Review: Twice in a Lifetime

Twice in a Lifetime by Helga Jensen
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Amelia is a divorced mother of two who works in a bookshop in a small town in Wales. After her husband left her for Tarty Tanja her life has revolved around her twin sons, nutella, pinot grigio and her best friends Jamie and Sian. Full of regrets and nostalgia after clearing out her mother's attic, she recalls the one that got away, the American boy called Patrick she met outside Tiffany's in New York twenty years ago - it was love at first sight but she lost his number. Her 'friend' Sian is determined to find Patrick and makes posts on social media hunting for Patrick which catch the eye of various journalists and generate lots of publicity.

Then Patrick contacts Amelia out of the blue, not only does he remember her but he wants to meet up, he's never forgotten her and life's too short to miss second chances. He's a polo-playing journalist in New York and just as gorgeous as Amelia remembers.

For this sort of novel to work well the characters need to be drawn lightly and I'm afraid that just wasn't the case here. It was blindingly obvious what was going to happen and the clues weren't subtle so, as a reader, I just felt like screaming at my book. I don't think it helped that Amelia was delusional and heaven save me from 'friends' like Sian - I would never have forgiven her for what she did.

However, I am on a bit of a downer with books at the moment so you may find this screamingly funny and a charming romance with a twist. Who knows.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

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