I’m afraid it didn’t grab me like her previous books and I found it difficult to get into, although it did improve towards the end.

Connections were being made and hearts were being opened and everyone was learning to be real and honest otherwise what was the point. Hours spent talking to Leni through a psychic hotline may be bringing Belinda comfort but deep down surely she must know that this is not real at all? Yes, the first half for me dragged but as the family stumbled towards acceptance and in doing so grew and matured and at the same time I felt there was a turning point and the my earlier misgivings began to disappear.Some characters are loveable from the start, some grow on you as you go through the story, and absolutely nobody is perfect.

On the other hand, the main crux of the story lies on her sister, Alice, trying to uncover the last weeks of Leni’s life, and by keeping us in the dark too, it puts us on the same journey, so I can understand why it’s written like that, but it doesn’t stop me wanting more.

Everyone is keeping secrets and the thing about secrets is that they will all be revealed in the end. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Indeed, neither of them had once given a thought to what they would do without the other, and particularly if that special sibling bond were snatched away in the midst of a time of simmering vex and underlying jealousy. I received an advance review copy for free thanks to NetGalley and Quercus and I am leaving this review voluntarily.Belinda and Tony had split up many years ago and had different partners, Tony having had more than one significant other over the years, but now currently settled with a younger partner who is pregnant, so he's about to become a dad again.

I was given a copy of this book by NetGalley and I'm very thankful for having had the opportunity to read such a great book. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This book will stay with me for a long time ,(so much so I won’t start reading another book for a while ) it touched my heart and made me realise that everyone has their own experiences and moving on is entirely individual. Lucy is the Sunday Times bestselling author of eighteen novels including The Beach C afé and Anything Could Happen . Last few books by this author didn't gel with me so much, but "The Best Days of Our Lives" turned out to be a poignant yet funny, touching story about a family dealing with the worst - with grief.

Through many experiences and an extensive journey they learn lots about themselves and several secrets are also revealed too. I know of her and I’ve seen her books and often been interest in them, but for reasons unknown to me, I have never actually read one. I’ve never read anything from Lucy Diamond before, but I’m definitely going to dive into her previous work. The different family dynamics in the book are truly relatable and I was left rooting for them all to resolve their issues together.