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Love, prescribed.
Hello! I'm Rosie! Pharmacist, flatmate, foodie extraordinaire and frankly, sick of being single. While all my friends from university are settling down into relationships and popping out almost as many babies as we pop out pills at work, I'm stuck doing all the hours I can to keep the pharmacy going. But the university reunion ball is looming and I might have told a few white lies about the existence of my date, surely I'll find someone in time? But when my girls Jess and Emily decide to take control of my dating life, will I actually find a date to the ball? Or will an intruder from the past cause chaos in my dispensary and disrupt life as I know it, in more ways than one?
174 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 5, 2020
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July 26, 2020
Love prescribed is a romantic comedy set in England. Rosie is a hard-working pharmacist, but she needs a date for an upcoming university reunion. While flatmates Emma and Josie try to find her an ideal man, Emma’s brother steps in to help Rosie at the pharmacy when her delivery boy breaks his leg.
I liked the opening chapter of this book, which threw the reader right into Rosie’s chaotic life. However, this is a dialogue-led story and this is where the book soon fell down for me. Real-life conversations don’t sound right in fiction, they need to be shorter and tighter with less small talk. Also, because the story is dialogue-led I felt that it lost out in character development, so it was harder for me to make connections and feel empathy towards any of the individuals.
I wanted to like tale, but I thought that it needed a lot more work to make this an entertaining and memorable story.
I liked the opening chapter of this book, which threw the reader right into Rosie’s chaotic life. However, this is a dialogue-led story and this is where the book soon fell down for me. Real-life conversations don’t sound right in fiction, they need to be shorter and tighter with less small talk. Also, because the story is dialogue-led I felt that it lost out in character development, so it was harder for me to make connections and feel empathy towards any of the individuals.
I wanted to like tale, but I thought that it needed a lot more work to make this an entertaining and memorable story.
October 29, 2020
They often say to write what you know and that's exactly what Laura Buckley has done. She's taken her own knowledge as a pharmacist and used it to great effect in this book. I don't think I've ever come across a pharmacist in a novel before and it's really refreshing to see.
Rosie is our main character. She lives with her two best friends, Emily and Jess, and is happy and very busy in her work. But she's looking for love, not just for her long-term future but also because a university reunion is looming and she doesn't have a date! I loved Rosie for her kindness and her reserve, and for just having no idea how lovely she is. There's a wonderful camaraderie between Rosie and her colleagues at work, Josie and Nora, as well and I thought Buckley portrayed friendships really well in this story.
The chapters are told alternately by Rosie and Mike, Emily's brother who is staying with them temporarily. Rosie remembers Mike from college and there are definitely sparks flying between them now. I really liked this way of telling the story from both points of view, giving an insight into how each views the other. But what I really really loved was the sexual tension between them and the delicious will they/won't they build up. I was totally on board for that!
Love, Prescribed is a light-hearted read and a total pleasure. I read it within a day as it's such an easy read and also I wanted to know what was going to happen. This is one for romance lovers who like a touch of heat in their love stories. I thought it was a really lovely read. Oh, and just a word about the cover - isn't it gorgeous?
Rosie is our main character. She lives with her two best friends, Emily and Jess, and is happy and very busy in her work. But she's looking for love, not just for her long-term future but also because a university reunion is looming and she doesn't have a date! I loved Rosie for her kindness and her reserve, and for just having no idea how lovely she is. There's a wonderful camaraderie between Rosie and her colleagues at work, Josie and Nora, as well and I thought Buckley portrayed friendships really well in this story.
The chapters are told alternately by Rosie and Mike, Emily's brother who is staying with them temporarily. Rosie remembers Mike from college and there are definitely sparks flying between them now. I really liked this way of telling the story from both points of view, giving an insight into how each views the other. But what I really really loved was the sexual tension between them and the delicious will they/won't they build up. I was totally on board for that!
Love, Prescribed is a light-hearted read and a total pleasure. I read it within a day as it's such an easy read and also I wanted to know what was going to happen. This is one for romance lovers who like a touch of heat in their love stories. I thought it was a really lovely read. Oh, and just a word about the cover - isn't it gorgeous?
June 7, 2020
Fantastic
I love the characters in this book! I strongly recommend this. It's a fun read with a bit of saucy too, It is really well written, the story is not rushed the author has taken time to reflect on their writing and seems to have a very clear charecter profile set for each person. I want to read it again, hope there will be more.
I love the characters in this book! I strongly recommend this. It's a fun read with a bit of saucy too, It is really well written, the story is not rushed the author has taken time to reflect on their writing and seems to have a very clear charecter profile set for each person. I want to read it again, hope there will be more.
June 7, 2020
Fun flirty and sexy
Really enjoyed this book. It’s was funny flirty and sexy. You find yourself immersed in the characters and smiling to yourself thinking my friends and I are just like that! Highly recommended.
Really enjoyed this book. It’s was funny flirty and sexy. You find yourself immersed in the characters and smiling to yourself thinking my friends and I are just like that! Highly recommended.
June 7, 2020
What a great debut book! So many times did I find myself giggling at things I could totally imagine happening in a community pharmacy or have happened! Doublebase! Cant wait for the next book. Well done Laura!
June 13, 2020
Addictive
What a book! I read it all in one day, between work breaks and time between shifts I got it finished. This book is incredibly addictive, very well written, funny and spicy in places. Definitely worth a read and one I will definitely read time and time again!
Courtnie x
What a book! I read it all in one day, between work breaks and time between shifts I got it finished. This book is incredibly addictive, very well written, funny and spicy in places. Definitely worth a read and one I will definitely read time and time again!
Courtnie x
June 21, 2020
Gripping from start to finish, this book is far from the usual genres I’d read but I was pleasantly surprised to find myself grinning as I read along. A brilliant first novel from laura Buckley, I look forward to reading many more.
May 5, 2022
Easy read with the right level of sass and laughter!
Thank you! I absolutely loved this book! Such an easy read with enough humour and so relatable! Took me back to my younger days! Thank you!
Thank you! I absolutely loved this book! Such an easy read with enough humour and so relatable! Took me back to my younger days! Thank you!
June 14, 2020
Top Sunday morning read
Brilliant!
Couldn't put it down!
Great excuse to stay in bed and read!
Loved the characters - really relatable to me
Brilliant!
Couldn't put it down!
Great excuse to stay in bed and read!
Loved the characters - really relatable to me
June 16, 2020
Pure escapism. It was easy to read chic lit, I thought I knew how it would end but was engaged all the way through.
July 17, 2020
If you like soppy chic lit this is for you! I loved the pharmacy references
September 27, 2020
Addictive like a drug 😊
Love love loved it! Great characters and a good old happy ending ! Can’t wait for the next book. ❤️
Love love loved it! Great characters and a good old happy ending ! Can’t wait for the next book. ❤️
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