Not a great book. The characters were rather one-dimensional - the bitter wife, the selfish son, the selfish daughter who turns into the unselfish daughter when her own child is born, the feisty straight-talking matriarch, the quirky friend, the gay hairdresser. They were all cliches. The story w...
I picked this book up because of the blurb on the back sounded intriguing. I didn't regret it. Erica James is a superb writer. Instead of writing directly about the tsunami she writes about the changes to relationships that can occur after surviving something as horrendous as that. However, the b...
An enjoyable light, entertaining read, though not the best novel from Erica James. The characters come across strongly - I liked Ella and feisty Maggie, thought Ethan was weak and his wife and friend too one- sided and bitchy. I got slightly irritated early on with the frequent introspection pa...
I was pleased to receive a free copy of this book via Goodreads and read it over the weekend. Sadly, I realised that I expect more from a book than a light romantic read now. I am sorry but it just wasn't for me. I imagine the storyline would hold more appeal to older readers. I can't imagine my ...
The Holiday was published in 2008, as it is set in Corfu I thought it would be the ideal book to take with me on holiday this year. It was really interesting to read her descriptions of the beautiful island of Corfu whilst I was actually there, I actually read the chapter where the lead chara...