Name: London, Can You Wait?
ISBN: 9780995211759

Jacquelyn Middleton

Alex loves Mark. Mark loves Alex. But is love enough? Mark's rising fame and his increasingly worrisome behaviour make Alex wonder: how much more can she bend before she breaks? A passionate tale of secrets, loss, and ambition, 'London, Can You Wait?' is the eagerly-awaited sequel to Middleton's debut novel, 'London Belongs to Me'.

London, Can You Wait?

Lauren Sullivan

While I enjoyed the first book, London Belongs to Me, I had a lot of problems with it, as well, so I was a bit worried about this. Happily, my worries were completely unfounded. At its heart, this is a story about relationships, about secrets, about keeping the lines of communication open. This is exactly what a new adult book should be - showing the painful and amazing ways people grow into themselves and their place in the world around them.

Though it’s only been a year since the end of the last novel, it feels like so much has changed for Alex and Mark. I was very pleased with Alex’s strength and tenacity in tackling her anxiety, and also in making heartbreaking decisions to protect herself. I can’t say much more than that without getting into major spoilers, but Alex truly came into her own in this book, in terms of her personal life, relationships and career.

The secondary characters felt much more fleshed out, and their story arcs complemented Alex’s. I’d honestly love to read spin-off books about several of them, especially Lucy. I also loved the peeks into Alex's and Mark's families and the history and support they provided.

I could not put down this book once I started reading it. An amazing second book, and I hope to read more about Alex in the future!

I received an ARC from the publisher in return for an honest review.

Jackie

I thoroughly enjoyed this read! Jacquelyn took me through a rollercoaster of emotions and I absolutely loved it (though I do have yet another character to add to my shit list. Two, actually.)
I'd actually really like to do a timeline for this series (I did it for the Divergent series already) just so that I can keep track of when certain things took place! But I loved that we were even taken into the future!

I'm trying to be super careful about keeping this a spoiler review which turns out to be rather difficult... While I wasn't happy about certain plotlines of the book, I do understand that these were things that NEEDED to happen in order for Alex to grow as a character. I enjoyed that we were given the opportunity to explore Mark's back story as well!

The side characters were absolutely amazing in this one as they were in the first one. I love that Lucy was able to find someone, along with that said person. It made me so happy that she was able to find happiness.

What happens in the last chapter of this book, I completely swooned. I can't wait to see it come into fruition for the next book! 😉 Alex and Mark are absolutely meant to be and I'm so proud of this ship that Jax has given us!

Thank you so much Jacquelyn, Kirkwall books, and Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book! I would have had it done much sooner but some things happened in my personal life so better late than never, right?

London, Can You Wait?

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