The Weekend Away by Sarah Alderson
Published by Avon Books
4 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐
New Mum Orla and Party girl Kate have been best friends forever and so
with Orla adapting to motherhood, and Kate facing a messy divorce, they decide
to have a girl’s weekend away in Lisbon.
Kate has booked the perfect apartment, complete with hot tub and they
kick the weekend off in style with champagne, a fancy dinner, and drinks at a
trendy bar.
Returning to the apartment that evening Orla feels a bit woozy and goes
to bed but the next morning, she wakes up very groggy and is convinced that her
drink was spiked and she tries to piece the night back together again. When she
checks on her friend, Kate is not in the apartment, and hasn’t left a note –
she has simply disappeared. As Orla frantically retraces their steps she makes
a series of discoveries that may change her life forever.
The main character
in this book is Orla who is been married to Rob, together they have baby Marlow
who they conceived with IVF. I instantly connected to her as a character, and
the love that she had for her baby and husband. I could understand why the
thought of a weekend away sounds, on paper, like a wonderful idea but in
reality, it takes so much planning, and then when you’re away, you just want to
be at home, smelling your baby’s hair after their bath and that last snuggle
before bedtime is so precious, so I completely got Orla.
Kate on the other
hand seemed like a little diva, and I couldn’t understand how the two of them could
be best friends when they seem so different, I don’t think I would want a night
out with Kate – I don’t think I could cope!!
There were elements of this book that I’d felt I’d seen in films before, however, when I was reading it was like a film of its own playing out in my head so it would be really nice to see it on the big screen in the future.
A lovely, enjoyable
read and just when you get to the point in the book when you think everything
has been explained, Sarah throws in a curve ball!
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