Loved this book!

Emily and Jake meet when they are at anger management classes. They don't make a good first impression on each other, but it is Alfie who brings them together.

I liked how this book was told from each of their points of views, and also from the perspective of Jake's son Alfie. They all have their own issues, but are helping each other more than they realise.

This book took me by surprise, I was expecting some light fluff but got a lot more out of it. Jake is going to anger management classes because of his short temper with his child. He meets Emily, an angry young woman with a skinhead. Jake's son has some behavioural problems but autism has been ruled out and he suspects he just has a bad child. I really enjoyed the representation of Alfie's behaviour and the frustrations shared by his parents. Emily is the only person who knows how to deal with Alfie and the relationship between them is heartwarming. I powered through this in a day and would thoroughly recommend. Well written and quite unique, I loved it!

I was intrigued by the premise of this book; a feel-good book where the two main characters meet at an anger management course - it sounds so wrong - but on reading the book it is 100% right!
Emily’s first impression of Jake is not a good one - and not just because the venue is an anger management course. Jake is short-tempered with his wife, Gemma, and son, Alfie. Emily has already met Alfie moments before when they bond under a table over a Bourbon biscuit. Jake finds Emily harsh, judgemental and in denial.
However, Alfie likes Emily. Alfie doesn’t like many people. Alfie doesn’t like much at all.. Can Jake and Emily tolerate each other for the sake of Alfie?
Such a superb debut novel. Could not put it down. Had to continue reading to see what happened, especially to dear little Alfie.
Thanks to NetGalley for a Kindle copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.