The Love Square by Laura Jane Williams

This week I've been taking part in the Tandem Collective Readlong for The Love Square, the fun, feel-good rom-com by Laura Jane Williams! 

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.

Penny has to choose between three. But are any of them The One?

REVIEW

I adored Laura's previous novel Our Stop, so I jumped at the chance to read The Love Square! The story follows Penny Bridge, historically unlucky in love , who suddenly finds herself spoilt for choice with three men wanting to date her! As if that's not complicated enough Penny has other challenges to face - as a cancer survivor Penny is facing up to resultant infertility issues, whilst also stepping in to run her uncle's busy and successful gastro-pub. There's a lot going on, but it's handled really well, and sensitively, where it needs to be. The three love interests are all distinctly different, and Penny's friends and family are a lovely bunch; I especially liked Charlie, her old friend and co-worker who was gender non-binary - something I've never encountered in fiction before. I knew fairly early on how the story would end, but if anything this made me enjoy it all the more. The Love Square is more than just a romance. It is also a story of family and friendship, a celebration of love in all of its forms. 

*Thanks to Tandem Collective for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for a review!*