JESSICA THOMPSON
Authors - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Three Little Words (2013)
They are just words but they mean so much. As a dark evening draws in, the lives of three women are changed forever. The worlds they have been living in, the people they thought they knew - in an instant it all changes. But when everything seems to shatter around them, could three little words be enough to help put the pieces back together again? Three Little Words is the story of four women, whose lives have been altered by a turn of events. The story flits between the different women making it difficult at first to remember who everyone is, especially as the initial chapters jump backwards and forwards in time. However, the event at the beginning of the book hooks you in and keeps you reading and wondering just how the four women are connected. Whist I enjoyed the four stories, it was Bryony's story that I wanted to read about as I empathised the most with her. There were plot twists and turns along the way that I didn't see coming and I thought overall it was a good read. It's not a book to dip in and out of, if you can try to read it in a few sittings. (AB)
This is a Love Story (2012)
When Sienna and Nick first laid eyes on each other, bonding over a squirrel on water skis, they fell in love. Only sometimes it isn't that simple; they're work colleagues (and Nick doesn't date work colleagues anymore) and Sienna has enough secrets in her home life to occupy her time without falling in love. The books tells both Nick and Sienna's story over five years as they try to fight their feelings for each other. This is a Love Story does exactly what it says on the tin. Told from both Nick and Sienna's point of view, you know the characters are made for each other and spend the book hoping they get together. This does mean at a few points in the novel you do want to bash the character's heads together in frustration! The book made me laugh out loud in places and get choked on tears the next. The novel is written with a quirky and fresh tone. It's a brilliant debut novel and is unashamed chick lit at its best. (AB)
