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2020's most perfect pick-me-up. Refreshingly romantic and certain to hold a special place in your heart, This Time Next Year is essential reading for fans of Jojo Moyes, Josie Silver and Lucy Diamond.
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'Heart-warming and unashamedly romantic' RUTH JONES
'Sparkling and uplifting' MHAIRI MCFARLANE
'Every page of this book is perfect' CRESSIDA MCLAUGHLIN
'Swooningly romantic...I didn't want to put it down' KIRSTY GREENWOOD
'I absolutely loved This Time Next Year...so funny and sad and brilliant on love, friendship and family. Plus it contains the finest comedic airport security scene since spinal tap' TOM ELLEN
'A beautiful debut full of heart, soul and serendipity with characters you can't help but fall in love with.' ALEX BROWN
'This Time Next Year will make you laugh, cry and keep reading long into the night - it's the escapist read everyone needs right now.' HOLLY MARTIN
'A funny, pull-at-your-heartstrings read, this is the perfect companion for curling up with hot chocolate and a blanket. Unashamedly romantic and packed full of holiday sparkle, it's a hug in book form.' JOSIE SILVER
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Get ready to fall for this year's most extraordinary love story

Quinn and Minnie are born on New Year's Eve, in the same hospital, one minute apart.

Their lives may begin together, but their worlds couldn't be more different.

Thirty years later they find themselves together again in the same place, at the same time.

What if fate is trying to bring them together?

Maybe it's time to take a chance on love...
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Readers are falling in love with This Time Next Year:

'I loved every moment ... It's so clever and intricate and I adored it.'

'This is a book that I will definitely be re-reading... I fell in love with the characters.'

'This Time Next Year is utterly refreshing. Filled with love (a little lust) and laughter.'

'I completely loved this book! Blissfully indulgent on the romance ... I loved the writing'

'I was smitten with this story from the first chapter.'

'The book you're looking for!!'

'I enjoyed this beautiful and romantic story. The plot was well crafted and the characters were people I could relate to and empathise with. Definitely recommended.'

'The characters were great and I was sad to finish the book as I would no longer be spending time in their company. The story is lovely and also believable, I will be recommending this book to all my friends.'

'You'll start the book because it sounds cute, you'll keep reading it because the plot keeps unfolding and not once does it stand still or stagnate and you'll re-read it because you love all the people encapsulated within the pages so much.'

'This book is delightful. It's a big hug; a hot chocolate; your favourite onesie, all rolled into one.'

'I would really recommend this to anyone that really does believe in fate, enjoys proposals from a knight on a unicorn and knows that love will always win.'

'I absolutely loved it, truly one of the best books I have read.'

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This was a truly wonderful read and once I started I couldn't put it down[...] The writing was absolutely perfect and I will definitely by looking out for more by this author[...] This is definitely a contender for my Book of the Year list, and I would wholeheartedly recommend this! ― Stardust Book Reviews

It was so refreshing to read a book that contained enough humour to make me laugh out loud more times than I have in a while. I thought that the storyline was pure fun, pure indulgence and pure escapism [...] I have a very strong feeling that Sophie Cousens' novel is going to soar and, if an author can create a unique and hilarious love story that just keeps on giving, I absolutely cannot wait to see how Cousens' puts her own individual spin on other novels in the future. ― BlogLovin

'A refreshing take on the boy-meets-girl tale...Uplifting and relatable.' ― Woman & Home

A note-perfect rom-com to get you in the Christmas spirit ― Red --This text refers to the paperback edition.

About the Author

Sophie Cousens worked in TV in London for over twelve years, producing The Graham Norton Show, Big Brother and Ant and Dec. She now lives in Jersey and balances her writing career with working for an arts charity and taking care of her two small children. This Time Next Year is her first novel. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

File size : 1382 KB
Publisher : Cornerstone Digital (1 August 2020)
Print length : 414 pages
Word Wise : Enabled
ASIN : B084X73LKY
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
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Language: : English

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My ultimate feel good book

Reviewed in Australia on 1 August 2020

Oh I loved this gentle romcom book, it had me smiling many times the way through.
Minnie has always hated New Years Eve, somehow she feels its jinxed maybe because she was a minute too late to be first the baby born in the nineties in a local competition and then her mother’s favourite name Quinn was given to that very baby. She instead became Minnie Cooper and has always been told by her Mum that things wouldn’t have happened to a Quinn Cooper.
What happens when she meets the Quinn who ‘stole’ her name?
This was such a feel good novel for me and I loved seeing Minnie’s growth throughout the story. Even though we could tell Minnie’s Mum loved her, I could totally understand why Minnie didn’t have much self confidence. Thank goodness for her best friend Lelia.
Interspersed at the start of some chapters the book has some sliding door moments when Minnie and Quinn actually met on the dreaded New Years Eve without them knowing over the past number of years. It did take one of two of these moments, to get into that groove.
This had all the hallmarks of a romcom I love, supportive friends, quirky characters, funny moments, some snarkiness and the realisation that someone means more than you than you thought.
Read in two sittings.
Thankyou to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy to read.

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A fun read

Reviewed in Australia on 17 August 2020

3.5 stars for me

This was a sweet read and while I enjoyed Minnie and Quinn and their complicated path to their HEA I didn’t feel connected to their story. I loved the blurb and the story followed it but I just wanted more. I liked the banter and the backstory with the mums was a great twist. I will definitely give this author another try.

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Laura

Loved it!

Reviewed in Australia on 2 August 2020

The true strength of This Time Next Year is the characters. Quinn and Minnie are flawed, relatable and grounded. Add to them a colourful cast of secondary characters and you've got yourself a great read.

This book felt like a warm hug, it captivated me and I was unable to put it down. You follow Quinn and Minnie's lives over the course of a year; there is laughter, let downs and great triumphs. This was an absolute pleasure to read and I can't wait to see more from Sophie Cousens.

I received a free ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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L Jones

Wonderful, refreshing read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 August 2020

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I loved every moment of reading This Time Next Year. I kept expecting Davina McCall at any given moment. This was such a wonderful, refreshing read. Neither Minnie nor Quinn were the type of characters I typically come across in books but now they are all I want to read.

I just loved that these characters didn’t meet and fall straight into bed together. I have authors I can count on when that is the type of story I’m looking for. Sophie is clearly the type of author that is going to bring me touching, human, realistic characters and I’m here for it.

I often like books that keep me on my toes with shock after shock factor but in the last couple of years I’ve found myself really enjoying these books that take their time, with characters that grow like climbing roses.

This book is told over the period of a year but also a few decades. It’s so clever and intricate and I adored it. I completely loved how everything came full circle in the most lovely way. I already know this a book I will reread and it will be awesome to do so knowing what I know now.

Thank you Sophie for such a wonderful book just when it was most needed.

Where do you want to be this time next year?

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Corinthian1001

Bizarrely popular

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 November 2020

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Confession: I'm a bloke, of a certain age, and I read Chick-Lit. OK, I also like heavyweight boxing and football, but I do read a lot of female fiction, and there are some great examples of the genre.

This one, I don't get. Maybe 2 stars, nothing more. I have never seen more dissonance between the actual reality of the book and the reviews. Where did all the 5 stars come from? The publisher has somehow done a freakily effective job.

The writing is 'Meh'. It's supposed to be funny. The heroine is Minnie Cooper (this car soundalike name is treated as wildly funny, but it isn't). The pie shop the heroine and her best friend run is called 'No Hard Fillings' - I mean that didn't raise a titter, and perhaps would be a better name for a dentist.

The protagonist's friends all work for local authorities and live in former council flats with shaven-headed boyfriends with tatts and who play video games in their underpants. A trip to India is shoehorned in to allow the old 'vibrator found in luggage' gag to appear in literature for about the two thousandth time. These are not interesting people.

The male hero Quinn, though from a slightly elevated background, is a cypher, a cardboard cutout. None of the male characters have an ounce of personality. The best friend, Laila, wears loud clothes and throws the F-bomb a lot but otherwise is just like the loud best friend in countless other chick-lit books.

The central premise of a boy and girl being born in the same hospital on the same day on January 1st 1990 and then meeting on New Years Day 30 years later is so unlikely as to be beyond ludicrous. Not only that, the hero's mother steals the heroine's name for her son. Ouch. Except Quinn was never ever a girl's name last time I looked.

There was also a 50 grand prize for the first baby born in 1990. That's likely!

And why all the fake names of real things? The 'Hampstead Hospital' is quite clearly the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead. The 'London News' paper that gives the fifty k prize is either the Evening Standard or the dear departed Evening News? Why not just call it one of those names?

This is just such a bunch of unfunny nothingness with dullard characters, yet gazillions of readers have given it 5 stars. Very odd. Spend your money on either of Sophia Money-Coutts first 2 novels which aim to be funny, clever, witty romcoms, and make a direct hit on their target.

Surely this writer, who worked on Graham Norton Show and with Ant and Dec could have found some far, far more interesting and likely material. Anyone agree?

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JJW

Loved it!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 August 2020

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I read ‘This Time Next Year’ in one sitting, and absolutely loved it. It’s a classic RomCom (a properly funny one) and the plot really zips along, but it also has real depth and originality that make it an unusually excellent read. Both the heroine Minnie and the hero Quinn have stuff to work out before they get their happy ending, and the events and emotions that propel the story feel real and and complex. There’s a delightful array of characters alongside Minnie and Quinn (special shout out to Clive) and some really quirky vignettes where the author sums up characters in an unusual and insightful way. I also loved Minnie’s relationship with her best friend Leila - their friendship felt like a love story too.

I’d love to read more by Sophie Cousens, and in the meantime will be recommending ‘This Time Next Year’ to anyone looking for a hilarious, moving, memorable and engaging book.

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Kennedy 85

A fresh funny rom com with heart - I need to see the movie version!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 August 2020

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I was smitten with this story from the first chapter. I loved the banter between Quinn and Minnie, and the writing felt fresh and funny. I love rom coms that while funny, also have a little more to them and this felt like a book with something to say. It touched on themes of responsibility to family, mental health, and self belief. The cast of secondary characters was wonderful, everyone needs a Leila in their life and I can’t wait for someone to make this into a movie. Richard Curtis take note. Five stars.

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Chloe

Loved this, highly recommend!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 August 2020

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I completely loved this book! Blissfully indulgent on the romance and set in north London with brilliant, evocative details (Castlehaven youth club is now a fond place in my heart every time I drive past and imagine Minnie and Quinn in the corridor). I loved the writing- pacey, lighthearted, tender and funny. It was a spurious premise that I bought into within minutes and then didn’t want to end. I loved getting to know and understand Minnie and Quinn, and Fleur’s animatronics hook ups made me laugh out loud as did so many other parts. I’ve ordered three of the paperback already as I can think of lots of people who are going to love it. More please Sophie Cousens!

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