I adored this book, it was a fun, easy read about love, friendship, and most importantly, breakups. I actually found the relationship between Bibi, Lou, and Esther to be my favourite part of the book, even more so than the stories and encounters with each of her exes.

I had a feeling the ending would turn out the way it did, but it still kept me guessing right up until the last few pages! This was my first read by Lucy Vine and it definitely won’t be my last.

*Thanks to Netgalley and HarperCollins for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.*

This was such an interesting read! I found myself so engrossed in the story, the characters had such incredible arcs, and I can't wait to follow this author's journey!

After a few intense weeks, I needed to read something that was light-hearted, fun and would make me giggle and oh boy did I get that with Seven Exes.

The story centres around Esther and her desire to finally get into a committed relationship. After reading an article in an old edition of Cosmo, she applies the logic to her own life and starts pursuing her exes to find which one was actually the one.

Hilarity ensues.

I really liked Seven Exes. The mix of comedic moments with dramatic storylines kept me hooked and I also kept voicing my opinion on which ex I wanted Esther to get with.

Seven Exes is a story that will make you look at your own exes with nostalgia and relief. A great read for the summer.

Seven Exes by Lucy Vine is available now.

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Despite not really knowing why anyone would want to get in touch with an ex for the purpose of potentially trying again this was a fun.
Esther reads an article thats says you need 7 exes before you will find the one and starts going through hers to see if any of them could have been the one that she missed.
They all seemed pretty awful to me and as Esther gets more focused on this mission the more she becomes a really unlikeable character, not thinking about how any of this mission would affect other people and generally treating her friendship group like crap.
There were some amusing moment, some infuriating moments too, but overall was a pretty decent listen.

From the premise I was looking forward to reading this book but for me it fell short. Yes there were subs funny parts but I felt the novel was overly long, I couldn’t gel with the main character and the plot just seemed predictable in places. Thank you to NetGalley, Simon and Schuster UK and the author for the chance to review.

I’d like to thank Tandem Collective and Simon & Schuster for having me on the readalong. This was my first Lucy Vine book and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

😆This book was so much fun! I laughed out loud on several occasions and loved some of the 90’s/00 references.

👧🏻I did find myself getting frustrated with Esther on a few occasions because I felt she was quite selfish in her choices and neglected a lot of other important factors in her life.

💖Esther’s quest to find ‘The One’ worked out exactly as I thought it would, which was very satisfying. I loved the flashbacks to how things unravelled with each ex and there were a few surprises along the way.

⭐Overall this was a fun and entertaining read that explored not just relationships but friendships too. Big shout out to Alex, Bibi and Lou who were Esther’s rock throughout the process. We could all do with friends like those ladies.

I wanted to enjoy this one but it missed the mark for me. Let me share the things I liked as I was reading and what I didn't like that made me DNF this.

I really like the premise of the book. I've read a similar story about a girl going through her exes to try and find love but this one is different with the concept of each guy being a specific relationship and how you should've met The One when you've gone through these 7 relationships. That has a lot of potential to become an intriguing read and that was why I requested it.

Upon reading, I was enjoying the witty writing, the banter between Becca and her friends, and the easy-flowing narrative. However, it got to a point that it was a lot more comedy than story. The banter is not helping the story move forward anymore and to me, it read like it was there for comedy's sake. Unfortunately, it made the characters insufferable to read personally and the stuff coming out of their mouths and how they are acting really doesn't make sense as to how it contributes to the story.

I didn't feel Becca's motivation as to why she wants to find love through her exes, except for her whining that she's tired of being single and wants to be in a relationship. I mean, at first, it made sense to me, however, the way she was going through her exes, it felt like she was in love with all of them? Considering I only read 25% of the story and have met 2 exes only, she was into these two guys at the same time (or at least the idea of them she has in her head). Even when the first ex established that it was purely platonic and he already has a girlfriend, she wouldn't let him go and is hoping for a possibility of them getting back together. That is what I meant when I said that I didn't feel or exactly know what Becca's motivation is. Plus, the stakes aren't developed enough for me to want to root for her. I really stopped rooting for her because the story wasn't making sense anymore and I lost interest, unfortunately.

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘜𝘒 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘈𝘙𝘊 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸.

Rating: 1 ⭐

I do love how Lucy Vine always puts such an emphasis on found family in her novels whereby romance plays second fiddle to the bonds of friendship. Seven Exes was a fun read filled with lots of laugh out loud moments and great female friendships.

I absolutely flew through this book! I loved the focus on the friendship between the women so much more than any of the past relationships Esther was exploring, I think it’s great that the main focus of the story was that a romantic relationship is not the only thing capable of making you feel whole and that there are other parts of life that are of equal or even more importance. However I did love that the relationship with Nick came out left field. This was a super fun and enjoyable read, and a great insight into the lives of women in their late twenties discovering themselves.

Despite loving her job and her friends, Esther doesn't feel fulfilled without a man, especially now she's staring down the barrel of her thirties. So when she reads an article which says a woman will have seven relationships before she finds The One (The First Love, The Work Mistake, The Overlap, The Friend With Benefits, The Missed Chance, The Bastard, and The Serious One). Despite the article being from a old magazine which is no longer in print Esther takes it as gospel truth and determines to track down her seven exes to see whether they could have been The One That Got Away.

Let's be fair, I'm probably too old for the demographic this book is aimed at. To me Esther's behaviour is more that of a nineteen year old than a woman of twenty-nine and after the way she treated some of her exes I am astonished that they would ever speak to her again, let alone want to date her again. Also, Esther seems like an unreliable narrator, not least because she lies to herself about what she's doing and why she's doing it. At one point she tells us that she and her friends were the misfits at school, bullied and ostracised and called names, but one of her exes remembers them as the cool girls looking down their noses at everyone else. Maybe we see ourselves differently, certainly the way Esther frames herself doing her job and how her assistant sees it are two very different things (and I suspect there was an attempt to roll-back some of the rhetoric).

Overall, I just didn't think it was very funny. Esther seemed determined to fall in love with one of her exes regardless of chemistry or connection, and pursued her mission to the detriment of friends and her job.

I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

I was so excited to see a new Lucy Vine on NetGalley. SO EXCITED.
Unfortunately, I am not so excited after just finishing this book. Reading it took me much more time than I thought it would, I was thinking I'm going to breeze through it, but no. I didn't feel the need to pick the book again when I put it down, you know? And it's not a good sign.
First of all, the main character. I don't know, but I never warmed to Esther. She is your typical queen bee, feeling happy only when she's in the centre of attention - at least that's the feeling she's left me with. The background characters, her friends, were much better written and much more likeable than Esther herself, she really didn't know to appreciate this great network of people supporting her. The way she behaved, well, she made it hard to root for her, to be honest. Like when one of her exes refused to meet her and she started to mock his new girlfriend - and I thought, really? In those times? You don't even know her, Esther, and it's your ex who doesn't want to see you and not his girlfriend. I thought, sisters before misters?
Esther's exes are all so stereotyped that they feel like shadows of characters.

The premise was brilliant, but the execution felt flat. The humour that I so liked in Lucy Vine's first books was not there. the jokes felt much too forced and simply to obnoxious - maybe I'm too old, but "putting a hemmorhoids cream on a penis while offering me anal sex" didn't make me laugh. It was rather embarrassing. Like a lot of other one - liners and scenes and cringe dialogues.

Altogether it felt a bit too much all over the place and predictable and stereotyped. I have expected something more from Lucy Vine, to be honest, having her debut novel still in mind. Pity it didn't work for me.

The premise of this book is that Esther's life is in a rut, with no regular boyfriend and her thirties fast approaching. She reads a magazine article that suggests everyone only has seven proper relationships in their lives, one of which will be 'the one' to settle down with. Esther realises she has had her seven, and somehow ditched them all as imperfect. So she sets out with her two flatmates to reconnect with the seven men in her past to see if any ignites a spark for her.

The result is occasionally amusing and sometimes introspective. The book didn't quite live up to expectations for me, with a lot of unnecessary navel-gazing and whinging, as well as leaping between time lines, but overall it was quite a fun read.

Thank you to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster UK for allowing me access to the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I was totally hooked with this and did not see the surprise secret/bonus eighth ex coming! And I totally loved it when it clicked 🥰 This was also HILARIOUS and I was constantly laughing out loud while reading. I also very much enjoyed Esther’s friendship group - they really enhanced the humour.

Lucy's books are always fun and upbeat - and this was no exception. I'm afraid I didn't get to finish this by the archive date, but plan to pick up a copy and finish when I can. No reflection at all on the book - more on my workload.

3.75 ✨

This is a fun and enjoyable read that felt very relatable to the struggle of being in your twenties and trying to find 'the one'. There's humour, romance and some chaotic shenanigans to keep you amused.

With thanks to Simon & Schuster for the ARC

Lucy Vine is a queen and Seven Exes is a must for the TBR! I guarantee you’ll laugh so much tears will stream down your cheeks.

I have loved everything about this book. The characters are brilliant, the plot is unique and this is full of Lucy’s humour which I just adore.

Reflecting on past relationships is always interesting. Esther decides to see if any of her exes are “the one”

Lucy has written a gem. This is witty and full of laughs. I fell in love with this book just from the synopsis and it hasn’t disappointed.

I’ve read all of Lucy’s books and this is a favourite. I have loved this book from the very first page. I devoured this in just one sitting and found myself craving more.

I am so excited for what might be coming next from Lucy. This is definitely a book for the TBR.

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Review: Oh I loved this book and I knew that I would. I identified with Esther so much and the idea that she categorised her exes in the way that she did? Just genius! I also love the idea that she planned her whole life’s journey (for the time that we spend with her in the book) around a magazine article that she found stuffed into a booth in a pub. It is so very early 2000s and so I really feel her there. She is such a fun character because she wants to have her shit together and sometimes you feel like she is as far from that as she could be but then she’s holding down a job and a flat and friendships and so actually, she’s doing alright for herself!

One of the things that I love about a Lucy Vine novel is the unconventional characters. I like that not all of her main characters are in search of ‘the one’ that sometimes it is more about the friendships and the journey of self-discovery or simply more about having a good time. I also love that not all of Lucy Vine’s characters are conventional body types, or straight. I just love finding out more about her characters because I know they’re not going to be on-dimensional and Ether’s friendship group in Seven Exes fit’s this beautifully. I loved spending time with her friends and I felt like I was part of their group over the duration of the novel.

I’ve seen a few people compare this book to the movie What’s Your Number which was also based on a book (that I have read) and I liked that comparison but in my mind, this book is much more than that. I think the fact that we have some British nostalgia in here, some more divers characters and also that solid friendship group just elevates this story. I loved what a quick read this book was. I couldn’t put it down, wanting to find out about each of the exes and thank goodness I read this with a friend so that we could discuss each funny moment and share our love of Esther and her friends. Highly recommend!

I feel like this would be a perfect beach read, easy to get through and follow. I enjoyed the concept, very similar to romcoms like What's your Number. Our lead character, Esther, reads an article listing 7 types of boyfriends and then tries to meet with all of her 7 exes to see if any of them were the one. She involves her flatmates Louise and Bibi in her quest and their relationships are explored too. I liked this book, but I didn't love it. I found Esther and some of her actions annoying, and sometimes struggled to believe that she was in her late twenties rather 20 by how she acted in some situations. And felt that she was really full of herself, which made her seem quite unlikable. I really appreciated the LGBTQ+ representations in the book.

I would've loved more time spent on exploring her past relationships, a couple went quite quickly - which although I guess is how we could all look at past relationships some didn't have too much back story.

I must admit, it did take me quite a while to get into this books and I had a few false starts. I found it obvious where it was going to end up, but there was an interesting twist at the end, when she meets a woman at a bar.

Overall I think this would be great for fans of romcoms and modern romance.

Lucy’s writing genuinely just fills me with warmth, it’s always making me chuckle and smile and I just find them so easy to pick up and read, this one was no different.
Esther’s character was sweet and it did make me laugh when she realised her exes all fit into the categories the journalist listed, that would be typical! This book was so relatable yet sweet and funny I really enjoyed it.

I really enjoy all Lucy Vine books there is something about how she writes female friendships that is just so real. Seven exes is Lucy's best book yet. I really enjoyed reading about all of Esther's ex stories and at times I really wanted to give Esther a big shake for some of the choices she made. Loved loved thus book. Can't wait for the next one and I look forward to getting my paperback copy on release day.