The story follows a group of friends - Stella, Ana and Dixie-as they approach their forties and look at how their lives have changed, and how the bonds of the past still keep them close.  This is a light-hearted book with the theme of friendship at its core. It's an easy summer read for fans of a light female centred story with a neat ending!

I enjoyed this book. It’s funny and light hearted. It made me snigger a good few times. With these troubled times we find ourselves in this book is a good one to read. I could also associate with all of the characters as well, as they are all getting to the end of their 30’s. It reminded me of my friends and I at that age. I absolutely love the cover of this book as well. It’s so bright and cheerful.

Meet Stella, Dixie and Ana. They have been best friends for a very long time. We meet them as they are all approaching the big four zero. Where they all realise that they aren’t really in the places they expected to be in.

Stella is a stay at home mother, She spends most of her time running around after her family. Wishing she was more like the other mum’s who seem to manage family life effortlessly.

Her husband has made her get rid of the paid help and she is struggling even more than she did before. Stella however has other ideas about getting new help, she’s actually thinking of pinching someone’s nanny. Along with hopes of going back to work and being a bit more glanderous.

One day when she’s at the park with the kids. She becomes friends with Coco a young nanny. She finds Coco a breath of fresh air and she’s also introducing Stella to some new experiences.

Ana is in a relationship with the most boring man, but on paper he is just the sort of man to settle down with. He has a decent job, he’s reliable, caring and not bad looking. Ana has decided that now is the time to start trying for a family as she’s so desperate for a baby.

Ana has also decided that she wants to speed up the process, so they pay to go and see a private specialist. Just to make sure everything is working. It turns out that Rex is the one that is going to cause them problems in conceiving. So they pay for one round of fertility treatment. Which then starts making Ana wonder if she really is with the right man. Due to her having fertility injections her hormones are all over the place. So no matter what Rex does she finds him irritating and he constantly gets her back up. Which in turn Makes her think about Joel her now famous ex boyfriend. Everywhere she goes his music is playing or he’s on the TV, she can’t get away from him and their past.

Dixie is the wild a child of the bunch. She’s single has a good job. She gets to travel with her job too, as she manages her bosses properties which are all over the place. She’s also on Tinder and has numerous one night stands and has no intentions of stopping any time soon, as she’s not going to ever get married.

On one particular flight to New York Dixie gets upgraded on her flight and ends up with her cabin near a really cute guy. She ends up getting a bit tipsy and ends up telling him things that she never tells anyone. She total forgets to update he Tinder account with new photos of herself. So she could hook up with some cute New York guys.

Dixie doesn’t tell the girls anything about Freddie the next time she meets up with them as he has her in a spin. Which has never happened to her before. It’s like she is under his spell.

When she does mention him though she ends up asking the girls over to the Hamptons to celebrate Freddie’s Birthday. Where things don’t go quite as expected.

Stella gets blind drunk and tells them what is really going on in her life. Dixie and Freddie set up Ana with her famous ex, which lead to unexpected things. Then the rich wives of Freddie’s friends pull a fast one on Dixie and everything comes tumbling down.

Will the girls get their lives back on track? They may do eventually with some great hilarity along the way.

If you need a good laugh and some escape then this book is for you.

I was really excited for this, the cover totally sold it to me. It looked bright and exciting and was described as hilarious and sassy. Unfortunately I found the sexual content a bit too much and not totally necessary. Now I’m not against it at all in a book, but it just didn’t do it for me - no pun intended 😂
The storyline I thought had huge potential and I loved following the characters and what was going to happen next, it was predictable in ways but that’s fine. My negative really was the amount of sexual references.

Enjoyable read. Would recommend to friends and family. I could sympathise with characters (important for any fiction novel!) and looked forward to picking it up and reading the next few chapters! Interesting plot line and a good ending. Will look out for more novels by the author. Thank you.

What can I say...... I absolutely loved this book! It was relatable, hilariously funny and super sexy, with plenty of steaminess!!! ⁣
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This gave me Sex and The City vibes (which I’m a massive fan of) and I really enjoyed witnessing the no nonsense, true friendship these three women had.⁣
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Such a perfect summer read. If you enjoyed ‘So Lucky’ by Dawn O’Porter as I did, you will love ‘No regrets’.⁣
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I find it so hard to believe that this is Tabitha Webb’s debut novel. I adored her writing style and this book has left me wanting to see so much more from her. In fact a sequel would be amazing Tabitha!!! ⁣
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A five star read for me!!! ⁣
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Thanks to Netgalley and HQ for an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Not for me, unfortunately. I can be very picky with books that come under the moniker of 'chick-lit' and this just seemed to resemble a lot of books that I picked up, read the first page of, and then immediately put down again. There is definitely an audience for this kind of low-level, low impact, 'fun' kind of book, but I am not that person.

Meet Stella, Ana and Dixie, best friends and true soul mates. Approaching their 40's, they are each questioning their life choices. 

Stella, married with two boys, feels frumpy and unfulfilled. She wants to feel alive again, and when she forms a friendship with Coco, a beautiful and young nanny, she is confused and curious about the growing attraction between them. Add to that, the betrayal of her husband Jake, Stella knows that something has to change drastically if their marriage is to continue. 

Ana is trying to have a baby with Rex, but deep down she knows she isn't in love with him, and that her heart still belongs to the one who got away, Joel Abelard 

Dixie, self-confessed wild child and commitment-phobe, is shocked when she meets Freddie Eastman and falls fast and hard for him. Is he too good to be true? 

As each woman embarks on a journey of self-discovery they will have to deal with some difficult truths, some arguments and some heartbreak. But, when all is said and done, they stick to their belief that it is better to live a life of no regrets and following their hearts will lead to a wonderful next chapter in each of their lives. Witty, warm and a wonderful escape, loved it.

This was a fun and dare I saw raunchy book! 

The characters made this book, each with their own unique personalities and struggles. I found myself quite invested in their own stories and how it would all end up. I liked that each got their own chapters so that we could focus more on their lives and what was happening, although please be warned there is quite a lot of sex throughout this book!

This book was incredibly well written and I generally liked the plot to the book with three best friends who are struggling to come to terms with the fact that they are coming up for forty.

However I did find myself some parts of the book unrealistic, with them jetting off to New York whenever with no real explanation on how, especially with Stella who has just found out some bad news. There is no real thought to her children and no one can just up and jet off to New York when they like. There is a lot involved with this decision and it all happened so quickly. 

I wasn’t a fan of how everything seemed to just wrap up nicely at the end. There was a lot that went on at the end of the book and with a click of the fingers everything was fixed. I also feel like Stella’s feelings with her own sexuality could have been dealt with a bit differently and explored a lot deeper rather. 

Overall, this was a very light-hearted with friendship at its core. This is definitely a good summer read for those who are a fan of chick-lit!

Thank you to NetGalley and HQ for providing me with a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

This is quite a comical book about 3 women who have been through many trials and tribulations together.

Dixie is loving her life being single having fun with no intention of stopping. She is heavily into Tinder.

Ana and Rex who are desperate to get pregnant, but feel time is running out.

And Stella with whom the book starts, the first few pages about a toddler, shopping trolley and chocolate were hilarious.
3 friends and their lives, with a generous dash of raunchy and a lot of laughs.
It kept me amused for a while.
Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book. xx

DNF at 25%

I just couldn't stick with this one. This is written like the worst kind of chick lit, it's the kind of book that gives chick lit a bad name. The characters were blah, their story lines read like a story from the 90s where they were all obsessed with looks and the sex sounds like it was written by a 14 year old who hasn't had sex yet.

I really enjoyed this take on modern female friendship and how we can still have secrets from those we are closest to. This was a modern easy read and I zipped through it wanting to know more about the characters. Thanks NetGalley!

This wasn't for me at all. The blurb sounded so interesting but the actual book didn't deliver what i wanted from it. The writing was fine but it could have been better.

A read this because I wanted a break from dark thrillers. This was the perfect remedy. Funny, compelling and I loved it. Thank you for letting me read this book :)

No Regrets is the story of a group of 3 women approaching their 40’s Stella, Ana and Dixie. One wants a baby but is struggling to conceive. One has just found out her husband is lying and the other is living a glamorous lifestyle.
They decide that they need to start having some fun. I started off liking the characters as strong, feisty women but they became annoying. There’s a lot of sex, not much humour and that’s about it. It’s a book that not much happens in and what does happens is predictable. It was an okay summer read that was ideal for me during COVID lockdown. 

Thank you to the Author, Publisher and NetGalley for gifting me this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I have finally finished No Regrets and I feel so conflicted. I wanted to love this book. A group of women approaching their 40s rebelling and trying new things in life? Yes please! A raunchy rom com exploring the mid life crisis? Absolutely!

However, I really struggled to engage with this book. The first couple of chapters I couldn’t tell if the book was set in the UK or US. Location doesn’t bother me, but descriptions and language were pretty confusing at the start. 

The three friends were great through the first half of the book. I’m assuming the author is a big Sex and the City fan as the characters appear to be modelled on SATC characters. By the second half of the book the characters (including the supporting characters) were mere caricatures of themselves.

Far too many unnecessary descriptions of brands and designer labels, for example ‘she bought a Diane Von Furstenberg dress from Net a Porter’, ‘she wore red Marc Jacobs lipstick’, ‘he sent her diamonds from Boodles’. There is seriously no need. 

The women were portrayed as strong, empowered females, but lost all sense of their independence the moment their men were there. Accepting proposals despite being unsure of them telling lies. Forgiving the man that ghosted her for a week because he lost her number...it showed the women as weak unfortunately.

The other annoying element was the reference to ‘if this was a trashy romance novel...’ followed by a huge cliche seen in most “trashy romance novels”. The author could have tried a non-cliched angle, but didn’t. 

I dislike leaving negative reviews. I’m grateful to NetGalley and the publishers for ARCs and always try to leave constructive reviews. However, I really struggled with this book.

Stella, Ana and Dixie are the best of friends. They stick together through all the highs and lows of life, such as relationships, pregnancy, marriage, and employment. 

I really liked all of the characters in the book, but was mostly invested in Ana’s pregnancy struggles, and Stella’s relationship with Joel (and his addiction). 

This is a great book for female empowerment, in terms of taking charge of your life, but also sexually. It definitely isn’t the type of book to read if you’re a prude, or find sex in books cringey - because it features A LOT. But I think it was addressed in a funny way, and added a lot to the characters. 

I particularly enjoyed Stella’s relationship with Coco, and think that exploring sexuality is something that is not often addressed in relation to older women with families, so that was a great angle. 

Definitely a good summer read!

The only reason I give 3 stars, is because I wasn’t gripped, and some parts were predictable.

This book was really good fun. Having three different main characters kept things fresh, and they were all so different with their own depths and backstories. I’d love a sequel!

‘No Regrets’ is an easy read and certainly light-hearted. I wanted to read this as it seemed like a ‘Sex and the City’ style set-up of friends, which in some ways it is, but the characters don’t grab me at all. It is acceptable to expect dramatised stories in this genre, however for me, it stretches too far to be relatable to any part of the friendship trio. Maybe this is because it is tailored to an older demographic. There are some aspects of this (Stella’s bi-curiosity) that could have been explored in better ways in my opinion, as it is alluded she becomes confident in accepting it but continues with her heterosexual marriage, seemingly without telling the husband...

The ultimate narrative is ‘female friendship’ which I liked, unfortunately it wasn’t the forward-thinking tone I had hoped and doesn’t explore much diversity between them as women.

I felt like this book had a lot of promise and it started well with three female leads who were relatable and likeable. Best friends whose lives had taken different paths.

However about half way through it felt like the book lost it's way a bit and we went from believable to a bit far fetched. 

It was a light easy read and there were predictable happy endings all round.

I don't know why but I struggled with this book. I think if tried to funny to be cool and hilarious or maybe that wasn't my mood at the time. Gave it a try but gave up after a few chapters.