Highland Fling - Katie Fforde

Katie Fforde is one of my favourite authors, one of the best around for romantic comedies or 'Chick-Lit' as I've heard it referred! Highland Fling was the first of her novels I read, and must have been good, as it inspired me to buy most of the other books in her collection! In Highland Fling, the main character, Jenny, is called up to the Highlands to an old mill to try to save it from ruin. After a few mishaps, she fits nicely into her new life, getting used to the freezing conditions and making friends with a local burger van owner! However, everything changes when she meets her new client, who she begins to fall in love with. Throw into the ...  Read the complete review

Even when you just see the spine of this book on the bookshelf, it screams « chicklit » at you - the pink cover, the heart, the flower, the idea of romance ... So I must admit, I wasn't expecting anything special out of this book apart from the usual frothy, hopefully funny, frivolous, lightweight reading that chicklit offers. The quote on the front, apparently from Choice magazine, says "The ideal summer read" and it did indeed find itself tucked away in my suitcase when we headed off for some lazing in the sun this summer. And it did live up to my expectations, in the good and bad sense of the word ! There are absolutely no surprises or suspense, ...  Read the complete review

Katie Fforde Highland Fling Published by Arrow Books I can actually claim to have every book Katie Fforde has ever had published. Which is quite a feat for me! I like her style, I like her humour, and I like her characters, which means in turn that I like every book she publishes, and what is more, I know I’m going to like it before I even buy it! Her stories aren’t deeply philosophical, her characters are no more or less complicated than you or I, but there’s just something about they way they pull you in, with the ease of reading and the simplicity and everyday-lifeness of them that means you pick them up and can’t put them down ...  Read the complete review