The Man of Her Dreams: the brilliant new rom-com from the author of London, With Love
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‘Romantic, funny, sweet and sexy’ MARIAN KEYES
‘The funny, clever, deeply romantic, sinfully sexy, devastatingly heartbreaking, perfectly uplifting book of your dreams’ CRESSIDA MCLAUGHLIN
‘A very swoony, sexy, warm read’ CESCA MAJOR
Is he too good to be true?
Meet Theo. Handsome, sexy, funny. kind. And he can cook.
He’s literally the man of Esme’s dreams. But Esme’s sensible enough to know that you can’t just manifest your perfect boyfriend then have him turn up on your doorstep.
Or can you?
All your favourite authors love SARRA MANNING!
‘A VERY special book. GORGEOUS, real believable and BEAUTIFUL’ – Marian Keyes
‘Wonderful – romantic, sexy, moving and impossible to put down’ – Louise O’Neill
‘Sexy, heartfelt, funny and fresh’ – Laura Jane Williams
‘Epically romantic yet utterly relatable’ – Holly Miller
‘Beautiful’ – Lindsey Kelk
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Additional information
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton (9 Nov. 2023) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 3394 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Not Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 360 pages |
by NW
A fun plot and a creative twist on romance that kept me guessing throughout and completely hooked. Honestly, you’ll really be wanting to know if you can manifest your perfect boyfriend. Esme is completely charming, understandably a little jaded and not always likeable, bringing a whole lot of chaos to this story. Her romance with Theo is sweet and relationship goals, with their open communication, mutual respect and of course how they have the total hots for each other – it’s safe to say there’s a little spice in here! Esme’s family dynamics are pretty rocky and we see that most of all with her sister, Allegra, and it’s hard not to feel for Esme who really just needs more tlc. Filled with humour and chaos, this book both tugged on my heart strings and gave me the warm fuzzies, and to top it all off it had a few surprises in store that really were the icing on the cake.
by Amazon Customer
I love Sarra Manning and her books so much, and ‘The Man of Her Dreams’ is no exception.
Esme Strange leads a ‘rich inner life’, one she’s built for herself and falls into when real life doesn’t cut it. That is until she meets Theo, her literal dream man. Then reality doesn’t seem all that bad.
I feel like all of Sarra Mannings books are written for book lovers and people who wish to be hopeless romantics but are too busy being slapped in the face by reality.
Esme can be added to the list of FMCs Manning writes that are strong, capable and yet fully flawed – where you just can’t help but root for them, even if they aren’t always in the right.
On a personal level, I got a little giddy feeling seeing Skirt magazine mentioned, along with a small nod to Grace and Vaughn. All hail the Sarra Manning universe.
This book was beautifully written, romantic, sexy and gives a good ol’ hard tug on the heart strings.
by Claire
Sarra Manning is a one click author for me, I’ve read her full back catalogue more than once.
Man of her dreams didn’t disappoint, on finishing the book i felt my self thinking about all characters for a few days after. Think I’ll be giving it a re- read just like the others.
by KathVBtn
Absolutely loved this. It feels like a standard romcom to start with, disorganised Esme had her heart broken in a messy divorce and has vowed never to let a man get close to her again. She has her friends, her own business, an acrimonious relationship with her sister but gets to see her beloved niblings – fairly standard set up, and nothing wrong with that.
Esme spends an evening at a holistic hen do vision boarding her ideal man (who sounds pretty lush). The same night she is hit by a bike, ending up in a hospital admission to get her head injury looked at. She has to share a cubicle with a stranger- and hello! There he is, tall, dark, handsome, broken nosed James Stewart lookalike. Could the universe have delivered him in super record time?
Esme finds herself trusting Theo (the hospital stranger) in ways that she thought she never could again, opening up about the divorce, other relationships, the situation with her own family, and much much more. Theo is pretty wonderful, listens without judging, gives her space to talk or be still, and when the two of them admit that they both fancy the other one – wham bam and thank you mam.
As days pass, and Esme goes back to work, or sees her friends, she finds herself opening up more with them, being honest with her mum and sister, and enjoying the freedom. She’s also questioning the timing about meeting Theo and whether she has manifested him somehow.
I had a few theories about what was going to happen but am happy to confess that I didnt guess the actual reason for Theo appearing quite so fortuitously.
A lovely read – a solid 4.5 stars from me (rounded up to 5)
by Lincs Reader
On the surface, Esme’s life is a success. She has a great job as a copywriter, owns her own home and has plenty of friends. But she’s struggling to come to terms with her failed marriage and she often escapes by disappearing into an imaginary world containing her perfect man.
After the hen night from hell, which involved crystals, mood boards and too much alcohol, Esme collides with a cyclist and suffers a nasty bump to her head.
Whisked off to A&E, she meets fellow patient Theo. From his job to his accent, he’s everything she pictured in her daydreams. Did the power of her desire manifest him into being?
Esme and Theo start dating and he appears to be the perfect man. He makes sure she takes her painkillers, comforts her when he awful sister Allegra shouts at her and supports her through her often manic life. Most important of all, she can always count on him to be there when she needs him most.
But when Esme returns to the hospital to have her stitches taken out, the consultant drops a bombshell that turns everything she thought she knew about Theo on its head.
But even if Theo isn’t the man she thought he was, perhaps that’s not such a bad thing?
Saucy, funny and emotional, this is a feel-good romance with fabulous characters and a juicy twist.
by Amazon Customer
One of the most tortuous and annoying books I’ve ever read. The (thin) plot is far too drawn out and I became very bored, very quickly. The characters were an unrealistic box-ticking exercise. And the language was dominated by far-too frequent use of ‘millenial’ phrases and references, some of which needed Googling. The frequent foul language didn’t need Googling though. What’s wrong with good old plain English? It’d allow the author to appeal to a wide readership and avoid the risk of excluding a certain demographic. Isn’t that what any good author of easy-reading rom-coms should aspire to?