Reviewed by Jackie Marchant
This is a story about living above a café with your twin
sister, a soppy dad and glamorous mother, having to help in the café whether
you like it or not, until the day Liam Mackie walks in and you fall instantly
and hopelessly in love. And so does your
twin sister.
It’s about watching your twin sister flirt outrageously in a
ridiculously short skirt with the boy you’ve fallen for, about having to answer
her endless questions about whether or not you think he’s fit, until you make
the ultimate sacrifice and hand her the mobile phone he left in the café, so
she can be the one who gives it back to him.
But why does Jody make this sacrifice, when Jolene has ditched
dozens of boyfriends, after declaring each one of them ‘the one’? How can Jody bear to watch them together in
the café?
Because Jody has a secret.
And when the secret comes out, this book changes from a
lively, fun read into something a lot more serious – but no less fun and
lively. Having let Liam into the secret,
Jody now has a terrible time agonising over whether or how to explain why it
has led to a horrible row between Liam and Jolene that has left Jolene
inconsolable. But Liam is not going to
keep quiet about the secret and, once Jolene finds out, the happy balance
within the while family is threatened.
It’s difficult to say more without revealing the secret,
which came as a complete surprise to me.
But the aftermath is beautifully handled in the same light, highly
readable way. Jody is such an engaging
character that we are desperate to keep turning the pages to make sure
everything works out in the end.
This is a highly engaging, enjoyable read.
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