Third Wheel
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Pub Date Aug 30 2022 | Archive Date Sep 13 2022
Amazon Publishing UK | Lake Union Publishing
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Description
In this madcap tale from the bestselling author of Dumped, Actually, two’s company for Jake and his bestie Sy. But three? A disaster!
Jake Carlisle is living his best life, thanks to the crazily successful influencer channel he created with his best friend Sy. Reviewing whacky hobbies and adrenaline-fuelled adventures, Sy has pushed Jake into doing more exciting stuff than either ever thought possible. Then disaster strikes.
When newbie Helena joins the team, Sy quickly falls head over heels for her…All of a sudden, with romance blossoming and the business dynamic shifting, Jake is horrified to find himself becoming the dreaded third wheel.
Being the odd one out was not what he signed up for. And he’ll do anything to get his best friend back—even if that involves a little light sabotage, an unhealthy amount of jealousy…and one very unfortunate pair of tartan Speedos.
Will Jake be relegated to the background from now on? Or will he finally learn to stand on his own two feet and succeed at getting his life—along with his friendship—back on track?
A Note From the Publisher
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781542030267 |
| PRICE | £8.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 304 |
Average rating from 101 members
Featured Reviews
This was a fun lighthearted read about Jake who lives and works with his long time best friend Symon making videos for YouTube. Jake tends to capitulate to Symon’s decisions so when Symon feels they need to get an new female presenter on board to appeal more to both genders they recruit Helena to join them which gets complicated when Symon and Helena develop feelings for each other leaving Jake feeling very much like a third wheel both at work and home. I found the YouTube exploits far fetched but amusing and just being told from Jake’s perspective worked well. This is an easy and quick read with a simple but engaging enough storyline and many funny moments. 7/10
This ARC was provided to me via Kindle, from Amazon Publishing UK and #NetGalley. Thank you for the opportunity to preview and review. Opinions expressed are completely my own.
Friendship, the odd man out, changing dynamics. The feelings are conveyed in such a fresh manner, you’ll feel it like the characters feel it.
Jake Carlisle is living his best life, thanks to the crazily successful influencer channel he created with his best friend Sy. Reviewing whacky hobbies and adrenaline-fuelled adventures, Sy has pushed Jake into doing more exciting stuff than either ever thought possible. Then disaster strikes.
When newbie Helena joins the team, Sy quickly falls head over heels for her All of a sudden, with romance blossoming and the business dynamic shifting, Jake is horrified to find himself becoming the dreaded third wheel.
Being the odd one out was not what he signed up for. And he’ll do anything to get his best friend back even if that involves a little light sabotage, an unhealthy amount of jealousy and one very unfortunate pair of tartan Speedos.
A really enjoyable read I read in one sitting totally recommend
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Another fun read from Nick Spalding. This time we follow to best friends who have a youtube show, where they film their experiences and rate them for the public. For instance, the first situation we read is where Jack and Sy get to ride in and drive the batmobile. Of course things do not go as planned which leads to hilarious footage. But they realize their popularity is mainly among men, to boost their numbers they decide to hire a female. In typical rom com fashion one of the men becomes attractive and ends up dating Helena, leaving the other feel as though he is the third wheel. We then watch as they navigate the new dynamics, experiences and possible sabotage.
Third Wheel by Nick Spalding was a fun, humorous, light read.
I really enjoyed the characters. Talk about being in some fun company! They all were funny, bright and just so much fun.
The story was great and kept me intrigued and flipping the page's.
I enjoyed this Authors previous book and had to jump at opportunity to read his newest upcoming novel.
I'm so glad I was able to read it because it was pretty amazing!
“I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”
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Reviewer 786374
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Really enjoyed reading this book.
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My rating is 4/5 stars.
This was an enjoyable read. I haven't read a book in a one sitting for a long time. If you want to read something fun, lighthearted this one is for you.
The plot was good, the characters were lovable and the best thing I liked is, it was a quick read!
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Shasta M, Bookseller
4.25 stars
Nick Spaulding books are always a breath of fresh air. And this book is no different. It’s light, humorous, and has very relatable characters and situations.
Jenny M, Educator
Oh my days what a book!!!!!
Another classic from Nick Spalding.
Is 3 a crowd??? Follow the hilarious story of Jake as his best friend and business partner meets a new lady. Will it be the end of a beautiful friendship or will it be the start of something new.
I can honestly say that I laughed out loud at this book so many times.
Laughter therapy in a book!!!!
I got so excited when I saw this, I love a Nick Spalding novel.
What I expect from Nick Spalding is: great characters, excellent storyline, and fun!
This delivered it in spades. I absolutely love it.
A perfect quick read, that is guaranteed to put a smile on anyones face.
Thank you to the author, the publisher and Netgalley for my arc.
Nick Spalding has the powers to write fantastically funny easy readers which leave you wanting to read in one straight sitting. This is my third or fourth book by him now and yet again I did enjoy it. InterestingLy, I quite liked Jake, despite him being the main protagonist who Spalding always makes passive and a bit of a sap. For some reason on this occasion he didn’t grate on me. Furthermore there was a lot less love and romance attempted in this book and it was definitely more bromance which was nice. It followed a similar plot line to Dumped, actually but the ideas were new so it didn’t feel too rehashed. The sarcasm and wit yet again shines through leaving a few chuckles along the way. Overall, a safe read but enjoyable for me and won’t stop me picking up more that come out.
Educator 883590
I have never read a book by Nick Spaulding before but I enjoyed and will check out his other books! This was a quick and funny read. I loved the characters and how they made you feel! If you are looking for a contemporary comedy book read this!
This was a fun, lighthearted read about Jake, who lives and works with his longtime best friend, Symon, making videos for YouTube. Jake tends to capitulate to Symon’s decisions, so when Symon feels they need to get a new female presenter on board to appeal more to both genders, they recruit Helena to join them. Which gets complicated when Symon and Helena develop feelings for each other, leaving Jake feeling very much like a third wheel both at work and home. I found the YouTube exploits farfetched but amusing, and just being told from Jake’s perspective worked well. This is an easy and quick read with a simple but engaging enough storyline and many funny moments.
Reviewer 1015344
A very quick and enjoyable read! Third Wheel is about Jake and his best friend Sy (Symon) who make videos on Youtube. However, when Sy decides to recruit Helena to help with their business and ends up falling for her, making Jake feel like a third wheel. This story is an easy read and is funny. Definitely recommend!
Molly A, Reviewer
I have previously read and enjoyed quite a few Nick Spalding books but I haven’t read one in years. When I saw he’d got a new book coming out I jumped at the chance to give it a read.
Sadly this was really lacking all the elements that I remember enjoying from his other books. Some bits were funny but not laugh out loud like some of the other books I’ve read of his. The characters were completely unlikeable and I found myself a bit bored with their interaction. The plot was okay but nothing too exciting.
Overall a bit disappointing, especially compared to Bricking It which I gave five stars as it had me in absolute tears of laughter so definitely give that one a read.
Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC.
There was just something about Third Wheel that had me intrigued immediately. Between the fun cover and blurb I was looking forward to what sounded like a hilarious social media focused story, and I fully expected to have a great time with it. Sadly the complete opposite happened, and I ended up struggling considerably with this story... Up until the point I started to wonder whether I should simply DNF it. Oh yes, there is no doubt that this story and me weren't a right fit after all.
First of all I do still like the sound of the premise with the social media angle and the two best friends having an influencer channel together. This is a great backdrop for the story and it's an easy way to introduce funny moments in the plot. The whole 'third wheel' element I could live with, mostly because it's NOT a love triangle, but just the best friend being pushed in the background by the new girlfriend. I think the idea behind Third Wheel was great, but unfortunately the execution was rather lacking. That, or at least it ended up clashing horribly with me...
My first major issue is the fact that I couldn't stand any of the main characters. They are supposed to be best friends, but they don't really treat each other that way and Sy mainly just walks all over Jack (and that is even before the girlfriend comes in). I felt like their interaction was both forced, repetitive and highly frustrating, and it soon became a chore to have to deal with all that. Especially with all the swearing going on and the humor not being for me at all; it felt like the story was trying too hard to be funny and it all fell rather flat for me. I don't mind a bit of crude humor, but in this case it just didn't work.
The plot itself didn't really do it for me either, as there were a lot of cliches involved and too many repetitive and surprisingly dull dialogues. It turned out to be quite a disappointing read, and not at all the experience I hoped I would have with Third Wheel. Please not that this is one of those books where your experience can be completely different depending on how you react to the characters, humor, writing style and tone, so don't give up on my account if you like the sound of the story.
Reviewer 962747
Pretty much everything in Jake’s live revolves around his best friend Sy. They live together in the house they own together, and they run an experience-reviewing website called Do It or Don’t. But when Sy wants to add a third member to their team, their bicycle of an operation gets a third wheel - and it’s not Helena, their new presenter. Now Jake looks on as Syl and Helena’s relationship blossoms, and he doesn’t like it one bit.
I have very little patience for diet culture, which is to say I almost put this book down in the first chapter, since it opens by describing a fat man as “waddling,” before moving on to making multiple jokes about how he is “about two Gotham triple-bacon cheeseburgers away from a massive and terminal coronary,” and many other comments besides. It’s 2022, is this really what passes as ‘humour’ these days? Please. Anyway, that put me in an uncharitable mood for the rest of the book.
Other than that, it was amusing to watch as obsessive, capitulating Jake tries to navigate the complicated developments in his business and personal relationships. A quick, humorous read, nothing particularly deep or complex.
Julie G, Educator
Another laugh out loud book from Nick Spalding. I read it on a lazy afternoon by the pool, an easy holiday read.
Overall a fast easy read. The writing reminded me of a YA book more than an adult book. All the characters were annoying though. They seem a bit stuck in their life and there was no depth in their development. This is a simple story of two best guy best friends living and owning a business together. They add a girl to the mix where one guy is the third wheel hence the title.
This book was the light finding yourself story I needed.
Third Wheel is a story of friendship, change of life, being the odd man out, and fun plotting to get it life all figured out.
Following Jake on his journey to reclaim his life, his friendship. Unless her ruins it first.
This was a quick read with characters who were very modern. It was a classic Nick Spalding book but I feel like the characters were slightly undeveloped and ultimately lacking in sympathy. I don’t think the film version of this book would pass the Bechdel test! O
I usually look forward to Nick Spalding's annual dose of fun, but this one didn't appeal to me - too blokey, which is a shame because he often writes really well from a woman's perspective. The book gets off to a good start, with two mates shooting a YouTube video with an out-of-control Cortina and a drunk, projectile-vomiting Batman, but it goes downhill from there, if such a thing is possible! I thought there was going to be a twist, like the hero being in love with Helena, the girl who gets in between him and his best mate, or one of the boys realising they were gay, Chasing Amy-style. I kept wanting to hear more about what Helena thought of it all but the book doesn't supply that information, then in the middle of the book nothing happened for so long that I stopped caring whether anyone was gay or not and DNF'd it. I skipped to the end and it didn't seem like anything particularly life-changing happened to the boys either.
Thanks to Netgalley and Amazon Publishing for this ARC.
I've read quite a few of Nick Spalding's books and have really enjoyed them. They are often laugh out loud funny, with portions of cringe thrown in for good measure.
However, I struggled to get into this one. I didn't warm to any of the characters and felt it was a little basic and underdeveloped, more like a young adult book. I appreciate from the authors note that this was written during the dreaded Lockdowns of Covid-19 and therefore must have been so much more of a challenge to get inspiration.
Hoping that Nick's next offering is back to the usual high standard.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4861435660
You can always depend on Nick Spalding for laugh out loud moments and high jinx. Often his books contain many perfect vignettes of the ridiculous, but somehow you can just imagine them happening, and this book offered more of the same. (My husband was deeply annoyed whilst I was reading about the Romanian speaking lessons as apparently I was pig snorting and made the bed shake…)
It’s a fun, summer read, perfect for the beach. You can’t delve too deeply, at times the central character really got on my nerves but as you would want it’s a neatly wrapped happy ever after in this summer bromance.
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Nick Spalding’s Third Wheel will have you laughing out loud the entire time!
Finally, a love story for male friendship. Sy and Jake, are my new favorite bromance. I loved watching their friendship struggle, but ultimately overcome the addition of Sy’s girlfriend. They were super relatable characters that kept you rooting for them the entire time.
My favorite part of this book is for far too long the narrative has been that women alone get jealous and cannot handle there being a third wheel. As a result, they are labeled the “crazy girlfriend” or “overbearing best-friend”. Spalding debunks this myth by showing that men too struggle with changes to relationship dynamics. After all, we are all humans!
Special thanks to NetGalley.com and Amazon Publishing UK for allowing me to read this book in exchange for my honest feedback!
Sylvia V, Reviewer
I loved all of Nicks books but I just could not get into this one. The start for me was pretty boring, I tried 3 times to get further into it but gave up. Will look forward to the next one.
Jake and Sy have been friends for 25 years and have a business together as influencers ... they do activities and then social media and YouTube posts about it. It sounds like a fun gig. Sy feels they need a female host to draw in more viewers so hire Helena. Sy falls in love with Helena and suddenly it's Sy and Helena hanging out all the time and Jake has become the third wheel. Because of his friendship with Sy, Jake tries to go along with the new relationships but ends up feeling left out and resentful.
I've read many books by this author and thought this one was okay, though I found it wasn't as light and fun as previous ones. It is written in first person perspective in Jake's voice and it's as if he is speaking to me, the reader. I wasn't crazy about the main characters. Jake is a bit of a wimp and lets Sy and Helena walk over him (though he gets better towards the end). Sy lets his new relationship with Helena take precedence over his lifelong friendship with Jake. The author is English as are the characters so there were some references to I didn't know like an airing cupboard, a muggins, etc. As a head's up, there is a swearing (lots of F-bombs).
Claire C, Educator
Nick Spalding is always one of those authors I turn to for a bit of light relief, and this is no different.
Well written and good characters, some really funny moments but at the same time profound. A really strong novel.
Sarah T, Reviewer
This was funny and a heartwarming story about bromance I guess and realising that sometimes one needs to stand up for oneself! In all honesty it was probably a bit too silly for me. Jake and Sy found themselves in farcical situations, the relationship with Helena developed unrealistically quickly too. I can see that if you like this sort of humour though that it would be enjoyable.
Dubi S, Reviewer
Jake and Symon, best friends from childhood, live together and work together producing social media videos reviewing various experiences -- horror-themed escape rooms, riding the Batmobile with Batman, spelunking in Wales, hot air balloon flight, runway modeling, and the like. Their videos are popular and lucrative, but to get to the next level, they need to add one key ingredient -- a female presence.
Jake, our first person narrator, has several traits that drive his narrative: 1) he is snarky, cynical, sarcastic; 2) he always ends up deeply embarrassed (or worse) during their experiences (which probably explain their popularity); and 3) he really doesn't like working with Helena, the woman he and Sy hire as their third presenter, especially once she and Sy start dating, threatening his lifelong friendship with Sy and their business partnership (not to mention his ego).
That narrative exists for one main reason: humor. Nick Spalding has previously written a dozen comedic rom-com novels since he first self-published in 2012. This, his 13th, appearing ten years later, is the fourth I've read (the others in audio), and though I've liked all of them, this is by far the best (and if properly narrated will make for a cracking audiobook).
That's no doubt because of the central subject matter, the social media video reviews. The Spalding books I've read have a central theme -- Bricking It was about rehabbing a house, Fat Chance was about a weight loss contest, Dumped Actually was about break-up experiences. His stories and characters may sometimes be straight off the generic rom-com shelf, but these settings make them more interesting, at least for me.
In this case, the best parts are without question the experiences Jake and Sy videotape for review. Spalding goes into great detail on each and every one. That's the source of most of the humor, especially when things inevitably go sideways for Jake. I figured early on that we'd get a long long at an experience or two, to set the stage, and then focus on the characters' relationships with each other. But no, we kept getting one experience after another -- and that's what makes this so good.
Thanks to NetGalley for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Honestly, this is good. Fun and funny.
Fiona M, Reviewer
I love Nick Spalding's books, he is one of very few authors who make me literally spit out my wine and laugh out loud! His characters get into such ridiculous situations, it is hilarious. This one is a tale of a friendship and business partnership threatened by a new romantic interest and I love how it plays out.
I would recommend any of Nick's books they always cheer me up!
Librarian 307504
Who hasn't felt like a Third Wheel? Jake has unknowingly been living in the shadow of Symon, his best friend and business partner, for years. In a effort to expand their YouTube channel, the two add a third, when Helena joins the team. As Sy and Helena fall in love, Jake quickly sees he has always been at the bottom of the ladder.
Michele Y, Reviewer
I always read Nick Spalding’s books, and this is his best in ages. Jake and Sy have been best friends since Sy rescued Jake from a bully at school. They now live together and have a thriving internet business called Do It Or Don’t, where they try out and review experiences, usually chosen by Sy. When Sy suggests they get a lady to join them, in order to widen their predominantly male audience, Helena is the only choice - dynamic and full of ideas for how to progress the company, but as she and Sy become a couple, Jake begins to feel more and more like a third wheel, until things finally come to a head.
I really enjoyed this book. It made me snigger a lot and I really felt for Jake as he got pushed more and more out of his own company. A good ending and a great read. Highly recommended.
Reviewer 823951
Love this author and read almost all his books….in this one Jake Carlisle is living his best life, thanks to the crazily successful influencer channel he created with his best friend Sy. Reviewing whacky hobbies and adrenaline-fuelled adventures, Sy has pushed Jake into doing more exciting stuff than either ever thought possible. Then disaster strikes.
When newbie Helena joins the team, Sy quickly falls head over heels for her…All of a sudden, with romance blossoming and the business dynamic shifting, Jake is horrified to find himself becoming the dreaded third wheel.
Being the odd one out was not what he signed up for. And he’ll do anything to get his best friend back—even if that involves a little light sabotage, an unhealthy amount of jealousy…and one very unfortunate pair of tartan Speedos.
Will Jake be relegated to the background from now on? Or will he finally learn to stand on his own two feet and succeed at getting his life—along with his friendship—back on track?
Enjoyable read giving it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Joan C, Reviewer
I’d like to thank Amazon Publishing UK and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘Third Wheel’ by Nick Spalding in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.
Symon Redcar and Jake Carlisle have been friends since primary school and for the past four years they’ve run a successful business ‘Do It Or Don’t’ where they participate in experience days and show their recording on YouTube. Sy decides they need to increase their audience by adding a female and after interviewing hundreds of would-be presenters Helena joins them. But Sy falls in love with her and the dynamics change as she becomes an integral part of ‘Do It Or Don’t’ and Jake finds himself the hated ‘third wheel’. Jake wants things to go back to how they were before Helena arrived and will do anything to sabotage his best friend’s relationship with her.
I haven’t read a novel that’s made me laugh as much as ‘Third Wheel’ has for a very long time and I’ve spent the last 24 hours chucking at the absurd situations Sy and Jake get themselves into. The most hilarious has to be the Romanian translations that will keep me giggling for a long time to come, not to mention the tartan speedos! My thanks go to the author for giving us an uproarious laugh-a-minute novel that’s been thoroughly enjoyable and a pleasure to read. I can wholeheartedly recommend it and am looking forward to the next one.
Definitely more YA than adult, but still a super enjoyable, quick read. I loved the relationship dynamics throughout the book.
Third Wheel involves Jake and his best friend Sy - who live together and have created a website where they record 'new experiences.' All is going well and the channel is popular until they introduce a third person - Helena.
Helena and Sy end up together and Jake feels pushed out and uninvolved in the experiences they record and also in his home.
The amusing events that unfold make the reader smile and laugh out loud - the catwalk and escape room in particular.
Spaldings writing is witty and the book is a quick read - loved it.
I'm a massive fan of Nick Spalding. His humour is just spot on for me. This is another book full of laugh out loud and some heartwarming moments between friends.
Sy and Jake run a business called "Do it or Don't". They video themselves on experiences and upload to YouTube.
After a bad experience driving themed cars around Brands Hatch Sy suggests searching for a female presenter to join them to appeal to and attract more females to their subscribers, boosting their ratings even more.
Helena joins them and it looks like it's going to be the best addition they could have dreamt of. That is, until Sy and Helena start dating and Jake becomes the third wheel in the relationship.
Will the business and the friendship survive?
Chapters are all written in present day.
I'm not sure I will ever get the image of a tartan thong out of my head though! 🤣
Many thanks to netgalley, the publishers and the author for an ARC.
Tracy C, Educator
Another great book from Nick Spalding, I really enjoy reading this author's books. Good characters, an enjoyable storyline, lots of LOL moments... a perfect book!
Reviewer 1016819
*** A copy of this book was kindly provided to me by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you! ***
I genuinely was so excited to read this book with the funny description and the cover of it, but once I started reading it, my thoughts changed completely. I found the plot to be extremely predictable.
This book seemed like a young adult book with not much depth to it, which is okay sometimes, but didn't work quite as well with this particular story. in my personal opinion. I found the characters to be annoying in different ways and found myself telling them in my head to just tell each other how you really feel. If you're best friends with someone pretty much your entire life, you don't withhold so much of how you're feeling in reality. That is supposed to be the person you can tell anything to, ya know? Also, you don't walk over each other (and this happens far before the romance relationship comes in!)
I did find this book to be a good "filler" book if you will - one where you don't need to think to read it and just a good book to have on hand when you don't want a deep read.. I will say some things in the book I found to be funny and I enjoyed various chapters, but overall it wasn't super enjoyable.
Have a read for yourself if it sounds up your alley, but wasn't the greatest read for me personally this year.
Third Wheel is not my first Nick Spalding book. I discovered his humorous books in 2020 and have enjoyed the funny stories he writes. Third Wheel was no exception. However, this was the first time I did not enjoy the MC. Jake and his bff, Sy, run a website called Do It or Don't. They try different experiences, film themselves while doing the activity, then post it online along with a review. Jake loves the job. It's his whole life, as is Sy. When Sy suggests broadening their appeal to females they decide to take on a third host. They hire Helena. Of course Helena and Sy fall for each other and Jake becomes overly jealous.
Jake being stuck in his jealousy really got boring. But luckily the escapades they get up to on their excursions helped detract from that misery. Spalding is always very descriptive in the silly situations his characters find themselves in. When Jake is learning to walk the cat walk for one of their videos I could easily imagine every detail.
I was sure I knew how this would end, but Spalding doesn't go for the trite closing of this situation. That also made me like this book more. Overall this was another winning story from Nick Spalding!
I really enjoyed this book and feel that after a couple of flat offerings, Nick Spalding is back on form with his humour being fantastically silly. I loved Jakes petulance and really felt for him at times. The story was quite predictable but this didn't take away from the enjoyment.
Sherri L, Reviewer
Jake Carlisle has been best friends with Sy since childhood, and now they run a successful influencer channel called "Do It Or Don't", where they get to spend all their time together reviewing experiences like escape rooms
and hot air balloon rides. Things are pretty much perfect until Sy decides that the company needs to add a female to the team in order to get more female viewers. Not only does Helena join their team, but she and Sy become a couple, and suddenly Jake is a third wheel. He is out-voted 2 to 1 on his ideas but Helena's ideas are wholeheartedly embraced by Sy, no matter how dumb Jake thinks the idea is. Not to mention Helena & Sy are always together. Jake misses the days when it was just the two of them & is prepared to commit some acts of relationship sabotage if that is what it takes to break the two of them up.
This was a light, fun read. There was a lot of over-the-top humor that kept me laughing. I did wonder how two guys that immature were able to be responsible enough to handle a mortgage, but maybe that is just me. Overall this was an enjoyable read, and if you are in the mood for something fun to read, then you should check this out.
Librarian 431790
A highly entertaining and humorous book that made me laugh and kept me hooked. Well plotted, fleshed out characters, a lot of humour.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine
A light hearted & easy read that you can read in one sitting due to the flow of the story. Well written and enjoyable
Usually love Nick Spalding books,this was underwhelming but that’s ok as will look forward to his next one just as much,for me it was as slow start that just didn’t really get going but there were of course the very funny lol moments
Firstly I'm only 5% into the book and I've had to stop for a breather because for the past 10 minutes I've been laughing hysterically, I'm actually crying tears of pure joy. My hubby my chihuahua and my budgie are all looking at me like I've lost the plot whilst I roll around on the love seat absolutely screaming, wheezing and wiping my eyes. I adore Nick Spalding, I've never read a book by any other author that has the ability to make me cry laughing, I've read all his books and Fat Chance is my favourite so far. I can see this one taking its place. I can't wait to read the rest of it! I will of course come back and finish the review, 5% in and I'm on a break because my head hurts from laughing. What more can I say?! Edited after finishing! Omg I've never laughed out loud and so hysterically that I cried since I read fat chance by nick spalding. This book made me laugh harder than anything I've ever read, so much so that I got wrong off my partner, the story is amazing and very relatable. I absolutely loved everything about the story. The way its told and the humour. This book is outstanding needs to goto number one in all the charts Nick Spalding is a genius!
I thought this was a fun read. Two best friends with a channel find their friendship changed after a new person is added to the mix. This book was easy going and made me laugh quite a bit. I really liked the friendship between the two guys. It felt authentic and their show was one that I would probably like! Both friends are funny characters with a relatable situation. Definitely a book I would recommend if you want a light story that’s an enjoyable read.
Thanks to NetGalley and the Publisher for the ARC.
Third wheel is the perfect book if you need a fun, lighthearted easy read.
I loved that it focussed more on friendship than romance. Some of the chapters had me laughing others had me wishing for more depth and irritated by the main characters.
Overall I found the book enjoyable though definitely not my favourite. If the description peaks your interest I would still definitely recommend giving it a go.
Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for the honest review
This was a fast easy read, but maybe I'm not the targeted reader for this book, I think it's aimed to a younger end user. Nonetheless it's funny and definitely a laugh out loud kind of read, dive into it for a good laugh.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC
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