When
Willow runs into her old university crush, Luke, she’s a new woman
with a new look – not to mention a little bit more cash after a
rather substantial inheritance. Could she be lucky enough to score a
fortune and her dream man at the same time?
Then
Willow meets Cal; a computer geek with a slightly odd sense of
humour. They get on like a house on fire — although she soon
realises that there is far more to her unassuming new friend than
meets the eye …
But
money doesn’t always bring happiness, and Willow finds herself
struggling to know who to trust. Are the new people in her life there
because they care – or is there another reason?
Previously
released in the US as Reversing Over Liberace. Revised and edited by
Choc Lit June 2016.
Stats
for my copy:
Kindle edition, Choc Lit, 2016.
How
acquired: NetGalley.
First
Lines: 'My grandfather's left
me his nose. It's in a matchbox.'
My
thoughts: Willow
and her mates, Jazz and Katie, are hanging out in their local pub one
night, when they run into Luke, an old college classmate. In college
Willow had a huge crush on Luke, but he never seemed to notice her existence at all. So she's pretty thrown when he's now happy to see
her and promptly asks her out. Willow is a fun, self-deprecating
narrator. She has lots of siblings who wander in and out of her
story, all of whom (including her) seem to be at a stage in life
where they are floundering slightly. At first I thought Jazz was
going to be the cliche gay best friend that was all the rage for
awhile, so I was relieved when that wasn't the case. Instead she has
a gay brother, but he was fairly normal and not at all cliche. And
then he introduces her to Cal, who she gets to know, before
discovering she didn't really know him at all. He was one of my
favorite characters. She often refers to him as being weird, but he
was weird in a good way.
Willow,
despite being in her early thirties, was a little naive in the
beginning, letting Luke's attention sweep her off her feet. The plot
was a little transparent, although if I hadn't read the synopsis it
might've taken me longer to become suspicious. And Willow of course
did not read the synopsis, so maybe I should expect it to take her
longer to realize something wasn't quite right. There was a nice
little, not exactly a plot twist but more a veering of the storyline
that I did not see coming, which, while I'm not sure it was
completely realistic it was quite satisfying.
Ms.
Lovering definitely writes quirky stories. Sometimes too much quirk
can come off as campy or over the top, but Ms. Lovering infuses her
stories with warmth and humor and characters you'd like to be friends
with. A fun read with some amusing banter and wonderful characters.
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