Lily Brown prides herself on her organised, surprise-free life. Whether it's charity yoga for polar bears or crafting a ninety-six-piece balloon arch, Lily always goes the extra mile. But when her adoptive father asks her to reconnect with her birth mother, Lola Starr – a legendary pop punk singer who vanished from fame – Lily decides to venture off the well-trodden path.
With her best friend Seb, Lily tracks Lola to her humble hotel on the beautiful Isle of Skye in Scotland, far from the glamorous life she imagined. Hiding the truth, Lily gets to know Lola and finds a kind, free-spirited woman. If life wasn’t complicated enough – she meets Noah, a charming travel writer on a quest to discover hidden gems.
As Lily takes a chance and embraces new possibilities, she begins to question whether the safe rules she’s built her life around are what she really needs.
This is my first book by Rebecca Ryan so I wasn't sure what to expect but one thing I can definitely say is her style of writing certainly appeals to me as she held my attention from start to end meaning I finished this book in one greedy sitting.
This is perfect beach reading because it is fast paced and easy reading as we watch Lily as she connects with her birth mother Lola. Lily was incredibly easy to like and is an overthinker like myself so she was easy to relate to and she is a people pleaser too so she finds herself in some situations that are out of her comfort zone that also provides a little humour to the story.
There is a little romance blossoming on the sidelines with the handsome and adventurous Noah which I loved but it was the parts involving Lola and Lily that I really enjoyed as Lily began to build a picture of her birth mums life and also get some answers to those long lingering questions that had been rolling through her mind over the years.
The setting of this book was on the Isle of Skye which just seems to be breath-taking, a real place of peace and calm to escape the rat race of life and I am definitely putting this on my bucket list of places to visit.
I really enjoyed this book and watching Lily grow as a person as she slowly peels back some of those safety guards she has put herself behind giving her a chance to actually take a chance and live a more fulfilled and exciting life, letting people in and creating her own new family was so heartwarming.
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