Lily Brown is ready to turn the page and see what adventure awaits . . .
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.
What did I think?
Oh Rebecca Ryan, if I thought I loved your first two books I positively adored your third! Good things really do come in threes and The Next Chapter is simply stunning.
Lily has always known she was adopted and, after losing her mum at the tender age of 18, she is devastated to lose her lovely dad. Her dad's dying wish is that Lily reads a letter he has left her about her birth mother and when she eventually does read it, it throws into doubt everything she thought she knew.
My heart totally went out to Lily as she struggled to cope with both her grief and finding her birth mother, famous singer Lola Starr. Being a bit of an overthinker myself, it really made me laugh at Lily's thought processes and how well her friends and family know her. I loved Lily's relationship with her best friend Seb and how they have been friends through thick and thin.
When Lily and Seb head to the Isle of Skye to track down Lola, there's a new twist on the fake dating trope: fake siblings and it's absolutely hilarious. The lies just spiral out of control and it causes Lily more angst when she falls in love with travel writer Noah. I can't remember ever laughing so much when reading a romance novel; it is making me smile just thinking about it now.
Beautiful inside and out, The Next Chapter is a fabulous emotional rollercoaster of a book that made me laugh and cry. With family and friendship at its heart, it's a book that is filled with love and laughter and I can't recommend it highly enough. An easy five stars!
I received an ARC to read and review for the blog tour and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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