Here Come The Girls - Review
Hey everyone,
So I finished this book pretty quickly and it was such a nice little romance that I decided to do a little review for you all.
The back of this book says:
Shirley Valentine, eat your heart out Ven, Roz, Olive and Frankie have been friends since school. They day-dreamed of glorious futures, full of riches, romance and fabulous jobs. The world would be their oyster. Twenty-five years later, Olive cleans other people's houses to support her lazy, out-of-work husband and his ailing mother. Roz cannot show her kind, caring husband Manus any love because her philandering ex has left her trust in shreds. And she and Frankie have fallen out big time. But Ven is determined to reunite her friends and realise the dream they had of taking a cruise before they hit forty. Before they know it, the four of them are far from home, on the high seas. But can blue skies, hot sun and sixteen days of luxury and indulgence distract from the tension and loneliness that await their return?
PLOT:
I absolutely loved this book, being a fan of travel it was really nice to find out more about cruises and the different places that the girls visited, it made me want to give it a go one day and makes me want to travel even more. What's more interesting is the things that the girls discover about each other as well as about themselves on this cruise and we really get an insight into their lives and the trials which they face before they go on this holiday. Of course there is also a bit of love in this book, I wouldn't have read it if it didn't. But I felt like there was a perfect balance between romance, travel and friendship which made it all the more interesting.
CHARACTERS:
Venice - Ven is the one who organises the trip after winning a competition, the girls had always talked about going on a cruise when they were at school and so when Ven organises this they are all excited. Ven has had a few trials in her life with her husband leaving her for another woman but she really flourishes on this trip and celebrates her 40th birthday in style.
Roz - Roz is another of the original group of 4 and she is still talks to 2 of the girls, however it is soon uncovered that something happened between her and her best friend in the group Frankie and they no longer speak. The truth of why not unfolds through the course of the novel and we discover what really happened between them.
Frankie - Frankie is the wild one of the group but something happened between her and Roz which caused a rift between the two of them, as the book goes on we find out exactly what happened and the reason for it and realise that not everything is always as it seems.
Olive - Olive lives with her husband and his mother and looks after the two of them as well as being a cleaner but after saying no to Ven about the trip she spots her husband with his bad back running into the house and his mother who can't walk the length of herself nipping out to the shops she realises that she has been a fool and decides to go on the trip with the girls.
All in all this is a lovely light hearted novel with friendship, love and travel all mixed into one giving it the perfect mix.
I would recommend this to anyone who has read any of Milly Johnson's other books and loved them.
Hope you all give this one a go because it's been a favourite of mine.
Speak soon,
Leigh xoxo
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