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Join Angela and Jenny in the series
finale of the bestselling I Heart books…
When Angela Clark’s best friend Jenny invites her to join a press trip to Hawaii, three days of sun, sea and sleep sounds like the perfect antidote to her crazed life.
At work in New York, she’s supposed to be the face of Having It All. But the only thing Angela feels she excels at is hiding in the printer cupboard, eating Mini Cheddars and watching Netflix on her phone and if this is living the dream, she's more than ready to wake up.
A few days away with Jenny sounds like exactly what she needs but Angela’s talent for getting into a scrape guarantees nothing goes to plan – and not even the most beautiful beaches, blue skies and daiquiris will get her off the hook…
My Review:
Ten years – I can barely
believe it! I’ve loved this series of books from the moment I got my hands on I
heart New York (I got my first, very original copy with a magazine, can anyone
remember which it was?) But I was hooked and an instant Lindsey Kelk fan.
I know many of us feel so
invested in Angela and friends, and to think this would all be over with this book
was truly a saddening moment, but I knew that Lindsey would do it in style and
we’d have fun and adventure in I heart Hawaii. As it comes to endings, I think
this book gave us the perfect one, very emotional, like a rollercoaster of
feelings. From the prologue, where I was pretty concerned and quite upset if I’m
honest, to the final ‘The End,’ I heart Hawaii gave my hardened heart a battering.
I’ve always loved the mixed bag
of characters ‘I heart...’ gives us and Angela is one of my favourite characters
ever- funny, loving, spirited and well just blooming ace. Jenny, well there
aren’t really words to describe her sass and epic coolness, we could all do
with being a little bit Lopez. Alex is the epitome of leading men, he’s gorgeous, a cool superstar and just the right person to balance Angela. Tip of the iceberg with great
characters though. After all they have been through, all the characters have matured
over the series and yet they are still the same characters we fell in love
with. How I wish I could be in their friendship group!
I loved that other characters
from some of Lindsey’s books popped up in I heart Hawaii; with this being the
destination I hoped there would be a little crossover from another series, and
I was not disappointed. I did also like the references to other authors’ characters
too. See if you can find them 😉
I Heart Hawaii finds Angela
trying to juggle motherhood with a new job, then the guilt at leaving baby Alice
with Alex for 5 days while she heads off to basically unwind and have fun. I
believe we see Angela at her very best in this book – motherhood is suiting her
but it’s nice we get a glimpse of the Angela we all love so well when she goes to
Hawaii.
As with any I heart book, this
is full of fun and adventure. There are some hilarious scenes (the horses!!), real
laugh out loud moments and everything we expect from this bunch of characters but,
as with every one of the books, it includes some sensitive, serious, heart-warming
moments, that show the depth and strength of true friendship.
I have always enjoyed Lindsey’s
writing style, chatty and animated and naturally very funny; she can evoke
emotion at just the perfect moment though so watch out for surprise tears. The
books are easy to read but that never takes anything away from the wonderful
stories being told. I read I Heart Hawaii in a few hours – mainly because I couldn’t
put it down, I wanted to see how it would end yet I never wanted it too either.
If you haven’t read any of the
I Heart series, then I would suggest going back and reading the others before
this one simply because THEY ARE BRILLIANT! I’m sure it could work as a
standalone book but it’s hard to tell when you’re already so involved with them
isn’t it?!
I don’t want to spoil or lead
anyone in any direction with the review, so I don’t really want to say too much
about what happens. I think people need to go into this without knowing what
will happen at all. I will say it’s a beautiful end to an incredible series.
Thank you, Lindsey Kelk, for creating
wonderful stories with great characters that we have grown to love like our own
friends. Although it’s hard to know we won’t get any more ‘I heart’ books I’m
sure we can all imagine what they’re all getting up in the future. Great things must come to an end (*cries*) but I
know Lindsey will have brilliant things for us in future.
Anyone for an ‘I heart’ film or
TV series?
Comfy Rating:
👍👍👍👍👍
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| Meeting the lovely Lindsey with the equally wonderful Paige Toon - 01/06/2019 |
