- Just Last Night by Mhairi McFarlane
Eve, Susie, Ed, and Justin have been friends since they were teenagers. Eve has been secretly in love with Ed for years and suspects he may have feelings for her as well, but then something happens that turns everyone’s world upside down.
Now to my somewhat spoilery review. So many things about this book bugged me. The fact that Ed and Eve would have only communicated via letter about their love and never actually talked about it was dumb. The fact that Ed and Hester had been together for 16 years and hadn’t gotten married yet, especially given the way she was written was also dumb. Before the author revealed how long they had been together I assumed she must be some sort of new girlfriend that no one else in the friend group liked, but was then flabbergasted when it was revealed they had been dating since college. It also really bugged me that Fin was supposed to be this super rich psychologist as if that is a profession that leads people to be independently wealthy. The author does eventually try and explain that, but why not just give him a different profession if you want him to be rich instead of twisting yourself in knots to make it seem logical. This could have been much better story if there weren’t so many unnecessary things that could have easily been changed without altering the story that undercut it. I give it a 4 out of 10.