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My review:
3.5ā
Genre ~ friendship fiction
Series ~ more on this below
Setting ~ Scotland
Publication date ~ January 5, 2024
Est page Count ~ 319 (p+ 33 chapters +e)
Audio length ~ 9 hours 54 minutes
Narrator ~ Helen McAlpine
POV ~ multiple 3rd
Featuring ~ second chance at happiness, unknown cheating, no steamage
We follow 4 main characters for a 24 hour period.
Odette is gearing up for her last day on set after 40 years being the leading lady on a soap opera. It took a while to realize how her story line would tie in.
Tress & Noah are both wonderful characters that are bonded by the past discretion’s of their former spouses. They have become best friends and their relationship was lovely to see. I wanted more of them than I got.
Keli is Noah’s sister who has been hiding a secret for months. I enjoyed this plot the best and the unlikely friendship with Laurie.
Okay so all in all I did enjoy how the various plots all finally came together. It was a little slow getting there and I wasn’t sure how they would, but they did so quite nicely. I’m a fan of multiple POV’s, but in this case I thought it took too long to get back to the person’s POV that I had just grown curious what would happen next for. Since I had to wait and slog through 3 other people’s chapters first I had to think back and try to remember where we left off when we finally came full circle.
Also, since the whole book takes place in one day I thought there was some extra unnecessary information ~ for instance I don’t really care about Noah’s friend, Cheska’s, whole work bio at all. I would have much preferred some flashbacks of Tress and Noah and how close they became over the past year for some page filler.
Shoutout to Nancy, Val, Yvie and Glinda for being the best side characters I might have ever read. A true delight these 4 were.
Again, I did enjoy it and I know this will surely appeal to the many…I mean it says right on the cover it’s a million copy bestseller.
Series notes:
It’s not listed as a series for some reason, but I think it’s best to read One Day With You first. There is a bit of a refresher, but this is the aftermath for the 2 characters from that one.
Narration notes:
I did not listen to this one, but am just giving the info above for reference.
*Thanks to the author and NetGalley for the ARC. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*
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Book blurb:
For forty years the fabulous Odette Devine has been a beloved matriarchal actress on Scotlandās longest-running TV show.
Today she is broken, betrayed, and desperate to find out if this is her payback for a lie she told forty years ago.
A year ago today, Tress Walkerās husband was killed in a car accident, on the same day she gave birth to their baby. Reeling from the discovery that he was with his mistress, Tress has to choose whether to protect her fragile heart or open it to love again.
Noah Clark was devastated to discover his wife and his best friend were having an affair. Now the love of his life is asking for another chance to make their marriage work. But can there ever be a way back, once the trust is broken?
Noahās sister Keli Clark has recently been ghosted by the man she loves. When a shocking message from a complete stranger reveals the reason why, Keli will have to decide whether to forgive, forget, or to make sure he pays.
Twenty-four hours. Four shocking secrets. One tumultuous tale of love, loss and second chances.
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Shari Low is the #1 bestselling author of over 30 novels, including My One Month Marriage and One Summer Sunrise and a collection of parenthood memories called Because Mummy Said So. She lives near Glasgow.
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