From ‘Man Mountain’; an engineer who eats everything in sight and tall dark handsome Tom with big hands but no idea how to use them, to the mysterious and brooding Henry Austin. Follow the trials and tribulations of Fleur’s journey as she works her way through a number of eventful blind dates, all in the name of finding true love.
The novel is written like a diary where Fleur is telling us about her life and (lack of) love life. As a divorced mother of one she turns to her friends and family to help set her up on dates. All of which end up leaving you laughing and feeling for Fleur purely for how horrible they are. Enter Henry who could quite possibly end Fleur's dating horrors, but will he?
I loved Fleur, although she was a typical chic-lit protagonist, she was different as she is divorced, in her thirties and had a son to care for. I found her very likeable, she wasn't perfect and had her flaws but she was real and you could so easily relate to her. Because of this you felt like you were part of the story to felt everything with her. The fact that the novel is written like a diary helps you to connect with Fleur even more as it feels like she is talking to you, which grabs you into the story to the point where you feel like her best friend with whom she has no boundaries with what she is telling you.
I also loved Jack, Denise and Leanne, they were the perfect personality matches for Fleur and their friendship was written perfectly, you agreed with most of the advise they gave to Fleur and you could see they really did care about her.
Although Henry was a character that you weren't particularly supposed to like you couldn't help it, I also couldn't help but want him and Fleur to get together, you could just tell they were made for each other!
I loved how KT kept Fleur's son Tobey in the story, I have read some books where the child is no longer mentioned as the story goes on but he remained there throughout and at the front of Fleur's mind which showed a nice mother, son relationship. He was also so funny and never failed to make you smile by coming out with something or other.
The whole concept of the story was intriguing and although you could guess the ending a little it didn't take anything away from the story, it was still just as good as it would of been had you not been able to guess. Plus you can only guess about 10 pages from the end because KT keeps you wondering up until then! I loved that there were other stories within the book that were all just as good as the main one, this allowed you to get to know a bit more about Fleur and her crazy life.
This book has lots of Bridget Jones type moments and I would recommend it to any ladies that want a laugh, or have even experiences disaster or blind dates and would like to relate. This is one of the best debut novels I have read in a long time and I cannot wait to read more from KT.
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