Sasha has had it. She cannot bring herself to respond to another inane, “urgent” (but obviously not at all urgent) email or participate in the corporate employee joyfulness program. She hasn’t seen her friends in months. Sex? Seems like a lot of effort. Even cooking dinner takes far too much planning. Sasha has hit a wall.
Armed with good intentions to drink kale smoothies, try yoga, and find peace, she heads to the seaside resort she loved as a child. But it’s the off season, the hotel is in a dilapidated shambles, and she has to share the beach with the only other a grumpy guy named Finn, who seems as stressed as Sasha. How can she commune with nature when he’s sitting on her favorite rock, watching her? Nor can they agree on how best to alleviate their burnout ( manifesting, wild swimming; drinking whisky, getting pizza delivered to the beach).
When curious messages, seemingly addressed to Sasha and Finn, begin to appear on the beach, the two are forced to talk—about everything. How did they get so burned out? Can either of them remember something they used to love? (Answer: surfing!) And the question they try and fail to ignore: what does the energy between them—flaring even in the face of their bone-deep exhaustion—signify?
What I loved about this story... Sophie Kinsella is firmly on my list of most favourite authors of all time so there was high expectations going into this book and it did not disappoint. Picking up a novel by this author I always have the hope that its going to be easy to read, funny and filled with romance. This is one of those books. What made this story even more intriguing is Sasha going to stay at her old childhood seaside resort and she meets a range of really interesting characters especially a little bit of a mystery to solve.
Would I recommend... A classic fun romantic read from Sophie Kinsella that I would highly recommend.
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