I discovered Louise on YouTube about 2 years ago, when I started following some bloggers on there. I watched her videos from time to time, especially when her daughter was in them. Louise is very funny, bubbly and fresh, so when I heard she was publishing a fiction book, I got really curious.

The story follows Robin Wilde, who is a single mum to 6-year-old Lyla and she works part time as a make-up artist. She is longing for a relationship and really knows what she wants. It’s not so easy however, to find a man like this. She also wants to be successful in her job and be more than just an assistant. She struggles to fit in with the other school mums, but she has a great best friend and aunt, who are always there for her. A great opportunity comes up and I really liked going on that journey with Robin.

Louise Pentland’s writing is very natural, funny and light-hearted. I struggled with the structure of the book, the pace of the storyline didn’t make sense for me and I even lost interest at times. The interest always came back though and I was really routing for Robin. That’s probably also why I was a bit disappointed in the ending, it was not a round ending, something was missing. There will be a second book though, right?! The depth was missing for me, which is a shame, but I still enjoyed the story.

It was lovely to spot Louise’s personality come through the writing, I even felt like she was there narrating the whole thing!

Thank you to Netgalley, the author and the Publishers, Bonnier Zaffre for this review copy given in exchange for an honest review. Also thank you to Gaby for organising the Blog Tour.

Debut novel of YouTuber, Louise Pentland which has now been released in paperback. As you can imagine, this is a very ‘modern’ novel and it was such an easy read and ideal for dipping in and out of. Single mum, Robin is a very likeable character and even if you’re not a mum yourself you can relate to her and her life. Bringing up her daughter as a single parent, this book takes Robin on a journey of different emotions and you can totally empathise with her one hundred percent.

The storyline took me on a rollercoaster of emotions and whilst at times it had me reaching for the tissues, at others it made me laugh out loud. An entertaining book depicting the topsy-turvy life of a single parent. Highly recommended and hopefully there will be a follow up book to carry on Robin’s story!