After reading loads of things this weekend that have been hard work I decided the lure of the chick lit had me and I couldn't get rid of it no matter what I tried picking up to read!! As much as I love an unhappy ending every once in a while I don't mind something with a happy ending and that's what I hoped this would be!
The Best Thing That Never Happened To Me - Laura Tait and Jimmy Rice.
So I started this book yesterday evening and finished it this morning, while I curled up in bed for 3 hours!! Yes I am indulging myself before I go back to University!!
Holly and Alex were best friends from the age of 11 when Holly moved to the small Yorkshire town and had no one! They forged a strong friendship that as they got older turned to love .. but they never acted on it for one reason or another .. usually a fault on both sides that could have easily been rectified (as is with all love stories, even Romeo and Juliet) and I have to admit I get pretty annoyed at these bits even in Romeo and Juliet. And Holly moves to London to go to University while Alex stays at home with his recently widowed Dad. Finally however many years later ... Alex decides to move to London when his Dad sells the family house in favour of a barge! Alex gets a teaching job and moves not without being given Holly's email address. In the meantime, Holly has a steady PA job and she is banging her boss (to put it crudely) which is not where she imagined her life to be! Her and Alex meet up and find it is just like old times and they sink back into their friendship .. however AGAIN and annoyingly ... everything else gets in the way of their love blossoming. etc etc etc ..... just like every other love story!!! Blaaaaahh :)
But I have to admit I did enjoy the way the book was structured as each chapter comes from each of the lovebirds! So you can understand that this was much more frustrating for me ... as you know how both of the characters are feeling but you see the same event and situation from both sides of the fence which again is such an interesting concept! I can truly say that for a quick Asda buy, because it had a pretty cover, It was okay and I would recommend to anyone who likes and easy read!
Back to my normal books now for a bit before I need something like this :)
See you soon :)
Leanne x
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