This was a book that made you think about families and all the secrets and problems that can unfold at the most in opportune times. This was a great read and kept me interested throughout. Another new author for me always a plus when I’ve enjoyed a book. My thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for giving me the opportunity to read this book in return for an honest review.

New Family Required is a touching and heartfelt story about one family and their long burried secrets.

Main heroine faces some very serious challenges in her life while having to spend a long weekend with her perfectly sucessful parents and siblings. She has always felt left out, like she didn't belong and that has left some long standing resentments.

However, things will take a completely different turn to change her opinion on many things.

This is a warm, funny and touching story about a family. I really liked the characters and was interested to find out what will happen to them.
The story flows nicely, it is easy to read and very engaging.
Some issues were glossed over a bit too quickly for me and I just thought that certain kind of problems would take longer talking and discussing in order to be solved.
Nevertheless, it is quite interesting and enjoyable read and I recommend it.

An interesting, dramatic read at times. Families aren’t always the most fun to be around, especially for Sasha, who has always felt like the odd one out. Younger brother beau is adored by their mum and older sister has a special relationship with their father, so Sasha is used to feeling overlooked.

Luckily she has her adoring husband Ben and their wonderful daughter, Loulou who mean the world to her. When their business hits a rough patch Sasha knows it’s not worth asking her parents for help.

Anniversary celebrations throw the family together and it true fashion, there are dramas, secrets and fights ahead. Sasha uncovers various family secrets and to her it yet again reiterates she isn’t considered, but when an unexpected event means there is no chance of an escape, they all must learn to get along and communicate. Someone gets in serious danger, and when it counts the family work together.

Funny and dramatic, I felt for Sasha but was frustrated she doesn’t learn to speak up earlier. Ben makes his mistakes but he’s supportive. An interesting story of family and how keeping things secret will always come back to cause trouble.

GREAT SUMMER READ.

I immediately liked Sasha, the main character and the rebel in her family. She had always chosen to do things her own way as it never seemed like she could live up to the expectations of her parents anyways. Her siblings were their favorites, or so it seemed.

I dreaded the family get together with a big anniversary party at Chadwell House. just like Sasha did. It was bound to have uncomfortable moments and maybe even some drama, but what actually happened that weekend went far beyond my imagination. This story takes place over just one weekend, more or less, and is so packed full of stuff happening and drama and miscommunications and secrets. I was both laughing and literally crying when reading.

Families. Who'd have em. Certainly usually not people you would all choose if given the choice. But sadly that isn't an option and the dynamics of family life and struggles plays out really well in this book.

Families are complicated, the deep down love, the struggle of not being able to chose your family its demonstrated beautifully in this book. There are serious issues of betrayal and financial issues discussed in this book but there is a humorous element woven within the storyline. If you like family centric novel this is perfect. #netgalley #NewFamilyRequired

I found the family so relatable, I'm the Sasha of my family, always being left out and never included.

A thoroughly enjoyable book which I read in one sitting. It's lighthearted, highly immersive and full of family drama.

The characters are complex, credible and relatable, just how far up their own backsides were Sasha's parents?

A well written family drama, full of secrets and lies, the perfect recipe for disaster!

Many thanks to Rachel's Random Resources for my tour spot.

Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐

This is the story of Sasha and her family. There story is told over the course of 32 Chapters as well as a Prologue. Throughout this story the reader gets to meet a lot of different characters that will intrigue the readers.

This is such a good book to read when you want to relax as it is so easy to get into and so easy to read. This is quite simply a fun and easy read. The characters are realistic and will intrigue the reader as there are hints that secrets are being hidden.

Overall this is a fun and easy read that readers will enjoy. Although this is my first book by this author it certainly won't be my last.

Sasha and Ben own Greenhouse Gardening, a landscaping business they built from scratch. Along with their daughter, LouLou, life is good. That is until a huge job they undertook that was to pay 79,000 pounds. After all the work and expense they put into the project, the company they did the work for is now saying they are bankrupt, leaving Sasha and Ben deeply in debt.

Sasha’s parents, Tony and Delphine Griffon, are very wealthy and live in the huge family mansion, Chadwell Hall. Ben wants Sasha to ask her parents for a loan to help them out until they can undertake some more jobs but she refuses as her father believes people should earn their own money and never borrow.

Now, the Griffon’s are planning a 40th wedding anniversary party for all of the family to attend at Chadwell Hall. This means that Sasha and Ben will be among her well-to-do and successful siblings, Adele, and Beau, their mother’s favorite. Sasha has always felt that she was never a part of the family like the others.

As the weekend events take place, each of the siblings and their parents slowly begin to open up and share secrets and finally become honest about their feelings toward one another. While there are at first some hurt feelings, sharing proves to be cathartic for everyone which finally brings about healing and true family love. Sometimes, we just have to be honest with one another and put hard feelings behind to stay a family. Interesting book which I believe readers will enjoy.

Copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Uh. Happy to have finished the book eventually. Having read the synopsis and with this brillianty and catchy title, I was hoping for something hilariously funny, full of laugh, misunderstanding and family antics. What I got was, sadly, boring plot, boring characters, predictable situations, things that were not done enough or were totally over - dramatic and a slow story telling. It's a shame, really, but I struggled already with the beginning and so it stayed like this. The rescue - action made me roll my eyes, to be honest, and everything that was happenning to the characters, well, I didn't warm to them so I really didn't care about them.

Don't we all imagine we had a different family, sometimes? Sasha and Ben are on the brink of bankruptcy and are facing financial ruin. But there is no way Sasha will ask her supposedly wealthy family for a loan, having been rejected years ago. In the meantime, there is her parent's 40th wedding anniversary party to get through. A lot can happen in a few days, and Sasha, and other family members must consider the cost of not being honest, especially with our families. This was such a good read!

I read New Family Required on Netgalley in exchange of an honest feedback. What a funny, delightful and heartwarming story this book is. It tells a tale of a seemingly wealthy family but as is so true in life once you get to know the main characters you realise that everybody has problems. Luckily these characters have the strength to overcome them.
I really liked the characters of this book, the character development too, I liked the location of book, mainly set in rural Norfolk, and the writing style. This book made me laugh and it made me shed a tear for baby Pierre too.
Thank you for letting me be one of the early readers of this truly wonderful book. I recommend it to all readers as I really liked it.

Sasha doesn't fit in with her family. He dad favours her older sister and her mum dotes on her younger brother. So she's always felt like an outsider, especially now the business she and her husband run is facing financial troubles. Sasha doesn't want to ask her family for help and face a barrage of questions and disappointment from her nearest and dearest.

Can they keep their money worries a secret during a big weekend party at their family home? It should be an easy task, but, in typical Carmen Reid style, events conspire against them in a very unexpected way. Family secrets and home truths are finally revealed, but is it enough to repair the damage?

I devoured this book over a weekend. I could just not put it down. Whilst my my family are not stinking rich (and slightly crazy) like in the book, the themes of family struggles and dominant characters will echo with all readers. Whether you're an outsider like Sasha, or a favoured sibling like Adele or Beau, New Family Required will make you take a long hard look at your family relationships, good or bad. I liked the fact that it's not all magical happy endings, life is life, and sometimes you have to make lemonade with the lemons that are thrown at you.

This book was not my normal genre so I was a little hesitant to read it. I ended up really enjoying this book - much more than I thought I would. Much of the book flops back and forth between past and present; however, it is easy to follow. The family is wealthy and a bit of drama but the storyline is relatable enough and could have easily been about my family or yours.

I reached an Advanced Reader Copy by NetGalley for an honest review.

I'm a big fan of Carmen Reid's books and I was pleased to see that she had written a new book.
Carmen Reid writes very well, she has a good balance of drama and comedy. She also has characters who I can relate to. I liked the character of Sasha, she is trying to bring up her Daughter and run a business with her Husband Ben. She gets no help from her Successful family. As the Middle Child she also feels ignored and is definitely not the favourite child.
She has to spend the weekend with her family for a 40th anniversary party and is dreading it. Her family and her family home are perfectly described and I could picture them perfectly.
I really enjoyed reading this book. It is very easy to read and I found it very entertaining. There were some very sad storylines but also plenty of humour. This is an excellent read and I highly recommend it.
Thank you to Netgalley and Boldwood books for my ARC.

Such a lovely read, warm and comforting like a blanket. Wonderful characters, a relatable storyline and a family full of stories.

I really enjoyed Carmen's last book, Worn Out Wife Seeks New Life, so was pleased to be able to read New Family Required. I really like Carmen's writing, it's simple, unassuming and makes for a very easy read. I flew through this in a day and found the characters to be intriguing and realistic. There are some hilarious moments that really made me smile but there is also some very touching sides to the storyline as well which left me with a bit of a lump in my throat. So was a fabulous mix for me.
Great read for those looking for something easy and fun.

Sasha is the middle child and always felt invisible to her parents, she felt her younger brother was her mum's favourite, her older sister her dad's but never really said anything until her parents 40th wedding anniversary when her brother and sister are going to be with their families
After getting the blame for her brothers drunk antics that night she loses her temper and tells them what she thinks planning on making a quick getaway in the morning with her husband and daughter. Unfortunately things don't work out the way she thought and they end up all stuck together for days
Can they make it through ?
Loved it

Got to say that the cover drew me to this book, the colour and bold wording made it stand out and so I chose it without reading what it was about 😀 also a new author to me
What I got was a really different read for me, based around a family, 3 very different grown up kids and a overbearing? yet loving Mum and Dad, who all get together in their old huge family home for a party….all of them have worries and secrets and all of them are forced to faced them when a set of ( dramatic but funnily told ) things happen….a heart warming family comedy ish story that was in a word delightful, a range of characters, some immediately likeable some not but generally a good set of folk, trying their best, getting in difficulty and whether realising it or not needing family to help
Enjoyable,very readable and made me feel good

9/10
5 Stars

New Family Required by Carmen Reid

I received an advance review copy for free thanks to Rachel's Random Resources and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Sasha Greenhope has a very lovely life. Her marriage is solid, her only daughter is delightful, and the family business is going full steam ahead.

The only blip on the horizon is the upcoming family reunion for her parents 40th wedding anniversary at Chadwell House – the family pile. Sasha just does not fit with her rich family. Her French mother, Delphine thinks everything Sasha does is a faux pas.. And siblings, Adele and Beau, are clearly the favourites, leaving Sasha surplus to requirements

So when Sasha’s husband Ben takes this exact moment to reveal that they are about to go bankrupt, Sasha wants to be anywhere but stuck in a lavish marquee!

This was a delight to read and I was a little shocked at how fast I worked my way through this book. The way that Carmen had portrayed Sasha, allows the reader to feel the fact that she is dreading returning home. A light-hearted easy book to read - perfect for reading this summer.

Rating: 4/5