The Secrets of Happiness by Lucy Diamond
Publisher: Macmillan; Air Iri OME edition (January 28, 2016)
Genres: Fiction
Overall Rating: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Stepsisters Rachel and Becca could hardly be more different. Rachel is happily married with three children and a great career, while Becca has a dead-end job and a disastrous love life.
But when Rachel doesn’t come home one night, Becca is called in to help – and soon realizes that her stepsister’s life is not so perfect after all. Even worse, nobody seems to have a clue where Rachel might be.
As Becca begins to untangle Rachel’s secrets, she is forced to confront some uncomfortable truths of her own. But sometimes happiness can be found in the most unexpected places …
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This is a heart-warming story about long lost sisterly love. This book doesn’t disappoint and I’ve given it a solid 5-star.
Rebecca and Rachel are stepsisters and their sister bond hasn’t been the strongest. They’re more like strangers than sisters. One day, Rebecca received an unexpected call to take care of Rachel’s children when Rachel mysteriously disappears and that’s when misunderstandings between the sisters are slowly unraveled.
I love the opening of this book. It starts with a mystery and successfully makes me feeling baffled right at the beginning and all the more I want to read on to find out why and how Rachel ended up in Manchester.
All the characters in this book are super fun and quirky and of all, the ones I adore are the sisters, Rebecca and Rachel. Rebecca is someone I can totally relate to. Like many of us, she struggles with her daily life, not knowing what to do with her life and eventually against all odds, she manages to start her own business. Her unlikely and unexpected partner also helps to give her ideas relating to her business. She’s just like a down-to earth close friend whom I’ve known for a long time.
Rachel, on the other hand, is a very resilient mother of three. Being a divorce, and someone who’s out of job due to a possessive ex-husband to managing a difficult teenage daughter, she manages to pick herself up all the time.
This book also beautifully portrays the innocence of children, and here I’m referring to Rachel’s two younger children Scarlet and Luke. They do and speak whatever comes to mind and that’s what makes this book so fun and realistic. Definitely an engaging family tale with plenty of smiles and laughs.
This is a very positive read and I would highly recommend to anyone who’s feeling a little down and would love a little cheer in their life.
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