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Another Mrs B Book Review – In five Years

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In five years

Author: Rebecca Serle

Publisher: Quercus

Release Date: March 10 2020

Book Blurb: Type-A Manhattan lawyer Dannie Kohan has been in possession of her meticulously crafted answer since she understood the question. On the day that she nails the most important job interview of her career and gets engaged to the perfect man, she’s well on her way to fulfilling her life goals.
That night Dannie falls asleep only to wake up in a different apartment with a different ring on her finger, and in the company of a very different man. The TV is on in the background, and she can just make out the date. It’s the same night – December 15th – but 2025, five years in the future.
It was just a dream, she tells herself when she wakes, but it felt so real… Determined to ignore the odd experience, she files it away in the back of her mind.
That is, until four and a half years later, when Dannie turns down a street and there, standing on the corner, is the man from her dream…

What do I reckon:

Our main Character Dannie has a good life, a great job and a wonderful fiance.

 One day something happens that throws a bit of change into her life.  Dannie wakes up and finds herself in a different apartment, with a different ring on her finger and a new man in the kitchen.  She figures out that she is somehow 5 years into her future.  She soon wakes again to find herself back in the present and not sure how to process what happened.
This is a fun book that kept me guessing. A great theme and perhaps keep some tissues close by.

Disclosure: I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Where to buy: You can buy the book from my shop here.

Another Mrs B Book Review – House of Trelawney

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Title : House of Trewlawney

Author: Hannah Rothschild

Publisher: Knopf

Release Date: February 11, 2020

Book Blurb: For more than seven hundred years, the vast, rambling Trelawney Castle in Cornwall–turrets, follies, a room for every day of the year, four miles of corridors and 500,000 acres–was the magnificent and grand “three dimensional calling card” of the earls of Trelawney. By 2008, it is in a complete state of ruin due to the dulled ambition and the financial ineptitude of the twenty-four earls, two world wars, the Wall Street crash, and inheritance taxes. Still: the heir to all of it, Kitto, his wife, Jane, their three children, their dog, Kitto’s ancient parents, and his aunt Tuffy Scott, an entomologist who studies fleas, all manage to live there and keep it going.

What do I reckon : When I first saw this book I knew I had to read it,.  A madcap tale of a family of minor royals, their traditions and management of the family estate.

Trelawney estate is 800 years old,  In its prime the family had plenty of money, a sprawling farm and the house was in tip top condition.  Over the years parts of the farm have been sold, so now now there isn’t much left.  The house itself has fallen into disrepair. 

The story focuses on the current occupants of the house and some of the extended family.  Some of the topics covered include: family obligation, love, renovations, money, infidelity and insects.  Yes you heard that right…. INSECTS.

I LOVED the characters.  I got quite invested in what I thought was going to happen.  When the book finished with an ending that was different to what I expected wasn’t quite sure what to think.  But you know what?  in a way I think that was a good thing because I was so invested in the characters.  There aren’t many authors who have that way with character development.  All in all a great read.

Where to buy: You can buy the book from amazon here. – this is not an affiliate link. I just like the book and really want to tell you about it.