You realise how good an author is when, despite not really liking any one of the four main characters (four women, friends since university), despite the dreadful editing (neither author nor editor seemed to know the difference between lie and lay, when to use an adverb or when to use me and I: "through Matt and I's marriage" (Really? REALLY???), or how to use an apostrophe) and despite the complete lack of a nod to her readers by the author in her acknowledgements—publishers, friends, family, advisers, experts…oh yes, Uncle Tom Cobley, but not all….despite all that (yes, I know it's a lot!), you simply can't put this* down. See About the Book below.
The above aside, it's very well written with (whether you like them or not) characters with a lot meat on them (figuratively!). There's Lauren with severe post-natal depression, Nicki with a mend-my-marriage pregnancy, neuro-divergent Charlotte who can't get pregnant, and career-girl Steffi who has no need of babies in her life. And then, Nicki's baby shower changes everything.
I enjoyed this a lot but for me to read anything else by this author, I want better editing…and less nonsense like "It’s no coincidence that every woman in this country over the age of 60 has some kind of clinical anxiety disorder." Clearly, I'm unique…'nonsense' is a ladylike word for what I actually think of that.
*Provided by Netgalley
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