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What happens when two people decide to give themselves the year off....from each other?
Annie and Dan were the perfect couple. But now the not-so-newly weds feel more like flat mates than soul mates and wonder where all the fun and fireworks went....
When Annie lands her big break in a smash-hit show that's heading for the bright lights of Broadway, she's over the moon. Goodbye remote Irish village, hello fabulous Big Apple! Bit with their relationship already on the rocks, how will Annie and Dan survive the distance?
They're hitting the pause button on their marriage. One year off from each other - no strings attached - except a date to meet in twelve months at Rockefeller Centre to decide their fate.
Will they both turn up? Or is it too late for love?
After reading the blurb I was curious to see if Annie and Dan's marriage could survive a year break and different continents.
I did not warm to Annie at the beginning of the novel. Annie was not a happy bunny. She seemed to spend her time moaning about what was wrong in her marriage and with the folks around her. She seemed self-centred and not at all supportive of her hard working husband, the local vet, Dan. She had given up her acting dream to move to Ireland with Dan so he could run his vet business and be near his mother, but Annie did not seem to appreciate how difficult this was for Dan.
I changed my mind about Annie and started to have empathy for her after events that happened on the night she left for the Big Apple. By then, I was getting more insight into what was going on behind closed doors.
The author has cleverly arranged the characters to make appearances, on cue, to give their best performances.
Lisa was not just a childhood friend, but a much bigger threat. "The Frenemy."
Annie's mum came into the story just enough to jolt Annie when needed.
The story explores a long distance relationship that has already gone stale. Life is very different for Annie when she gets to The Big Apple and new friendships are established. A life far removed from home.
Dan could not make time for Annie when she lived in the same house!
Can Annie and Dan save their marriage after putting time and distance between them?
I will not spoil the ending for you.
4 out of 5 for me! I really enjoyed it!
I won a copy of this novel from Goodreads First reads.
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