Review: The Man I Never Met by Elle Cook

The Man I Never Met by Elle Cook

Blurb from Goodreads:

Is it possible to love someone you've never met? A young woman finds out in this sweeping will-they-or-won't-they love story that begins with a chance wrong number dial. . . .

When Hannah picks up a call from an unknown number, she doesn't imagine it will change her life. After all, it's just an easygoing American named Davey who misdialed her while calling into a job interview. And when Hannah jokingly wishes him luck after clearing up the confusion, she never actually expects to hear from him again.

Then she gets a text saying he got the job and he'll be moving to London, and she can't help but smile. As they continue to message and their texts become phone calls that become video calls, their friendship becomes a relationship that they can't wait to start in earnest as soon as Davey lands in London in a month's time.

But when Hannah goes to the airport to meet him, she finds herself standing alone in the terminal, Davey nowhere to be found. Then comes another life-changing phone call--Davey won't be able to move to London anytime soon, if ever. And it's for a reason neither of them could ever have anticipated. With their future so uncertain, they don't know what else to do but try to move on from each other, even if nothing feels right anymore.

Even as months go by and their love seems lost forever, neither is ever far from the other's thoughts. Will fate intervene one last time to finally bring them together, or will Davey always be the man that Hannah never met?

 

I enjoyed this a lot and I read it when I was in the perfect mood for a lighter UK romance. The beginning was awesome and I was satisfied with the end.  There was more travel than I expected but I read it super quick and liked it a lot!  Definitely recommend to fans of Jane Green, Sophie Kinsella, et. al.

The Man I Never Met comes out next week on November 22, 2022 and you can purchase HERE.  

We start our films at the same time. He says he's had to really dig around the outer corners of every streaming service under the sun to find it, and I am full of dread. What if he really hates what has always been my favorite film? This is a bit like letting someone inside your soul.