I think most of us can relate to the inner wish to have it all: the man of your dreams, home, maybe kids. Lucy has the feeling she is missing out. After having a secret crush on her (married) boss she is happy to find the one, or at least she thinks so. But after heartbreak she wants to take fate into her own hands. However, will fulfilling that wish be an obstacle to finding the real One?

Written in a typical British style, the author takes you on Lucy's journey. I enjoyed it a lot, although it is more chick lit than a typical romance. Hitting close to home for me so very relatable.

Review: Just The Two Of Us by Georgie Capron – published Feb 1.

Just The Two Of Us, a debut novel by Georgie Capron, could so easily have been my own life story, which is probably why I found it hard to put down.

The main character, Lucy, is the “wrong side of 30”, single and her biological clock is ticking loudly.

She longs for a baby but, as another relationship comes crashing to an end, she starts to wonder if she really needs a partner to make that happen.

While my life eventually took a different route, I definitely remember wondering in my early 30s whether I could raise a baby on my own.

And I know from my friends that I wasn’t the only one considering becoming a single mother by choice.

Georgie’s novel certainly seems to tap into the spirit of the age.

Here’s the blurb, which is what hooked me in the first place:

Lucy is the wrong side of thirty and tormented daily by the idyllic family pictures cluttering up her Facebook newsfeed. All of her friends seem to be getting married and having babies, and yet here she is, resolutely single, and no prospect of creating the perfect family she's always dreamt of.

How she longs for it to be her turn.

But finding love is complicated, and as time passes she wonders if there might just be another way to make her dreams come true. Is she brave enough to go it alone, or is the fantasy of 'baby makes three' just too precious to give up on?

It’s a well-written, engaging story with a cast of lively and likeable characters who help move the plot along. Georgie has clearly done her research on this subject and it seems like an honest account rather than a fairytale. She makes it clear that Lucy has thought long and hard about it and is fully aware of the challenges that lay ahead. It is highly emotional at times but also full of warmth and laughter.

I don’t want to give any more away but I’m pretty sure I would have read it in one sitting, if time had allowed, just to find out what happens.

According to Twitter, Georgie has signed a three-book deal with Aria so I will be looking out for her next release with interest.

Format: Kindle.
Price :£2.99.
My rating: Four stars.

Thank you to Aria (via NetGalley) for the ARC in return for my honest review.

Lucy's story strikes a chord with most of today's single, self-sufficient women. She figures it out and makes some strong choices, although, as in life, our best laid plans, sometimes lead to the greatest joys and surprises. I highly recommend this book.

Just the Two of Us by Georgie Capron

I could say so much about this book, about how it resonates with me but I don’t want to spoil it for other readers. My daughter was in a similar situation to Lucy and as a witness to this, I can say that Georgie Capron has got it right.

Suffice it to say that it documents a thirty something’s wish to have a family – something that should be so easy and yet is denied to so many. Young women are in an increasingly difficult situation, wanting what everyone else has; the job, the man, the family and the lifestyle – all documented on social media just to drive home the negativity of those who are missing these elements.

Lucy is a fantastic character, with great friends and family but unfortunately a fair bit of self-doubt. A most enjoyable book which made me think and I didn’t want to put it down.

NetGalley supplied me with a copy of this book via Kindle in return for an honest review.

I loved the story and Lucy as the main character, the book is written in a very british style, which is not bad, but it does take me a while to engage and I end up skipping some parts.

In this book you follow along with Lucy as she navigates being single in her thirties. She is watching all of her friends pair off, start families and she is wondering if her turn will ever come along. We watch her fumble through a couple of relationships hoping that they would be successful and she would reach her ultimate goal of becoming a mother. But Lucy continues to find herself single and with her biological clock ticking loudly, she chooses to go through fertility treatments to become pregnant through insemination and do it all alone....but what happens when she then meets the man of her dreams???!!!
This story will make you laugh out loud, feel heartbroken for Lucy and I even found myself a little frustrated with her at times! But hey, nobody's perfect. I enjoyed this story very much and loved going through all the emotions with Lucy!

This is the story of a contemporary young woman that will resonate with many thirty-somethings who believe they deserve to have it all and feel disenfranchised and failing if they don't. Lucy is single at thirty-five, but she has her own home, a job she is good at even if it's not perfect, good friends, and a loving family - but she wants something more which she feels will make her life complete - a baby. Her biological clock is ticking so loudly she's willing to settle for a flawed relationship, but when 'the one' turns out to be committing shy, with Lucy anyway, she decides to go it alone - but life has a better plan for her than that.

In fact there are three plans, or rather men - and it was interesting to see which one would turn out to be Lucy's choice.

The writing is mostly telling, thus inner thoughts and motivations of other characters are described through Lucy's breezy descriptive style tended to gloss over the finer details. For example, I only knew Alex was moody and distant because Lucy said he was, I didn't see this for myself so I was left wondering if there might have been more to it.

Saying that, my desire to see if Lucy got what she wanted in the end - or rather who - kept me swiping the screen.