Take a Chance on Me by Carol Wyer

Blurb

A hilarious heart-warming read about friendship, taking chances and finding love, second time round. When Charlie’s husband leaves after ten years of marriage, her spirits hit an all-time low. She just isn’t sure how to pick herself up again. So, best friend Mercedes makes it her mission to put a spring back in Charlie’s step with the perfect bucket list.

As Charlie takes a chance and bungee jumps and belly dances her way through an array of adventures, her love life also begins to look up and she’s soon enjoying a few dates as a newly single woman. She begins to realise that finding romance, might not be so hard, especially when you’ve got someone like journalist Jake who has an adorable little boy and is very easy on the eye.

But is Jake too good to be true? As Charlie’s challenges on the bucket list get bigger, so do her questions about Jake. Should she continue to hold out for the fairy-tale? Or should she take a chance on Jake and hope for a happy ending?

Review

Rather slow, and a little bit too much concentration on little domestic details for me, though the premise itself is a good one, and the intrigue running through it lifted the story. I felt it could have been cut down by at least a third without anything being lost and a good edit would have sharpened up the story-line considerably. Still, it was a light, relatively pleasing read and in places it grabbed my attention.

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

About the Author

A humorous writer and blogger whose light hearted novels and articles encourage others to laugh at life and grow old disgracefully.

Her best selling novels have won several awards for humour and her witty non-fiction book, Grumpy Old Menopause won The People's Book Prize Award in 2015.

She has been interviewed on numerous BBC radio stations including BBC Radio 2 Simon Mayo and on BBC Breakfast television and Sky.

Carol writes for magazines and websites and also blogs for the Huffington Post