Ten Things My Husband Hated (Book 4 in the Saffron Sweetings collection) by Pauline Wiles @PaulineWiles @Rararesources #Blogtour #BookReview

 

What they say: Maggie Moone is happily divorced. And with her talent for fixing things, she’s perfectly content with her mundane life in the sleepy English village of Saffron Sweeting. That is, until one humiliating March evening when she learns everyone else assumes she’d love to mend her broken marriage. Determined to prove them wrong, Maggie and her friends concoct a list of ten ways to assert her independence and live large. But her mission to move on leads to unexpected encounters, and Maggie soon finds herself mixing business with pleasure. Is the attractive young Irishman just another item on her list, or is he something more? Before long, unresolved issues from her past begin to clash, and Maggie is forced to wonder if antagonising her ex-husband was such a stellar idea. No sooner does she begin to understand what’s important to her, than she stands to lose everything that truly matters. This is the fourth in the collection of Saffron Sweeting romantic comedies, which can be read in any order.

If you like gentle British humour and deliciously resilient heroines, you’ll love Ten Things MyHusband Hated.

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The Review: I love when you read a book, intent on enjoying it, and then not only do you enjoy it, you stay up all night savouring it, and not due to a deadline!

But I digress. This is the story of Maggie Moone, who we meet at an awards evening, one that seems to be a society occasion, with her in shock that she is the butt of a joke and everyone thinks she is still in love with her ex husband. I’ll admit her reaction was a bit strong until I realised how little I liked her husband and wouldn’t particularly have wanted to have been associated with him either!

What results is a plan formulated with her friends (who I loved!) on basically how to seriously irk him. I loved their list!! It pretty much falls into place from the start and I found myself smiling or nodding along from scenario to scenario, aghast at some horrible surprises that made me tut about her ex husband. There was also a little aside, that of her reason for being attached to a tree house, that made my stomach drop. All in all one for those who enjoy something that bit quirky and fun, and very much recommended and enjoyed and I intend to go back to the start of the series, although I read this as a standalone and it didn’t affect anything.

Thanks so much to Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources for the book in return for an honest review and for letting me be part of the blog tour.

Rating: 4/5

About the author

British by birth, Pauline is now a contented resident of California, although she admits to occasional yearnings for afternoon tea and historic homes. Her debut novel, Saving Saffron Sweeting, reached the quarter final of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Three further books set in the same village are now available, along with a collection of short stories and Indie With Ease, a self-help guide for other self-published authors. When not writing, Pauline can be found pondering how many miles she has to run to justify an extra piece of cake. She’s also fond of daydreaming about flying herself and a reader to London for tea.

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