The Love Square Review

She’s single. But it can still be complicated…

Penny Bridge has always been unlucky in love.

So she can’t believe it when she meets a remarkable new man.

Followed by another.

And then another…

And all of them want to date her.

Laura Jane Williams was born in 1986 in Derbyshire, England. Her 2019 debut novel Our Stop was an international hit, and she is currently adapting it for screen. Her non-fiction includes Becoming, Ice Cream for Breakfast, and The Life Diet, and she has contributed essays and articles to the Telegraph, the Guardian, Marie Claire, the Independent, Cosmopolitan, as well as to a collection by Stylist Magazine, Life Lessons from Remarkable Women. She was previously a columnist for both Grazia and Red. Her next novel is the hotly-anticipated The Love Square, out in summer 2020.

Fine out more about Laura on www.laurajaneauthor.com.

Penny is a lovely young girl who just doesn’t know what’s wrong with her, why can’t she find lasting love like her friends and the family she so desires? She has pledged to work on her career and has a very successful café in London. After her Uncle becomes unwell, she moves to manage his restaurant in Derbyshire for a year to give him the chance to recover.

With her new life underway, Penny finds herself with not one but three lovers, all very different and each with their own unique qualities, but Penny can’t choose, and all seems to go wrong until the lovely fairy tale ending.

Throughout the book you learn of Penny’s struggles through her life, a young cancer victim, she undergoes IVF with the help of a surrogate. She has chosen to have her eggs harvested and fertilised by a sperm donor to create embryos for her future family. This looked at how this could be difficult in future relationships, any baby would be hers but not her partners and examined her concerns over this. Ultimately Penny is a strong independent woman and had already chosen to take the path to have her own family (using her embryos) which is delayed by helping her Uncle.

I really liked that Penny isn’t a superhero, she has had cancer and still suffers some aftereffects and the effects of her medications. Penny needs to rest and nap to ensure that she doesn’t become too exhausted and this felt much more real than in a lot of other books where suddenly the sufferer is better than ever and has no ill effects. She is realistic and a great, strong character who is easy to like.

I really liked the diversity of characters throughout the book, it’s a quick and fun read, perfect for beside the pool in summer. While I really enjoyed this book but felt like the ending was a little rushed and needed a bit more filling, but it didn’t ruin the enjoyment at all.

Thank you to Net Galley, the Publisher and the Author for a free advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Title	The Love Square
Author	Laura Jane Williams
Series	N/A
Format	eARC
Page Count	352 Pages
Genre	Romantic Comedy
Publisher	Avon
Release Date	29th June 2020