Break-Up Club by new to me author Lorelei Mathias offers up a contemporary and fun premise of friends bonding together over their heartbreak and re-entry to the single’s world, but the story failed to deliver the cheeky, fun and commiseration I was expecting. Parts of the story dragged and felt as though it had stalled and came to a complete stop. I liked the characters and kept reading hoping something big was getting ready to happen, but it just never seemed to materialize.

Olivia and Holly reunite many years after college to the news that Olivia has ended her long-term relationship and moved back to London. Nearly overnight on the heels of Olivia’s return, Bella is dumped by her boyfriend and then Holly ends her relationship and Harry catches his fiancée in flagrante delicto. The phrase misery loves company kept coming to mind as it seems these four mates do a continuous spiral over their lost relationships.

I liked the idea of a club where members can help the newly single navigate their way through all the stages of grief and find themselves on the other end, but none of the four really had a clue what they were doing and just basically winging it. There were some cute moments that made me smile but I honestly was disappointed that there weren’t more laugh out loud guffaws.

My Final Verdict: Overall, breaking up is a common and normal phase of relationships and come with varying degrees of the feels. I would have enjoyed this story more if there had been more forward progression of the story and growth in the characters instead of the sense of the same situations on indefinite repeat.

Thank you to the publisher, Harper Collins UK, Avon, who provided an advance reader copy via NetGalley.

Really enjoyable read. Good characters and a Good story. Well worth a read. Think others will. Enjoy

I thought this was a cute book by the description, but I couldn't get into the reading no matter what I did.

I liked this book a lot more than i thought i would, and i am someone who loves to read contemporaries and it is one of my favourite genres