There is an awful lot of prejudice out there [about romantic fiction but] I think you can kind of have it all.

Mad About You | Mhairi McFarlane | Book Review - bookGeeks Mad About You | Mhairi McFarlane | Book Review - bookGeeks

Harriet and Cal’s relationship didn’t entirely convince me as we get few ‘domestic’ scenes where we just them hanging out in the house or interacting while doing everyday things like cooking etc.Mad About You was such a joy to read - it's laugh out loud funny, devastatingly moving, and delightfully swoony, all at once. When Scott lets loose his devious plan for revenge, his followers on the internet make Harriet a social and commercial pariah. I will definitely say though that she had way too many blinders with Jon and I don't think McFarlane ever threaded the needle there. For a book to be a romance besides how it ends (HEA or HFN), the central focus should be on the development of a romantic relationship between two people. I just don't think McFarlane ever just showed us that Harriet was keeping her head buried about way too many things and her judgement seemed off.

Mad about You – HarperCollins Publishers UK

I went into a zone in my mind where I was like, because writing a novel is a serious thing, my novel should have a very serious tone,” she says. On the other hand, she meets Cal Clarke, who unlike herself, is a hopeless romantic who has had his own wedding disaster. But back in 2012, publishers weren’t quite so canny about Kindle pricing, and when the début was part of a 99p Kindle deal, she sold 100,000-odd copies in a month and became “very visible”. She accepts out of huge embarrassment and almost immediately breaks it off with Jon making it possibly one of the shortest engagements in history! The smart writing, the genuine, real and connectable characters made me drawn into this thought provoking story with powerful messages!I enjoyed the author's witty writing style and her compelling characterizations and will certainly be giving her another try. Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). I really wanted to see them fall in love, but felt that the romance was rushed and like a bit of an add on? The gaslighting, psychological abuse, grief, cheating, power of friendship blended into Harriet’s heart wrenching story so well! I felt for her struggles with her exes and trying to find a healthy balance in her relationships (not just romantic, but with friends, roommates, and clients, too).

Mad about You by Mhairi McFarlane | Waterstones

The latter half of the book is focused on Harriet finally facing up to her past and exorcising some demons. In many comedic romances, the heroine would have allowed herself to be won over, given him another chance, caved into pressure and argument, or delayed and delayed the painful confrontation.

This is my second book by this author and I remember the first one being a normal trope but being very well written and making it different and unusual.