This would make a nice quick summer read, and would appeal to fans of rom coms with a supernatural twist.
If you enjoy romantic comedies with heartaches, twists and hope, you’ll love Decisions. Erin and Sasha have been best friends for years and their love for one another oozes off the page. We see them work together, shop and live in the carefree way of adults with their whole life ahead of them. When the unthinkable happens and Erin faces a future she never predicted, hope for a brighter future could be found on a summer trip to Menorca. Like the summer holiday version of ‘Last Christmas’, the ups and downs of Erin's story culminate in a hopeful, heart-warming tale that those we love are never really gone. This is an easy to read contemporary fiction with a fantasy twist. I enjoyed spending time with Erin and Sasha and getting to understand their dynamic and how close they are. As the story progresses there are moments of grief that brought tears to my eyes and I hoped as I read that Erin’s story would turn out well in the end. Meeting Alex in Menorca, and seeing Erin processing and starting to be happier again brought light and hope to the story. I twigged but found the final chapters of the book satisfying in their resolution as Erin looks towards a brighter future. This would make a nice quick summer read, and would appeal to fans of rom coms with a supernatural twist.
Charlotte Walker, A LoveReading Ambassador
As I journeyed through the book, I laughed out loud several times, as well as being overcome with sadness at others.
Best friends “Sash” and “Rin” have known each other since they were four. Over the years they have developed a wonderful friendship full of humour, care, and respect for one another. Although they differ physically, Sasha is petite and Erin is more curvaceous, they are completely on the same wavelength when it comes to enjoying themselves and having fun. Both love shopping, eating out, pubs, clubs and holidays. Ultimately they end up sharing a working environment together in the same university department. Rather than hinder their work productivity, their close friendship actually enhances it, and so all would appear an ideal scenario until one day Sasha is late for work….. I really loved getting to know the two main characters in this book. Their close friendship is portrayed as fun and carefree, but at the same time very supportive and caring for each other as illustrated when neither will go home at the end of a night out without informing the other. As I journeyed through the book, I laughed out loud several times, as well as being overcome with sadness at others. In addition to being a very emotional book, the text is written in a very readable, refreshing style. I was convinced that by the end I would think it was an absolute cracker of a book, but alas I found the ending just could not compete with the strong opening and middle sections. I wasn’t necessarily looking for a happy ending, but rather a more plausible ending, an ending compatible with the high standards found earlier in the book. My thoughts are that a different ending could have made the book so much more robust, as the author writes so perceptively and effortlessly, but I felt the ending just didn’t ‘stack up’, and therefore sadly it left me underwhelmed.
Kathryn Carruthers, A LoveReading Ambassador
This book is a page turner.
This book is a page turner. It's unusual for me to read a book so fast. The author has a unique, personal style. There's a strong momentum to the narrative and the author speaks in first person prose which adds an immediacy to the narrative. Although the story was in many ways written in a down-to-earth way, I was transported to another land and another world or way of looking at things, with the author taking me on a journey that felt personal and familiar, but also surprising. I'd highly recommend this book.