Here Come the Girls
Milly Johnson
Rating: 5 stars
A heartwarming and hilarious novel from the bestselling author of Afternoon Tea at the Sunflower Cafe and The Queen of Wishful Thinking.
Ven, Roz, Olive and Frankie have been friends since school. They day-dreamed of glorious futures, full of riches, romance and fabulous jobs. The world would be their oyster.
Twenty-five years later, Olive cleans other people's houses to support her lazy, out-of-work husband and his ailing mother. Roz cannot show her kind, caring husband Manus any love because her philandering ex has left her trust in shreds. And she and Frankie have fallen out big time.
But Ven is determined to reunite her friends and realise the dream they had of taking a cruise before they hit forty. Before they know it, the four of them are far from home, on high seas. Can blue skies, hot sun and sixteen days of luxury and indulgence change their outlook on life?
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This is Milly Johnson at her finest. I absolutely loved every single part of this novel, and I didn't want to put it down - or for it to finish! This is a beautiful story about friendship, having fun and of course romance. The cover is lovely and summery, I adore the pretty pink flowers, the women characters in their colourful outfits. I loved the fact that this book was set on a cruise, I wanted to go on a cruise before this but after reading this I want to go even more!
The story follows 4 friends, who have been mates since school. However, even though 3 of them meet every other Saturday (if I remember rightly), Roz has fallen out big time with Frankie so the group has been split up somewhat by their argument. However, Ven is determined to get them all together again and to go on the cruise they all promised they would go on when they were 14. It doesn't start in the best way, there's tons of drama even getting all the girls to go on the cruise - what with Olive and her horrible husband David, and Roz's argument with boyfriend Manus - it appears the cruise is jinxed from the start.
However, as soon as they get on the cruise they're all bursting with excitement - and that's when Roz spots Frankie. Throughout this novel there's tons of drama, tons of humour and tons of food and romance! I absolutely loved this novel by Milly Johnson - just like I have with most of her other novels. The restaurants on the ship and their food just sounds delicious and throughout the novel my mouth was watering - going on a cruise sounded so much fun!
Overall, another brilliantly written novel by Milly Johnson. Definitely up there with my favourites of hers.
This is Milly Johnson at her finest. I absolutely loved every single part of this novel, and I didn't want to put it down - or for it to finish! This is a beautiful story about friendship, having fun and of course romance. The cover is lovely and summery, I adore the pretty pink flowers, the women characters in their colourful outfits. I loved the fact that this book was set on a cruise, I wanted to go on a cruise before this but after reading this I want to go even more!
The story follows 4 friends, who have been mates since school. However, even though 3 of them meet every other Saturday (if I remember rightly), Roz has fallen out big time with Frankie so the group has been split up somewhat by their argument. However, Ven is determined to get them all together again and to go on the cruise they all promised they would go on when they were 14. It doesn't start in the best way, there's tons of drama even getting all the girls to go on the cruise - what with Olive and her horrible husband David, and Roz's argument with boyfriend Manus - it appears the cruise is jinxed from the start.
However, as soon as they get on the cruise they're all bursting with excitement - and that's when Roz spots Frankie. Throughout this novel there's tons of drama, tons of humour and tons of food and romance! I absolutely loved this novel by Milly Johnson - just like I have with most of her other novels. The restaurants on the ship and their food just sounds delicious and throughout the novel my mouth was watering - going on a cruise sounded so much fun!
Overall, another brilliantly written novel by Milly Johnson. Definitely up there with my favourites of hers.
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