One Night on the Island: A Novel
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of One Day in December . . . When a double-booking at a remote one-room cabin accidentally throws two solace seekers together, it feels like a cruel twist of fate. But what if it’s fate of a different kind?
“A perfectly executed and quintessential romantic comedy.”—Christina Lauren, author of The Unhoneymooners
Spending her thirtieth birthday alone is not what dating columnist Cleo Wilder wanted, but she plans a solo retreat―at the insistence of her boss―in the name of re-energizing herself and adding a new perspective to her column. The remote Irish island she’s booked is a far cry from London, but at least it’s a chance to hunker down in a luxury cabin and indulge in some self-care while she figures out the next steps in her love life and her career.
Mack Sullivan is also looking forward to some time to himself. With his life in Boston deteriorating in ways he can’t bring himself to acknowledge, his soul-searching has brought him to the same Irish island to explore his roots and find some clarity. Unfortunately, a mix-up with the bookings means both have reserved the same one-room hideaway on exactly the same dates.
Instantly at odds, Cleo and Mack don’t know how they’re going to manage until the next weekly ferry arrives. But as the days go by, they no longer seem to mind each other’s company quite as much as they thought they would.
Written with Josie Silver’s signature charm, One Night on the Island explores the meaning of home, the joys of escape, and how the things we think we want are never the things we really need.
“A perfectly executed and quintessential romantic comedy.”—Christina Lauren, author of The Unhoneymooners
Spending her thirtieth birthday alone is not what dating columnist Cleo Wilder wanted, but she plans a solo retreat―at the insistence of her boss―in the name of re-energizing herself and adding a new perspective to her column. The remote Irish island she’s booked is a far cry from London, but at least it’s a chance to hunker down in a luxury cabin and indulge in some self-care while she figures out the next steps in her love life and her career.
Mack Sullivan is also looking forward to some time to himself. With his life in Boston deteriorating in ways he can’t bring himself to acknowledge, his soul-searching has brought him to the same Irish island to explore his roots and find some clarity. Unfortunately, a mix-up with the bookings means both have reserved the same one-room hideaway on exactly the same dates.
Instantly at odds, Cleo and Mack don’t know how they’re going to manage until the next weekly ferry arrives. But as the days go by, they no longer seem to mind each other’s company quite as much as they thought they would.
Written with Josie Silver’s signature charm, One Night on the Island explores the meaning of home, the joys of escape, and how the things we think we want are never the things we really need.
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Community Reviews
As I was reading this it kept going downhill. At first it was kind of fun. Then I was dubious. I grew bored. I considered DNFing but I'm so stubborn. Finally, I got mad. You know what's not romantic or hot? A story about the dissolution of a marriage. Especially as the ex-wife became my favorite character.
And for a little while, he made me feel as if I’d swallowed stars
2.5 ⭐
This book took me a longer time to read through, partially because I couldn't get into it.
I feel like the blurb had the best settings: a getaway on a remote island, so called vacation being interrupted, one bed/place trope and it even had the banter between the main characters. But the book didn't deliver them well.
The tone of the book was generally monotonous and boring, I couldn't wait to get to the end of the book. There were dual POVs which is good but nothing really happened enough to get the depth of the story the blurb promised. The book was too long and the main characters focused so much on other elements in their life it felt like I wasn't reading about them.
It felt like the circumstances around the characters made them even boring, the backstories to them did not make it better. I'm giving it 2.5 ⭐ only for Cleo's bravery in addressing the issues in her life and for how beautiful the island sounded.
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ONE NIGHT ON THE ISLAND
by Josie Silver dating oneself) as a way to re-energize herself and bring something fresh to her column. She's booked a luxury cabin on a remote Irish island.
Mac is also looking forward to some alone time. His marriage is falling apart - something he doesn't want to admit - so he leaves Boston behind with the plan to soul search on the same Irish island.
Due to a mix-up with the bookings, it turns out that both Cleo and Mac have booked the same cabin. The two are instantly at odds, but since the ferry only comes weekly, they are stuck with one another. As the week goes on, they find that they don't mind each other's company as much as they thought.
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