When I read this book I hadn't read the blurb so didn't know what to expect and my goodness it was brilliant!

I had not read a Marian Keyes book before and had been told she was 'feel good chick lit' I wasn't expecting the story to be so deep.

The story tells of Rachel who believes she is going on holiday, so completely in denial is she that she has a problem she cannot understand why the spa where she is going is more like a rehab centre... it takes a long time for her to admit that she has a problem and she is in fact getting help.

What is great about this book is that although it is about something serious, someone struggling with a drug addiction it is actually very light-hearted without being patronising or unreal. It has so much wit and funny elements to it that you do not get bogged down in the seriousness of it.

The characters created are great. Rachel is nothing like me yet I felt as though I could relate to her by the way that Marian Keyes had created her.

Throughout her stay at the rehab centre Rachel has flashbacks which tell us the reader about what happened and so as we get to know who she is and what she has done it is as though Rachel is learning about herself too. It's really interesting to see how she changes and grows as a person.

Rachel is part of The walsh family who Keyes has featured in other books too with each sister being the lead in a book. I think this makes it all the more interesting.

I really recommend this book. It was my first keyes novel and definitely my favourite. I simply loved it.