I absolutely loved this book!! It really pulls on your heart strings and deals with a very difficult subject if a debilitating illness very sensitivity.

Jess the main character is a very strong woman. She has a young son William who she takes to France to meet his dad Adam who has not been part of their lives for most of Williams life.

As the story unfolds the true reason for their trip unfolds. I was willing jess along throughout the book, which has many twists and turns. Family relationships, love, separation. Illness and friendships are all explored beautifully.

I particularly loved the ending and would recommend this book without hesitation.
Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for allowing me to read this brilliant book for an honest review .

I had absolutely no idea when I picked up this book to read how emotional it would be! It is a real tear jerker so you will definitely need plenty of tissues when reading this!

The main character Jess has been through so much and at parts of the book you just think it can't get any worse for her then it does and my heart just went out to her. She is an incredibility strong person that you instantly connect with.

The thing I loved most about this book was that when I was reading it I had no idea how it was going to end, even when I was reading that very last chapter.

An absolutely beautiful and heart warming read!

I can see this being the best book of 2018!

This book was utterly amazing, I requested to read this book after hearing other book bloggers and they’re mixed reviews, mainly good five star ones so I had to read it for myself and I agree with every five star rating, it was beautiful. This book is full of emotion, one minute your laughing the next the tears are rolling it’s full of cringe worthy moments from beginning to end but definitely worth reading.
You,Me,Everything follows the story of Jess, mother to William on her trip to France to visit Adam, Williams father, when she first arrives it’s clear to see there is a lot of unfinished business between Adam and Jess, both good and bad and still a lot of feelings from both parties. Jess has a lot to tell Adam but is struggling to find the words and is also fighting a hidden battle whilst being in turmoil over her mothers fight against Huntington’s disease,
This book explains parts of the condition and it is really difficult not to feel the utter emotion from the family as they watch her Mam go through her battle, Can adam step up and be the man Jess needs now more than ever

A lovely tearful at times story, great flow and brilliant likeable characters

A light read with romance at it's heart but also an underlying life changing illness. I had slightly mixed feelings about this book, it started well and full of promise but dragged a little with some superfluous side characters some of who, disappeared conveniently. The story is mostly set in the golden sunny days in the Dordogne which all seems a little bit too good to be true especially the Wisteria flowering in high summer. I found the parts of the book referring to past events more interesting and there was the undeniably horrendous undercurrent of Huntingdon's Disease which I have come across in the periphery of my own family. My favourite character was, interestingly, the 10 year old son who seemed caught between his adored estranged father and his mother. The ending was somewhat predictable and apparent from about midway through the book although it might have been more interesting if there had been some dilemma about which country to end up in. Overall, an easy read.

I absolutely adored You, Me, Everything by Catherine Issac. What a story and an emotional rollercoaster it is. Based mostly in France is the story of Jess and her son William. Jess’s mother is unwell and Jess promises her that she will go to France to see Williams Dad, Adam - finally to sort out what happened 10 years ago and to perhaps build a relationship between her son and the man she once loved.

The characters are perfect, warming and kind, you can’t help but fall in love with them all. Especially Jess. She’s brave and smart and everything you love in a main character.

This story will leave you wondering and questioning your own life and values and how precious time really is.

Even though death is a natural process it’s always hard when we lose someone close to us, however this book really makes you think hard about your own choices and what if they were taken away from you suddenly and at such a young age, it questions everything your thinking and doing and I know when I finished this book I felt elated and sad all in one. I even sneaked into my sons room, watched him whilst he slept, smelt his hair then hugged him. I did the same to my husband. I needed to and I love that about this book. I love that Catherine wrote a book which leaves you feeling this way. I’m not going to lie it’s a tear jerker and you will need a handful of tissues ready. But honestly it’s a beautifully written novel with a warm and honest storyline that will leave you feeling bittersweet and contented.

Well done Catherine, superb writing and definitely worthy of high praise and outstanding reviews.

You, Me, Everything is a beautiful tear-jerker of a book that breaks you and then puts you back together again. It isn’t just a love story: it asks the philosophical question of ‘what would you do if you were in Jess’ shoes?’. Humour, familiar observations of family life and a wealth of emotion make it a must-read.

Jess is taking her son William to France for a prolonged stay so that he can become re-acquainted with his Father, Adam. Jess and Adam’s relationship floundered after the birth of William and Jess decided that he was unreliable and irresponsible. Exit left, Adam. The Chateau that Adam has renovated and opened as a holiday venue sounds beautiful and I would go immediately, if not for the fact that this also involves quite a lot of physical activity, climbing, walking and goodness knows what. But all this is good for a growing boy seeking to connect with his father… Jess is joined by her friends Natasha (a hot go-getting kind of woman) and Beth with her husband who are exhausted, caring for their childen and suffering from lack of ‘us-time’.

Although I liked this book, I cannot say that I raved about it. I found it entertaining, undoubtedly but not mesmerising. Equally, I found it well written and the characters, within the confines of this genre satisfactory if not wonderful. There are exceptions to this. i.e. Charlie who was there to offer an alternative love interest, but not compelling enough and a bit of a cliché.

I did enjoy the structure of the book and the way the plot unfolded with peeks into the back-story adding snippets of information to provide a rationale for Jess’s character and motivation. What did come as a surprise and took this book to another, better, level was the whole Huntington’s Disease storyline. The descriptions of the symptoms and prognosis was handled well and sensitively and certainly added weight to the whole book.

Without doubt the hero of the piece is Jess’s mother who is suffering from Huttington’s Disease, ably supported by her husband. This was the most heartrending piece of the whole text. But of course, the whole idea of this genre is that it is somewhat predictable. Job done. I note that there is interest in making this into a film, I hope so because I think it has a lot to offer and I am sure will be very successful.

Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for providing an ARC via my Kindle in return for an honest review.

The positive part of this book was learning about Huntington’s disease and how debilitating it is. The rest of the book was a Harlequin type story where boy meets girl, falls in love, baby boy arrives, father of baby leaves because of miscommunication, mom raises boy but later wants boy to bond with dad . During a summer vacation Dad bonds not only with his son but the woman he left many years ago.In between a lot of shallow characters with petty problems.

Right from the beginning I knew I’d love this book. Really likeable main characters, an interesting story of a difficult relationship where it takes its time to get to the reasons, in a story that’s easy to follow and enjoy. Tinged with some sadness that really made you want the story to all end with a happy ever after. Would definitely recommend.

Thank you NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for generously sharing the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review

I chose to read this book because in the Advance praise section I had read,
Oh wow. Just wow. If you liked Me Before You, you'll love You, Me, Everything. Heartbreakingly beautiful’
Claire Mackintosh

And I am a sucker for heartbreak !! But, I was left disappointed after this book. When the story began, I instantly liked it. I was looking forward to read all about the heartbreak and pain ! I liked that Jess raised William single handedly. I loved Jess's family. Her ailing mother and her resilient father ! Their bond with William was so touching. It was heart-breaking to read about her mother's illness and how her father puts up a brave face in front of her ! In the beginning of the book, when Jess calls her mother during her labor and Adam is absent, and her mother says
"I've been in the car park since midnight. I didn't want to get stuck in the traffic ."
I fell in love with her !! And then we have Jess's dad, who is an accountant, who has taught the love of numbers to William and is more of a father to William than his biological father. Adorable !

So far it's been good. The scenery now changes to France where Adam currently renovates and manages some chateau. Jess and William have come to visit Adam on request of her ailing mother. Cue, Adam !! Adam is like 30 going 17. He is annoying, self-centered and at times even uncaring, which pissed me off specially when he put his girl friend's wishes before his son's wishes. We also get to meet Jess's friends. We have Natasha, who is hot-bigshot-single-ready-to-mingle kinda woman and we have Becky who is married to her childhood sweetheart and has 3 children who drive her insane. Things start getting a little slow here onward. We get glimpses of problems in Becky's marriage and how Natasha is falling for a man younger than her, who BTW also has to compete with another self-obsessed man.Too much drama ! And not relevant to the plot at that !

So, we get to see Adam taking some effort to spend more time with William. We have a jealous Simone (Adam's gf) who is trying to snag Adam's attention. Scenes where Adam lets down William and Jess has to make up lies to keep him from getting hurt are heart-breaking. Adam is still way to self-centered till this point. Enter, Charlie ! A very rich man who is living in the chateau and has eyes on Jess. She flirts with him and enjoys the attention. And then suddenly we have scenes where Adam is apparently disturbed with how close Jess is with Charlie ! Really ?? And to add to my woes, Jess is also reminiscing her golden days with Adam and her feelings for Adam are growing despite knowing his history. Seriously ? My mind cannot just accept that Adam now is willing to get together with Jess, so easily, after immediately dumping his current gf.. Everything feels so rushed !!

All in all, I think Jess's mom and dad had more chemistry and heart breaking love than Jess-Adam! I just did not feel the pain or heart break when it came to Adam. Yah, he has agreed to keep up his marriage in sickness and in health, but it seems he has got it too easily. I agree that Adam and Jess's misunderstanding from the labor night, showed a sweet side to Adam. But, that simply did not negate his other problems and actions. And though he realized in the end that he could have fought and stayed to make their relationship work, the fact of the matter is he took the easy way out then !!! Why is he having it so easy now ??

I wish Jess would have tried a relationship first with Adam, and not just jumped into marriage. I wish Adam could have overcome his insecurities and been a deserving father to William before they married. I wish Adam could have been included in the scenes of Jess's mom's final moments, something to assure us that he knows what he has signed up for.. It feels so incomplete !

You are spending a holiday with your ten year old son and various friends in a luxurious hotel complex in the glorious Dordogne - what's not to like? The snag is that your son’s absent father owns the place and he is otherwise occupied, so father-child bonding doesn't seem to be on the agenda. With the shadow of a devastating family secret hanging over their relationship, could what promises at first to be the proverbial holiday-from-hell become the summer of second chances for everyone? This novel is bound to appeal to all those readers who enjoyed Jojo Moyes' bestseller 'Me Before You',