Some new friendships are made and we are treated to a very satisfactory girl-power-variety takedown.

Mad About You by Mhairi McFarlane | Goodreads Mad About You by Mhairi McFarlane | Goodreads

The gaslighting, psychological abuse, grief, cheating, power of friendship blended into Harriet’s heart wrenching story so well!I don’t think Mhairi McFarlane is capable of writing a book that does not have plenty of humor interwoven naturally throughout serious situations and conversations as well as more lighthearted moments.

Mad About You | Mhairi McFarlane | Book Review - bookGeeks Mad About You | Mhairi McFarlane | Book Review - bookGeeks

The story addresses serious topics like abuse, infidelity, toxic relationships, loss, and the negative impact of social media, but it maintains a hopeful and positive tone with the strong and uplifting friendships and the possibility of romance. I do enjoy the way the author manages to some people up in just a few words and yet you really see them.These healthy and supportive relationships stand in sharp contrast to some of the other toxic relationships Harriet and Sam have experienced. I enjoyed the author's witty writing style and her compelling characterizations and will certainly be giving her another try.

Mad about You by Mhairi McFarlane | Waterstones

It is not romantic to a great extent; it is not comic except for a few scattered scenes; it is not light-hearted at all.Luckily, thanks to one of her friends who is a realtor, she is able to get out from under Jon's roof almost immediately and finds a house to share with a guy who seems nice in a perfect house in a nice neighborhood. When they are away for a weekend with Jon's family and celebrating the anniversary of his parents, Jon surprises her by proposing in front of his family. I think that McFarlane got it right in how people always seem to pile up on women online and decide they are suddenly 'experts' on everything under the sun when it comes to women they have decided to hate. Sunday Times bestselling author Mhairi McFarlane was born in Scotland in 1976 and her unnecessarily confusing name is pronounced Vah-Ree.

Mhairi McFarlane discusses her eighth novel, Mad About You Mhairi McFarlane discusses her eighth novel, Mad About You

The writing was typical McFarlane, she tries to be breezy through some tough topics, but it doesn't work. This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use.After some efforts at journalism, she started writing novels and her first book, You Had Me At Hello, was an instant success. A woman’s rose-colored view of her tight circle of friends is shattered in this heartfelt and funny story of loss and recovery from McFarlane (If I Never Met You). But back in 2012, publishers weren’t quite so canny about Kindle pricing, and when the début was part of a 99p Kindle deal, she sold 100,000-odd copies in a month and became “very visible”. But there are many cases where she herself accuses without justification, takes very questionable decisions, and jumps to conclusions faster than you can say “Harriet!