Book info

• Title The Year of Taking Chances
• Author Lucy Diamond
• Year 2014
• Genre Romance

It's New Year's Eve, and Gemma and Spencer Bailey are throwing a house party. There's music, dancing, champagne and all their best friends under one roof. It's going to be a night to remember. Also at the party is Caitlin, who has returned to the village to pack up her much-missed mum's house and to figure out what to do with her life; and Saffron, a PR executive who's keeping a secret which no amount of spin can change. The three women bond over Gemma's dodgy cocktails and fortune cookies, and vow to make this year their best one yet. But as the months unfold, Gemma, Saffron and Caitlin find themselves tested to their limits by shocking new developments. Family, love, work, home - all the things they've taken for granted are thrown into disarray. Under pressure, they are each forced to rethink their lives and start over. But dare they take a chance on something new?

Thoughts

On the surface, this is your standard rom-com style book, with three women loosely connected dealing with their own difficulties and eventually overcoming them for a happy ending. It’s not massively sophisticated, but for some reason, it really got under my skin, these three women - particularly Gemma who goes through so much and is really strong and resourceful all the way through. A really good read!

Rating: 4 / 5