Between Us: The biggest rom com of 2023: smart, romantic and laugh-out-loud funny from the bestselling author of Last Night and Mad About You

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They’re all gearing up for a weekend away to celebrate an engagement, a birthday, and the premiere of her boyfriend Joe‘s new show. I thought McFarlane did a good job of portraying a group that have been friends for a long time, but are at that point in their lives when things are changing and some of them are drifting apart, such that the future of the friendships seem to hang in the balance, and there is this feeling of nostalgia for what once was.

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This book tackles a number of difficult issues in relationships ~sometimes almost too many to cope with!

But when Roisin sees secrets she shared with Joe play out on the TV screen, she knows that between us means nothing at all. It can be a real challenge and for some people, the desire to hang onto it, to try and recreate it or hold it together, can be really strong. As the weekend unfolds, tensions are revealed between the group and Roisin’s sense of foreboding about her own relationship grows.While I didn’t get what I wanted from Between Us, McFarlane’s writing is strong enough it didn’t ever occur to me to put the book down. And whilst I appreciate that McFarlane perhaps wants to cover more ground than just romance in her books, one of the main reasons I fell in love with her as an author was for the great chemistry between her romantic leads, which unfortunately seems to have become very much a side aspect to her books nowadays.

And as they watch the first episode of Joe’s drama, she realizes that the private things she told him—which should have stayed between them—are right there on the screen.There's no on-page sex, but it's clear that there were nekkid activities that the characters enjoyed.

She just gets better and better' JOJO MOYES 'I LOVE her books PASSIONATELY and this is her best yet' MARIAN KEYES --This text refers to the paperback edition. I debated giving this book three rather than four stars, but I did absolutely enjoy reading it despite some misgivings. I guess that this does chime with the repeated refrain 'slow but then fast at the end' which pretty much sums up this book! I liked seeing his authenticity, even when you can see he could do better (not least because he gets there in the end).Having the friend group meet while working in Waterstones was also such a nice touch, as a book lover. And as they watch the first episode of Joe's drama, she realizes that the private things she told him--which should have stayed between them--are right there on the screen. It was very clear even before his show aired and aroused Roisin's suspicions, that the relationship was fraught, and given that Roisin was already contemplating ending things with him, things just seemed to drag on unnecessarily.