Book Review - Making Up Your Mind

 

Making Up Your Mind - Jill Mansell

Lottie can't quite believe what's happened.

When you're a teenager in love with a widly unsuitable boy, you expect your parents to object. But Lottie's thirty now, a fully fledged grown-up, and she never imagined her children doing the same when she met Tyler Klein. He isn't widly unsuitable either, he's a catch. But as far as Nat and Ruby are conserned, he's the devil incarnate.

Wha'ts a girl to do? Is she only allowed to associate with men who meet with their approval? And doesn't she already have enough to worry about, what with errant ex-husband Mario up to his old tricks, beloved boss Freddie determined to catch up with old friends before life catches up with him, and best friend Cressida brazenly propositioning strangers in shops?

Everyone else needs sorting out. Well, that's fine - it's what Lottie's best at. Until the day she discovers that an attack of the hiccups can have the power - just possibly - to change your life...

Wow. First things first, I did read the blurb before reading the book but I must have somehow forgot about it as after writing this, everything makes sense. The book itself is actually pretty amazing to be honest, it's a great book and I love everything about it. When typing the blurb out, I actually started giggling when the hiccup part came up, remembering that part of the book. 

I love the fact about this book isn't told from anyones POV. It could have easily been told from different POV's like many Jodi Picoult books but it wasn't, it was writen in 3rd person which I liked as you found out more about the characters. Even though the book is based upon the life of Lottie Coyle, there are also mini plots which are about the other characters and Lottie one way or another is involved in these mini stories.

The book shocked me quite a few times actually. When finding out more about Freddie's past, I felt almost as shocked to find out what had happened as Lottie herself is said to have felt. (Does that even make any sense!?) Also the whole Seb plot. OMIGOD I actually screamed. I already knew that I didn't want him to end up in the picture, but I really wasn't expecting him to be like he was in the end. It was a complete shocker.

I love the fact that the kids are a major part to the book. The kids are funny, they make the book amusing and they add a real essence to the book. 

From the beginning of the book you are thrown straight into the 'action' and find out more about the main characters with in pages. 

The ending of this book I loved. For once, I loved it :') I haven't read a book in a long long time where I can actually admit I love the ending. Apart from Marshmallows for Breakfast which I reviewed a while ago...but the ending to that book has nothing compared to the ending to this book <3 I love love loved it :D

I might actually go as far as saying Jill Mansell might be a new favourite author of mine.

But I can't say much, this is the first book of hers which I have actually read :')

But it was GREAT and I HIGHLY recommend it :D