Thank you for giving me the opportunity to read & review this one. A lovely little romance, was an easy read & I enjoyed it.

I always enjoy Karen’s books. This is another well written book of hers. It had me captivated from the beginning and all the way until the end. A joy to read.

"Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the advance copy of this book, in exchange for an honest review."

Loved this book very much. It had just enough sweet romance and the storyline was great! I highly recommend!

“Thanks to the publisher for providing me with a free ARC in return of an honest review.”

Twenty years ago, a ten-year old Katherine took a decision that set in motion the destruction of her family as it was. Now, an adult, she still struggles from the aftermath of that decision. Her sister Amy does too but it’s a lot harder on Katherina who had taken an oath – a drunken oath, to be precise – with Amy to never get married. Flashforward – Now Amy is getting married and Katherine is feeling out-of-sorts about everything.

I had inconsistent feelings throughout the book. I can’t count how many times I jumped between feeling sympathy and irritation towards Katherine. I liked the relationship between the sisters. The emotional attachment between them was pretty strong. But Katherine’s self-pitying thoughts just got under my nerves pretty quickly.

I had two problems with this story –

Firstly, Katherine gets blamed for something she did when she was 10 years old. Yes. A TEN-YEAR OLD CHILD. I just couldn’t get on board with that.

Secondly, the romance was not convincing. Katherine and Eamon had a few-months long intense affair during her visit to his hometown Ireland on a vacation. But they never contacted each other for a decade until – Amy not knowing their history – takes her to his concert (he’s a rockstar now). The very next morning, they meet for breakfast and he tells her that he wants to start a serious relationship with her and that he never got over her. His reason for not contacting her all these years? He wanted to see if they were really meant for each other by leaving it up to fate. So he left it all up to fate and in the meantime got married to another woman and they had a daughter. My eyes were twitching at this point.

Eamon and Katherine’s relationship was really rushed. Yes, they knew each other before. But that was a decade ago and only for a couple of months. I’d have liked them to take things slower, not have phone sex within a few days and then have him and his daughter live in her apartment when he returns. I also wouldn’t have minded a few flashback. Maybe that would’ve made it easier for me to buy their romance? One can hope.

Anyways, If I didn’t make it clear by now, I just didn’t like Eamon.

Final words – I just didn’t find the storytelling convincing . I did like the ending. But story as a whole failed to engage me. I didn’t feel any connection to the characters. The premise was good but the execution left a lot to be desired.

I have to be honest. I didn't think this book going to be for me. It started off slow and I did no think I was going to finish it. I was going to give up, but then I changed my mind. I am glad I did, because. although it is not my typical read, I liked it. It was more about family and relationships in families then romance, but that was ok. See, for me, we all have family stuff we deal with, And that is what makes us relatable.

I am glad I went outside my comfort zone and read this book. I ended up really liking it!