One More Day of Us is another wonderful read by Shari Low. Told in two time lines we read about Moira, Lisa and Carina who are living their best lives in Hong Kong in 1990 and we fast forward to current day and Moria has just retired from being a singer on cruises and in pubs around Glasgow. The time has come for a reunion in Hong Kong with her 2 friends but as they haven’t seen each other for many years will things be the same ?
Right from the prologue this book had me hooked and I knew it wouldn’t take me long to finish it as it was without doubt going to be an unputdownable read. And again with all Shari’s books I’ve read so far I wasn’t wrong. The descriptions of Hong Kong were described so well and having been there myself back in the mid 90’s it took me right back there to the sights and smells of this wonderful city. The characters were brilliant and it was an emotional read at times. We were previously introduced to the characters of Moira Chiles and her actor son Ollie in the previous book One Day and Forever, but this book can 100% be read as a standalone. If you would like to read a book about long lasting friendships, making memories and being there for your friends whatever life throws at you I highly recommend this superb read . ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

It is 1990, and Moira Chiles is on an adventure. She has decided to leave Scotland and travel to Hong Kong to join a performance group where she will make her living as a singer. Whilst the bar that she performs in every day is very swanky, the accommodation where she is staying is a dump. The only thing that makes it any better are the two girls she became instant friends with and the hot reception guy who looks a lot like Michael Hutchence from INXS. Carina and Lisa are in Hong Kong for their own reasons but what they know is that they are going to be friends forever.

Fast forward to 2025 and the three of them are living very different lives. They are still in touch but it's more of an exchange of Christmas cards type of friendship than the all encompassing one they imagined they would have lived. Moira has spent her life raising her son Ollie and singing on cruise ships to make a living, Carina has moved all round the world with her very wealthy and successful husband and two daughters, and Lisa has lived a very quiet life raising her daughter, Stevie.

Moira has now retired from cruising and she decides that she wants to go back to Hong Kong and hopefully Carina and Lisa can join her so they can relive their misspent youth and maybe rekindle their friendship along the way. At first Carina was not going to join Moira in Hong Kong, but then something happens that changes her mind and she impulsively decides she will go.

Both Moira and Carina are quite surprised when it is not Lisa who shows up but rather her lookalike daughter Stevie. The heavy partying Lisa that Moira and Carina knew back in the day is very different from the ultra conservative mother Stevie knows. Can Stevie begin to understand why her mother was so strict? Can Moira and Carina learn what happened in those last couple of months before they all went their separate ways? And what does it all mean to their future lives?

This book brought back so many memories of the 90s. I left home to move to the UK in 1993 and whilst I wasn't singing up a storm in a nightclub, there was a level of freedom associated with being so far away from home for the first time. I stayed in the UK for 5 years and I am still in contact with a couple of people and Facebook friends with a few others. I went to the UK with a suitcase and a backpack and came back with two suitcases, a backpack and a baby. That baby is now 26 years old.

There were a lot of 90s pop culture references throughout the book, which I enjoyed finding, but really this is an ode to the endurance of the music of Fleetwood Mac, from the iconic music, to the distinct look of Stevie Nicks and so much more.

Also we visited Hong Kong last year and I found myself reminiscing about doing things like taking the ferry across the harbour, taking the tram up to Victoria Peak and the humidity as I read this book. Oh, the humidity.
When I said yes to being on this blog tour, I did go back and read One Day and Forever because some of the same characters appeared in both books. I have now come to understand that there are links to other books as well so it is a bit of a tangled web as far as any kind of reading order is concerned, I am a stickler for reading books in order normally,. Even though there is a crossover in characters they are completely different stories with connections but nothing to stop you from reading each book as a standalone. I hadn't read Shari Low before this year. I had looked at her books and had them on my read one day list, but I enjoyed these two books so much that I have mentally moved her backlist to the need to read it now list! And you can be sure I will be reading her future books as well.

I am sharing this review with the New Release Challenge hosted by The Chocolate Lady's Book Reviews. Be sure to check out other stops on the tour shown below. Thanks to the publisher, Netgalley and Rachel's Random Resources for the review copy.

Rating 4.5/5

I really enjoy Shari Low's books. I love the characters, the friendships and the relationships in this book. If only the 3 main characters had got back in touch long before they did perhaps their lives would have turned out differently. Written with humour and warmth, this book was funny, sad and very enjoyable.

I received an E-ARC with a request for my honest review.

This emotional & heartwarming read follows Moira who after finishing her cruise ship career, is settling down near her son and taking on a role in a new performing academy for local children.

She decides to write to friends she hasn’t seen in over 30 years and invite them to join her in Hong Kong where they met all of them years ago.

Not knowing if they will turn up, she sets off on her travels to try and relive the past.

Will her old friends come along? Will there be secrets to be discovered?

This is a hard one to review as I don’t want to give too much away, all I can say it is an amazing read to discover everything as you go through the storyline.

I have read many books by this author, and you get to hear from many different characters as you go through, and in this book through different times in their lives. I love this style as you get to piece it all together and at the same time feel all the characters emotions.

Be prepared for heartwarming and emotional moments whilst Moira takes a trip through her old memories.

Overall, an emotional & heartwarming read where a woman hopes to relive her memories with friends from the past.

Hong Kong, here we come!

Another ode to friendship from Shari Low.👯

If you have read any Shari Low books, you know that she will be sure to give you charming characters and moments that are heartwarming and heartbreaking.

This new title is no exception. The book is written in dual timelines with 1995 Hong Kong juxtaposed against 2025. Our main characters are Moira Chiles (you have met her before in books like One Day and Forever), Carina Lloyd, and Stevie Dixon.

If you are like me, the name Stevie reminds you of the iconic Stevie Nicks. One of the best parts of this book was all the music -- including 'Landslide' and other greats from Stevie and Fleetwood Mac. Moira's son Ollie makes a reappearance as well with a supporting role. Love seeing him again and hoping he will really get his happy ending this time.

Some of Shari Low's books are written over a 24-hour period. I really enjoy that format, but also loved this thoughtful, friendship story. There are some great motherhood moments as well, so pick it up to enjoy over the Mother's Day weekend (US observance is May 11).

Thank you to Boldwood Books and NetGalley for a DRC in exchange for an honest review.

I absolutely loved this book! It swept me away from the first page and was full of emotion and nostalgia and lovely characters. The writing is warm, vivid, and filled with heart. This was my second book by Shari Low and it definitely didn't disappoint. Moira’s journey is both poignant and empowering, and the themes of friendship, choices, and second chances were handled with such care. This is one of those books that will linger long after you've turned the last page. A total gem!

Thank you to Boldwood Books via Netgalley for the eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Review was posted (Instagram, Goodreads, bookishlytara blog, Storygraph) on April 19, 2025. An additional post (with a reposted review) was posted on Instagram on the publication day as well as an Amazon Canada review. (links below)

Thank you Boldwood and NetGalley for an ARC of this book.

Shari Low is a new author for me and I really enjoyed their latest new book

Set in both 1990’s Hong Kong and then 2025 ‘One more day of us’ is based on three singers, Moria, Carina and Lisa. The girls sing in Hong Kong and enjoy all there is to offer and a fabulous, fun filled friendship , until sadly Moria is required to leave .

Wondering how life would be if they reunited, Moria returns to Hong Kong in 2025. The story reveals their reunion and so much more. Unravelling the bonds of friendship this was a fabulous read.

I look forward to reading previous books by the author.
Thank you for this ARC.

I’ve now decided, if Shari Low writes it, then I’m going to read it. She is one of the best. I absolutely adore her books and this one did not disappoint.

I enjoyed meeting up with some of the characters that we had met in previous novels, and watching their stories develop. I could visualise and even imagine hearing Moira, Carina and Lisa singing back in the day.

Laughter and tears, this is a 5 star recommendation from me.

Moira has been singing in bars ,clubs and cruise ships for over thirty years not knowing what she would do if she retired.. Ollie is Moira's son and a film star but his roots are firmly stuck back in his home town of Glasgow.
With Moira's agent he is opening a school of music and dance for children in the area who wouldn't be able to afford posh dance school fees and Moira will be teaching there.

Before she starts Moira wants to reunite with two friends she worked with over thirty years ago singing in a hotel in Hong Kong. They were different people then, young free and single. Moira has been in touch with them now and again through the years but they have never seen each other.

An invitation has been sent to Carina and Lisa asking them to meet Moira at the hotel they performed at in Hong Kong but even if they don't turn up Moira still wants this one last walk through her past before she starts her new teaching venture. Will she have to do it alone or will her friends be sharing the memories with her?

1990 in Hong Kong we go back to when the girls first met and what their lives were like singing in the hotel.
I don't want to give too much of the story away so you'll just have to read it.

This book was different to the last few I've read by Shari Low in that it wasn't set over 24hrs. I think she so clever writing a story within that time frame.
However this book was so good, very funny, emotional and tear jerking at times.
I recognised Moira and her son Ollie from the last book and it was so good to learn more about their lives.
I enjoyed the rapport that Moira had with Carina these two are hilarious and would love to see them pop into another book in the future. You can never lose good characters like them.
I always enjoy Shari Low's books but I had a real book hangover after this one and it's been so hard staring another.
Fabulous read !

Moira is hanging up her microphone after singing on cruise ships for decades. Not sure what her life holds now, she returns to Hong Kong to reignite the spark she found there thirty five years ago. She invited Carina and Lisa who she met out there that summer in the hope that they could also rekindle their friendship.

This book is about female friendships and it was great seeing the dynamic between these women at two different chapters of their lives. We get to see how these relationships help support each of them across the years facing different challenges.

Told in a dual timeline as Moira returns to Hong Kong in the present and her and her friends relive the summer that changed their lives thirty five years ago. I really liked that the book was told this way, how we got to see how Moira, Carina and Lisa lived that summer in the 90’s how their friendship was built and the decisions they made changed their future. But we also got to discover the secrets they had been keeping from each other.

This was my first Shari Low book, but I will definitely be picking up more. A great book to add to your summer reading list.

Shari Low has a way envelope you with the stories she tells that you can’t put the book down until the end. Three best friends Moria, Carina and Lisa, singing in a high hotel in Hong Kong thirty four years ago. But life happens and even as they kept in touch they never met again. Until Moira plans a trip down memory and fly for a week to Hing Kong. Can they relive their past, reflect in their lives and find themselves again? A great story. Thanks to NetGalley and Boldwoods for the ARC copy, this is my honest review.

In a story of second chances, the author writes a poignant and uplifting tale of friendship and how every tiny choice impacts our future. There’s two timelines, 1990 and 2025, and both involve the women, Moira, Lisa abs Carina who met as entertainers in Hong Kong. In the 1990s we see their lives playing out and them forming their close bond until Moira suddenly makes a decision that changes their dynamic forever.
Then in the 2025 timeline, Moira retires and decides to go back to Hong Kong and face the ladies she hasn’t seen in decades. So much has changed, including the fact that Lisa has passed, but the daughter they didn’t know she had comes to meet them and they get to know her and Lisa as an adult through her daughter.
Such an emotional story of the power of female friendship and how there are some bonds that can never be broken no matter the time or distance.
Thanks to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for this eArc in exchange for my review.

I always know I’m in safe hands when I pick up a Shari Low novel, and One More Day of Us didn’t disappoint. From the first chapter, I was pulled straight into the emotional whirlwind she does so well — a story packed with warmth, humour, and just the right touch of nostalgia.
The structure alternates between present and past, and I have to say, I found myself really drawn to the flashback chapters. There was something extra compelling about revisiting the earlier lives of the characters, though those moments only popped up once every few chapters — I’d have happily read more of them. Still, the pacing never felt off, and it all came together beautifully.
The characters, as always, were brilliantly written. They felt real — layered, flawed, and often hilarious. That said, I did struggle a little to picture a younger Moira; she was so vividly portrayed in her older years that I couldn’t quite reframe her as a girl in her twenties. My brain just wouldn’t let go of the image of her as a sprightly pensioner!
It was such a treat to spot a few familiar names from earlier books — those little nods always make me smile. Shari has built this lovely connected world that makes each new story feel like a reunion of sorts.
A heartwarming, funny, and moving read. Perfect for curling up with and getting lost in for a few hours. Loved it.

Moria is about to start a new phase of her life, and she decides to revisit her past, hopefully with the two women who were once so close to her when they all worked in Hong Kong in 1990. Told from multiple viewpoints and in two timelines, this is an emotional coming-of-age story and one of second chances. The Hong Kong setting gives the story a unique perspective, and the female protagonists are multi-faceted and easy to invest in. I enjoyed meeting familiar and new characters who are relatable and complex. The story is emotional and heartwarming and has the connection with time that defines this author's stories and one she does so well. It is an engaging mix of humour, poignancy, and romance that draws you in and keeps you reading to see what happens to these people to whom you can relate.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher.

This was such a poignant story and very uplifting. It explored friendship in a beautiful way and in a beautiful place. It’s funny how our life choices can change the future and how complex they can be at times. Is there room for second chances? In this story, Low weaves two tales, one in 1990 and one in 2025. Both timelines are about Moira, Carina and Lisa. Three singers who were together all those years ago in Hong Kong.

In the earlier timeline, the three young ladies are living their lifelong dream, singing in a fancy hotel bar. They have an incredibly close bond until Moria makes a decision that changes them and their lives forever. When we get to 2025, Moria retires and goes back to Hong Kong to face a reunion with Carina and Lisa. The author clearly shows how much the ladies have changed, inside and out, but she also shows how nostalgia can bring grace. The characters are well-thought-out individuals, and their emotions are at the forefront. We find out the hows and whys of their relationships and the circumstances that helped shape these ladies. I was completely invested in them.

This was a book that celebrates female friendships and the ties that bind us. We shouldn’t be afraid to chase our dreams or confront the past. It reminded me that even after years of being apart, the bonds of true friendship never break. What I took away from this story was the fact that we should be brave and not be afraid to take on something new. Highly recommended to those who love women’s fiction, which will tug at your heartstrings and include moments of humour, heartbreak, and hope. I loved the optimism in this one.

I've said it before and I will say it again, if Shari Low writes it, I will read it! I love her characters, her plots, the relationships in her books, and her writing. In One More Day of Us, Shari Low writes about friendships, dreams, love, marriage, heartbreak, family, and finding your voice! This book is told in dual timelines of 1990 and 2025. I found myself both cheering for the characters, feeling for their heartbreak, and happy for their triumphs.

In 1990, Moira, Carina and Lisa are three young women with big dreams. They are singers who perform nightly in a swanky hotel in Hong Kong and party the night away. They are young, carefree, and embracing their youth. This is a pivotal time in each of their lives.

In 2025, Moira has invited Carina and Lisa to join her in Hong Kong for a reunion. They have sent holiday cards and letters over the years, but it will be the first time in 30 years since they have all been together.

I enjoyed this tale of friendship and enjoyed looking back with the women in this book. Thirty years is a long time, and the women have grown and changed in various ways. This book looks at dreams, love, loss, music, family, choices, and how all those things shaped their lives.

Shari Low writes characters that I grow to care about. She has a knack for writing about relationships and personal growth that really appeals to me. Her characters feel realistic and like individuals I would want to spend time with.

Wonderfully written, well thought out, charming, and hard to put down!

1990: In a hot, humid Hing Kong summer, three young singers are loving life, performing to packed crowds every night in a packed swanky hotel bar. Twenty-three-year-old songbird, Moira Chiles is living the dream alongside Carina Llyod and Lisa Dixson.. They work hard, play hard and always stick together.... until one day Maria makes a choice that changes everything.

2025: In a wet, chilly Glasgow summer, Moira has just retired after singing in Glasgow pubs and Caribbean cruise ships for three decades. Now she's ready for a new adventure - one that takes her to Hong Kong to revisit a world she left behind, Moira hasn't seen Carina or Lisa for over thirty years, but will an invitation to go on a holiday of a lifetime rekindle the friendships that changed her life?

Moira, Carina and Lisa used to sing together in Hong Hong. But Moira wanted a solo career. Now, Moira has retired and wants to make amends with her friends.

The story has a dual timeline that's told in the past and present day format. The characters are well-portrayed. We learn about the three women's lives. This book will mess with your emotions.

Published 2nd May 2025

I would like to thank #NetGalley #BoldwoodBooks and the author #ShariLow for my ARC of #OneMoreDayOfUs in exchange for an honest review.

In 1990, three young singers lived the dream in Hong Kong, performing to packed crowds and embracing the vibrant life around them. But when Moira Chiles faces a life-changing decision, everything takes a turn. Fast forward to 2025, and Moira, now retired, returns to Hong Kong to reunite with her old friends and revisit the world she once left behind. As she reconnects with Carina and Lisa, the past resurfaces with secrets that could change everything.

In this book we catch up with some of the characters first met in One Day and Forever, as well as meeting some new ones. Now, you don't need to read ODaF to enjoy this one but, if you are intending to read it, cos you should as it's brilliant, you'll need to read it before this one as this one follows on from some of the shenanigans therein.
So... in this book we follow Moira Chiles as she is about to start a new chapter in her life, having retired from the pub and cruise ship singing game, she is soon to be heading up the local theatre school her son has just set up. She is feeling rather nostalgic for the early days and so, to fill in the time, she wants to go back to where it all started for her. To Hong Kong, where she first sang on stage as a rather naive 20 something year old. To do this properly, she also write to invite the two best friends she made at that time, Carina and Lisa, who she hasn't seen for over 30 years, communication limited to the odd card / letter.
Meanwhile, as the action plays out in the present, and I am going to leave you to discover all that for yourself, off we go back to the 90s to Hong Kong. To witness Carina, Lisa, and Moira as they meet, get to know each other, and well... again, leaving that for you to discover...
Now, as well as having a blast reading how the past and present connect for all the characters, the main thing I really really loved about this book was the trip down memory lane that I took along with the girls. I lived and worked in HK between 97 and 2001 - there for the 97 handover - and I have never been back since. So it was absolutely wonderfully nostalgic reading about all the places I remember from back then. So much so that, at the end of the book I was actually googling flights to Chek Lap Kok... I really want to go back!
Suffice to say that, as with all her previous books, I loved this one just as much. Her characters are brilliantly crafted, easy to connect to, and all play their parts very well. They are the sort of characters that you would love to go on a night out with! Their stories are all things emotional - the highs and lows. Pleasure and pain, and all feel completely real. I went through everything with them, every step of the way.
In fact, the only bad thing about the book is having to say goodbye to them at the end. But, hopefully, one or more will pop up again in a future book. I'm pretty sure they have much more to give and I would love to see how they are getting on past the end of this book...
My thanks go to the Publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book.

It was 2025 when Moira Chiles of Glasgow, decided the time was finally right. She wanted to get her friends back together; the friends she joined back in 1990 when they sang in pubs and bars in Hong Kong, well-loved and popular. It was a time that memories were made of - six months of love, laughter, fun and wild abandon. She had sent the invitations to both Lisa and Carina, whom she hadn't seen for around thirty years. Would they come? Would they join her for a look down memory lane?

Carina had just had a life shattering moment when she recalled Moira's invitation and instantly knew that was the answer. She immediately booked her flight and headed for Hong Kong. Lisa had also received the invitation and decided, hell yes, she was going. Would a week's holiday in a place that held such vivid memories be the right choice? Or would those memories hold heartache and secrets?

One More Day of Us is another spectacular book by Shari Low. Love and loss, friendship that survives the years, heartache and ultimately, second chances fill One More Day of Us and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The three women, whose Hong Kong lives began in similar fashion, ended up being vastly different. But their friendship remained. Highly recommended.

With thanks to NetGalley & Boldwood Books for my digital ARC to read and review.