It's New Year's Eve, and Gemma and Spencer Bailey are throwing a house party. There's music, dancing, champagne and all their best friends under one roof. It's going to be a night to remember.
Also at the party is Caitlin, who has returned to the village to pack up her much-missed mum's house and to figure out what to do with her life; and Saffron, a PR executive who's keeping a secret which no amount of spin can change. The three women bond over Gemma's dodgy cocktails and fortune cookies, and vow to make this year their best one yet.
But as the following months unfold, Gemma, Saffron and Caitlin find themselves tested to their limits by shocking new developments. Family, love, work, home - all the things they've taken for granted - are thrown into disarray. Under pressure, they are each forced to rethink their lives and start over. But dare they take a chance on something new?
In the last 12 months we have been treated to not one, but
two books by the fabulous Lucy Diamond. The cover is really pretty and
perfectly captures the pizzazz of new year parties.
This book is absolutely spectacular! Definitely a contender
for an entry into my top ten books of 2015, even though we have only just
started the year! The prologue is beautifully written, almost poetic. It
reminded me of one of the spirits from ‘A Christmas Carol’, a glimpse into
Gemma’s life but from an outside entity, whose short tale starts in setting the
tone of the book.
You know something has happened, but don’t know what, I
presumed one thing, but actually it is something completely different, and I
don’t think I’ve ever read a book that covers this, and it was good to read
something that is quite unique, and was written about with great care about
such a sensitive subject.
You follow three characters who meet at Gemma’s New Years
Eve Party. After getting drunk and making promises to make 2015 their best year
yet, they go their separate ways, but keep coming back to help each other out
in their various times of need. Their blossoming friendship was a joy to read,
and I’m not surprised as Lucy seems to be an expert in that department.
While Gemma, Saffron and Caitlin’s scenes together were
great, their separate lives was equally was beautifully written. They all go
through hard times and I really felt for all of the characters, especially
Gemma, who I think was my favourite, but I still adored Saffron and Caitlin.
This book is simply perfect. It makes you happy, sad, laugh
and cry. It was truly an amazing book. Heart warming, despite all the sad times,
you still get the fuzziness inside that I have come to expect from reading Lucy’s
books.
Published by: Pan Macmillan
Gratefully received from the Publisher for review.
I loved this book too x
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