Every Mhairi McFarlane book I read has me completely and utterly hooked. She unreal.

Each book draws you in and makes you love the characters, (well most of them any).

Keep doing what you do Mhairi. Xx

This book was so much fun to read, and I love the way in which it is written.

Thank you NetGalley for my complimentary copy in return for my honest review.

Nice little book to read over coffee on a Sunday morning! Really enjoyed it, not my usual bag but I really liked it and would defo read more from the author 😃

TW: Grief, Death of a Friend, Mentions of Childhood Abuse, Parent with Alzheimers

Last Night wasn't what I expected, but once I got through the shock I absolutely loved it. When I first requested this from NetGalley I knew I enjoyed McFarlane's writing and I was like "oh sweet, a second chance romance I'm 100% down for this". I hadn't mentally prepared as to how much of the book centered on the MC's journey through the grief of losing her best friend. It's quite a visceral look at grief and how it can be all encompassing, however it also shows the glimmer of hope in the period after, that they're not going to all be bad days.

Eve is our main character who has always had a deep secret love for Ed. Ed is a member of their group of 4 along with Susie and Justin, lifelong friends who have never been torn apart - until now. We are left with them navigating their friendship after losing one of the loves of their lives and how they may interact with each other moving forward.

We are also shown the familial impact of grief, through the lens of Finlay (the best friends brother who has been distant from the family for years) and Iain (the father who has Alzheimers and thinks things are still from well over a decade ago). Eve, as the best friend, is left to help the family move forward when Iain can't remember Finlay and nobody even wants Finlay around.

I was shocked several times throughout this novel from revelations that were made, I was saddened by the gut-wrenching depictions of loss and love, and I was left feeling warm and fuzzy from the romance that grew in the backdrop of tragedy.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review, however I ended up purchasing the published copy on release date and read purely from that one along with an audiobook on loan from my library.

Another absolute corker from Mhairi McFarlane.

She has the ability to make me laugh and cry in just one page and Last Night did that in abundance. Moving, funny, and oh so wonderful.

Thanks to net galley and the publishers for the opportunity to read and review.

Mhairi McFarlane writes beautifully, intelligently, and with great emotional intelligence. It is laugh-out-loud funny in parts, but also very sensitively written on the subject of grief at death, and the complexities of relationship. She has an exceptional talent.

Mhairi McFarlane takes a different approach with her fifth book. In Last Night, we see a lot more emotion and vulnerability compared to her previous novels. Even when tackling the tough subject of grief, Mhairi's trademark razor sharp wit still shines through her writing, making this an enjoyable, thoughtful read. Long time fans of Mhairi will enjoy.

A lovely super cute book, an easy read. The characters were relatable, and the story was good. I would recommend.

Big fan of Mhairi McFarlane. I feel like her books kept me sane during the lockdowns. Fun and super easy to read. Would recommend

Really loved this book. It made me laugh and cry. I was invested in the characters. I would actually love a sequel. Would highly recommend this book.

Snortingly funny and sad, how does Mhairi McFarlane do it? "Last Night" is another absolute belter of a book with BIG feelings. Huge! I adored it.

I read this in basically 1 sitting, completely engrossed in Eve’s story - her friendships, grief, humour and potential romance.

Like McFarlane’s other books this is very much of its time and place, yet also universal in its themes. Despite dealing with quite heavy themes (as the plot is driven by the sudden death of a young woman) there’s also lots of humour - a really enjoyable read.

This was great!

I read this at a time where I was super busy and didn't really have much time to read but I liked it so much that I found myself picking this book up whenever I had the chance (when having breakfast, while the kettle was boiling, etc...).
I've read a few books by this author before and I love how her characters are always normal people who lead normal lives! This one was no different. I really liked Eve and my hearth broke with hers a few times throughout the book. I loved their friendship group and how well they knew each other. Roger and Leonard were wonderful additions to the story too and I loved the trip to Edinburgh, which happens to be one of my favourite cities! I also (obviously) had a crush on someone in particular, although I have to say that this kind of book is probably one of the reasons why women are often attracted to "challenging" men... oh well!

Mhairi McFarlane is one of my 'go to' authors when I need a book I know I can get lost in completely for a few hours. Last Night certainly didn't disappoint, although it was very emotional to read. The depiction of grief was just spot on.

The storyline centres around 4 friends who have known each other since secondary school. Just when your getting the sense of the group, how close they are, how their dynamics work...McFarlane hits you with a shocking event and the story shifts in tone and direction.

Relationships are at the heart of this novel. Between the different friends, between family members and especially how we make unquestioned judgements about people we don't know based on how others feel. I loved how the intensity of the emotion really came through in the main plot turning points.

I devoured this in two sittings, I enjoyed the twists and felt that the ending was spot on given what unravels. Thoroughly enjoyed it and can't wait for the next one from Mhairi McFarlane!

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Great fun empathic characters and easy to find oneself within them! A very enjoyable and pleasant read thankyou!

I picked this one up as part of @netgalleynovember as a buddy read with @booksandbeautifulthings18 and @lj_reads as I had it on my netgalley shelf and also my bookshelf. So this one was a great big #tickoffthetbr
I started off a little unsure about this book but it didn’t take long to suck me in. I absolutely loved it. It was witty, emotional and just so beautifully written. It had a serious subject matter but was written in a very light way with many laugh out loud moments. I really, really liked Eve and Fin. But I really wasn’t keen on Ed and his motives for anything. I don’t want to say too much and spoil it though but this could make my favourites list. I will definitely be working my through this authors other books now. I absolutely recommend this one. Thank you also to @harpercollinsuk for the #gifted ebook.

This was my first book by Mhairi and wow what a book to start with!

I thought this book was going to be the usual RomCom / Chick Lit kind of read, but boy was I wrong.

This was such an impactful book and tackled some really hard hitting subjects including, the Death of a loved one, Bereavement and Dementia. However that being said, it was so beautifully written, I just couldn’t put it down!

I loved the friendship group between the four main characters in this book and I enjoyed delving into their backstory’s and the history and evolvement of their friendship!

A heart breakingly good book that had me shedding quite a few tears.

I highly recommend, just don’t go in thinking it’s purely a Romance read. It’s so much more than that….. it’s amazing!!

Thank you Netgalley and Harper Collins UK for an advance copy of this in exchange for a review.

Last Night follows Eve who has been in her love with her best friend Ed since they graduated school, sadly a miscommunication means Eve thinks she'll always be the right person, wrong time. Then a combination of events on a single night leaves their small friendship group questioning everything they always thought they knew about one another.

I thought I knew what this book was about going into it, I figured it would be a typical friends-to-lovers romance, something that I'm definitely a sucker for. But this is definitely not that, Mhairi McFarlane deals with the unrequited love for your best friend perfectly, and puts it in a wonderful perspective that sometimes someone doesn't love you deep-down, sometimes they're just stringing you along. It honestly was kind of what I needed to hear and was such a perfect twist on a typical trope.

And oh I am glad there was a twist because in Finlay, the author created the kind of rom-com heroine you can't help but fall in love with. Even when he was cold and stand-offish when we first met him I still knew at that moment that he was the hero I would be rooting for.

I'm unsure if I would necessarily call this a romance book, and it's definitely not a rom-com. The romance plotline definitely is one of the strongest elements, and there are brief moments of levity, but there are also trigger warnings for death of a loved one and physical abuse. We deal with a lot more than the main romance which while it took me by surprise I enjoyed, but I do think it is something readers should be aware of before going into the story

This was a fantastic book, classic great McFarlane writing, but also much more sombre in tone and in subject matter. Mhairi McFarlane has written about tough subject matter before, but this is the first time where I actually had to put down the book to make room for my feelings. Mhairi is at the top of her game, the queen of womens' fiction and I can't wait to see what she writes next.

This book was full of emotion, humour and great characters which made you feel as though you really knew them. The group of friends were very well formed and they did make me think of my own life and what it's like to feel part of a select group where you feel like you belong... and what would happen if all of that got turned upside down?!

The writing is superb, the plot not at all predictable and the emotion beautifully crafted.

I thoroughly enjoyed this read and thought about it long after.