Nice Work, Nora November

I just finished Nice work Nora November by Julia London audiobook - Narrator Karissa Vacker and here is my review.


Nora is lucky to be alive. After a terrible accident while surfing on the one vacation she has had in a long time, she very nearly dies. All she can remember while being in her coma is her grandfather. A man who passed away a year ago. The man who she had been too busy to see.

Nora makes some huge decisions about her life and comes up with the idea of a reverse bucket list. She is going to do all the things she wanted to do and never made time for. She's going to learn to cook, find a new job outside of her dads personal injury lawyer firm and bring back the allotment that her grandfather left to her when he died.

She also wants to find the man she met during a corner shop robbery but lost his number. The more Nora makes strides to be the newer better version of herself, the more she realizes it's easier than it all sounds but nothing good ever comes easy and Nora will finally realize the truth that she has been trying desperately not to admit to.


I don't read many books that fall in the missed connections trope so this one was a little out of my wheelhouse but I really felt drawn to the cover so I had to have a listen. The narrator did a great job. I love when they have the right tone to their voices that lull you right in.
There is a lot of family drama that I really liked in this book. Nora doesn't really have a lot of control over her life because of who her father is and that's really sad. The book also covers depression and did a really great job of portraying it the correct way. It also covers the realities of losing your insurance when you don't work for trying to get mental health help.
I wouldn't call this a romance really, womens fiction for sure but the characters don't find each other until the very end of the book but the build up is so delicious I can overlook that. This book was so cute and heartwarming but really takes you down a slightly dark path too.
It's beautifully written and a well rounded book. I found Nora a really captivating MC and I know you will fall in love with her too. I also adored the seniors at her garden!
4 stars


Thank you to @harpercollins and @netgalley for my gifted copy