A review by a_neverending_tbr
My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan

emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I’m late to this party and didn’t realize it. I really enjoyed Thank You For Listening, saw this and thought it was a new book by Julia though I now realize it actually came first. While the concept of a casual fling isn’t usually going to hit right for me and this ended up being way heavier than I expected, I did enjoy it. It is less a romance and more of Ella finding herself at Oxford, working through her own past trauma and determining what she truly wants in life. I live Julia’s writing style and though I read the hard copy it was certainly her voice narrating it to me. It is a journey, a hard journey but a really beautiful story in the end. 

Content Notes: Closed door romance