Review: Make or Break

Make or Break by Catherine Bennetto
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

If you’ve had a staycation this year and fancy the feeling of warm sun on your bones, then plonk yourself down on the sofa, pull the curtains to hide those drab, Autumnal evenings and settle down with Make Or Break – you won’t be disappointed.

Jess, the main character, is a 29-year-old human form of Chicken Licken! She gets whisked away by her steady boyfriend Pete to her best friend’s wedding in South Africa. Dreaming of returning to London with a rock the size of Table Mountain on her third finger, left hand, the romantic holiday didn’t go exactly to plan! Worse still, when Jess returns to home, she finds her whole life has turned upside down!

Initially I have to say that Jess drove me mad – her anxiety I saw as negativity, but she was written in such a way that it was impossible not to care for her and want life to turn out ok.

The setting of the book was amazing, and in my head, I could clearly see the view of the beach from Ian and Diego’s balcony, the description of all the places in South Africa were so vivid and real.

This is a lovely, feel-good story that wasn’t typically saccharine sweet – but was punchy and edgy. Would really recommend this.

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