Until There Was You

great

I've read all Kristan Higgins's books and loved them each of them. Can't wait to read more

10 out of 11 people found this review helpful.

Romantic Comedy at its Best!

Kristina Higgins is the master of romantic comedy. Not only does she weave a great tale but she has characters that come alive and leap off the page. You will laugh and cry with them just as often as you want to slap and shake them...just like your own friends and family, right? Higgins newest tale introduces us to Posey and Liam an unlikely couple, even by their own family's standards. He is the town bad boy who just moved back to town with his 16 year old daughter and she is the town's adopted sweetheart. The tale of their bumpy road towards love involves many other characters, from her crazy but lovable family to old lovers, who just can't help get in the way. But what stands most in their way is each other she can't help calling him "God's Gift" and he can't help calling her "Cordelia" (a name she hates!)..with all these obstacles will they ever find the yellow brick road to love? Read Until There Was You to find out, you won't regret it, and you won't be able to put it down.

4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

Not my favorite

I have read all her other books and have found them incredibly entertaining but this book fell a little short for me. All her male hero characters are swoon worthy and this one is no exception but i just felt like his romance with cordelia was his consellation prize. In other books where there was previous or dead wife or husband ms. Higgans usually finds a way to assure the reader that the focus is now on the main love story and their love is amazing but this time i didnt buy it as much. I found myself wanting to here more about Liam's past relationship with Emma than with posey because kristan made it sound so epic. This was disappointing & kinda ruined the rest of the book for me. Some may say this a more reality based romance compared to her other stories but cmon when i spend money on a romance novel I wanna b swept away & be jealous of the main characters especially because kristan writes these characters so well and you truly feel for them. I hope her next one is better!

2 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

This is an entertaining New England romance

In Bellsford, New Hampshire, Posey Osterhagen fell in love with town bad boy Liam Declan Murphy when they attended high school together. However she was way too thin, as Posey with her boyish figure attracted no male let alone the king of the school.

Still too skinny though she works at her parents' German restaurant; overall Posey is contented though would not mind a hunk in her life. A widower, his wife Emma was a hometown girl who died from leukemia; Liam is home accompanied by his fifteen year old daughter Nicole. When they meet, she still wants him while he struggles to control panic attacks and his obsessive need to keep Nicole safe. One CPR and a sweet Diamond of a song later have Posey expecting another broken heart.

This is an entertaining New England romance starring a refreshing lead protagonist whose weight problem enables her to pass off as a high school student and a single dad with emotional problems. The evolving second time around relationship between the pair of thirty southings is fun to follow as he is all she ever wanted but she expects him to leave while he has doubts about being with another adult after Emma's death.

Harriet Klausner

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

GREAT READ

As usual, Kristan Higgans takes us on a romantic journey with characters we can relate to and love. I really do like that the heroines in her books are real woman and the heroes are flawed but struggling to be better men. Give me a man who washes his hands for 55 seconds over a shooting star any day. Kat

1 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

I loved this book. Kristan Higgins books are the best.

I have read all of Kristan Higgins books and they just get better. This one was a "laugh out loud" book with very likeable characters. I can't wait till her next book comes out.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Truly, truly loved this book!

I read ALOT of books and Kristan Higgins is, hands down, my favorite author. I laughed out loud at some parts of this book, and literally sobbed at another point. I really identified with the main character in the story. If you like romance novels, with humor, you'll like this one. Really good story.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Cute Romantic Comedy

Posey (Cordelia) Osterhagen has always stuck out as the tiny, dark haired adoptive daughter of the very blond, Germanic Osterhagen clan. The family business is a local German restaurant, while Posey works in her own architectural salvage firm, which does seem pretty interesting, although not a huge focus in the book. Bad boy (and former unrequited high school love) Liam Murphy returns to town, opening a motorcycle shop. He is widowed, with a teenage daughter in tow. This was a fun romantic comedy and the first novel by Higgins that I have read. I really liked the way Liam related to his daughter--definitely showed him what it's like on the other side of the fence!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Another Must Read!!!

I recently discovered this author and have quickly read all her books. She's got this amazing combination of humor, passion, warmth and familiarity that I totally love. This book has been especially enjoyable because the main character, Cordelia, wasn't the typical love interest. Externally she appeared fraile yet she had grater strength then any of the other characters.

I cant wait for the next book!!!

When is Hollywood going to discover these books and make them into movies! This is clearly the next batch of chic flics!!!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

OMG! I LOVED this book!!

My Review:
Because I haven 't had this blog that long, you may not realize this, but Kristan Higgins is one of my all-time favorite authors. I discovered her last year and quickly devoured every single one of her backlist books. So, obviously, I have been looking forward to her newest release. This is one of those that I received a couple of months ago, but because I loved the anticipation of it, I didn't read it until right up to release day. I may just have to read it again on release day, because OMG....this book was so worth the wait!! Such an amazingly good book!!!


Kristan has an amazing writing voice. She writes the most unusual, the most unlikely heroines of all time, but she makes them so real. You fall in love immediately with their quirkiness, with their realistic issues and self-doubts. She pairs them with heroes that are flawed, but so incredible and unlikely that you usually spend the first quarter of the book wondering how these two are ever going to get together. But then the magic of her writing happens and you fall in love...with the characters, with their romance, with their quirks, and with their dogs. OMG, I love Kristan's books...if only she could write faster.


Are you getting it yet?? I LOVED this book.


Posey grew up as the scrawny little kid that never quite fit in...not at school and not at home with the family that had adopted her. High school was particularly bad, that is until the popular girl, Emma befriended her. They were never bff's, but Emma was kind to her and gave her advice and helped set her up for a date to the prom. Nevermind that Emma was dating the bad-boy, Liam, that Posey was in love with...that was okay because Emma was nice enough to deserve him. At least that was the case until Liam broke Posey's heart on the night of the prom.


Now Liam is back in town. Emma died two years ago from leukemia and left Liam as the single father of a teenage girl. Not much has changed for Posey. She is that same scrawny girl, only now in her mid-30's, but she is much more comfortable in her skin ever since that night of self-realization at the prom. Her girl parts still react to Liam, regardless of what her heart says, and as they come to know each other better as adults, they are both more and more drawn to each other.


Liam is dealing with a lot. He was a bad-boy in high school and totally lived up to that reputation. He now has a teenage daughter with her mother's beauty and he KNOWS what those teenage boys have planned. It's enough to give any single dad heart palpitations. Add to that, he has come back to the town where he bedded or insulted half the female population when he was in high school and they haven't forgotten, even if he has. LOL...there are some funny scenes because of this. OMG, my dh kept asking me what I was reading throughout this book because I had so many laugh-out-loud moments. Kristan has an incredibly funny sense of humor and it shines through once again in this novel.


There are so many good things to recommend about the writing in this novel, but above and beyond...the best thing about it is the characters within it and the way that they react to one another. Liam, Posey, and Liam's teenage daughter- Nicole...the way that they all interact and react to each other...just some of the best dialogue EVER!!!


So good! If you don't read any other contemporary novel this year, make sure that this one is on your TO READ list!!!

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Easy, light, heartfelt read, nice but not as great as the others.

I enjoy and love reading Kristan Higgins' books, but this one doesn't stay in my mind as long as her others. The supporting characters and their stories aren't as captivating. Then there seems to be a little less steam and tension between the main characters which is what I live for when I'm reading her books. Overall, I think this one pulled less on my heartstrings, seems toned down in romance, language, and characters. Definitely not as memorable as her other stories.

upbeat and fun read

Kristan Higgins has a nice flow to her work. Fun to read. A dog in all the ones I have read and it adds to the humor

This book is awesome!!! I adore the richness of her characters.

This book is awesome!!! I adore the richness of her characters. I also love how every book gets better and better.

What's not to like

Kristan Higgins keeps you laughing and turning the page. Another winner with characters you really like who aren't so likely to be typical.

Reality!

Such a good real story, awesome characters
I wish i could have my life unfold so quickly as this stort and as happily

Good read.

Good read.

Great story

Just finished and loved this story. Posey is wonderful fell in love..

Recommended

Great book...true romance!

Loved it.

Made me laugh and cry. It was a great book.