It was a great book, however I think it would be even better if it were much, much shorter. The author has a great way with words and she knows this probably, because she tells, and tells, and tells... However, there is also place in this telling for us to see, so it's not so bad - but I eventually started to skip some passages, as they were simply too much for me.
At the beginning it annoyed me a bit that Lily's personality was so forced on us - I mean, let her be just as she is, and I had a feeling that the author wanted to prepare us for Lily being Lily. I loved her like that - filled with angst, wanted to be prepared for everything. But even more I liked seeing her coming out of her comfort zones, yes, even if this is why they called like this, Lily, "comfort zones" ;).

The characters were really well written, they were so realistic and genuine. The relationships between them felt real, as well as the dialogues that were sharp, funny and straight to the point, just as I like them to be. There are a lot of funny moments but also many things to think over, to stop for a moment and deliberate about the answers.
I also liked the idea of this book, it was new and felt like a breath of fresh air and the romance aspect in it worked brilliantly. It was different, you know, I didn't have a feeling that I've read something like this million times already and it was a great feeling, being so often surprised by the author and the characters. And let's not forget the setting - so well written.

It is a great and entertaining story about coming out of your shell, about second chances, forgiveness, written in a brilliant, light and approaching way.

Wow! I absolutely loved this book. The setting in Scotland was just PERFECT. I really enjoyed the romance between Lily and Noah. It was such a great story, with lots of sadness and humour too. Excellent.

After going to Beth O’Leary’s book signing in Leeds last week I was really curious to read some of Rebecca Ryan’s books. She was a wonderful host/interviewer(?) and seems like a really lovely person. I was fortunate enough to be approved to read The Next Chapter on NetGalley, so a big thanks to them, Simon & Schuster UK and Rebecca for that :]

I really, really enjoyed this book! I will admit that I wasn’t hooked straight away. I found Lily too chaotic to read about at first, but around the 20% mark I’d grown to like her a bit more. The friendship between Lily and Seb is really wonderful. A proper, decent friendship where they know they have each other’s backs no matter what - no matter how weird, wonderful or annoying they are.

I liked the storyline itself and it grew on me the more I read. There were a few delicate situations that were written about well and will open people’s minds to adoption and broken families.

There were loads of funny moments from all characters. They all had great personalities and the use of dialogue was perfect as well - every conversation felt real.

What really got me was that David Beckham got a mention - TWICE! So Rebecca’s definitely in my good books for that.

I wasn’t sure how the ending was going to pan out and I liked that. It really could have gone in a few different directions but I liked how Rebecca wrapped up the story.

This is the perfect spring/summer book for a cosy day on the sofa or if you're lying on the beach somewhere warm!

I love Sva wilder books! I’m so excited that she has another knew book on the way. I love the sister dynamic as well
as someone from the industry taking a breath to solitude and finding love alo g the way.