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This is a story was of a woman coping with a life changing accident. She seeks answers in psychics and comforts among a motley group of friends, and family.

I’m not sure that I actually like Marian Keyes’ books a whole lot. I feel like I should be able to at least appreciate the continued story of the Walsh sisters, and find them funny and charming, as they are meant to be. But I don’t really. Regardless of that though, her stories are very readable. It’s not hard to finish them in one go.

Being that this book is kind of part of a series, I didn’t think the continuity was quite up to par. All the characters seemed too different than they were in the other books and it bothered me. I did like the characters of Mammy Walsh and Helen, but they weren’t really mains, just happy anecdotal supporting characters…. but maybe because they haven’t had their own stories told, giving them less to be compared to in her previous work. Also the style, trying to be both funny and poignant, didn’t quite come together at times. The transitions were a bit awkward, with neither consistently hitting the mark.

I don’t have much to say about it, sometimes I found it very endearing (Feathery Strokers and Jolly Boys/Girls - LOVED) and others absolutely annoying (the word yoke was used far, far too many times.). It was a very quick read, so I’ll not spend more time trying to think of things to say about it than I did reading it. Because that would be silly.