Review: Loved it
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 10, 2014
I really enjoyed this book, read it in one sitting within the space of a few hours!It's the ultimate dilemma - if you found a friends diary lying open on the floor would you read it? Be honest and answer it yourself. In reality everyone would be hard pushed to say 'of course I wouldn't'!!That's the dilemma facing Anna when she finds her best friend Sophie's diary. She decides to read a page and, intrigued by what she reads, she continues to read it. But in breaking one of those best friend unwritten rules, she opens up a can of worms she is unable to close again.In trying to get her head straight in the few days before her wedding, Anna seeks solace somewhere she hopes will be quiet enough for her to think about where her life lies.The people she meets while away are wonderful! They include a couple running a cafe, and a waiter. I absolutely loved all of them. The interaction between them, the conversations, the whole idea that these people take so quickly to a vulnerable stranger, all of it just seemed right to me. I like to think there are still people like that in the world today.Will Anna decide to forgive her fiancée and go through with her wedding? Does she decide she can't forgive him? I am not going to give anything away. Suffice to say she goes through a lot of emotions over the course of just a few days, and she changes her mind on several occasions.Whatever you think about the route to the final chapters I loved them! It left me with a huge smile on my face.This is an author who has, I believe, a great career ahead of her, and I plan to follow that career all the way.