The Good Part by Sophie Cousens

 

Thank you to PRH Audio for the advanced listening copy.

The Good Part by Sophie Cousens is a time slip what if kind of a novel. Lucy just wants to skip to the good part of her life. The life where everything is sorted out and each days seems so planned. She wants this so much she wishes on a wishing machine and wakes up 16 years in the future. The question is do you want to get to your destination without taking the journey?

I am a huge Sophie Cousens fan and this story did not disappoint. Lucy was so likable and the family she woke up to delightful. It was fun to see she still had her friends and many of her dreams had come true. It was interesting to think about waking up and being a mom. A job that is hard, but even harder to step into. The characters in the story were so endearing and helped to make me so invested in the story. I was fascinated with the premise of what if you skipped through everything in between. So many times, that is what we think we want. But do we really? I love how the author brought such depth to the story.

It was a pleasure to listen to this. The narrator Kerry Gilbert did a great job and really brought the story to life for me. Great audio!

I loved how The Good Part was thoughtful, funny and filled with delightful characters! I want to read it again! I highly recommend The Good Part by Sophie Cousens.

I was given a copy by the publisher and not required to write a review.

Sophie Cousens writes romantic comedies. Before becoming a full time writer, she worked as a TV producer in London for more than twelve years, working on shows such as The Graham Norton Show, Russell Howard's Good News and Big Brother.

She now lives on the island of Jersey in the UK, and balances her writing career with taking care of two small children. Sophie yearns for a time when she can add a miniature dachshund to her brood, and wishes for the ability to read books faster than she keeps buying them.

This Time Next Year is her first novel.