It’s going to be rough for them to choose between saving their careers and the new found affection for each other. However, just like the most amazing rom-coms, the best laid plan by J and L succumbs to “bad karma” as predicted by Laurie’s best friend, Emily. Her visit to his small hometown beautifully explores the idea of seeing a completely different side of someone when they are around people who changed their diapers, taught them how to hold a spoon, and loved them through their traumatic childhood secrets.
This book reminded me of Sophie Kinsella’s books, especially the part where Laurie visits Jamie’s hometown and bonds with his family. While Laurie oscillates between trying to get back with/at her ex who also shares her workplace and falling in love with her new-fangled fake boyfriend, she develops a bond with Jamie that is as real as it gets: Deep trust and friendship. Then follows a series of them being trapped (literally) in situations which are sometimes driven by circumstances and more so by their own wicked plans.
Now, coming to the next part of the story (which I wish happened IRL), enter Jamie: Laurie’s charming colleague with a reputation of being a womanizer with more than what meets the eye. Isn’t it absolutely cruel to have exhausted nearly every Hindi/English rom-com out there and sit around waiting for an OTT platform to give us enough mush to release some oxytocin? Thankfully, romance fiction has come to a sweet rescue and how! ‘If I Never Met You’ by Mhairi McFarlane is like a soap opera which I wish existed with a strong female black protagonist like Laurie whose heartbreak reminds you of the one that left you in pieces, only to pick them up on your own and make some sense of them.
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