My grateful thanks to Alainna Hadjigeorgiou at Quercus Books for a review copy of Just Haven’t Met You Yet by Cate Woods. Just Haven’t Met You Yet was published on 11th February 2016 and is available from Quercus and in e-book and paperback from Amazon UK.
When Percy James receives a mysterious message from Eros Tech claiming to have matched her with her soul mate from the world’s population, curiosity gets the better of her and she agrees to meet the match. Little does she realise what far reaching consequences a simple meeting might have.
I loved Just Haven’t Met You Yet. It was such an engaging and fun read. It’s lighthearted but not lightweight and so well written the story races along.
I enjoyed the premise (which I won’t discuss too much here for fear of spoiling the read for others) and found the events totally plausible and frequently laugh out loud which is unusual for me. It was as if Percy was speaking directly to me with her first person narrative as if I were a close friend so that I was fully involved and cared about what happened to her. There’s a really conversational feel to the writing that is lively and interesting.
The characters are well developed making them thoroughly realistic. The naming of the lead female as Percy is a stroke of genius as readers will appreciate once they’ve read Just Haven’t Met You Yet.
Alongside the romantic comedy that Cate Woods writes so brilliantly, there are some serious issues that give depth and intensity to the story. Relationships obviously feature strongly, but there is also the consideration of how we meet the ‘right’ person for us, the difficulty in being seen as single, how parenthood affects us and what conventionality expects so that Just Haven’t Met You Yet is a truly satisfying read.
At the end, despite the fact that it was exactly as I expected, I found myself grinning from ear to ear. If you enjoy women’s fiction then Just Haven’t Met You Yet is perfect. I’d love to see it made into a film.
Cate Woods is a real talent in women’s fiction and I’m so pleased that she finally has a novel published under her own name. You can find out more about Cate on her web site and you can follow her on Twitter.
Linda's Book Bag 
“Lighthearted but not lightweight” : it sounds like the perfect book to sandwich in between two heavy books. I have never read anything from Cate Woods but I’ll definitely check this one out 🙂 I’m always looking for a romantic comedy with the right amount of depth to prevent the dull simple love stories, those books are fun and interesting and you often spend a nice time with the characters.
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Every time I see this title, I can’t help singing the Michael Buble song! Sounds a real feel-good read.
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You’ve summed it up perfectly Donna. It was just what I needed at that point. You may well have read Cate before as she has ghost written things but we didn’t know! Thanks for calling by the blog.
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I’m glad I didn’t have that song going through my head as I read! It’s a super read and one I think you’d enjoy Joanne. Thanks for commenting.
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Sounds like I might just have found my next rom/com fix. Thanks for a great review, Linda!
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It’s a smashing read Fran. Thanks so much too, for calling by the blog x
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I hope you won’t mind, I nominated you for the Book Quote Challenge 🙂 here’s the link https://chocolatenwafflesblog.wordpress.com/2016/02/23/book-quote-challenge-day-1/ I wanted to put it on your About page but couldn’t find it!
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I don’t mind at all Donna – thanks for including me. I’ll have to try to remember to do it!
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