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The blurb:
Your bum does not look big in that
dress.
Mmm, it tastes delicious!
Of course you’re better looking
than Jon Hamm.
Newly engaged Natalie Butterworth
is an easy-going girl. She’ll do anything for a quiet life and if telling a few
teensy white lies keeps her friends and family happy, then so what? It’s not
like they’ll ever discover what she’s really thinking…
Until one night, thanks to a pub
hypnotist, Natalie’s most private thoughts begin to bubble up and pop out of
her mouth. Things get very messy indeed. Especially when some sticky home
truths offend her fiancé.
Natalie must track down the
hypnotist before the wedding is officially cancelled. So along with bad
influence bestie Meg, Natalie finds herself in the Yorkshire Parish of Little
Trooley - a small village bursting with big secrets, nosy old folk and
intriguing Wellington-wearing men.
When the girls get stranded in the
village with no means of escape and no way to break the hypnotist's spell, Natalie
is forced to face the truths she has been avoiding her whole life...
My Opinion:
The story is about newly engaged Natalie, she is a funny and easy-going
girl with a lot of charisma. Olly her fiancé is a bit of a perfectionist, but
he loves her.
Natalie accompanies her best friend Meg to a hypnotist performance in a
pub and is accidentally hypnotized by this amazing Brian guy. Everything goes
wrong from then on forward. Suddenly Natalie finds herself telling the totally
truth, when someone asks her a question. Well, she finds herself telling Olly
the truth about their sex life and much more!
She has to find this hypnotist and so her journey of solving this
problem begins. The adventure takes her to Little Trooley, where she meets a
lot of interesting people, including Riley, who owns the pub. I loved him from
the start, he was fun, kind and had a certain spark around him. The tension
between him and Natalie was clear from the moment they met and I was actually
only waiting for something to happen between them. I didn’t like Olly from the
start, he just wasn’t the guy for Natalie and I desperately hoped for her to
realise that.
Then there were Dionne, Natalie’s sister and her mother. They were
hilarious and over the top, but that was great. The planned everything around
the wedding, but not really like Natalie wanted to have it.
Meg is a girly, open and easy going best friend and it was great that
she had her own story in this book.
The adventure to find Brian and solve this whole mess was full of drama,
misunderstandings and so many LOL moments. The tension was there as well,
because where was this hypnotist and will he be able to “cure” Natalie.
It turns out that the truth telling was just what Natalie needed to
figure out what she wants in life. It took her a long time to realise the
truth, but she did eventually and it was great to read about. She said some
really embarrassing things to a lot of people, but in the end it turned out to
be a good thing. I loved that the story was written from Natalie’s perspective,
making me understand her better and it was just so funny.
The ending is awesome, but still a little bit uncertain, until we are
brought to some months later. The last scene was just awesome!
Kirsty’s writing is gripping, entertaining and so much fun!! And
actually this story calls for more, also more Natalie!!!
Rating:
My possible
cast:
Natalie: Isla Fisher
Olly: Torrance
Coombs
Riley: Matt Davis
this sounds like a great read! xx
ReplyDeleteThis was such a funny book! I've read it a few months ago and really liked it. Great review!
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