My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan

My Oxford Year

by Julia Whelan

She could never have guessed what the year would hold…

‘A pure delight . . . will stay with you long after you’re done’ TAYLOR JENKINS REID

Gazing up at the dreaming spires of Oxford, American student Ella Duran can’t believe it: she has finally arrived at Oxford University.

A new life starts, and not even Ella’s handsome lecturer Jamie Davenport can distract her from her classes. But, as the term goes on, Ella can’t deny the growing attraction between them – an attraction that soon turns to love.

And when Ella learns of Jamie’s life-changing secret, their relationship becomes deeper than Ella could have ever anticipated.

As Ella’s Oxford year draws to a close, she must decide whether the dreams she arrived with are the same ones with which she will leave…

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Cocktails and Books received this book for free from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect our opinion of the book or the content of our review.Ella, a Rhodes scholar, up and coming consultant in the political world, comes to Oxford to fulfill a promise made to herself as a young girl.  Immerse herself in everything Oxford and then come back home to her career.  But Ella discovers a side to herself while in Oxford, which includes an affair with her frustratingly handsome TA and discovering something much more important than politics and Tennyson.

Every once in awhile I find a book that blows me away. My Oxford Year was one of those finds. Ella and Jamie could be frustrating, but understanding these complex characters and following the ups and downs of their non-relationship made this hard to put down. 

I wanted Ella to forget about hitching her star to a potential presidential candidate and focus on herself.  Focus on developing relationships with her crazy friends.  And most of all helping Jamie understand that even if what they had was for a short time it would be worth everything.

This is a book that stays with you long after you've finished it and I'm so very happy to discover this author and her refreshing voice.  A Top Read for 2018 and a book I will highly recommend for a long time to come.

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