All About Us

Name: All About Us
Rating: 4 (3 reviews)

Tom Ellen

Aug 2020 · HarperCollins UK

4.0

3 reviews

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Two choices. One destiny. A love story you’ll never forget...

December 2005. On a cold winter’s night, nineteen-year-old Ben is having the time of his life at university. He’s about to fall in love for the very first time...but will it be with new girl Daphne, or his best mate Alice?

December 2020. Life hasn’t quite turned out how Ben had planned and he’s stuck in a rut. He can’t help but think back to that fateful night fifteen years earlier, and wonder what might have been...

He never imagines he will get to find out – but when Ben is gifted with a second chance to make the biggest decision of his life, will he finally find the courage to follow his heart?

A magical, heartwarming romance and reimagining of A Christmas Carol brimming with feeling and hope. The perfect read for fans of Sophie Cousens, Josie Silver and David Nicholls to curl up with this autumn.

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Your favourite authors have fallen in love with All About Us

‘Absolutely GORGEOUS. Achingly romantic, I loved every page’ MIRANDA DICKINSON

‘Uplifting, funny and magical’ ADELE PARKS, Platinum

‘Full of hope...it tugged at ALL of my heartstrings and I loved it to bits’ CRESSIDA MCLAUGHLIN

‘A heartwarming story of “what if”’ LAURA JANE WILLIAMS

‘Magical and beautiful’ JOSIE SILVER

‘All of the feels. Gorgeous!’ CLARE POOLEY

‘A Christmas Carol meets Love Actually. I LOVED it’ HOLLY BOURNE

‘Romantic and gloriously life-affirming’ RACHEL MARKS

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4.0

3 reviews

Grace J. Reviewerlady

September 1, 2020

What a wonderful novel! Skilfully crafted and a very easy read. Ben has always loved Christmas, but this year he's struggling with the very idea of a festive season. His marriage to Daphne is on a very shaky footing and he finds himself spending more and more time thinking of Alice, the one that got away. Surely, if he had made other choices earlier in life he would be happier now, wouldn't he? But then he meets a strange little man who gives him a watch which doesn't work only for Ben to wake up the next morning back in time before all his problems had began. Can he make the right choices this time around? For a debut novel, this is quite something! There is a magical feel to it all, and I really didn't have time to consider the time-travel aspect - I'm not a great lover of the genre. However, this book has a very different vibe from what I would expect; it's a fast moving story packed full of details and quite enchanting. It's very easy to be silently cheering Ben on whilst continually thinking 'what a plonker'! A thoroughly entertaining read which is very enjoyable and totally worth 4.5* and a hearty recommendation to add this author to your 'must not miss' list.

LaserGamer2346 “Ari”

August 28, 2020

If I was to describe this book, I would liken it to a watchable rom-com. You don't need to use your brain too much and you just go along with the flow. It is cleverly written, even if it reminds you of other books/rom-coms. I don't know why I was expecting more when, I read the blurb. Maybe a different outcome. Would definitely recommend.

About the author

Tom Ellen is the co-author of three critically acclaimed Young Adult novels: Lobsters (which was shortlisted for The Bookseller's inaugural YA Book Prize), Never Evers and Freshers. His books have been widely translated and are published in 15 countries. He is a regular contributor to Viz magazine, and as a journalist he has written for Cosmopolitan, Empire, Evening Standard Magazine, Glamour, NME, ShortList, Time Out, Vice and many more. All About Us is his debut adult novel. Tom lives in Paris.

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