Weekends with You

A Novel

By: Alexandra Paige

Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky

For fans of Beth O’Leary and Josie Silver, a heartwarming and romantic debut told over the course of one year in monthly weekend installments, about found family, new love, and the magic of London.

Flowers have always been the best communicators. They’ve mastered falling over one another in the perfect way to announce exactly what they need: sunlight, water, space. They do not rush. They do not bloom before their time. They do not take without giving in return…

They are nothing like the rest of London.

Between trying to keep her north London flower shop, The Lotus, afloat and falling for a flatmate, Lucy Bernstein is going to have to rethink everything she knows about “creative arrangements.”

Unwillingly becoming one of eight flatmates in a quirky warehouse conversion would have been difficult enough without any romantic entanglements, but when Lucy lays eyes on Henry Baker, the traveling photographer who only comes home twelve weekends a year, she knows her hands will be full with more than just posies. As each weekend progresses, Lucy also finds herself unexpectedly falling for all her new flatmates, along with this bustling but ultimately sweeter home.

Can Lucy learn from the flowers she tends to and bravely reach for all that she needs to bloom?

©2024 Alexandra Paige (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers

Cute but frustrating

This book is both cute & somewhat frustrating. The characters - 8 flatmates living in a warehouse - is pretty crazy but each of their different personalities work well. I thought the idea of Warehouse Weekends is creative on Paige's part especially with the activities the flatmates come up with.

My frustration stemmed from the attraction between Lucy & Henry. They have an instant attraction. Of course, they are opposites but I very much enjoyed how their individual creative personalities show themselves - Lucy has a strong talent for creating beautiful flower arrangements & Henry's photography is breathtaking (but in order to discover how, you are going to have to read this for yourself.)

The story goes back & forth so many times with Lucy & Henry trying to figure a relationship out that it becomes somewhat exhausting. And I think that this makes the story a little slow moving. There could be more depth to the story & I would have loved to see Lucy experience some more relationships (I really wanted to see more of Oliver; it was a bummer).

If you want a quick, easy & cute read then you should read it. I will still recommend it. It is not a bad story/book and there are plenty of things to entertain. Just be prepared to have Lucy & Henry go about their relationship very, very slowly.

Absolutely divine

This book nails it. Funny characters, intriguing dynamics, heart warming moments, moments you want to shout at the book, times you smile so hard your cheeks hurt. It’s a smash, loved reading this!