Today we are jetting off to India with Zoe May for her romcom, Flying Solo.
Rachel Watson has it all worked out. By 30, she’s ticked off
most of the goals on her Life List. She’s a homeowner, a partner at her law
firm, she has a gorgeous boyfriend, lots of hobbies and loads of good friends.
The only thing that’s missing is a ring on her finger.
According to her Life List, Rachel should be getting hitched
around now, so when her boyfriend, Paul, plans a romantic date, Rachel’s pretty
confident he’s going to propose. Except Paul has other ideas. He’s jetting off
to India to find himself.
Distraught, Rachel doesn’t know what to do. Not one to
easily admit defeat, she embarks on a mission to win him back.
Flying solo to India is definitely not on Rachel’s Life
List, but could her trip teach her some unexpected lessons about love, life and
herself? Could she realise that perhaps her Life List wasn’t exactly what she
wanted, after all?
My Thoughts
This turned out to be a breath of fresh air. As Rachel flies off to India to get her boyfriend back, she leaves behind everything which is familiar to her. It is quite lovely to see her shed her workaholic ways and gradually find her own pace. There is plenty of humour in this romcom with some larger than life characters and seeing it through Rachel's eyes lets you see that she is certainly unpretentious and not easily taken in. It seems really surprising that she did not see Paul's true character earlier. However, when you find out about her childhood, you come to understand how she tried to create the perfect home.
This is a light and easy read which speeds by. The story carries you along and I liked the way that although she undergoes self- discovery and re-evaluates what she wants in life, she still retains the essence of her interests and approach for life. She just seems to use her talents to benefit others. The Indian setting sets the story in a different culture and it is refreshing to the effect of the local way of life on the characters.
In short: A strong central character and a gorgeous setting.
About the Author
Zoe May is an author of romantic comedies. Zoe has dreamt of
being a novelist since she was a teenager. She worked in journalism and
copywriting in London before writing her debut novel, Perfect Match. Having
experienced the London dating scene first hand, Zoe could not resist writing a
novel about dating, since it seems to supply endless amounts of weird and
wonderful material!
Perfect Match was one of Apple's top-selling books of 2018.
It was also shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association's Joan Hessayon
Award, with judges describing it as 'a laugh out loud look at love and
self-discovery - fresh and very funny'.
As well as writing, Zoe enjoys walking her dog, painting
and, of course, reading! She adores animals and if she's not taking a photo of
a vegan meal, she's probably tweeting about the dairy industry. She is half
Greek and half Irish and can make a mean baklava. Zoe has a thing for horror
films, India, swimming, hip hop and Radiohead. She has an encyclopaedic
knowledge of handbags having spent several years working in fashion copywriting
and could probably win Mastermind if this was her specialist subject!
You can read my review of Perfect Match here
and How (not to date) a Prince here
And When Polly met Olly here.
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