ARC Review: Love Overdue by Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus
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Author: Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus
Published July 1st 2025 by Allen & Unwin
Goodreads Synopsis
Lauren Green thinks her first love story is shelved for good—until life decides to write a surprise chapter. A sexy, quirky rom-com for fans of Emily Henry.
The last time Lauren Green saw Jamie Sultana, they were seventeen and he'd just shredded her heart like a bad first draft.
Back then, Lauren was a frizzy-haired bookworm who dreamed of becoming the next Margaret Atwood. Jamie was the impossibly charming boy who thought Margaret Atwood was a type of cheese. Still, they were hopelessly in love. Until, out of nowhere, they weren't.
Twenty years later, Lauren is the vice principal of North Caulfield Primary. She's buried her old heartache and big, bold writing dreams under a stack of responsibilities and big, bold colourful dresses.
So when she calls a meeting with notorious truant April Reidman's absent parents, the last person she expects to walk into her office is Jamie. Now, the scruffy teenager has morphed into an impeccably dressed Kit Harington lookalike - but there's no mistaking those dazzling blue eyes.
As if things couldn't get any worse, he's acting like he has no idea who she is!
Lauren's determined to quickly resolve April's behavioural issues and be done with Jamie for good, but the universe has other plans . . .
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Review
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher, via NetGalley. This in no way impacted on my view.
Vice Principal Lauren Green has enough on her plate with dealing with an inadequate principal and the usual stresses of working in education. So the fact that the father of one of her more challenging students just happens to be the man who broke her heart 20 years ago, and who seemingly can’t remember her, is just the icing on the cake. Lauren needs to work her magic to ensure that April stoppers truanting and begins to enjoy school again, while also fighting with her rekindling feelings for Jamie Sultana.
I read this book in one sitting, and couldn’t put it down. I really enjoyed the way that there were flashbacks to Lauren (Wren) and Jamie’s time in high school so we got to see their backstory and why they’ve been apart for the last 20 years. Neither character was perfect, but their flaws were what made them realistic and ‘normal’. The story was really believable, and it was nice reading a story set in Australia, as most of the books I read are based in the UK or USA.
Dates Read:
August 15th, 2025
Rating
3 Stars
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