Published by: Arrow (12th Sept 2013)
Received a copy for review from the publisher, thank you!
Blurb:
They thought they'd be friends forever…
Jen, Andrew, Lilah, Natalie and Dan were inseparable at university, but in the seventeen years since they left they have hardly seen each other. Until Jen invites them all to stay at her house in the French Alps. The house where they once spent a golden summer before tragedy tore them apart.
When a snowstorm descends, they find themselves trapped and forced to confront their unresolved issues, frustrated passions and broken friendships. And as relationships shift and marriages flounder, the truth about what really happened years before is slowly revealed. And Jen realises that perhaps some wounds can never be healed...
Why you would love this:
I have never tried any of Amy's previous books, but according to the lovely Gillian Holmes, women's fiction at Arrow, they are funny, warm stories which will make you fall in love with its characters. However, Amy Silver has now reformed herself as a writer, writing about deeper, more complicated things, she has gone over to the "dark side" and let me tell you, she's brilliant at it!
The Reunion follows the story of six friends, bonded by their time in university, where each and every one of them are different in their own ways. Jen, loving and beautiful girlfriend of Conor, the alpha male of the gang, the bookish aspiring author Natalie and Dan, orphaned since childhood with a big dream, the carefree, free-spirited Lilah and kind and sensible Andrew, Conor's best friend. The cast of characters were very well written, you have the typical university bunch - the sensible one, clever one, gorgeous one, wild one and of course, the lost one.
In The Reunion, I feel that Amy Silver has captured the true essence of friendship, though human relationships are as predictable as the English weather, it is cleverly dealt with and written to its smallest detail. How friendships can heal broken hearts, fill hollow ones and even break the strongest of bonds when betrayed. There are really strong emotions in this book and I recommend tissues, because right after reading this, you would have the strongest urge to call up your closest friends and family and tell them you love them.
I really enjoyed how the plot opened up as I progressed throughout the book, though there are letters and emails, correspondence between the characters, where you'll see things from a more personal point of view and the earlier chapters were really inviting, stringing me along to keep on reading and I did! My curiosity got the better of me and I ploughed on.
A brilliantly written novel about forgiveness and letting go of the past, even when it comes with a heavy price. An incredibly thought-provoking and heartbreaking book which will pull your heartstrings and compel you to cherish your friends and making sacrifices to move on.
Rating: 9/10
The Reunion follows the story of six friends, bonded by their time in university, where each and every one of them are different in their own ways. Jen, loving and beautiful girlfriend of Conor, the alpha male of the gang, the bookish aspiring author Natalie and Dan, orphaned since childhood with a big dream, the carefree, free-spirited Lilah and kind and sensible Andrew, Conor's best friend. The cast of characters were very well written, you have the typical university bunch - the sensible one, clever one, gorgeous one, wild one and of course, the lost one.
In The Reunion, I feel that Amy Silver has captured the true essence of friendship, though human relationships are as predictable as the English weather, it is cleverly dealt with and written to its smallest detail. How friendships can heal broken hearts, fill hollow ones and even break the strongest of bonds when betrayed. There are really strong emotions in this book and I recommend tissues, because right after reading this, you would have the strongest urge to call up your closest friends and family and tell them you love them.
I really enjoyed how the plot opened up as I progressed throughout the book, though there are letters and emails, correspondence between the characters, where you'll see things from a more personal point of view and the earlier chapters were really inviting, stringing me along to keep on reading and I did! My curiosity got the better of me and I ploughed on.
A brilliantly written novel about forgiveness and letting go of the past, even when it comes with a heavy price. An incredibly thought-provoking and heartbreaking book which will pull your heartstrings and compel you to cherish your friends and making sacrifices to move on.
Rating: 9/10
They thought they'd be friends forever…
Jen, Andrew, Lilah, Natalie and Dan were inseparable at university, but in the seventeen years since they left they have hardly seen each other. Until Jen invites them all to stay at her house in the French Alps. The house where they once spent a golden summer before tragedy tore them apart.
When a snowstorm descends, they find themselves trapped and forced to confront their unresolved issues, frustrated passions and broken friendships. And as relationships shift and marriages flounder, the truth about what really happened years before is slowly revealed. And Jen realises that perhaps some wounds can never be healed... - See more at: http://www.randomhouse.com.au/books/amy-silver/the-reunion-9780099574491.aspx#sthash.jwZIclkk.dpu
Jen, Andrew, Lilah, Natalie and Dan were inseparable at university, but in the seventeen years since they left they have hardly seen each other. Until Jen invites them all to stay at her house in the French Alps. The house where they once spent a golden summer before tragedy tore them apart.
When a snowstorm descends, they find themselves trapped and forced to confront their unresolved issues, frustrated passions and broken friendships. And as relationships shift and marriages flounder, the truth about what really happened years before is slowly revealed. And Jen realises that perhaps some wounds can never be healed... - See more at: http://www.randomhouse.com.au/books/amy-silver/the-reunion-9780099574491.aspx#sthash.jwZIclkk.dpu
They thought they'd be friends forever…
Jen, Andrew, Lilah, Natalie and Dan were inseparable at university, but in the seventeen years since they left they have hardly seen each other. Until Jen invites them all to stay at her house in the French Alps. The house where they once spent a golden summer before tragedy tore them apart.
When a snowstorm descends, they find themselves trapped and forced to confront their unresolved issues, frustrated passions and broken friendships. And as relationships shift and marriages flounder, the truth about what really happened years before is slowly revealed. And Jen realises that perhaps some wounds can never be healed... - See more at: http://www.randomhouse.com.au/books/amy-silver/the-reunion-9780099574491.aspx#sthash.jwZIclkk.dpuf
Jen, Andrew, Lilah, Natalie and Dan were inseparable at university, but in the seventeen years since they left they have hardly seen each other. Until Jen invites them all to stay at her house in the French Alps. The house where they once spent a golden summer before tragedy tore them apart.
When a snowstorm descends, they find themselves trapped and forced to confront their unresolved issues, frustrated passions and broken friendships. And as relationships shift and marriages flounder, the truth about what really happened years before is slowly revealed. And Jen realises that perhaps some wounds can never be healed... - See more at: http://www.randomhouse.com.au/books/amy-silver/the-reunion-9780099574491.aspx#sthash.jwZIclkk.dpuf
They thought they'd be friends forever…
Jen, Andrew, Lilah, Natalie and Dan were inseparable at university, but in the seventeen years since they left they have hardly seen each other. Until Jen invites them all to stay at her house in the French Alps. The house where they once spent a golden summer before tragedy tore them apart.
When a snowstorm descends, they find themselves trapped and forced to confront their unresolved issues, frustrated passions and broken friendships. And as relationships shift and marriages flounder, the truth about what really happened years before is slowly revealed. And Jen realises that perhaps some wounds can never be healed... - See more at: http://www.randomhouse.com.au/books/amy-silver/the-reunion-9780099574491.aspx#sthash.jwZIclkk.dpuf
Jen, Andrew, Lilah, Natalie and Dan were inseparable at university, but in the seventeen years since they left they have hardly seen each other. Until Jen invites them all to stay at her house in the French Alps. The house where they once spent a golden summer before tragedy tore them apart.
When a snowstorm descends, they find themselves trapped and forced to confront their unresolved issues, frustrated passions and broken friendships. And as relationships shift and marriages flounder, the truth about what really happened years before is slowly revealed. And Jen realises that perhaps some wounds can never be healed... - See more at: http://www.randomhouse.com.au/books/amy-silver/the-reunion-9780099574491.aspx#sthash.jwZIclkk.dpuf
They thought they'd be friends forever…
Jen, Andrew, Lilah, Natalie and Dan were inseparable at university, but in the seventeen years since they left they have hardly seen each other. Until Jen invites them all to stay at her house in the French Alps. The house where they once spent a golden summer before tragedy tore them apart.
When a snowstorm descends, they find themselves trapped and forced to confront their unresolved issues, frustrated passions and broken friendships. And as relationships shift and marriages flounder, the truth about what really happened years before is slowly revealed. And Jen realises that perhaps some wounds can never be healed... - See more at: http://www.randomhouse.com.au/books/amy-silver/the-reunion-9780099574491.aspx#sthash.jwZIclkk.dpuf
Jen, Andrew, Lilah, Natalie and Dan were inseparable at university, but in the seventeen years since they left they have hardly seen each other. Until Jen invites them all to stay at her house in the French Alps. The house where they once spent a golden summer before tragedy tore them apart.
When a snowstorm descends, they find themselves trapped and forced to confront their unresolved issues, frustrated passions and broken friendships. And as relationships shift and marriages flounder, the truth about what really happened years before is slowly revealed. And Jen realises that perhaps some wounds can never be healed... - See more at: http://www.randomhouse.com.au/books/amy-silver/the-reunion-9780099574491.aspx#sthash.jwZIclkk.dpuf
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