‘I absolutely loved this… It’s one of the funniest books I’ve read in ages, perhaps ever! I couldn’t get enough of it… a hilariously funny, fast-paced romance.’ Netgalley review, 5*****
Izzy’s always played by the rules. But now, it’s time to break them… just aren’t growing. So when her colleague and fellow ‘influencer’ Luke suggests they fake date to boost their profiles, Izzy says yes – against her better judgement. Now Izzy’s profile shows a confident, glamorous thirty-something with the perfect boyfriend, and her followers are shooting up by the thousands.
So what if behind the scenes, things are a little different? Izzy can’t stop bickering with Luke, his habit of checking his quiff in EVERY SINGLE mirror is driving her insane, and she’s hiding a secret heartache. But everyone tells a few fibs on social media, right?
Then Izzy runs into Aidan, the mysterious stranger who saved her the day her world fell apart two years ago – and major sparks start to fly. Izzy’s sure she can have the online success she’s always dreamed of, whilst falling in love in real life. After all, Aidan doesn’t use social media… what could possibly go wrong?
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If you loved Sophie Kinsella’s My Not-So Perfect Life, Laura Jane Williams’ Our Stop or Sophie Ranald’s Sorry Not Sorry, you will fall head over heels for this touching and hilarious new novel from Anna Bell, the bestselling author of The Bucket List to Mend a Broken Heart. It will make you laugh until you cry!
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Authors and readers are LOVING We Just Clicked:
‘Warm-hearted and hilarious. I loved it!’ Miranda Dickinson
‘A brilliantly funny, uplifting yet emotional rom-com that I lost myself in’ Elle Spellman
‘A pure joy. Will leave you smiling !’ Netgalley, 5 stars
‘Loved, loved, loved this book. It swept me off my feet!’ Goodreads, 5 stars
‘A fun, hilarious laugh out loud read… fabulous’ Amazon, 5 stars
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It’s 3 January 2022. I’ve survived the crazy of 2020 and 2021 and I really, really need a year of laughs to make up for what has gone on. I also need a quick return to sanity in our world! Since that may not happen any time soon I guess I’ll have to have a year of escaping through books….
Not quite what I was hoping for. We Just Clicked started out with so much potential but then fizzled out. Izzy was dealt a blow, no doubt about it, and Aiden was her rescuer in a sense. Fast forward two years and Izzy is still grieving and in a way, stuck in time. A co-worker comes up with what seemed to be a harmless plan. At thirty-something, you’d think Izzy had more discernment than to get involved with the scheme. The consequences of her actions make up the rest of the story.
We Just Clicked wasn’t bad, it just didn’t have the humor I was looking for. The story became redundant and a little boring. It seemed to drag toward the middle. The book could have lost about 100 pages and not really been affected all that much. Did I hate it? No, absolutely not. Was it all I had hoped it would be? No, absolutely not.
Trying to get through this book felt like a chore. By the time I read the prologue and chapter 1 it felt like I had read half the book and was dismayed to find out I had only made it to Chapter 2. I just didn’t connect or care with the characters. Little emotion or feeling towards it. Definitely not for me.
Anna Bell is a new to me author, and I was reeled in to reading ‘We Just Clicked’ purely due to the cover and the book blurb. As an active user of Instagram, I was intrigued to see how a romance could be centred around it, and couldn’t wait to read and explore this concept.
This book felt like two stories combined in a way, and I liked this due to the idea of the heroine Izzy Brown leading two separate lives; her online one, and her real one.
Like anyone, Izzy has her reasons for relying on social media, she is determined to make a career of it and become ‘Insta famous’. It is her escapism, her place to show off and something that provides a routine and consistency in her life. There is a desperate need within Izzy to make it work, determined to make good on a dream in order to make her deceased brother proud. But when posting, and seeing likes and follows increase, it becomes an addiction, a one that soon makes it difficult to establish fact from fiction.
This book has some real sad moments, but there was definitely more hilariously awkward moments which I couldn’t help but laugh or cringe at. Izzy takes you on a journey, and at times you really wish she wasn’t digging a bigger hole for herself to jump into.
Like is a person who shares in her addiction, determined to feed his ego with more content and likes. He is a manipulator, but I certainly found myself questioning whether he was really as bad as he ended up becoming. He is the one to sweep Izzy up and show her a world of which her dream could become reality, and he certainly knows no bounds.
Aiden is my overall favourite, for he is the one fate is attempting to throw the heroines way, and what kind of romance lover would I be if I didn’t swoon at his feet?
This story had a few misspellings, but overall was a well constructed story with lots of drama, twists, and some really good comedic moments which you would die if they were real and happened to you! I loved the emotional undertone of Izzy’s grief, and this story was worth embracing.
This is the perfect read for romantic comedy lovers, and those looking to try something new, fun and entertaining.
A genuinely entertaining story with a peek behind the scenes of Instagram influencers. I loved Izzy so much!