Love is in the air…? Luca is used to being the ‘single one’ at weddings – it happens, when all your other friends are engaged, married or taken. But when she bumps into Tom, her friend from university who broke her heart into a million pieces, she finds herself wondering what could have been.It’s ten years later, surely she should be over that Tom by now? So why is he looking even more gorgeous … he looking even more gorgeous than ever – and why doesn’t he seem to be able to keep his eyes off her either?
And as the champagne flows and old secrets resurface, Luca realises that perhaps the time to take a chance on love and life is…now?
The laugh-out-loud new novel from bestseller Portia Macintosh!
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Witty, addictive, and undeniably romantic!
The Time of Our Lives is a lighthearted, comical read that takes you into the life of the ordinary, but content Luca as she dreadingly travels to the wedding of her old flatmates and embarks on a weekend that includes reminiscing with old friends, a blossoming new love interest, and being reunited with the one that got away.
The writing is sentimental and whimsical. The characters are multi-layered, gregarious, and endearing. And the plot, using flashbacks to the past is an enticingly nostalgic tale full of secrets, friendship, chemistry, humorous moments, romantic drama, self-reflection, and hilarious mishaps.
Overall, The Time of Our Lives is another uplifting, humorous, addictively entertaining tale by MacIntosh that is perfect for anyone who loves a will-they-or-won’t-they romance that’s not only heartwarming but laugh-out-loud funny.
Really enjoyable. I liked Luca and was hoping it would all work out for her in the end. It took a while to get into as there were so many characters. But once I’d worked out who they all were, it was a satisfying read. The parallel threads – past and present – worked well due to the changes in timeline being well signposted. Amusing and heartwarming.
A fun read as a group of college room mates reunite atm wedding of one of their group.
My thoughts and feelings for this book swung back and forth. It took a moment for me to get really into it and in some parts, I lost interest. I’m not a big fan of the back and forth (present and past) but it worked wonderfully here. We were able to learn from past happenings why Luca feels the way she does in the present.
The Time of Our Lives stars Luca, a single 31-year-old, curvy woman who is attending one of her college roommates’ wedding. Luca cracked me up, especially because she speaks my type of sarcasm. It’s amazing. Luca is dreading this wedding so much. All her college friends who are attending are all attached in one way or the other and are happy and successful in their lives and careers while she is not. She is the only single one amongst them and hates her job.
As she arrives at the hotel where the reception is to be held, she meets Pete. Pete is one smexy hotsicle and they hit it off immediately. He is also attending the wedding single. Once the wedding commences, Luca becomes one sought after woman. First, she has to step in as a last minute bridesmaid, so the bride is after her making her do bridesmaid’s duties she hadn’t signed up for. Secondly, Tom (her would be ex (had they dated)) and her real ex-Al, not to mention Pete are all after her attention She is one hot commodity. You are thrown into the mystery of which man will she choose. I went back and forth before reaching the end and seeing the result.
The story that ensues is full of omg moments, laughing-out-loud moments, and even some eye roll moments. You won’t want to put it down.
I received a copy of this story from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
This was solidly okay! On the whole, I enjoyed reading it. I have a group of friends similar to this (though our history is much longer) and it was interesting to see a different take on how time affects these relationships. I could’ve done without a lot of the college-age drama but I understood why it was there.
The way the story was told was well done, I think. I liked that present day was pretty much all at the wedding but we were still able to see flashes of who these people were and how they got to where they are now. But it felt very surface-level in a lot of places. I wanted a bit more depth to their histories, their journeys. I suppose that’s a different story, though.
It’s a really quick read. I’m not entirely sure I’d recommend it but I wouldn’t campaign against it, either.