It’s Not Me It’s You By Mhairi McFarlane

[amazon_link id=”0007549474″ target=”_blank” ][/amazon_link]’It’s Not Me, It’s You’ is the latest book by Mhairi McFarlane.

Delia Moss isn’t quite sure where she went wrong. When she proposed and discovered her boyfriend was sleeping with someone else – she thought it was her fault. When she realised life would never be the same again – she thought it was her fault. And when he wanted her back like nothing had changed – Delia started to wonder if perhaps she was not to blame. From Newcastle to London and back again, with dodgy jobs, eccentric bosses and annoyingly handsome journalists thrown in, Delia must find out where her old self went – and if she can ever get her back.

I’ve been a fan of Mhairi’s books since the release of her first book, ‘You Had Me At Hello’. I’ve loved her stories of fiery heroines who fall for unfortunate heroes and this book was just the same as Delia had thought that she had found her happy ever after, only to discover her Prince Charming was cheating and the life that she dreamed off was suddenly snatched away.

Desperate to escape the horror, she leaves Newcastle and disappears to London and lives with her best friend Emma, who helps her set up a new life and a shoulder to cry on. She is fortunate that she finds a job quite quickly and settles to her role at Twist and Shout comfortably, a company that handles celebrities and politicians. But when she meets Adam, a handsome hipster journalist who wants to know all about the dodgy dealings of the company and her sleazy Australian boss, Delia finds herself in awkward situations.

This story is a delight to read from the very start. Here, we have a heroine who puts her heart on the line and asks her boyfriend off ten years to marry her only for it to be broken, when he mistakenly texts her instead of his lover. Broken and bitter, Delia rallies on with the help of her innocent and sweet game loving brother, Ralph, her outspoken best friend Emma and council hating Joe. She works hard at forgetting the hurt, even though Paul tries hard to win her back. Mhairi has once again created a character that you want as a friend, a friend who can help mop up a broken heart as well as make an excellent drinking buddy and that is what Delia is, fun loving with her quirky fashion sense, she exudes vibrancy across the pages.

As well as Delia, there are a host of characters in this book that make for extremely fun reading. Joe and Adam in particular, I enjoyed, Delia’s friendships developed between the two. And the occasional love/hate banter that Adam and Delia did having me sniggering to myself. Even though the story is quite lighthearted, there is one harrowing part of the tale that did leave me bawling at my work desk, so I would suggest having tissues close by when reading the book.

A delicious story that I would happily read again and again and which most definitely has to be my favourite cover of the year. ‘It’s Not Me, It’s You’ is a wittily written uplifting story about overcoming heartbreak, new friendships and realising that you’re never too late to start over.

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