Rebecca Reviews | The Love Square by Laura Jane Williams

I was kindly sent a copy by Netgalley for the purpose of review. All thoughts and opinions are our own. This post contains affiliate links.

The Love Square is the second fiction novel from Laura Jane Williams and the third book of hers that I have read. You can read my review of Becoming here. Her previous novel, One Stop, was a bestseller and this one looks like it could be too. You can pre-order the book here {affiliate link} – it will be released on June 29th 2020.

Synopis

She’s single. But it can still be complicated…

Penny Bridge has always been unlucky in love.

So she can’t believe it when she meets a remarkable new man.

Followed by another.

And then another…

And all of them want to date her.

Penny has to choose between three. But are any of them The One?

The bestselling author of Our Stop will have you laughing, crying and cheering Penny on in this funny and feel-good exploration of hope, romance and the trust it takes to finally fall in love. Perfect for fans of Mhairi McFarlane’s If I Never Met You and Beth O’Leary’s The Flatshare.

My Review

After reading and enjoying the author’s debut novel, I just had to give this a go. I will admit that Penny Lane as a character didn’t grab me as much as the female lead in the previous novel did but this was an enjoyable story nonetheless.

I really liked Francesco and believed the incident that happens about a third way through the book was all a misunderstanding from the moment it happened. I found James very up himself and it almost felt like he was pretending to care about Penny rather than actually caring – it all seemed about him. I liked the fact that Penny got Priyesh to loosen up a little but did feel she could have handled the whole situation with all three men a little better.

I loved the family dynamic – with a deceased mother and a deadbeat father, Penny’s family was her, her sister, her sister-in-law, her uncle and her uncle’s husband. You could tell how close they all are and how devoted they are to each other. It was heartbreaking to read Penny’s realisation that Uncle David had pretty much saved her life on countless occasions and it was now her turn to save his, even if it meant turning her back on her own business, her friends, her life in London and budding love.

I loved the ending – Penny ended up with exactly who I felt she was meant to and it was so interesting to see the dynamic change between her and the two other men as they both made an appearance here too but as something different to Penny than what they were before.

The book was emotional in places, full of humour in places but mostly just reminds us that no matter what we go through, sometimes we need to take a step back and think how our fears and worries may be impacting other people.

I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars.