One Night on the Island

Written By Tanya Ahmed

One Night on the Island by Josie Silver

Reviewed by Tanya
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Thank you to @vikingbooks for sending us a copy of this! 💙

I feel like this is everything a romance novel should be. It had the right amount of everything. It was sweet. When I first started reading, I was like ugh Mack is gonna be a typical obnoxious dude but he turned out to be the total opposite and an actual sweetheart.

Cleo writes a dating column and is sent to a remote Irish island by her manager to “marry herself” for her 30th birthday. Life on Salvation Island is the complete opposite to her busy London life but at least it’s a chance to enjoy a luxury cabin and enjoy some quiet time while she figures out her next move.

Mack is also looking for some quiet time away from his life in Boston. His life is somewhat falling apart and he needs an escape. A mix-up means both Cleo and Mack are booked into the cabin, and they’re both unsure of how they’re going to cope however as the days go on, they seem to enjoy each other’s company.

It wasn’t a typical romance novel, it felt very real! You learn to love both Cleo and Mack who are on their own individual self-care journeys! Apart from Cleo and Mack you also learn to love the other characters in the book who just made Salvation Island seem so homely and comforting! This book was so much better than I thought it was going to be.

Tanya Ahmed

Soy Tanya. I’m the youngest of the group...and I don’t really know what to say except that I find these things really awkward. When Linda first came to me with this idea of an online bookclub/review page I was 100% down, although I was a little worried and felt like backing out on many occasions as I felt like my reviews were awful - I’m not good with words at all. If anyone was to ask me a year ago how I found a book, I’d reply: “good” - that’s my review done. But being part of this club with such amazing girls has really made me a lot more confident and comfortable. So I’ll forever be grateful. It’s always a laugh when we’re together, we are guaranteed to get side-tracked but our meetings are always productive and a lot of fun. This is just the beginning for us. I like reading all kinds of books from different genres but prefer romance/YA. With work being full on I like feel-good books that are light and easy. I’m currently in the middle of reading a few books lol but sticking to The Zanzibar Wife by Rebecca Rodriquez. Reading for me is a form of escapism, just getting away from the stress of real life and getting lost in book and falling in love with characters. I can’t list my top 5 or even top 10 so here are a few of my all-time favourites: The Sicilian by Mario Puzo To all the boys I’ve loved before by Jenny Han, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hoseeini, The Forty Rules of Love by Shafa Kelif Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith and Moonlight Over Manhattan by Sarah Morgan.

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