Book News : The Heart Whisperer by Ella Griffin

On her thirty-third birthday, Claire Dillon decides that it's finally time to grow up. She will give herself twelve months to try to sort out her life. Her mother was thirty-three when she drowned. The accident happened on Claire's seventh birthday and deep down, Claire feels it was her fault. Her Mum had everything to live for but Claire's life is a mess...

All her relationships have just fizzled out over the years. Her acting career is going nowhere and thirty-three, in actress years, is somewhere between forty-five and extinct. Nothing in her life works. Her locks stick, her pipes howl, her computer has no letter 'p'. Her beloved car, Mossy, which used to belong to her mother, only has one wiper and no reverse gear. If it weren't for the kindness of her oldest and best friend, the gorgeous, charming, and once-very-famous Ray Devine, she wouldn't even have a place to live. So she gives herself a year to turn her life around...

The only reason I read Ella's debut novel, Postcards from the Heart was because its plot captivated me, and well, the lovely cover did too. What else could you want? Right, perks of being an Irish writer, Ella's friends with Marian Keyes, so the moment I saw the Irish Queen's praise, I got the book and the story was really good. When I caught wind of a second novel, I was keen on knowing more about it! But sadly, The Heart Whisperer was delayed as its original release was in August 2012. Now, it's been pushed back to January 2013. I hope Orion does send me a copy as I loved Ella's first one.