I was sent a copy of the book for review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This post contains affiliate links.
Today is my stop on the blog tour for The Girl I Used To Know – please do check out the other stops on the tour.
About The Book
Amanda King and Tess Cuffe are strangers who share the same Georgian house, but their lives couldn’t be more different. Amanda seems to have it all, absolute perfection.
She projects all the accoutrements of a lady who lunches. Sadly, the reality is a soulless home, an unfaithful husband and a very lonely heart.
By comparison, in the basement flat, unwanted tenant Tess has spent a lifetime hiding and shutting her heart to love.
It takes a bossy doctor, a handsome gardener, a pushy teenager and an abandoned cat to show these two women that sometimes letting go is the first step to moving forward and new friendships can come from the most unlikely situations.
My Review
This book tells the tale of two different women – Tess and Amanda – who don’t like each other very much. They both suffer massive betrayals many years apart and it takes time to heal those wounds. Perhaps they will have to rely on each other to make sure the past is the past?
I loved the characters of Amanda and Tess. You could see why they rubbed each other up the wrong way but you could tell they were true and genuine too. Both had dulled their light for a man, even if that man didn’t truly appreciate them, and had become quite bitter and judgemental as they got older.
With some shock revelations, the introduction of some interesting characters and finding some new hobbies for themselves, can the ladies become who they are truly meant to be?
This was a fantastic read. I was fully on their side throughout – I think both betrayals are of equal shock factor – and I liked how the novel ended, a happy ending for some characters whilst perhaps not so for others. I’d certainly recommend this for a summer holiday read.
About The Author
Faith lives in the west of Ireland with her husband, four children and two very fussy cats. She has an Hons Degree in English Literature and Psychology, has worked as a fashion model and in the intellectual disability and mental health sector.
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You can buy the book on: Amazon {affiliate link} | Kobo | Google Play
Oh I have this book but haven’t read it yet! I am really looking forward to reading it now!
This sounds excellent and quite coincidently Kobo is my next stop as I need a new read, I hope its on there. Mich x
Sounds like a good read, I love it when you have 2 characters who share one thing but are totally different people x
Oooh, this does sound good, I may buy it for my Mum for her birthday! (What do you buy a woman who has everything already? A book!)
This sounds like a really good read. I’m looking for my next book to pick up.
Have been looking for a read for my holidays next week, and this sounds like the perfect read.
Sounds like a great read. I shall add it to my list for when the kids start swimming again
I have recently got a subscription to audible so that I can listen to books in bed as a way to relax, I will be adding this to my wishlist of books to read, thank you.
This sounds like a fab read. I’ve finally got back into reading again after being able to actually finish a book when we were on holiday!