Clichéd? Yes. Predictable. Of course. Implausible? Without doubt. And with an exasperating heroine. Classic chick lit and therefore, utterly and deliciously entertaining!
I enjoyed Fforde’s Island in the Sun (another maddening
proganist therein!), and she does know how to
craft an easy and undemanding read, even if she is a little out of touch with
modern-day romance. When my favourite
genre is crime thrillers, some of which have a corpse or six, a lightweight like this* is a refreshing change. (See About the Book below.)
All the familiar ingredients are present: best friends who really ought to stop resisting being anything else, a wedding that very definitely shouldn’t take place, a very dear and with-it nonagenarian being steam-rollered by a grasping relative, some stiff-collared parents and a rather amiable nephew.
None of it new, really, but it is
warm and endearing. I wasn’t left with a
‘wow’, but smiling and uplifted.
*Provided by NetGalley
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