Thank you Netgalley for providing me an ARC.

Thank god for Lainey and her last wish because if Lainey didn't free Sara, I would have! Can't believe how useless her Husband and her sons were and the first couple of messages when she is in Italy? Rage inducing!

Loved the detailed descriptions of what Sara saw and did in Italy, I felt like I was there! The characters were really mixed and this made a fun read.

The switch between the end and the epilogue was a little bit on the short side.

Fifty-seven-year-old Sarah has been stuck in a marriage long past its expiry date. In fact, since deciding to divorce three years ago, she and her soon-to-be ex-husband have been continuing to live in the same house. Her opportunity to break free is offered to her in the most unique circumstances; the last request of her recently passed best friend, Lainey.

Lainey has gifted her £20, 000 to buy her freedom on the one condition that Sarah uses the money to scatter her ashes in Portofino, Italy.

Before she has time to get cold feet, Sarah books her ticket to Italy promising her twin 18-year-old sons that she’ll be back in 5 days. Everything changes when she meets Boo on the flight. Boo encourages Sarah to see that she’s been moulding herself into someone else’s view of what she should be and challenges her to reawaken her senses that have become dull after 26 years of a loveless marriage.

“There’s more to life than fitting into a jelly mould of convention.”

“What if you just didn’t. Didn’t anything. Didn’t go home, didn’t help with the house, didn’t I don’t know, do what people expect of you?”

Sarah grabs the opportunity to shed a weight. She doesn’t allow her husband to dictate her timeline and begins living life with music in her soul.

I absolutely loved this third installment of the Rome Apartment series! The examination of why we stay in an accepted cocoon no matter how unhappy we are was thought-provoking as was the suggestion to unburden ourselves of the things that give structure to our life and reclaim some space for ourselves.

I also appreciated the struggle mothers have with the tricky transitional period when their children are adults in so many ways but still need their parents. I don't have children, but I can imagine this story would have an even deeper appeal to those who have children who are nearing ‘leaving the nest.’

I laughed and cried and closed this book reminded again why I love these women who champion the downtrodden woman and/or a woman at a crossroads. Fisher’s story about the adventures, love, joy and lessons from the Eternal City is magnificent. Its theme may be about rediscovery, but it's about so much more than that!

Ronnie’s advice will stay with me:

“It takes decades to stop worrying about things, people, events that don’t matter. Gobble up every opportunity, say yes to things that excite but scare you and give people who whine about their lot a wide berth. With any luck, the next thirty years will be the best you’ve ever had.”

I will be singing the praises of this trilogy to anyone who will listen!

This is book 3 of the Italian Escape but it can be read as a stand-alone.

I was gifted this copy by Bookouture and NetGalley and was under no obligation to provide a review.