Published December 6, 2012
About the Book:
What happens when the one that got away comes back?
Rachel and Ben. Ben and Rachel. It was them against the world. Until it all fell apart.
It’s been a decade since they last spoke, but when Rachel bumps into Ben one rainy day, the years melt away.
From the moment they met they’d been a gang of two; partners in crime and the best of friends. But life has moved on. Ben is married. Rachel is definitely not. In fact, the men in her life make her want to take holy orders…
Yet in that split second, Rachel feels the old friendship return. And along with it, the broken heart she’s never been able to mend.
If you love David Nicholls and Lisa Jewell then this is the book for you. Hilarious, heartbreaking and everything in between, you’ll be hooked from their first ‘hello’.
My Thoughts:
My love for British women's lit extends to Scottish and Irish as well, and I always love finding new-to-me authors, so Scottish McFarlane was a great find. While the book wasn't perfect in every way, it was lovely and I enjoyed it thoroughly. There was a bit of extraneous stuff in places, and I felt the book could have been perfect somewhere under 400 pages instead of the 436 it clocked in at. Other than that, it was wonderful. I loved Rachel and Ben and couldn't wait to read all of their story. The story is told through flashbacks to their time at university back and forth with the present, and it is done well. It's a cute story with a lot of laughs. I also appreciated that the ending wasn't as abrupt and simple as some of the other "romance" books I've read of late. Some only give a couple sentences or a paragraph at most to end it, and McFarlane fleshed it out a bit more than that. Thank you to her! Really looking forward to more by this fairly new author.
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