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Love Like This

(The Romance Chronicles #1)

Sophie Love (Goodreads Author)

3.68 · Rating details · 1,506 ratings · 133 reviews

Keira Swanson, 28, lands her dream job at Viatorum, a slick magazine in New York City, as an aspiring travel writer. But their culture is brutal, her boss is a monster, and she doesn’t know if she can last for long.

That changes when Keira, by a fluke, is handed a coveted assignment and given her big chance: to travel to Ireland for 30 days, witness the legendary ...more

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Sep 29, 2017 Jenny rated it it was ok

Not one of the best written book I've ever read, but something about it kept me interested enough to finish it...although to be honest, that might've been because of the Ireland angle. I think the biggest problem I had with the book was the pacing...it felt rushed, like the author didn't dedicate enough text and prose to fleshing out all the ideas she wanted to explore. I was also mildly annoyed (slightly irked) with the indiscriminate use of exclamation points in the prose. I don't hold with ...more

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Oct 01, 2018 Brina (Brina and the Books) rated it it was ok

Shelves: series, don-t-bother, expected-something-different, freebies, 2018

1.5 Stars

This book is hands down the most predictable book I've ever read - in the worst way.
I started Love Like This as an in-between book, also because it was only 168 pages long. I expected to finish it within a couple days but that didn't happen because the story was so exhausting and quite boring, unfortunately.

The initial idea for this book is actually pretty good but the author didn't use the idea's full potential for the characters and story at all. I was about to give up a few times but ...more

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Feb 20, 2018 Coco.V marked it as to-read

Shelves: freebie

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Apr 04, 2018 Amy rated it it was ok

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Feb 14, 2018 Natward1yahoo.com rated it it was ok

Didn’t finish after 17%. The biggest problem I had with the book was that I am just bored. The writing is not engaging in any way and neither are the characters. It’s all just very straightforward, mundane storytelling. For instance, Keira gets an opportunity to go to Ireland. What follows is us listening to her retell all about this opportunity 3 different times right in a row, as she relays it to first her boyfriend, then to her mom, then to her sister. All while overemphasizing the fact that Didn’t finish after 17%. The biggest problem I had with the book was that I am just bored. The writing is not engaging in any way and neither are the characters. It’s all just very straightforward, mundane storytelling. For instance, Keira gets an opportunity to go to Ireland. What follows is us listening to her retell all about this opportunity 3 different times right in a row, as she relays it to first her boyfriend, then to her mom, then to her sister. All while overemphasizing the fact that this is such a great opportunity that can’t be missed. I mean, why? Why be so repetitive in your storytelling? I started to lose interest fast by this point. Then I have to read about the mundane details of the plane ride, then the drive to the hotel and I’m losing even more steam. When she meets the love interest Shane, I feel like he could have the potential to be intriguing and I like that the two seem so different, but the author wasn’t quite able to bring him to life in our initial meeting of him. He seems fairly ho hum himself. So she is boring and he seems boring and then add in that he gets to be the cliche smirky male and then keira has to be the uptight, indignant, and upset about everything out of the guys mouth female and, well, yeah I’ve read that set up one hundred too many times so I just didn’t want to go on. Its too cliche. I get so sick of the girl always being the one that has a stick up her ass and can’t take a joke or a little lighthearted jabbing. I like a fun female. Or, if she is uptight I need her to be lovably uptight. Not annoyingly uptight, as Keira is in this story. It’s too bad I’m not loving this book because shockingly, I’ve actually been to Lisdoonvarna. It is an awesome little town and the B&B we stayed in was quaint but so so lovely. Much better than the city center where we stayed the first part of the trip. So I was looking forward to reading more about it. We weren’t there during the festival of love though. But sadly I just could not get into this story at all. ...more

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Jul 24, 2018 Shabana Mukhtar rated it liked it

Shelves: 2018-reads, english, asian-authors, set-in-india, romance

Just about alright

I just needed something to ease me out of the routinely tension. I randomly picked this from Amazon and started reading.
It was an okay read. About Kiera and Shane. Kiera is sent to Ireland for an assignment for a month and things don't go as planned.
I like the simple language and smooth narration. The writer has not stuffed big words into the story. My favourite part was exposing the menacing boss. Don't we all have someone like that at our workplace?

On flip side, the timing ...more

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Jan 07, 2018 Nichole rated it it was amazing

Love it!!!

I have always loved romance novels. They way they talk about Ireland makes me want to go there with my husband.

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Nov 03, 2019 Katherine rated it it was ok

Love like this is a rom-com novel that follows Keira, who got her first assignment of debunking the idea of falling in love at first sight in the festival of Lisdoonvarna in Ireland. After she set out on her journey, she starts to feel maybe this is more the just work. She finds friendship and all around a warm and welcoming greetings from the folks. Her emotions were getting more confusing and frustrating as she had to go against everything and make a report that may cause some serious damage Love like this is a rom-com novel that follows Keira, who got her first assignment of debunking the idea of falling in love at first sight in the festival of Lisdoonvarna in Ireland. After she set out on her journey, she starts to feel maybe this is more the just work. She finds friendship and all around a warm and welcoming greetings from the folks. Her emotions were getting more confusing and frustrating as she had to go against everything and make a report that may cause some serious damage to the tourist attraction and it wasn't a help when she was hopelessly falling in love with her tour guide who within a numbered days showed her the simplistic and happy ways if enjoying life and living it to the fullest.

But what happens when the dilemma of finalizing the draft arrives? And if it is finalized then that would cost her friendships and all the good memories that she gathered from this trip. Will she be able to make the right decision, even if it means losing something in return?

Read and find out.

This book was available for free on Kindle, so I read the blurb and it seems interesting enough. The beginning was great like Kiera standing up against her stupid boyfriend and putting her career first even though it meant jeopardizing her relationship, the traveling to different places and stuffs like that but by the middle of the novel, the protagonist became whiny, impossibly dumb. There was an insta-love concept and it was felt a bit forced to honest. As soon as the signs of love started, it became clear to me that 'they' are not meant for each other no matter how cute and romantic the author tried to show. I know that people can be poles apart in their opinions and decisions and still be a match made in heaven but I just didn't feel that close to the story.

Despite it's cons, Love like this may appeal to the readers who beginning to explore the possibility of liking sweet romantic reads with very less or no serious drama at alone. This is the first book in a series and maybe in the future I might pick up the second book. Hopefully I will be able to connect to that book better than I did for this one. ...more

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Sep 14, 2018 Nicole rated it really liked it

Shelves: romance-favs

“I’ve been doing this a long time. I’m an expert in love and I can see it in people’s eyes. I’m not so certain this man is right for you.”

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I must be an expert in love as well because I could tell he wasn’t for her when he gave her an ultimatum of her job or him. Ridiculous.

I really liked Kiera’s character. She was smart and bold. She was a realist. She doesn’t believe in ”The One”, she is very cynical about love in general. So the people in Ireland (well really only William and Shane) set out in ...more

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May 29, 2019 Jessica rated it did not like it

Shelves: foreign-country, dnf, contemporary, unlikeable-mcs

As the goodreads synopsis is currently in French I'm not sure if I met the hero of this book in the 33 pages I managed to read, but the heroine was an asshole. Bashing everything she sees and people who've been nothing but nice to her, and acting victimized when her boyfriend who told her things were over if she left didn't respond to her texts. She was a bitch and I'm not here for it. Dnf

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Jan 29, 2018 Hope rated it did not like it

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I like to finish a book even if I hate it, sometimes there is a wild amount of character development in the second half or the plot really picks up. So I really gave this book the benefit of the doubt.

But Keira is one of the most annoying females leads I have had the displeasure of reading in a loooong time. I had to re read several chapters because I couldn't decipher if she was deliberately written to be disliked or if it was just me - I'm still not sure. I almost wish this was a book about I like to finish a book even if I hate it, sometimes there is a wild amount of character development in the second half or the plot really picks up. So I really gave this book the benefit of the doubt.

But Keira is one of the most annoying females leads I have had the displeasure of reading in a loooong time. I had to re read several chapters because I couldn't decipher if she was deliberately written to be disliked or if it was just me - I'm still not sure. I almost wish this was a book about Zach her "jerk" of a "cheating" ex boyfriend, I was 100% on his side of the argument. SHE STOOD UP A WEDDING FOR AN OVERSEAS WORK TRIP. Like seriously, can she not comprehend that a wedding takes months of planning and ridiculous amounts of money? She backed out as bridesmaid THE DAY BEFORE!! Dresses would have been purchased and flowers arranged and hair and makeup appointments booked and deposits paid and place cards made and tables sittings organised. Like, its proper annoying when a standard guest doesn't turn up, but your bridesmaid??? Even if you don't really want her there?!? DISASTER.
Also - Keira's argument of Zach not supporting her in advancing her career is a piss weak excuse to throw a tantrum (which is what she does, while struggling to conceal her "excitement", while her boyfriend is "the angriest she's ever seen him" - so many signals she just failed to pick up on because it was inconvenient).
Anyone in a long term relationship understands that you give and take - it cannot be all one sided. Maybe if Zach had been bitching that it was his own career advancing event that she was missing i could have dealt. But its his sisters wedding - family is important and to be honest once you've reached your career use-by-date family is most of what you have left. So sure Keira if you want to be a selfish bitch and run off on a bride for a job, be my guest. But i will judge you for it.

Then once we get to Ireland Keira goes about her merry way judging everyone else and writing snide things behind their back. When the pressure of writing the article that she so desperately wanted becomes too much its literally everyone's fault but her own.
Keira is such an unlikable character that Joshua (the big bad boss type character) doesn't even seem that bad. He's mildly annoying at best.

Apparently her love interest is Shane - who I cared so little about that the only noteworthy thing about him is he gets a haircut and suddenly Keira gets tingly in her lady parts.

On the way home Keira judges the other people in the airport ("are they aware there's more to Ireland that just the tourist hot spots??"). Um, yea honey, ditto literally every other country in the world. And then submits the complete opposite of what the brief for her article said to write. AND SHE DOESN'T LOSE HER JOB. I need to live in Keira's world, where if i do the opposite of what my boss asks me he gives me a bonus.

On a different note - the writing is awkward, the characters don't inspire feeling and the whole feel of the novel is a little weird. Like someone tried to write about a place they've never been. There are incredible examples of the romance genre out there - this is not one of them. ...more

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Aug 12, 2017 Roberto Mattos rated it it was amazing

This author is a natural storyteller. Working with a simple plot, Sophie creates a whole world of emotions and turmoils, describing superbly the mind of a young lady (Keira) and her struggles to balance her social life and her career.

Keira is a young lady living in New York City. She just started working at Viatorum, a magazine owned by Elliot, but managed by Joshua, her boss. When he is incapacitated by an accident, she landed a cover page story about the Love Festival in Ireland. In order to ...more

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Jan 06, 2019 Joan added it · review of another edition

Boring, predictable, insulting the Irish. I hated Keira from the start and the way she treated her boyfriend was utterly appalling. Not for me. Dnf at 19%

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Jan 10, 2019 Marissa Chavez rated it it was amazing

Kiera and Shane story was beautiful! Can't wait to read the next book!

P.S. This book totally makes me want to take a trip to Ireland. ...more

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Jan 20, 2018 Armelle rated it it was ok

Kiera, a junior writer for a hipster travel magazine, gets her big break when her too-jerky-to-be-believed boss breaks his leg in a too-freaky-to-be-believed freak accident. Her assignment? To travel to Ireland for several weeks - and totally trash the place, particularly the Festival of Love.

The setting was nice, but the dialog was at times clunky, and there seemed to me to be some issues with chronology - how long was she there? How many days did she spend with Shane? Why did she think she was ...more

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Mar 22, 2018 Mona rated it liked it

Shelves: romance, fun-read

***1/2

Completely entertaining.

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Sep 28, 2017 James Elkins rated it it was ok

Shelves: romantic-comedy, contemporary-romance

If it feels like you’re familiar with this story it might be because you watched The Matchmaker with Jeanie Garofalo and David O’Hara...that might be a little unfair...but not much. Never connected with ANY character, (metaphorically) rolled my eyes several times, no sexy-time scenes to distract me, and a predictable ending. Tailor made to be an enjoyable if unoriginal Hallmark movie (which I would probably watch).

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Oct 26, 2017 Linda Thompson rated it it was amazing

A romance, an adventure and a travel guide – what more could a girl ask for when looking for a wonderful summer read. Such is the stuff in Love Like This, the first in Sophie Love’s new series. Sophie’s characters are spot on, her story like is believable, and the ending is unexpected. Her descriptions of places in Ireland make you want to catch the next plane to visit. I eagerly await book 2 in this series to see where Love takes us next time.

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Mar 08, 2018 Rae Sontheyon rated it liked it

Can The Cynic City Reporter Find What Love Is? . . .

First thing that drew me to this novel was the cute cover and finding this story was set in Ireland bonus! Quick moral of the story, one should never type and send anything when angry or drunk as it never goes well for the writer. If you have ever had the chance to visit Ireland, then you’ll appreciate this story and the jovial people with whom take the city reporter for a tour.

By pure accident and a step of courage, e-magazine travel Can The Cynic City Reporter Find What Love Is? . . .

First thing that drew me to this novel was the cute cover and finding this story was set in Ireland bonus! Quick moral of the story, one should never type and send anything when angry or drunk as it never goes well for the writer. If you have ever had the chance to visit Ireland, then you’ll appreciate this story and the jovial people with whom take the city reporter for a tour.

By pure accident and a step of courage, e-magazine travel reporter, Kiera Swanson, has landed the dream assignment of going to Ireland for a month long feature on the Festival of Love. Kiera had been taking crap assignments and harsh criticism from her supervisor Josh for so long that this has been the chance Kiera has been waiting for as a sign her career is worthwhile. And she needs job affirmation, because she may no longer have a boyfriend thanks to grabbing the assignment. So it’s a wonderful surprise when Kiera arrives in Ireland and drives to the small town of Lisdoonvarna to stay at the local B&B and Pub; Orin the owner gives her the old Irish welcome, a pint of Guinness, and introduces her to Shane Lawder, Kiera’s guide for the next month. The attraction to Shane is immediate, but the cynic in Kiera will fight it till the end, especially amongst a festival full of so many searching for "love". However after a few weeks, and many a Guinness, Kiera can’t help but begin to question all her previous notions of traditions, community, family and love thanks to all whom she’s encountered in Ireland, especially the handsome and quirky Shane. But when she’s pressured from work for a more harsh and cynical viewpoint on the festival, will all Keira’s experienced be enough to change her article's focus or will her old biases on love go to print?

Overall, cute read on a lazy day. Honestly I was getting super posed at Kiera only, because she had such an opportunity and kept wasting it. Ireland and the Irish people are amazing, so welcoming and definitely love their Guinness. So Kiera drunkenly typing crap about them or projecting her own insecurities on the festivities was so sad to read. But then there was Shane awww wish I had a supportive Shane. Once Kiera freed her heart and finally went for Shane, YAASSS!! Buuut of course that’s not the end, so I won’t ruin it or anything but oh I loved the angst of the apology scene and of course the make up moments. Let’s just say wish I had Kiera’s luck maybe the ummm luck of the Irish ;) So if you’re cynical about love and yet still a tiny bit hopeful for love this romance will be a good read if only to see cynic turn to love. ...more

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Feb 25, 2019 Dhawal Joshi rated it liked it

I was looking for some Romance reads when I stumbled upon this book. To be honest, the cover had me interested rather than the blurb itself. Yeah, I know they say, 'Don't judge a book by its cover' But I couldn't help it you see. The book begins in a very usual romance novel manner. Nothing bad and nothing too exciting to latch on to.

I liked how the characters and their situations were narrated. It actually had gripped me to the story. I really enjoyed the narration as the the smooth flow of ...more

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Oct 28, 2018 Caroline rated it it was ok

Love Like This was a really quick read. I liked the setting in Ireland, but there were a few things that bothered me. Keira wasn't the greatest protagonist. She was very judgemental and sort of selfish. I know we were supposed to side with Keira during her break up with Zach, but I felt like his feelings were valid and Keira was quick to dismiss them and call him a cheating jerk. Zach was really clear that if she left, they would be over. If she wanted to choose her career over him, she ...more

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Jan 25, 2019 Alyssa rated it it was amazing

Kiera is a writer from NYC who finally gets her first big article! Her story? Go to a small town in Ireland for a month an experience their Festival of Love for a piece in her big shot magazine. The problem? Kiera is somewhat of a cynic. She is in a relationship going no where with no support from her boyfriend on this amazing new opportunity. When she gets to Ireland she is matched up with her tour guide Shane who’s one objective is to show her the festival each night and show her the sights ...more

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May 30, 2018 Jackie Turner rated it really liked it

Shelves: setting-ireland, setting-usa, read-in-2018, kindle, contemporary, short-stories, new-adult

I've been really into books set in Ireland lately and would really like to take a trip to visit all of these places so if anyone would like a list of the locations that are in this book, let me know!

I picked this up on kindle when it was free, I think it might still be if you'd like to check it out! Anyway, the story follows a young journalist who gets assigned the assignment to cover Ireland's Festival of Love in Lisdoonvarna. The piece is originally supposed to be a trashy piece that her jerk ...more

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Sep 26, 2019 Reena Terrell rated it did not like it

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Oct 28, 2018 Nicole rated it really liked it

What can I say, I'm always a sucker for some romance. This book was cute and romantic without being overtly so. It also gained another appeal for me with the Irish angle. One day I will make it to Ireland. Plus, once upon a time I wanted to be a travel writer, so I think I could relate to Kierra on that level. Every girl needs a Shane in their life.

When Kierra, a NYC cynic in love, is given the opportunity of a lifetime to attend a festival dedicated to love in Ireland and write about it for a ...more

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Nov 03, 2018 Choi Stephie rated it liked it

It's kind of funny how I accidentally read books related to what I recently watched. Not the same story but has the same location, Ireland. I'd been watching Outlander now I have read Love Like This.
My take on the story. Though I find the format raw in some ways based on a readers perspective. The description of the characters are lacking I can't picture out the characters well. It did not pull the strings of emotions in me but it was fine. It was nice but I did not get too attached to the story ...more

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Jan 30, 2018 Amanda rated it liked it

This needs a solid developmental edit. Nothing about Ireland felt authentic and the Irish characters spoke with far too many Americanisms. You could do nothing but swap out the Irish town names with towns in the US and have the same story. That was the biggest disappointment; I never felt like I was back in Ireland.

Other than that, it’s a quick read and a cute story. The main character has moments of ridiculous immaturity (like in her last conversation with her ex) but that could have been ...more

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Feb 19, 2018 Lisa Hill rated it it was amazing

A cynical New York career journalist travels to Ireland to cover the Festival of Love for her magazine. Expecting to mock it at every turn, she falls for the charms of the festival, the town and its people. Especially her tour guide.

This is a lovely, gentle and funny look at love and romance in the 21st century. I found myself rooting for Keira and Shane and getting swept along in their courtship. I’m looking forward to reading the rest of the series.

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Feb 08, 2018 Louis R. rated it liked it

My opinion - good but not great

I liked a fair amount about this book, but I also had a number of problems with it. The romance seems rushed and relies upon the reader to fill in a lot of subtext that IMO just doesn't feel there. The dialog is ok but could be better, and the supporting characters feel thin and underdeveloped even in those roles. Not sure if I'll read the next one or not.

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Jan 29, 2018 Ashley rated it really liked it

A quick romance read. Why 4 stars? It wasn’t because I liked the main character (she was an idiot), but it made me want to visit Ireland. I had google earth open while reading this and I went everywhere they went.
Making the ex-boyfriend up to be a jerk was ridiculous. She was clearly the jerk, but I assume the author felt like woman’s rights to work and be all powerful was more important than family relations?
Maybe not, but that’s what came across.
Loved Shane. Loved Orin. Loved Ireland.

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