When her housemate Mike and long-time casual dater suddenly becomes committed, A&E nurse Tilly starts thinking about pursuing a relationship with the hot new doctor, Luke, who seems keen on her.

I loved the slice of life working in an A&E, and felt immersed in the setting The depiction of emergency workers' dark humour to cope with the harsh reality of their lives (Maurice Minor!!!!) was also spot on. I loved Dr Patel. I also I really liked the plot twists involved, but it was so obviously sign-posted, and as such, this book lacked real tension and felt like two books cobbled together without any real seamless integration. Tilly also came off as a character were she just lets everything happen to her at other character's whims instead of learning from that to start taking action to live her life the way she wants.

The was conflict resolved quickly and thats only because of the inteference of another character. When the next plot takes up, it wasn't that enthralling because yet again it just felt like Tilly choosing the path of the least resistance. Plus at no time does Tilly bother to mention the ethical issues she had to work through. While I appreciate Tilly's nurse sister Tash pointing out the 'dodgy ethics', its pretty much ignored, when that in of itself could've been tension, or perhaps set the story up so that it wouldn't be.

The other issue I had was Tilly just letting herself be steamrolled by her mother's histrionics, including her demands for grandchildren, and her sister. Tash also told their mother personal details about Tilly, knowing full well how their mother was harping on bother of them about grandkids. Where was the journey of Tilly growing a spine to tell them to back off? Can we stop having female characters just allowing their relatives to demand they marry and have kids?

Overall this was a solid and easy read, but the enjoyable individual elements left me feeling like something was missing to make me believe the happy ending was earned.

Thanks to Boldwood and NetGalley for the ARC.

Thank you NetGallery and boldwood books for the opportunity to review this book. The thoughts and opinions are my own.

Pre thoughts
- Greys anatomy rom com

Post thoughts
- Lovely rom com
- The integration of hospital work and normal life is great.
- some aspects made me cringe externally for the FMC
- The plot twists are impeccable and not expected
- Great development if the FMC
- Good writing and pacing is great

Overall a lovely rom-com set in a hospital setting with a great FMC.

Tropes
- Drama
- Rom-com
- Slow burn
- second - chance

3.5/5 rounded to 4

“Love, Accidentally” is a short sweet romantic comedy. It made me laugh and smile. It definitely had Grey’s Anatomy vibes to it, but in a cheesy way. The hospital setting was interesting. It had patients coming in for all sorts of things, as you can imagine. The first patient that came in the hospital made me laugh as to why he came in! I enjoyed the funny vivid descriptions in this story. I really liked the female main character, which was an A&E nurse in the story. The male main character is in the same hospital, which is how they meet. He is a doctor that catches her attention right away. I felt like this was more of a comedy than a romance. I liked the romance aspect as well, which was a slow burn. It would have been weird if the characters had an instant connection in the story. I found this to be a fun and easy read. I give this book a 3 out of 5 stars rating!

Thank you to NetGalley, author Phoebe MacLeod and Boldwood Books for this digital advanced reader’s copy in exchange for my honest review! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This book is set to be published on May 30, 2025!

Tilly es enfermera de emergencias y lleva una vida tranquila, hasta que todo cambia cuando el nuevo doctor, Luke, le pide una cita. A partir de ese momento, una serie de sucesos sorprenden a Tilly y la hacen replantearse todo.

La historia no fue lo que esperaba, cuando leí la sinopsis me imaginé que ocurría o por menos que rumbo tomaría, pero no fue nada de lo que esperaba. Me sorprendió mucho el secreto, no lo vi venir.


Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

It was a fast read. My issue is it jumped from scenes a little too fast. It was hard to gain any real feelings towards the story/characters.