When I read the blurb for this I was so excited, it sounded fantastic. I was not disappointed this was brilliant.
The characters where just perfect and I really loved them both.
The whole book will have you in fits of giggles.
One of the best books I have read in ages it was so fun and exciting.

I adored this book. It was so funny and so sharply observed. Alex and Matt are a thirty something couple. Matt is separated from Claire the mother of his daughter, Scarlett. Scarlett has an imaginary friend, a rather grumpy 140 cm high rabbit called Posey. Claire is now in a relationship with Patrick, a nice man with a desire to be an Ironman (no, not the superhero, just one of those who does a super hard triathlon). It's Christmas and Claire has suggested they all go to The Happy Forest (center parcs by any other name) together. Are they adult enough to carry it off? Well, what do you think? The ensuing sniping that goes on between the couples, the anxieties they have, all are so well done. Matt in particular is very insecure around super-fit Patrick and resorts to a passive aggressive tactic of calling him Pat which Patrick of course hates and being falsely naive about the rhythmic banging of the pipes that goes on every evening at bedtime. But the best part is when Scarlett (and by default Posey) overhear something about vivisection and decide that Alex who is a scientist is going to murder Posey. The conversations that Posey and Scarlett have about this are simply brilliant. This book is for anyone who's got children, who's had a difficult breakup or even just a tense family get together. If you've been to Center Parcs so much the better. Many thanks to the publisher and to NetGalley for the ARC.

I wasn’t sure what to expect with this book but I loved it! I love the way it moves perspective so each character gets to tell us their point of view and I loved the way it moved from present to past to present again. Not a long book, easy to get into, easy to follow and a new spin on storytelling. Read it!

When feckless man-child Matt persuades his girlfriend Alex to spend Christmas at a slightly over-the-top country activity centre along with his fabulous ex-partner Claire, their 7 year old daughter, Scarlett and the uptight Patrick (Claire’s new ‘punching over his weight’ boyfriend), Alex is full of foreboding. And she has every right to be - it’s obvious that Matt isn’t completely over Claire; young Scarlett has taken her parents’ break up very badly and spends much of her time talking to Posey, her imaginary friend - a wise cracking street-smart giant purple rabbit - and poor insecure Patrick is completely out of his depth. What could possibly go right, and why on earth did any of them agree to go there in the first place?

At the start we find out that simmering resentments have, not surprisingly, got out of hand between them all and one of the house party has been shot, perhaps fatally. Who is it, what happened and why? And so the scene is set for a hilariously great blockbuster of a read.

I really loved this book. It is genuinely funny all the way through. The characters are brilliant (especially Posey the rabbit) and I can’t wait to read more from Ms Hulse.

Many thanks to NetGalley, to Orien and to the author for allowing me to read and review this lovely book.