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The blurb:
Olive Brewster is a scaredy cat. She doesn't do
new or risky. She’s happy enough with her job at the local market, it’s cool
that she has no boyfriend to fret over, she even likes that she still lives in
her childhood home. No drama, no fuss, no problems. Everything is fine. Super
duper fine.
Except … Olive's best friend in the world,
Birdie, is dying.
Birdie has one final wish. She wants to track
down her first love, Chuck, and because she's stuck in the hospital she needs
Olive's help to do it. But there’s a teeny problem: Chuck is somewhere in
New York and Olive has never even left her home town, let alone roamed the
crazy streets of Manhattan.
As if the big city isn't scary enough, Olive has
to contend with Seth, a cocky comedy TV writer who thinks she’s a joke; Anders,
a bored socialite who’s taken a shine to her; and the fact that no matter how
hard she tries to track down Chuck, he doesn't seem to want to be found.
Can Olive learn to overcome her fears, abandon
her old safe routine and fulfil her best friend’s last wish? It's going to
take extra bravery, one badass attitude and a whole lot of big sexy love to
make this happen …
My Opinion:
*Book provided by the author in exchange
for an honest review*
I was so excited when I heard about this book, because
Kirsty Greenwood is one of my fave authors. Her books are brilliant, so naturally
I was really looking forward to this one.
The story follows Olive Brewester, who lives in her
childhood home with her brother and his girlfriend Donna. Her parents are not
in the picture anymore, her mum left for France with a new guy and her dad is
in Scotland. Olive works at a local market and sells fish. She is 27 years old,
hasn’t had a boyfriend for a really long time, but she is fine with that. Her
main focus in life is her best friend Birdie, who is dying.
Birdie has one last wish, she wrote a letter to her ex
boyfriend and now she wants Olive to give the letter to him, the problem?!
Well, Chuck is not on social media and Birdie just has his childhood address in
New York.
Olive has never really been out of the country, she is
afraid of flying and the thought of going to the States all by herself is
scary, but she does it for Birdie.
The adventure starts at the airport, where she is
laughed at because of her pink bumbag, then a guy jumps the queue and she gets
drunk with some guys before boarding. It doesn’t get better on the plane, the
queue jumper (Seth, a comedy writer) sits right next to her and sees every
embarrassing thing she does, because of her fear. I don’t want to give away too
much here, but it’s just hilarious and so funny!
You have guessed it! In New York the things don’t get
better, but just more complicated on her journey of finding Chuck. Seth is involved
in several ways, as well as some other people and even the police.
It was so much fun following Olive to New York. Her
whole adventure is funny and engaging. I was hooked from the start. There are
so many fabulous LOL moments in this book and all the characters were really
unique and had a special touch.
I could really relate to Olive, in some ways she was
very similar to myself, in others she wasn’t, but I always knew what she was
thinking and that’s of course also thanks to the writing. Kirsty Greenwood’s writing
style is witty, fresh, engaging, quirky, clever, sharp and very entertaining. I
also really liked the other characters, especially Birdie and Seth. Birdie is
the best fried you really want and Seth, even though they were off to a rocky
start is really helpful, caring and sweet. Donna, Olive’s brother’s girlfriend
added a lot of amusing moments to the story and I also liked Olive’s moments
with her brother Alex. He gets part of his story told as well, which is great.
Well, there is actually a very clear and deep message
in this book, thanks to Birdie. Kirsty Greenwood included it in a brilliant way
and this book is just awesome on so many levels. The humour is on point, the
storyline has a wonderful flow, the characters are authentic and real, there
are emotions and feelings included as well and it all has a deep meaning. There
is also a lot of detail in the writing, which I always like and it just makes
me sees the story as a movie as well.
I adored how every chapter started. There was either
an email, a tweet or a text message, all connected to the story, but still kind
of separate. This always put a smile on my face.
This story really touched my heart and I think it’s
amazing that Kirsty Greenwood managed to make this book very emotional and yet
very funny, it’s the perfect mixture! On top of that: it’s also romantic, so it
definitely has everything you need in a perfect book! It really is perfect,
read it now!
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