :)

And as this is a book in a series, I'm hoping that in a sequel we'll be finding out what life has in store for Caraleen...

Being a pwME myself (for well over eighteen years) there are two things I feel the need to emphasize:

1) a (partially) recovery has nothing to do with sports massages, those won't cure us from our troublesome health (I'm not saying that is what the author suggests, I just want to make this very clear indeed). It is either luck, or someone finds their personal, magic healing for which there is mostly no scientific evidence - but good for them being that blessed, ME is not something I wish on anyone to happen;

2) let me admit it felt a bit off that everyone was so supportive with Hope, no one doubting her story of physical and mental pain. The world is a hard place generally, and ableism is very much a part of that. This side of our society not being reflected in Hope's story was hard for me personally. Yeah, we all want a happy ending, but alas... that is not real life, is it? On the other hand, there is nothing wrong with escapism from time to time.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of the book.