Claire and Matt are divorced but decide what’s best for their daughter Scarlett is to have a ‘normal’ family Christmas. They can’t agree on whose idea it was, or who said they should bring their new partners. But someone did – and it’s too late to pull the plug.
Claire brings her new boyfriend Patrick, a seemingly eligible Iron-Man-in-Waiting. Mattbrings the new love of his life Alex, funny, smart, and extremely patient. Scarlett, their daughter, brings her imaginary friend Posey. He’s a rabbit.
Together the five (or six?) of them grit their teeth over Organized Fun activities, drinking a little too much after bed-time, oversharing classified secrets about their pasts and, before you know it, their holiday is a powder keg that ends – where this story starts – with a tearful, frightened, call to the police…
But what happened? They said they’d all be adults about this.
Firstly a big thank you to Lauren for my copy and having me on the tour.
Fresh voice in fiction with this debut of the summer.
Very relatable and i imagine quite relevent in todays society.
I certainly wouldn’t put myself into such a diffiult tense situation.
The charactar i enjoyed reading about the most was alex ironically as hasnt got kids of her own.
I personally found it a bit slow paced in places .
Families are difficult so imagine the difficulties when 2 families come together…
It wasn’t destined to end well but sometimes in order for change to happen it takes something drastic...
Published 23rd august and do check out the other blogs taking part.
supermum ......... wheres my cape ??? 