FANCY MEETING YOU HERE
Sometimes the man of your dreams is standing right in front of you... only ten years in the past. A charming and unconventional love story about trying to rewrite history.
Evie Berry is a thirty-year-old wannabe screenwriter who
spends her days managing a London cinema bar and making the podcast Pasta
La Vista with her best friend Ben. She's also obsessed with Hugo Hearst.
Have you heard of him? Of course you have. He's only one of the most
influential and not to mention swoon-worthy bestselling writers of his
generation.
When Evie's not hooking up with her on-again, off-again booty call 'Ever-Ready
Freddy' (and sometimes even when she is), she fantasises about what might have
been if she'd met Hugo years ago, when he was just a struggling writer.
After Evie interviews a psychic to the stars on her podcast, her life is
catapulted ten years into the past. But the grass isn't quite as green as she
remembers . . .
Fancy Meeting You Here is a hilarious and heartwarming new book from the
bestselling authors of the global hits The Book Ninja and While
You Were Reading - a love story about reliving your early twenties and
testing out that old saying: be careful what you wish for.
FANCY MEETING YOU HERE by Ali Berg & Michelle Kalus is a light-hearted, yet cautionary tale about being careful what you wish for.
Thirty-year-old Evie Berry’s life isn’t bad but she’s definitely lamenting lost opportunities. An interview with a psychic for the podcast (Pasta La Vista) she co-hosts with best friend Ben results in some strange advice that Evie takes up . . . the next thing she knows, she’s travelled ten years back in time. Evie is twenty, living at home, studying film at university, and Ben is still her best friend.
Now Evie can rewrite history, including engineering a relationship with her long-term obsession, Hugo Hearst. It all starts off smoothly, yet the closer Evie gets to what she thinks she wanted, she starts to realise it isn’t what she thought it would be or what’s best for her.
Fancy Meeting You Here is peppered with plenty of puns (both funny and groan-worthy) and movie references (I made a list). It’s an opportunity for a life re-do – something I think many of us would say yes to. It’s a fun and entertaining read. If you’re a Christina Lauren fan, check out Berg & Kalus.
Review copy courtesy of Allen & Unwin.
Hi there! We're Ali and Michelle. Co-authors, founders of Books on the Rail, professional Book Ninjas and best friends since we ditched play time for writing club in primary school.
Our first two novels The Book Ninja (2018) and While You Were Reading (2019) have been published and enjoyed around the world, and The Book Ninja has been optioned to be made into a film. Our third novel Fancy Meeting You Here was released in December 2021.
When we’re not writing books, Ali is a copywriter and Michelle is a primary school teacher. We both live in Melbourne with our respective families and colour-coordinated bookshelves.
https://aliandmichelle.com/
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