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Thank you to Netgalley and Orion Publishing book for the digital arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I always hate giving negative reviews, especially when the book had so much potential. Sadly 'Sorry I Missed You' was extremely lacklustre with very little romance.

Considering it was a romance book, the main characters don't have a 'deep' conversation (basically not a random "hello" in the corridor, or "how was work?") until about 55% into the book. It's not until 78% that they have their first kiss. Now I'm all for a slow burn, but this was extreme! As I mentioned the only 'romance' for the first half of the book was extremely awkward, random passings. The humour was extremely forced and even by the end of the book I felt the couple had zero chemistry. This is definitely a result of them barely interacting for half the book.

Considering we have little interaction between the love interests, you would hope the rest of the book is filled with something gripping. Sadly, it is extremely lacklustre. Rebecca and Jack are both really interesting individuals, trying to navigate their way in their careers and dealing with lonliness. I loved the fact we have both of their POVs so we got some in depth workplace relationships about acting and marketing. However, when you start reaching the 50% mark with still no romance and only job worries it becomes a bit boring.

The thing that bugged me from the beginning was the assumptions both Rebecca and Jack made. They were quick to assume some quite negative stereotypes about each other and their lifestyles, when they had only had one conversation. Even once they started to get to know each other, and Jack opened up about his family issues, Rebecca continues to think he is a spoilt, rich boy. Now, while they are thinking these negative things about each other in their heads, they act completely different. That contrast of their actions and the stereotyping was quite jolting.

The assumptions continue into their 'relationship' . Everytime they are seen with another person, they assume that's their new partner. Both Jack and Rebecca have the whole 'I'm not good enough' mentality and it becomes quite frustrating when they haven't even been on a date yet but already think they're not good enough. And don't get me started on Jack thinking it's not weird to bring the girl he's interested in to see his ex-girlfriend perform.

When romantic comedies seem to be growing in popularity, this just misses the mark. Not once did I feel like this was a romance book, there was that little of it that it felt more like a sub-plot to Jack's acting career.

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3.0

I didn’t think I’d enjoy this book that much to be honest but the writing was good and the story was good but a little slow in a way as all the romance happened in the last 50 pages.