Loved this book! Giggling away to myself when reading. Hotel breakfast🤣🤣 say no more!!

Enjoyed the book, entertaining and amusing.
Will appeal.to under 40s and older readers with good memories.
Good holiday read

I LOVED THIS BOOK. It was absolutely hilarious, making me laugh-out-loud on several occasions, but it also sensitively covered some very serious topics in a very deft way. I know this comparison has been made before but I found it very similar to Marian Keyes in style - and it was just as good. I have already given my review copy to two colleagues and am urging everyone I know to read this. My funniest book of the year so far, totally and utterly brilliant. I fell a bit in love with Aisling and I think everyone else who reads this will as well.

I picked this out after seeing a bit of a buzz about it online. Although it's not in my normal reading category I have a soft spot for all things Irish, so thought I'd give it a try. I admit I only made it through the first chapter, but I can see why it is very endearing and funny, and I'm sure people will love it. It's just not for me!

I found myself reading the book with an Irish accent. I found the friendship element very true to life. It was an easy read but, I knew what was going to happen at the end about a third of the way through the book.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I’m sure I’m not the only reader to start off thinking ‘ oh no, I think I’m a bit of an Aisling’ and by the end I was quite proud to admit to it. The characters were well written and I loved that they were not one dimensional. I found that I was invested in how they developed and I cared about what they did. It was great to read a book where the female characters supported each other without being unbelievably ‘good’ and no one was a complete b***h. There were plenty of emotional ups and downs whilst still making me laugh throughout- I’ll definitely be recommending this book to friends.

Was a good beach book - ok story, characters interesting but not compelling

A nice easy read, with the very likeable Aisling at the centre. With some more difficult passages to keep up the interest, this is still a rather typical chick lit, great as an airplane book, which is where I read most of it. Lightweight and...well....pleasant!

Brilliant. Laughed a lot. A really well put together book which tackles the ups and downs of life. A lot happens in Aislings life. The writing style is funny and refreshing. I would definitely recommend this book. I will be looking out for more books by these authors.

Perhaps a little too predictable, but overall it's a fun and heart-warming Summer book - a quick read to devour round the pool or on a beach. I think some references I would have found a bit more relatable if I were Irish!

3 Stars.

Thanks to NetGally and Penguin UK - Michael Joseph for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Good craic!!!

Every single person on this earth knows someone like Aisling. Loves her parents to bits but can’t stand to be there too long; is horrified at the thought of missing a hotel’s inclusive cooked breakfast; has a fab circle of friends she has known for years and loves nothing more than going to her local for a night out; is disgusted by other people’s levels of uncleanliness and disregard for spending money - why take a taxi when you can walk/get the bus!!!

Our Aisling has been to a whole host of weddings recently but her boyfriend John thinks is ‘too soon’ for them to settle down and get married. Aisling is distraught - especially since they have been together seven years and don’t so much as even live together.

To escape the post Christmas blues Aisling and John go on holiday to Tenerife where Aisling is sure he will propose. When it becomes apparent he won’t, they have a massive argument and when they return to Ireland Aisling tells him it’s over.

Thereafter, Aisling’s ‘friend’ at work asks if she would like to move into her apartment as there is a vacant room. Aisling moves in and the next few months are a combination of work drama, flirtations, city breaks, lots of alcohol and spending time at home with her Mammy and Daddy.

This book made me laugh out loud A LOT and there were parts where I cried. Highly recommend it.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC of the book in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.

This book made me laugh out loud. Easy to read and very very funny. If you are feeling down then get a copy of this book it will soon cheer you up. Very well written with great characters too.

would like to thank netgalley and the publisher for letting me read and review this funny book

not my normal run of the mill book..but it certainly was funny
the trails and tribulations of aisling...and what a ride through her life and loves
definitely a chickflick book that will entertain and confuse you...the irish words i had to look up as they went over my head but they did add a certain charm

this is the sort of book to read inbetween those heavy horror books , its worth a read just to see how aisling life turns out

What an enjoyable story. Easy to follow, well written and heart warming. A real feel good book. I really enjoyed it.

I absolutely loved this book from start to finish. It made me laugh at the detail of it all and cry at the sad bits. Being English I had to look up how to pronounce a couple of the names but I liked that about it. I am completely Aisling and I thought I was the only one!

An amusing read, made me smile in parts but felt a bit contrived at times, not feasible enough to make me believe in the characters. Perhaps I'm not the right audience for it as many have loved it.

I completely adored this highly entertaining and comic look at the Irish cultural phenomena that is being an Aisling. She is bought to life here by the authors, a novel that has its origins in a Facebook page that documented and captured the varied traits attributed to an Aisling. I should warn readers that the book has numerous Irish words and references, but these can be looked up, and certain reviewers explain many of these. Our Aisling is 28 years old, is best friends with Majella, has been going out with John for seven years and is getting antsy about the fact that John has yet to propose. It begins with the wedding of Liam and Denise, and Aisling reflects on how so many women she knows have achieved the status of wife, and even motherhood, the normal expectations of a woman in the small rural community of Ballygobbard. On pushing John about their expected marriage, she is alarmed at his response that it is unlikely to be anytime soon. She organises a break to Tenerife for the two of them, clinging to the fantasy that he will propose, only on their return she breaks up with him.

Aisling commutes to work in Dublin at PensionsPlus and enjoys the comforts of living with her parents, who coddle and support her. Feeling her life needs a radical overhaul, she moves in with HR work colleague, Sadhbh and her intriguing flatmate, Elaine, in a plush penthouse in Dublin. Aisling soon begins to feel at home with her new close friends and their luxurious lifestyle. It is a culture shock for small town girl as she willingly joins their never ending rose wine and champagne drinking, the world of celebrities, new places to go out, their strange sense of fashion and ideas of cool, veganism and avocado diets. Sadhbh and Elaine open their hearts to the fragile Aisling, enveloping her into their warmth and care, always there for her when her life faces family crises and the neverending tears and hurt as she struggles to get over John. Her one attempt at dating married Barry from work is curtailed when she bumps into Piotr and becomes a sobbing mess when she becomes aware that John is seeing someone else. As family tragedy strikes and Aisling learns of family secrets, she is determined to support Sadhbh in her personal woes and troubles.

I love the way Aisling has her horizons broadened and her thinking pushed into different directions when her personal relationship falls apart. The humour and comic touches in the story are contagious and had me laughing, this novel is really good craic! The narrative begins and ends with a wedding, but we can see a different Aisling from the first wedding. She comes to appreciate that she might want different things in life than the old Aisling and can finally appreciate the viewpoint of her ex-boyfriend. I loved the way she embraced her new friends and their lifestyle, even when she was deeply uncomfortable with it, as at a techno disco on a Berlin city break. A brilliant read for those times you need something light and frothy, with great characters, and comic fun. Highly recommended! Many thanks to Penguin Michael Joseph for an ARC.

I wasn't aware of the facebook page so I came fresh to this book, and I loved it. I read in an Irish accent - just as well I don't read out loud as I can't actually do that! I loved Aisling - she was so real. Her interpretation of some of the things Saidhbh (I had to look that name up to pronounce it) and Elaine did was hilarious, and how she didn't know Elaine and Ruby were a couple - well! We see her as the outcome of a simple country upbringing, coming from a lovely, straightforward family, but there is more to her parents than Aisling realises, and this realisation helps her grow up. Well worth a read - I rushed through it and felt bereft when I left Aisling behind!

Really enjoyed this book. Easy to enjoy style of reading. Great holiday read. Looks at issues that effect many of us in life. Did make me laugh in many parts but made me think as well. Thank you for letting me read this book.

Loved this book, it is funny, ridiculous and easy to relate to in so many ways. I've already ordered copies for friends! Aisling thinks she knows what she wants, but we have all been there, haven't we? Life is never simple, and neither is this book. A great read.