On Dublin Street (On Dublin Street, #1)

by Samantha Young

[Rowena]

This book is about Joss Butler, an American who lost her entire family when she was a freshman in high school. Years later, she finds herself living in Scotland, her Mom’s homeland and trying to start a new life for herself there. When her parents died, she came into an inheritance and she’s been living off of that and her bartending job while she tries to become a writer. Her best friend from college, Rhian and her boyfriend James are moving to London and leaving Joss behind so Joss needs to find a new roommate because even though she can afford to live alone, she wants a roommate for the social aspect of living.

This is where the love interest, Braden Carmichael comes into play.

Braden and Joss’ first meeting was something else. Holy cow, the amount of sexual tension in that cab was off the charts and I just knew that they were going to be a great couple to get to know. I didn’t think the follow up meeting could top that cab ride but I was wrong because their second meeting had me cracking up all over the place.

Now, this book was such a great book but there were quite a few things that had me frustrated. My frustrations stemmed from Joss constant inability to open up. It was hard to not understand where she was coming from but that didn’t stop me from wanting her to hurry up and get better. There were also times when I wanted to strangle Braden and his constant bulldozing over Joss. But as a whole, this was an incredible read that had me captivated throughout the entire book. I really enjoyed this one.

I was hoping that Ellie and Adam would get their own book but I was happy with the way that their story wrapped up in this one. I thought Young did a fantastic job of wrapping the reader up in the lives of this cast of characters. Because not only did I come to care for Joss and Braden but I came to love the hell out of Ellie, Adam, Elodie and Clark, Hannah and Declan and I was mighty curious about Jo too. I loved this book so much that I immediately started on Down London Road when I finished this one. So yeah, I pretty much adored this book.