Do you ever have a day where everything seems to be going wrong? You overslept, can’t find matching socks, car won’t start, you spill your coffee on your lap? The list goes on and on. That is how Annie Hebden is when we first meet her. Except her day is her life. She can’t catch a break and she is just miserable.
Polly Leonard is the opposite. She is full of so much personality that she can barely contain it in her body. She swoops in to rescue Annie from herself and is determined to make her happy. And she sets a goal of 100 days to do it. Why? Because Polly only has 100 days to live.
I went through every emotion while reading this book. I laughed. I cried. (I did.) I got angry. The author really fills the book with a cast of vibrant characters that will have you giggling one second and aching the next.
And while their friendship lasted only a short bit of time, I completely bought in to it. I’m sure we all have experiences of meeting someone new and heading full bore into a new relationship, whether it’s a friendship or something more. It’s so easy to get attached quickly.
Fans of Sally Hepworth’s The Things We Keep will find a lot to love in this story. And if you enjoyed Allie & Bea by Catherine Ryan Hyde ($1.99 as of this post), I was reminded of a similar personality clash between the two friends as started off in that book.
This book is being published by new imprint Graydon House. It is their first release, one of four for this year, that Harlequin is aiming to work as book club selections. And it is full of discussion in each character’s choices, motivations, and how they interact with others.
My thanks to Little Bird Publicity for a copy in exchange for an honest review.
About the author:
Eva Woods was born in Ireland but now resides in London and has published two women’s fiction novels with Mira UK and also writes crime fiction for Hodder UK as Claire McGowan. In addition to writing novels, she teaches creative writing and has written for Glamour, You magazine, the Guardian, the Dublin Herald, and more. Something like Happy marks her North American debut.