*Book provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review*

Three women, three different stories, but they all meet in a happiness course on Hope Street.

Heather is engaged, but her fiancé is never there, his only excuse: “I will make it up to you.” She is back on Hope Street, back where all her memories are.
Fran’s a widow, who has to raise two children and is still not over her husband’s death.
Pamela has grown-up children and a very grumpy husband. She definitely needs a change.

The form a friendship and become part of each other’s lives. They can all relate to each other on a certain way, which makes their bond even stronger. Their lives are about to change, because they learn about happiness and mindfulness and they are ready for these alterations.

The story had a natural and beautiful flow, I loved following these characters. The friendship aspect in this book is fabulous and Annie Lyons captured it beautifully.

It’s predictable at parts, but the ending was very open. Certain parts in between were a bit obvious, but that also kept the story authentic and real. This is a very lovely ad uplifting book, it put a huge smile on my face and I couldn’t stop smiling.

Friendship, romance, relationships, family and all connected to being happy and how to get there. I absolutely ADORED this cute story!

This was a well written and enjoyable book. It was a heart warming, feel good read with interesting characters with laughs, drama and serious moments. I liked the structure of the book and enjoyed the use of the three main characters whose story interlinked. It was a nice easy read.

This book really appealed to me because i have done mindfulness courses myself.

Pamela, Fran and Heather all for different reasons decide to go to a 10 week happiness course run by Nik. Every week they do a different activity and week by week you learn more about the characters and the problems they are facing in their lives and how they ultimately deal with things because of what they have learnt on the course

Very enjoyable read.

Lovely story with some really likeable characters, though one or two of them did annoy me at times. I especially liked the bits on how the women drew up lists on achieving happiness for their mindfulness class - many of these were things we could all take some hints on.

Thank you Netgalley and HQ Digital for providing me with a copy of this book.

What would make you truly happy? 

For Heather, Fran & Pamela, the 'happiness course' takes them on a journey of self-discovery, friendship, and finding out what they are 'missing' or 'discontent' with that they need to fix in order to achieve the ultimate goal of the course - happiness.  

Whilst reading this novel, it got me thinking about those little rays of happiness that make me smile & feel content.  In our busy, hectic, crazy lives we hardly ever "stop to smell the roses" as the saying goes, and this book reminded me of that.  Following the journeys of Heather, Fran & Pamela, made me stop and think, and in my opinion that is one of the best things about this particular novel.  It makes you stop, take a deep breath, and just 'be' for a moment.  

With a sprinkling of fantastic humour, true friendship, and of course a great plot, I highly recommend you grab yourself a copy of The Happiness List.  Make a cuppa, sit down, and enjoy the journey of Annie Lyon's fabulous characters, and who knows, maybe it will inspire you to create a happiness list for yourself.

****stars from me!

I received a free copy of this book via Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.

A good story, and although the theme of doing things which make you happy is nothing new, the way the author constructs the story round three women who attend a course on happiness keeps it interesting. The three main characters, Heather, Fran and Pamela, are different ages and at different life stages. I liked all three, and I also really liked Barry, Pamela's husband, as well as Fran's children.

What happened to Heather wasn't a surprise - I guessed early on - although her ending was refreshing. Can't say more for fear of spoilers. Anyway, this is a good summer read, in which the theme of friendship is also very strong. Lighter moments, combined with darker ones means the story doesn't get boring. I think I'll revisit Hope Street in the future.

With thanks to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Heather, Fran and Pam all live in the same street but don't really know each other.

When a course on happiness is run in the community centre, they all sign up for various reasons. As the course progresses they get to know each other, and start to become firm friends. An easy read with a gentle pace.

Great idea for a book, and I look forward to reading more from this author.

Heather, Fran and Pamela are all finding life difficult, Heather is planning her wedding to Luke, Fran is mourning the loss of her husband and Pamela feels taken for granted by her family. Hope Street Hall is holding a Happiness Course and they all decide to attend, as the course progresses they become friends and form a close relationship and help each other through some tough times.

A lovely uplifting book which is both funny and sad but very enjoyable, the perfect read which I would recommend.

I was really looking forward to reading this book and she didn't disappoint at all so well written and had you emotional at times then laughing at others and totally hooked from the first page a fantastic read. Full of friendship, romance and moving forward to be happy.
There are three main characters you have.
Fran who has lost her husband and has young children to bring up so she never thinks of herself and can't move forward.
Pamela has grown up children who take her for granted and a husband she isn't getting on with.
Heather who lost her parents when she was young and has been running away but moves back to hope street and is planning her wedding.
All three girls go to the hope street happiness course and form a friendship and although non of them are keen on going at all they form a friendship have laughter and let their hair down and can they move forward with their lives in a way all three of them can be happy or not.
Highly recommend this book would love to give it more than the five stars as so deserves it. Great characters and excellent story line has you thinking.

Thank you for providing me with a copy to read. Lighthearted, I laughed and cried and really enjoyed this book over a weekend.

Solid chick lit…doesn’t take itself too seriously! You’ll laugh, cry, and say “Oh! No!” Definitely a fun weekend read :c)

Heather is planning her wedding to her successful fiance Luke and has returned to Hope street despite the memories she has of her mum and dad.



Fran has been left by her husband after he passed away suddenly, to raise their two children alone. But when her parents tell her she's wallowing in grief, she won't have it but goes along to the Happiness meeting to stop them hassling her.



Pamela feels taken for granted by her family but at the same time taxonomies to help out the community, so when she recommends Heather to try out the Happiness course she finds, she hopes to see her there.



Fran and Heather meet at the Happiness meeting, bonding over their combined losses in their lives and of course Pamela is there too as they group up for the tasks ahead. The Happiness List consists of tasks they have ahead of them, ten weeks of them involving, having fun and trying out meditation in their busy lives. From finding new hobbies and cementing their friendships over trips to each other's, the pub and moaning about their men!



This was a real fun book about acceptance and finding and doing something great for yourself whether it's a new hobby or just picking up an old one again, being in the moment and enjoying that time is precious. Though I could see where things We're going for the girls in the natural flow of the story, it didn't disappoint me to have guessed the coming action but I was glad it worked out how I wanted it to go! The women becoming friends despite their ages and stages in life separately was great and proves friendship has no limits of forms. We're all busy normally, but this book shows how it can pull us down negatively until we change the situation for ourselves be it a friendship, family issue or personal stress, this book is the antidote to modern day busy life in it's ideas.



Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!