Having fallen head over heels in love with Suzie Tullett's previous novel, 'The Trouble With Words', I could not wait to get stuck into her latest release, 'Little White Lies and Butterflies'. The only problem with loving an authors previous novel so much, is that you automatically have high hopes for the next book. I'm not going to lie, it was certainly the case here! As far as I was concerned, 'The Trouble With Words' was Suzie Tullett's best book by far and I really didn't know how she was going to beat it.
For Lydia, being a career minded mum is a definite no-no. She doesn't quite understand how females can go out to work AND be a mum at the same time. I mean, as far as Lydia is concerned, it's either one or the other. Not both. Bearing in mind Lydia doesn't even have a partner yet as no male seems to tick every box on her 'perfect man' checklist. Most women make a career which involves a month pay check, but, as you will soon come to realise, Lydia isn't 'most women' and, after dedicating most of her life to finding that all important 'perfect man', she's not going to let the small issue of 'wrong coloured eyes' to come between her and her Mr.Right. Obsessed? Perhaps!
Wowee, what a character Lydia is! I must admit that at first, I couldn't stand her. I found her to be such a kook…and not in a good way!I fully appreciate that women choose to live their lives as they see fit, but I did find Lydia's path to be absolutely bonkers – especially as she came across as quite a selfish woman in the way she spoke to her family members and so on. But that's just me!
What made me sit up and take notice of 'Little White Lies and Butterflies' storyline, was how the author took Lydia completely out of her comfort zone by going travelling. Lydia is the type of character who knows what she wants, as well as having to know what will happen in her life. Going travelling however, was a genius move on the authors behalf as it showed Lydia in a completely different light which meant I got to see a side to Lydia I actually quite liked. Instead of the hoity toity side to Lydia which came across at the beginning, I got to see Lydia completely unrefined, and my goodness it was brilliant (well, apart from when she was looking down her nose at folk!).
I loved how the storyline engulfed more of the characters personalities the more of it I read, especially when the whole cooking fiasco came to light. I enjoyed reading more about Lydia's mum and found her to be such a hilarious character. For me, she certainly brightened up the storyline.
There were times during the storyline where I laughed and couldn't stop smiling, but then there were also moments where I wished the spotlight could have been taken away from Lydia for once. Her character seemed to take over the book a bit too much for my liking. I loved the authors descriptions of Greece, that's for sure! I felt as though i was being transported to a modern-day 'Shirley Valentine' movie! Brilliant!
'Little White Lies and Butterflies' is a light-hearted read with some truly wonderful, memorable characters. Sometimes we have no idea where we fit in life, but, after reading 'Little White Lies and Butterflies', you'll know exactly where you fit – wherever your heart is.
I'm on the blog tour tomorrow, so I won't say too much, except I liked the sassy MC, she made the book a fun read.