It's been almost three months since the publication of The Grown Up To-Do List so I thought I'd share some of the lovely reviews it's received, including my favourite review - EVER.
I'm not sure whether you're supposed to have a favourite review. Is it a bit like picking a favourite child? I obviously couldn't do that but the first review I'm going to share put the BIGGEST smile on my face:
So why did this review warm my heart so much it has become my favourite review of all my books?
I'm a forty-plus-year-old woman myself, and back in the early 2000s I was reading rom coms like What's New Pussycat by Alexandra Potter, Thirtynothing and One-Hit Wonder by Lisa Jewell and Bookends and Babyville by Jane Green. I'd always loved writing and I knew I wanted to be published one day and these books inspired me.
I read these funny, heartwarming and romantic books and knew these were the kinds of books I wanted to write. So seeing a review that said my book reminded the reader of those kinds of books means the absolute world to me and I'd love to go back to the Jennifer of the early 2000s and tell her that she will write those kinds of books and they will bring her - and even actual readers just like her - so much joy.
Because The Grown Up To-Do List has brought joy. People have picked up the book and they've enjoyed Cleo's story and I'd like to share a few more snippets of the reviews that have been left.
If you've read and enjoyed The Grown Up To-Do List (or any of my books) then I'd love it if you could leave a review over on Amazon. A line or two would mean the world to me and it helps other people find books they might like!
Her friends are bossing life - is she being left behind?
25-year-old Cleo is happy enough. She likes her job in the fish and chip shop in the North West seaside town where she grew up. But her world has become very small - all her friends couldn’t wait to leave home and are off, apparently crushing life. They have shiny careers and creative side-hustles, while she is still living with her mum and dad.
But when she learns that her dream childhood boyfriend is coming back to town for a party in three months, she decides she needs to start adulting to win him.
But what does being a grown-up really mean? And can she become one in three months?
