DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME | ||||
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Publisher: HarperCollins Genre: Rom Com/Contemporary Romance Publication Date: January 1st 2019 Standalone: Yes  
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| All the Feels, Finding Yourself, Second Chances, Strong Heroine, Stuck With You | ||||
| Other Books by Mhairi McFarlane | ||||
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| Description from Publisher: | ||||
| The hilarious new heartbreaker from Mhairi McFarlane!
If there’s one thing worse than being fired from the grottiest restaurant in town, it’s coming home early to find your boyfriend in bed with someone else. Reeling from the indignity of a double dumping on the same day, Georgina snatches at the next job that she’s offered – barmaid in a newly opened pub, which just so happens to run by the boy she fell in love with at school: Lucas McCarthy. And whereas Georgina (voted Most Likely to Succeed in her school yearbook) has done nothing but dead-end jobs in the last twelve years, Lucas has not only grown into a broodingly handsome man, but also has turned into an actual grown-up with a business and a dog along the way. Meeting Lucas again not only throws Georgina’s rackety present into sharp relief, but also brings a dark secret from her past bubbling to the surface. Only she knows the truth about what happened on the last day of school, and why she’s allowed it to chase her all these years… | ||||
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This had a slightly slow start to it, but boy did it ramp up!!! I laughed (a lot), cried (just a little), felt angry, and concerned, and a bit sad at times. This story was a wonderful rollercoaster ride of emotions, and I'm just sad it's done!!!
Georgina was a bit lost when we initially meet her, sort of coasting through life, not really recognizing who she is, or really, being afraid to. The journey this story takes her on is full of growth and introspection. The Gog you know and love by story's end is confident enough to allow herself to be vulnerable, and you adore her that much more for it. This is a romance, of sorts, but more of growing up than that. Cold Lucas never fooled me. That vulnerability was obvious from the get-go, and had me just waiting for when it would break through. I'll leave it mostly at I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED!! There were really so many great moments with this cast of characters. They were all well-fleshed-out, and likable (or, in Robin & Geoffrey's cases, NOT). I think I would have to say that my favorite interactions were Georgina & her sister, Esther, or any interactions anyone had with Devlin. Seriously, he was great fun. This was so much more than I had expected when I chose it randomly from the library. This is going to have to go on my TBR-Again list! | ||||
| My Source: I borrowed a digital copy to voluntarily review. This in no way influenced my review. My opinion is unbiased and 100% my own. | ||||
| About the Author: | |
| Mhairi was born in Falkirk, Scotland in 1976. She went to school in Nottingham, studied English Literature at Manchester University and then returned to Nottingham to delight its citizens with her journalism. After roles as trainee reporter, reporter, feature writer and columnist, she realised she’d climbed to the very top of the mountain at the Nottingham Post and at age 31 decided to write a novel. Some very skint years followed, during which she thought she might’ve made a huge mistake. |  |
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