Name: Lockdown on London Lane
Rating: 3.730769230769231 (13 reviews)
ISBN: 9781989365854

Beth Reekles

Lockdown on London Lane

J’Naia Stepp

The inhabitants of London Lane are stuck inside for the week as someone in the building has tested positive for the virus that put them in a pandemic. From Ethan and Charlotte being stuck on opposite sides of the door to Isla and Danny's new relationship being put to the test and a one night stand being extended for an extra six days, everyone in (and out) the building is being tested as friendships are tested and everyone is pushed to extreme high and lows. The only constant thing about everything in their lives is the fact that life is full of surprises.

This is an excellent book that has perfect timing as we seal with out own pandemic. The best part is even though there are a ton of characters going through this, they are not only well rounded, but they also have clear distinct voices that not only make it easy to tell who's speaking but help us to understand the characters even more. 

As they navigate being quarantined at the beginning of a pandemic, it reminds e of when COVID first shut us down and we all were left wondering what was happening and how long it was going to last. Now looking back as we are hopefully coming closer to the end of the pandemic (Though that may not be for well past a couple months), things are a lot different than any of us expected and it's easy to assume the same thing will happen with these characters as well and I can probably guess how each of them will react as things happen and as new mandates are put out (Or retracted)

Samantha Kalany Hughes

** spoiler alert **
           What a read indeed. 

As I mentioned in my mid-book review on Instagram, I never thought I'd be reading books about the trials and tribulations of COVID-19... like I most of the time read to escape... and those I was reading about some entirely different situations (that thankfully, I didn't have to experience) I never dreamt of escaping my reality to read of someone else's "not-so-fictional" reality... Beth Reekles should have classified this book as a Historical Fiction, technically speaking. 

I'm deciding to give it 4/5 stars instead 5/5 stars, because though I could pick up some contemporary romance vibes, I definitely was expecting a more catastrophic breakup to emerge from the outbursts that occurred. I also would have loved for the text to be a bit longer, seeing as how just a week in lockdown hasn't even been the worst of it. Regardless it was a great read and I'm so thankful for the opportunity to take a sneak glance/read-through of it, in accordance with BookishFirst, Beth Reekles, and WattPad Books. 

Thank you again!

Esther

For the fact that this book took me back to the very first week of Lockdown, which was filled which uncertainty and just bad news in general, this book was a delightful read.
I’d absolutely recommend it if you are a fan of media in episodic form such as movies like “Love, Actually” “Valentine’s Day or “Happy New Year”.

The interlinked stories of the residents in the Apartment Building and their relations to one another was fun to discover throughout the book. While I did have my favourites in the book, and found other characters a tad irritating, I thought it was very well balanced.

And although I do understand that the book is sort of a manifest of the super strange times we are all living in, I could have done without all the very contemporary pop culture references made by some characters.

Thank you Netgalley, Wattpad Books and the author Beth Reekles for the opportunity to read this Book as an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Laura Antonella Miscione

Thanks to the publishers and NetGalley for the eARC.

I absolutely enjoyed this book. The writing was really good and it got me thinking about all the stories that probably went on in my building while we were on lockdown. This book had me laughing a whole lot. A super feelgood read for any day of the week!

Lockdown on London Lane

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