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| Go sail away! |
September 2017, HQ Digital, 384 pages, Ebook, Review copy
Summary from Harpercollins UK
The high seas are calling!
As
if it weren’t enough to be cheated on by her husband of ten years,
Yorkshire lass Hannah Davis is losing her beauty salon business too.
Luckily, her big sister is there to pick up the pieces, but Hannah is
desperate to find some independence.
Impulsively, Hannah applies for a spa jobon a cruise ship! Christmas in the Caribbean, springtime in the Mediterranean, what’s not to like? But, despite being in her thirties, Hannah has never done anything on her own before, and she’s terrified.
As the ship sets sail, Hannah has never been further from homeor closer to discovering who she is and who she wants to be.
Impulsively, Hannah applies for a spa jobon a cruise ship! Christmas in the Caribbean, springtime in the Mediterranean, what’s not to like? But, despite being in her thirties, Hannah has never done anything on her own before, and she’s terrified.
As the ship sets sail, Hannah has never been further from homeor closer to discovering who she is and who she wants to be.
Nayu's thoughts
As someone who hates
large bodies of water, and hate being on any boat, it may seem
strange that I'm absolutely fascinated about cruise ships. I learnt
all the small details I'd been curious about, and got a few new ones
I'm none the wiser about just yet. I sensed that if she hadn't been
so broken Hannah might have taken the cruise job on her own steam, which is why it was
so important her sister pushed her into doing it-and later in the
novel pushes her to take action on something else. I loved the
friendship the siblings have, Hannah had her back covered whatever
she did, even when her sis (& myself) didn't approve.
Having known people in almost exactly the same circumstance I was
instantly emotionally attached to her situation, even
though I didn't always agree with her choices. I liked that she made
a friend in cruise veteran (sort of) Kristy straight away-Kristy is crazy, sweet but crazy in
a way that happened to be good for Hannah. Hannah needed the dramatic
change of pace working on a cruise provides, and she managed to mend
her heart too, although not always in the best manner in my view. I
like that she made good friends who helped rebuild her confidence,
showed her fun and who really cared about her as a person, and will
continue to do so even though their paths in life end up in different
directions.
It was fun how she enjoyed so many different destinations,
although from what I'd heard about cruise staff she seemed to have an incredible amount of free time to explore the ports she stopped at. I still don't
understand why officers are a law unto themselves, or why staff are
forbidden from drinking in front of guests, but I love how Hannah
built herself a new life on her own, being adventurous and
rediscovering life after such heartache.
It was sweet how some of the
passengers became attached to her (not just Ben), it shows she is a
good person, unlike her ex. I was a bit sad that she didn't spend
more time in her home village, because a few of the villagers rallied
round and gave those dissing her quite a dressdown, but for her
sanity Hannah needed to leave it. Maybe there will be a sequel...The grade
isn't for anything in particular, it just wasn't quite a top grade
read, just a very good one!
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