Love Like This (The Romance Chronicles, #1) by Sophie Love

Love Like This (The Romance Chronicles, #1) Reviews

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  Jenny

  Not one of the best written book I've ever read, but something about it kept me interested enough to finish it...although to be honest, that might've been because of the Ireland angle. I think the biggest problem I had with the book was the pacing...it felt rushed, like the author didn't dedicate enough text and prose to fleshing out all the ideas she wanted to explore. I was also mildly annoyed (slightly irked) with the indiscriminate use of exclamation points in the prose. I don't hold with the use of exclamation points in prose. She had a good basis for the characters, but didn't really flesh them out, I felt.
  
  Anyway, I read it all the way through, and I was not left with the "I just lost hours from my life I'll never get back" feeling, but I don't think I'd really recommend it.
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  Hippopotamus

  Book 1 of the Romance Chronicles, written by Sophie Love in 2017, narrator Elaine Wise.
  
  This book is about Kira (I hope I write the names correctly, because I have listened to the audiobook). Kira is a writer/reporter, who works for Joshua, who works for Elliot. Joshua is supposed to go to a small town in Ireland to spend a month there to work on the cover story, about the festival of Love. Unfortunately for Joshua he breaks his leg 1 day before he was supposed to go, therefore Elliot chooses Kira to go instead. After Kira comes home to her boyfriend Zack she tells him her amazing news, but he isn't happy at all. Kira will miss Zack's sisters wedding and Zack is convinced that Kira chooses her job over their relationship.
  
  Kira does indeed chooses her job over Zack and left the next day to Ireland, where she meets Shane, her tour guide, and her Ireland adventure begins..
  
  Absolute loved the book from the very beginning. It is a little predictable, but a very fun quick read. I just love small-town romance books
  
  I recommend this book to all small-town romance lovers.
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  Brina

  1.5 Stars
  
  This book is hands down the most predictable book I've ever read - in the worst way.
  I started Love Like This as an in-between book, also because it was only 168 pages long. I expected to finish it within a couple days but that didn't happen because the story was so exhausting and quite boring, unfortunately.
  
  The initial idea for this book is actually pretty good but the author didn't use the idea's full potential for the characters and story at all. I was about to give up a few times but I didn't and I have no idea why I didn't.
  
  I finished Love Like This only a few days ago but I can't name any specific scene or situation as to why I didn't like the book because I forgot everything already and that is always a bad sign.
  
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  Meh...
  RTC!
• 
  Coco.V

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• 
  Elisa

  2.5 stars
  
  Was not bad. Was not good.
  Just thought it was a bit boring. I even skipped some parts.
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  Shea ☾⚂

  1.25
  Gave young adult vibes until there were some lines that implied more, and the sudden shift was like the constant slap to the face.
  
  This is so predictable and then earlier like near the 22% mark, she literally thought she was on the moon and I literally thought she was on drugs.
  
  She keeps jumping to conclusions and the pacing of this is horrible, it's soo fast and everyone feels shallow and nonexistent, they feel fake
  
  Instalove, third act breakup
  
  Third person, a 1 minute scene brought more emotions than the other hundreds of pages before it
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  angie

  I'm cleaning up my currently reading shelf and this one needs to go.
  
  I have started this book monthSSS ago (June2021) and I'm no longer interested. I also can't remember much. I just know that the female lead was irritating. I stopped at 26% of the book.
  
  I tried this on audio and it was bad, though it was a free one on Google Play Books. I was planning to read this via an ebook but I guess that won't happen anymore.
  
  Not for me.
• 
  Shabana Mukhtar

  Just about alright
  
  
  I just needed something to ease me out of the routinely tension. I randomly picked this from Amazon and started reading.
  It was an okay read. About Kiera and Shane. Kiera is sent to Ireland for an assignment for a month and things don't go as planned.
  I like the simple language and smooth narration. The writer has not stuffed big words into the story. My favourite part was exposing the menacing boss. Don't we all have someone like that at our workplace?
  
  On flip side, the timing of certain events seemed to be vague. I mean her last day she goes about the village, then sulks, then meets the veteran love birds, then drives off to Shane's place, make up, then back and party and then meet everyone to click the pictures and then spend the night together. All in one day?
  Also, no prize for guessing - this was the most predictable story I've ever read, and a tad bit too long for that. And hence it was an okay read, a two 🌟. It fixed my mood a bit, too.
  
  Read it when you just want a simple story.
• 
  Nichole

  Love it!!!
  
  I have always loved romance novels. They way they talk about Ireland makes me want to go there with my husband.
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  Nicole

  “I’ve been doing this a long time. I’m an expert in love and I can see it in people’s eyes. I’m not so certain this man is right for you.”
  
  
  I must be an expert in love as well because I could tell he wasn’t for her when he gave her an ultimatum of her job or him. Ridiculous.
  
  I really liked Kiera’s character. She was smart and bold. She was a realist. She doesn’t believe in ”The One”, she is very cynical about love in general. So the people in Ireland (well really only William and Shane) set out in a journey to prove her wrong and show her “The One” truly does exist. One thing at the beginning of this book that is bugging the crap out of me is how she plans to write this article. She plans to basically “get dirt” on all these people and write a trash article about them even though they have been nothing but nice and showed her nothing but kindness. That makes me irritated
  
  Let’s just say Zach is a douchebag times 10. What kind of guy gives his long term girlfriend an ultimatum then when she chooses a once in a lifetime trip that can make her career you go and sleep with someone not even 24 hours after she left!!! What kind of person does that? Tf. Scum. Seems like he just wants a girlfriend that will cater to his every need and do what he says and ask how high when he says jump. Ridiculous. It’s the 21st century buddy!
  
  I feel like Shane is perfect for her. They are both so sassy.
  
  Kiera is so stupid I mean really all these people being nice and you’re gonna talk smack about them in an article. She claims to be in love with Shane but at the same time she trash talks him. That is just not cool. Can she really blame Shane and Orin for getting upset when the read the stuff she had wrote? Probably broke their hearts.
  
  I loved the ending of this. Seems everything happened exactly how it was supposed to happen. I am excited to start the second book.
  
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  Shannon Rochester

  This is a book I downloaded for free quite awhile ago when the lists would get circulated on Facebook and I just now got around to reading it. And actually, I really liked it. I can clearly see I was in the minority this time but there were quite a few things I liked. I guess I really liked that something bad happened to a douchebag in the beginning and Keira stood up and took her chance at writing the story. She jumped right out of her comfort zone and took on not only the story but a trip alone to Ireland too. She had to do so many things she had never done before and I felt kind of proud of her. She was sent to investigate and basically debunk the Festival of Love and she started out by doing it...but along the way, she began to befriend these people she was making fun of. Again, she stood up for herself when she realized that she had fallen in love with someone and she did not want to trash the nice people, the city, and the Festival itself. She met Shane's family as a fluke and loved them as well. Long distance love CAN work for many people but can they make it work when neither one of them has a high paying job to pay for multiple trips and neither one wants to move to the other country? Nothing spectacular about this book, by any means, but it was a fun and light hearted read and I really enjoyed the way the country, the inn, and the people were portrayed.
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  James Elkins

  If it feels like you’re familiar with this story it might be because you watched The Matchmaker with Jeanie Garofalo and David O’Hara...that might be a little unfair...but not much. Never connected with ANY character, (metaphorically) rolled my eyes several times, no sexy-time scenes to distract me, and a predictable ending. Tailor made to be an enjoyable if unoriginal Hallmark movie (which I would probably watch).
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  Avigail

  It is funny that I had to read a book for a reading challenge I am taking part in. The prompt for the task is to read a romance book.
  Love Like This is a sweet short story in Irland. I didn't arrange to read a book that is so close to St. Patric's day.
  When Keira unexpectedly gets the chance to travel abroad for her job as a writer, she grabs it with both hands. Under the pressure of her boss, she starts her journey like a cynic, ready to break down everything the "Love-festival" in Ireland stands for. But along the way, she gets a change of heart and struggles to determine what is most important in life.
  Honestly, I was getting super-posed at Kiera only because she had such an opportunity and kept wasting it.
  The story itself wasn't a total cliche. At the same time, it wasn't something unique. It wouldn't be the plot that will convince you to read further as it was predictable your every other romance plot. It was your very same one boy and one girl plot where circumstances make them meet story. But the narration and character building were something that will latch you on to read and make you finish the book.
  The truth is this book made me want to travel to Irland; the picturesque descriptions of the country are so vivid.
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  Tayane Cristie

  Não é das histórias mais complexas, mas achei o romance uma delicinha de acompanhar e consegui me envolver com ele mais do que no outro livro que eu li da autora. A história se desenvolve de forma rápida, já que é um livro curto, mas isso não me incomodou durante a leitura. Parece um filme de comédia-romântica, inclusive algumas coisas me lembrou aquele filme "Casa Comigo?", que também se passa na Irlanda. Gostei do final e fiquei até curiosa para saber como algumas coisas vão se desenrolar no próximo livro. Recomendo para quem gosta de romance levinho e uma leitura rápida.
  
  English review:
  
  It's not a very complex story, but the romance is really good, and I like it better than the one in the previous book I read from this author. The story happens in a short period of time, so everything happens really fast, but it didn't bother me in this book. It feels like a rom-com movie, actually it reminded of a movie called "Leap Year", which is also set in Ireland. I like the ending, it got me curious to know how things are gonna go on the sequel. I recommend it for people who enjoy light and quick romance reads.
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  Meg Box

  I don’t know how to describe this book other than saying it is one of the most predictable books I have ever read. I could zone out for a bit because I already knew the ending almost from the very beginning! I think it was this predictability that made the book excruciatingly long. I listened to it as an audiobook, and when I found out the book was 160 pages just now I was genuinely shocked, flabbergasted that it wasn’t at least 300. There was nothing in the book I particularly disliked… there was also nothing I particularly liked. Something I did find very ick about the book though was that this woman is well into her 20s, barely knows the man she likes and yet still says I love you to him. Like it has been a month since you met girly you’re not in middle school. Perhaps wait a bit? Overall, wouldn’t recommend to anyone no matter their age. Save your time queens and don’t read this.
• 
  Jooke

  When Keira unexpectedly gets the chance to travel abroad for her job as a writer, she grabs it with both hands. Under the pressure of her boss she starts her journey like a cynic ready to break down everything the "Love-festival" in Ireland stands for. But along the way she gets a change of heart and struggles to determine what is most important in life.
  
  Sophie Love has a nice and easy to read way of telling a story. I did enjoy Keira's journey, but the timeline logistics annoyed me a little in the end. Not that everything in a romance novel has to be correct, but to many impossibilities in a row are just sad...
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  Shan ~A~

  Spoiler-ish??
  
  This book ended with a HFN. When I saw this was a series I initially thought it would be a book about different couples. Once I realized it wasn't I thought we would get to see Kiera and Shane's romance blossom maybe with some issues along the way due to the distance and her career. I was not expecting the next book to take her on a different trip with the possibility of a new romance. Knowing that I will not continue this series.
  
  I feel like I invested my time seeing Kiera have an about face about love, only to know that maybe she'll start thinking that she was right all along.
• 
  Joan

  Boring, predictable, insulting the Irish. I hated Keira from the start and the way she treated her boyfriend was utterly appalling. Not for me. Dnf at 19%
• 
  Marissa Chavez

  Kiera and Shane story was beautiful! Can't wait to read the next book!
  
  
  P.S. This book totally makes me want to take a trip to Ireland. 💚
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  Adele Shea

  I listened to this cute little book whilst doing my housework. I will definitely be reading the rest of them
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  Anais

  This was great.
  I listened to the audiobook. It was really fun and light. Some what predictable, but I don't mind that at all.
  
  I liked the Irish aspect of the book.
  Over all I enjoyed it.
• 
  Armelle

  Kiera, a junior writer for a hipster travel magazine, gets her big break when her too-jerky-to-be-believed boss breaks his leg in a too-freaky-to-be-believed freak accident. Her assignment? To travel to Ireland for several weeks - and totally trash the place, particularly the Festival of Love.
  
  The setting was nice, but the dialog was at times clunky, and there seemed to me to be some issues with chronology - how long was she there? How many days did she spend with Shane? Why did she think she was so much better than the tourists in the airport? They probably went to most of the same places she did. Dingle Peninsula, the Burren - these are places most tourists see.
  
  I eventually finished it, but I can’t particularly recommend it.
  
  
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  Mona

  ***1/2
  
  Completely entertaining.