Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group - Fair Winds for this ARC.

This guide about the menopause is very comprehensive but goes sometimes into too much clinical detail that the average reader does not need to know and as a consequence, comes over as dry as my vagina.

It is almost impossible to read this book like a novel, as it will create information overload. It's best to dip in and out, go back for individual chapters as needed and make notes.

For a woman in her fifties, like myself, all this makes important but worrying reading. I had no idea that the loss of estradiol can lead to such far-reaching health problems throughout the body. 

Much is made of "debunking menopause myths", but to be honest, this is not the first book telling us about the helpful properties of HRT. Thankfully, non-hormonal solutions are also covered, as are supplements and diet.

Nevertheless, this is very thought-provoking and I will have to rethink my own attitude to HRT, coming from a family with breast cancer present (mother and grandmother).

As a side note, this is an American book so any mention of FDA approval or insurance coverage will not apply to other countries.

*Unfortunately this ARC is not available for the Kindle app and is almost unreadable on the NetGalley Shelf app as you have to constantly zoom into the microscopic text. I managed to convert the book to pdf and that's a bit better but still not a great reading experience.