A review by hainyh
The Summer Getaway by Tilly Tennant

3.0

This is a nice enough tale about two separate families that decide to go on holiday, whose lives become intertwined in a rather coincidental way. It’s a nice, enjoyable romance with a very predictable ending, therefore is not too taxing a read and is great to relax to. The only problem I had with it is that it took forever for the woman in this story to get to the point of the story. It’s very difficult to say exactly what I mean by this without a whopping great spoiler, but if you’ve read it you’ll know what I mean; the woman has one job to do throughout the story and manages to drag out until the last couple of chapters. This meant that I was impatiently seething at her and wishing the author would just get on with it. Not only that, but the way in which the man and the woman’s lives come together is too much of a coincidence to be believeable. Finally, the other thing I didn’t like is that the man and woman spend one day together and have a few kisses, and all of a sudden he’s going crazy asking worrying if she’s going to dump him (‘dump’, after a few kisses?!) asking where they’re going together, saying how happy he is with what they’ve got together... if it was the other way round I’m sure the man would run a mile!