Author: Milly Johnson
Released: September 2011
After a bruising divorce, headstrong Juliet Miller invests in a flat and advertises for a flatmate, little believing that in her mid-thirties she'll find anyone suitable. But along comes self-employed copywriter Floz, raw from her own relationship split, and the two woman hit it off. When Juliet's twin brother Guy meets Floz, he is overcome with a massive crush. But being a shy, gentle giant, he communicates so clumsily with her as to give her the opposite impression. Guy's best friend Steve has always had a secret, unrequited crush on Juliet. After a night of too much wine, Steve and Juliet end up in bed, after moaning about the lack of sex in their lives. Convinced that Juliet doesn't feel the same way, Steve agrees to a 'just-sex' relationship, until they can both hook their dream partners. Just when Guy has finally plucked up the courage to tell Floz how he feels, he finds she has rekindled an old romance. Floz has never had much love in her life and is obviously thirsty for affection. She loves the whole Miller family, from Juliet and Guy's warm, loving parents, to their ancient one-eyed black cat. But can Guy turn Floz's affection for his family into something more - into love for him? Then Juliet makes a series of discoveries which will turn the lives of all four friends upside-down and turns that Autumn into a season where love can be harvested.
Rating: 5 Stars
Positives: This book managed to evoke a lot of different emotional responses in me. I've laughed and I've cried whilst reading An Autumn Crush, the same as many other readers from the reviews I've seen. I laughed at Guy's attempts to woo Floz, mainly because of how much disaster they seemed to incur. I mean come on dropping the wine bottle and headbutting her? Yep that's bound to make a girl fall for you. And I cried in chapter 95 when we discover Floz's biggest secret, one that isn't even hinted at through the book. I won't spoil it for you though, never worry about that.
Now emotions aside I thought this was a brilliant book. The characters were all very lovable and I found myself instantly warming to Juliet and Coco, and the description is brilliant. Just the first chapter had me hooked and I was sure that I was going to be crying with laughter by the end of the book. Coco is of course the perfect gay best friend if we're going by stereotypes and his dramatics are always worth reading. I want to adopt my own Coco.
I also had a sneaking suspicion that I knew what the plot twist concerning Nick was, and I'm happy to say I wasn't disappointed there. I didn't get it exactly spot on but I'd worked out the gist of it.
All in all Milly Johnson has created an amazing, lighthearted fun read and I really enjoyed it.
Negatives: Ah here we are. The bit every author hates me for. My only gripe, and there is only the one with this story, is that some of the chapters were a bit on the short side. Otherwise there's no complaints from me.
Would I recommend this book? Yes definitely. If you want a lighthearted read that will make you laugh and cry then this is the book for you.
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