Another lucy diamond book that hasn't disappointed

I found i had a great deal of empathy with Frankie having a similar back story myself. She opened a last letter from her late mother only to find out that she has a different biological father to the one she believed she had so she sets off to look for him in person. She rather unbelievably turns up at his Golden wedding anniversary party which was bound to make waves, and truths emerge. Family members react in all sorts of ways and there are multiple, easy to follow stories unfolding for everyone.

I loved every bit of the story which was highly enjoyable, heart-warming read.

Thank you to NetGalley and PanMacmillan for an advance reader copy in return for an honest review.

Thanks Netgalley, Publisher and of course Lucy Diamond herself, this author's books always make me feel good, they are well written and most importantly a really good read. 5 stars

I love Lucy Diamond’s books and this one was no exception. A heartwarming, entertaining and uplifting book. Interesting characters who all have a secret and where will it all end? A lovely read especially on a dark winters day, highly recommend it.

Classic Lucy Diamond at her best. Really lovely read, I adored all the characters especially Frankie. This was a big hug in a book. Fantastic book!

I loved this book, all about relaitionships and covered every part, very easy reading, great little holiday book.
Would appeal to all age groups.

A great family drama with interesting characters. I liked the spider web of stories intertwining and the positive message.

I’ve read quite a few books by Lucy Diamond (and reviewed a couple – here and here) and have loved every single one. So while I have missed the last couple (they are waiting on my bookshelf though), I was excited to read this book and knew it was time to delve back into her books. The cover is absolutely gorgeous, the synopsis sounded heartfelt, so I dove in almost the minute it downloaded onto my kindle.

Like many (if not all) of Lucy’s books, this is told from multiple viewpoints. I am a sucker for this and Lucy’s writing made it easy to get to know each one. I did find that the book didn’t make it obvious when a viewpoint had changed between paragraphs. It often needed a line or two of the new paragraph until the name or some obvious context was given before it became clear that the viewpoint had changed and we were in someone else’s story as this happens with no warning in the middle of a chapter. This very well may be formatting and exclusive to the ARC ebook I received though, so copies people buy in shops may do this better, and I shall certainly check on this when I see it in the shops later this month!

There were 6 characters that we follow, with Frankie, Robyn and Bunny being the main three. All the characters were charming to read, I’d be happy to call all of them friends had they been real people.

I really liked Bunny, she was so sweet and I really felt for her. Insecurity is a terrible feeling at the best of times, but she has so much more on her plate as well. As she confides in the reader, I really wanted to hug her and let her know everything will be ok.

Frankie was wonderfully warm and I loved her relationship with Fergus, she seemed a real natural at motherhood. Frankie’s storyline was easily my favourite in the whole book, and I think would have made a whole book on it’s own. While it is wrapped up completely by the end of the book, I was dying for more depth, drama and detail.

Jeanie’s holiday antics were a lot of fun and I enjoyed seeing Alison discover life outside of TV again.

This book had a lot of build up to some dramatic storylines and the ending came almost too soon. I wanted more from Frankie’s situation, more talking between Dave and Bunny and more info on Robyn and John navigating their issues. The end of the book did tie things up nicely but it was over too soon.

I did enjoy the book, and being left wanting more is a good thing in this case, I’d rather get a nice conclusion and wish a book was longer, rather than thinking it was too long and getting no answers to any questions.
Warm, a lot of fun and characters that have so much heart you find yourself lost in the pages for hours. What more can you want in a book?

I love Lucy Diamond’s books and have read them all so far. This latest book didn’t disappoint.

Being an adoptee myself, and having searched for both birth parents, I could totally relate to Frankie. She opened a last letter from her late mother only to find out that her biological father is Harry Mortimer so she sets off to look for him in person. Frankie (stupidly, in my opinion!) turns up at Harry’s Golden wedding anniversary party which was bound to make waves, and then all the skeletons start falling out of the closets.

I had difficulty putting this down and loved every minute of it. A very enjoyable, heart-warming read.

Thank you to NetGalley and PanMacmillan for an advance reader copy in return for an honest review.

I really enjoyed the first half of this book. The storyline was building well but then it all fizzled out.
I felt that there were too many characters included in the shortish book that meant none of the people’s characters and their stories were developed fully and plots or issues that started all were resolved too quickly/ easily with very little angst, despite all the characters having major issues to resolve in their lives. Surely it would have been better to have fewer people and feel some investmeht in what happened to them. All seemed 2D and there was very little of the story that didn’t get resolved in a couple of pages.

I’d like to thank Pan MacMillan and NetGalley for letting me have a copy of ‘Something To Tell You’ by Lucy Diamond in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.
Frankie Carlyle discovers a letter written by her late mother Kathy explaining that her real father is Harry Mortimer and she decides that rather than write him a letter she’ll drive to Yorkshire to see him in person. She turns up during a family gathering at the village hall to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of Harry and his wife Jeanie and Harry immediately recognises her as being Kathy’s daughter. The week-long second honeymoon that Harry and Jeanie had booked is cancelled when Jeanie flies off alone leaving Harry open-mouthed at the airport.
When I started reading ‘Something To Tell You’ I thought it would be another boring chick lit novel but I was mistaken as the different characters all add interesting side-stories to the main plot. As well as Frankie meeting her new sister and brothers, there’s her partner Craig whose ex-partner Julia walked out on him when their son Fergus was only weeks old and now wants her son back despite Frankie being the only ‘Mumma’ Fergus knows. The separate strands of the book all join together perfectly making it an entertaining story, very easy to read and with an ideal ending.

Although this book isn’t going to change the way you see the world it is an enjoyable read which I devoured in one sitting. It is a great family story with lots of smaller plot themes linked together. I found that I liked the characters & wanted to find out more about them. A lovely holiday book.

Imagine it's your golden wedding anniversary and an extra guest turns up - a daughter that you never knew existed. This book is about a family following such a bombshell. Everyone is affected by the ripples caused.

An enjoyable book, one skeleton falling out seems to cause a domino effect, and everyone has their own.

Something to Tell You is Lucy Diamond’s latest book. It’s a story of secrets, love and revelations. There’s Frankie who finds a letter from her late mother, Robyn with husband trouble, Jeanie escaping to Madeira and Bunny with some secrets of her own.

There are a lot of characters in the book but it’s well written and the plot flows nicely.

Thank you to NetGalley, Pan Macmillan and the author for the chance to review.

I have always enjoyed books involving many different characters however it took me a while to get into this one; I just could not wrap my head around who was who! Despite the many characters, the storyline is really quite simple and it was a relatively easy read. I was saddened to see the ending happen so quickly though and the book seemed to be wrapped up in one final chapter which I found disappointing. I would have liked to see how everything ended in a little more detail and a little slower.

Thoroughly enjoyed this book , another little gem from lucy Diamond. Enjoyed all the family dramas even if one member of the family deserved a bit of whack . Great read !!

I’m a huge Lucy Diamond fan so I was over the moon to be able to read her latest book before release, and I wasn’t disappointed.

Frankie has found a letter from her late mother, explaining her paternity so decides to pluck up the courage to go to meet her father. Unfortunately for her, she turns up at his 50th wedding anniversary to drop the bombshell.
The repercussions are family wide and as the story develops we discover that each of the family members, Frankie included, have a lot going on that the rest of the family are unaware of.
I loved how each character’s story developed over the course of the book,, rooting for most (not all) of them.

I didn’t want to put the book down, never a good idea when bedtime reading, I was really invested in the characters and wanted to find out what happened to them, so read the book from cover to cover once it was downloaded.

I was a bit confused at this book at the start I'll be honest, there were just so many characters and it seemed to be jumping between them that I actually got close to giving up! But if you feel the same you should definitely persevere because you do get to know all the characters and relate to them too. The story itself was so heartwarming that I ended up glad I didn't give up and was very happy at the ending.

Overall, an enjoyable read. Just need some time to get into it

An easy but not too light story. A great family saga with a cast of interesting characters. Lots of drama, secrets and deception. A serious tale but some lovely humour also. A good read.

This book is well written with believable characters. The plot is interesting with plenty happening in the various sub plots. It was a pleasure to get to know the characters and follow their ups and downs in family life. I read this in a couple of days whilst being laid up ill and can see it as a great summer holiday read. Thoroughly recommended.

Well this may have been my first book of 2019 but it will also most definitely be one of my favourites by the end of the year too, absolutely fabulous book, I loved it, and would give it more than 5 stars if I could!

The synopsis is about Frankie finding out who her birth father is (Harry Mortimer), after finding a hidden letter from her deceased mother, and going to meet him - unfortunately turning up unannounced during his and his wife's 50th wedding anniversary celebrations. But the actual story doesn't totally centre around that, it revolves around multiple extended members of the Mortimer family, along with an interlinking story of Frankie, her partner and his son.

There is so much going on and what started off feeling like a perfect family is actually just like every other family, with good and bad points along the way. There are so many interesting storylines in this book, but they all flowed so seamlessly that I didn't lose track for a minute. It's sometimes hard to get lots of different people and storylines straight in your mind when you start a book, but I didn't find this at all this time as each person was so different. The initial shock of Frankie turning up turned Harry and Jeanie's anniversary holiday get-away into a get-away for one when Jeanie told Harry that she was going away on her own to think about things, and she proceeded to enjoy herself - good for her! But there was also a hidden identity, a child custody battle, a Mortimer running off with a younger woman, and someone finally overcoming her grief about her husband hanging himself all those years ago and moving on with her life.

There was so much going on, but the characters were all fabulous, so relatable, you could really see yourself in the thick of the extended Mortimer family. Frankie was also a lovely, caring, friendly character and fit in with them so perfectly, even though it was a fledgling relationship.

One of my favourite recent books and one I would highly recommend. I'm only sad that I've finished it now. Rush out and buy it everyone!