Always enjoy the fun characters from this author. Great beach read

I love this author and this book did not disappoint.

Good, quick read. It has some interesting twists and turns, but is your basic romantic drama.

A little (ok, a lot) predictable. Some of the humor from previous books was missing, but I liked that people in their mid-30s weren't as quirky or immature as some of her younger characters. I have mixed feelings about Enjay's character; his portrayal and what it stands for bothered me a lot. It was a blown-up caricature of in-the-closet...urban men. With all the groping, playing up the promiscuous image, etc. That storyline itself was dragged out for so long, that the reveal at the end didn't really have a major effect for me. Harry himself was introduced so late in the book that I wondered why even bother. I'm also over the killing likeable characters. This one especially didn't seem to move the plot along in anyway or make a huge difference in developing the main character. And her father/trust issues and why she didn't want to get into a relationship with Flynn weren't executed well. It took me forever to realize that's what the writer for trying to show us. I really liked Gigi, though a near 19 yr. old still wanting her parents back together for Christmas fell a little flat for me also.

Just what I needed to kickstart my reading again. Another author to add to my chick-lit/romance repertoire.

Okay. I liked this book and thought that the characters were definitely some of the better Mansell creations, but at the same time I felt a little let down. I felt that the story telling was a bit haphazard, skipping over important events but spending a lot of time and pages on irrevelent people and events. For example, When Lara's faux-father James dies, she cries to Flynn but this only last about half a page, then after that James is only mentioned once or twice! To me, Lara's father and new reltationship with James Agnew was a central plotline and then it just petered out and was forgotten. No funeral, no Lara/Flynn almost get together as he consoles her, nothing! But then Mansell spends two entire chapters describing Enjay buying earrings and champagne, neither of which events had any real bearing on the plot...
The combination of Enjay and Harry was (I think) a comedic narrative but in the end I just got annoyed by the whole thing, it interrupted the main plotline too much and was given precedence over a development of Lara and Flynn as a couple, as it stands they see each other after 18 years apart and both fall madly in love again but do nothing about it until the final chapter... Moreover I felt that the introduction of Evie was important but then she was just kind of 'around' being indecisive and judgmental. Then even when she does end up with Ethan, it isn't described in much detail and they are then forgotten.
I just feel like this could have been a really good read if certain aspects had been fleshed out a bit more and the whole Enjay/Harry thing had been kept to a minimum.

Follows various characters' family dramas and romances. It was ok, but I felt that it dealt with some issues in a bit of a... I don't know, regressive? Overly simplistic? manner.

I've never read anything by Jill before and her books are so sweet! Definitely read if you're a fan of Jojo Moyes or Cecilia Ahern!