ABOUT THE BOOK
A friends-to-lovers romantic comedy!
Persephone
Life is a box of chocolates!
Well, if so, mine have gone thoroughly stale. In fact, they went on the turn over a decade ago, on the night I gave my virginity and my heart to my best friend, Henry Morgan. The very next day, the boy took everything with him to Hollywood, where he is living it up as one of the world’s most celebrated Oscar-winning actors.
I should have ditched that box ages ago.
But I can’t.
Not while Henry still sits in there, even if only from a distance.
Henry
If life is a box of chocolates, then mine has been an awesome collection! I’ve transformed from the nerd targeted by bullies to an Oscar-winner.
There’s just one problem - my best friend, Persephone Hill.
At seven years old, the girl saved my life by sharing a comic and a handshake. Ever since I’ve been hopelessly devoted to her.
Back when we were closer than close, I was too afraid to tell her how I really felt. So, friendship is where I’ve stayed.
Yes, life has been a box of chocolates, only the best flavour has been missing.
But that’s about to change. I’m finally going to claim Persephone as mine.
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You'd think, being a writer, I would find this an easy feat, but talking about myself always leaves me a little stumped. So, I beg for your forgiveness when I attempt to give you a little bit of waffle about me. I'm a mother, wife, and primary school teacher, who has found a passion for reading and writing. It's become so addictive I no longer watch TV, instead, I get lost in alternative realities and frequently lie awake in the middle of the night with random ideas for what to put my characters through next. Music is often my muse, but I also love to include real life experiences in my books. I want people to be able to relate to my characters and to know that they're not the only ones to go through certain difficulties, anxieties, or embarrassing situations. I like to think my stories are different from one another, some being romantic comedies while others are full of suspense. Hopefully, you’ll agree and will enjoy getting lost inside of my head for a while. My serving suggestion is to indulge with a side dish of something sweet, something comfy, and where possible, a golden retriever to curl up next to.
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This is a new author for me and its not the kind of book I enjoy. Its filled with angyst and more angyst and even more angyst. Just when I had my fill of angyst it had even more and while I enjoy a little angyst, not this much. Every time I had my fill the story added even more.
It has a very British feel to the story. Half the book takes place in Britain. In the current time as we get to know the female lead to this story, Sephy, she currently lives in Britain. The author does a great job taking us back into the past as Henry and Sephy grew up together in Britain and through their teenage years and to what went wrong with these two.
While I did not love this story because of the angyst, I adored Sephy. I seriously adored her. She is strong and she makes some tough decisions and I absolutely adored her. She does have some self image issues and I also loved that about her because she is not perfect and while her self image is slightly off, she also knows she is worth more than she is given and she knows she deserves better. And when she doesn't get it, well she dumps them and I adored her strength and character.
Henry is the male lead and he grew up in Britain and left to go to Hollywood and he lives there now and is a big movie star there but he also loves his best friend, Sephy and through the years he has managed to stay in contact with her and while they live in different continents and time zones they are still close.
Henry is the biggest jerk in this story and I kinda hated him for a majority of this story. I also hated his supposed friend Amber. And I hated the way Henry is with Amber.
I hate love triangles and this book should have a warning that it has a big love triangle, it might even have more than one. So if you do love angyst and triangles then you might love this story but its not the kind of story I enjoy.
It is well written and its plotted very well and as I said I LOVED Sephy. But its just not the kind of story I enjoy, its a bit too drama filled for me to enjoy.
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