One Day in December

Silver, Josie. One Day in December. New York: Broadway Books, 2018. Print. (392 pages)

First sentence: “It’s a wonder everyone who uses public transport in winter doesn’t keel over and die of germ overload.”

Plot/ Premise: Do you believe in love at first sight? Laurie didn’t until she made direct eye contact form the window of a bus in London with a boy waiting at a bus stop. She searched for over a year looking for him and fell short. She had described him thoroughly to her best friend, Sarah, who also tried to help her find him when they would go out on the weekends. Every year they throw a big Christmas party in their flat for all of their friends  and one year Sarah brings her new beau that she has been seeing and of all the people Laurie should meet is Jack, Sarah’s new boyfriend and Laurie’s love at first sight boy from the bus stop.

My thoughts: If this book does not become a Netflix Christmas movie in 2019 I will be shocked! This book is such a fast read because you are always wondering: Does Jack remember Laurie from the bus? Should Laurie tell Sarah who Jack is? Will Sarah and Jack get married and have five kids together? Does love at first sight really exist or is an organic meeting and beginning to a relationship stronger?

I picked this book up initially because it was set in London in the winter and I was going to be in London in the winter. I am so glad that I did because I fell in love with all of the characters and I liked the set up of the book. It spans over ten years with entries from all the characters point of view and each year starts with New Years Resolutions written by Laurie.