One Night Stand

- Julie Cohen -


After one book I am officially a huge fan of Julie Cohen's writing.

One Night Stand featured multiple romance story tropes that I generally hate or find to be overdone and predictable (pregnancy, suddenly attracted and/or in love, instant family/baby ten seconds after getting together) and created a story that was fresh, realistic and sweet.

Eleanor & Hugh have been friends since their first day of university and when Eleanor accidentally finds herself pregnant after a one night stand, Hugh is by her side every step of the way as she tries to find her child's father, deal with her own parental issues and figures out what to do about her sudden attraction to her best friend.

Every step in Hugh and Eleanor's journey together felt so natural and realistic, and earned, that I was completely unfazed by those story elements that normally would have driven me insane.

Am totally regretting that I didn't pick up the other Julie Cohen book that was on the bookstore shelf in London.