Thank you to NetGalley and Random House UK, Transworld for this ARC.

This book is about a group of six friends. Rob, Al, Zoe, Rachel, Yas and Indie meet at university and loosely stay in touch until they all meet again 20 years later for a succession of events spanning a year - parties, funerals and weddings within the group. The six are very different but realistic characters who are everything from single, married, divorced and widowed, have relationship and job problems and different attitudes towards children.

The kaleidoscope of human experience is explored well but the multi POV writing style takes some getting used to as we're hopping from one person to the next, often with matter of fact descriptions of their actions or feelings. There is a lot going on and staying on top of who is who and in love with who is not always easy. Maybe fewer characters would have worked better so we could have concentrated more on their lives and motivations instead of just getting write-ups of "Zoe did this and then Al said this".

The whole thing is a bit too literary for me and I have to confess that I found a lot too mundane and boring. There is no real storyline, just vignettes that don't always join together well.  The complex and relatable characters all have their faults but I can't say I disliked anyone, except maybe Xavier. Read if you like character-driven stories about friendship, love and loss.