This is quite a funny story. It has all the usual humour you would expect from Nick Spalding. You go off on holiday, to a beautiful part of the world when you see your ex there at the airport. Told from both points of view, each feeling the wronged person. Really enjoyed this book. Perfect beach read

It was an offer they could not let go by: one week on the Maldives for an unbeatable price, the perfect island for a couple. Joel has been there before, for the honeymoon with his ex-wife Amy, but now he is with Cara and wants to relive the happy time on the sandy beach. Yet, when they arrive at the airport, he spots Amy with her new boyfriend Ray. This can only be a coincidence. But it isn’t. Amy, too, has seen the offer and wanted to go there again. Thus, the two of them find each other on the same plane heading to the same destination after two years of hateful ignorance. Trapped on a small island, they cannot get out of each other’s way and therefore, quite some complicated days lie ahead of the former couple. Nick Spalding’s novel fulfilled all my expectations of a hilariously funny summer read: a great surrounding with beautiful nature, characters who easy fall prey to their own shortcomings and over and over again find themselves victim of their own doings - but in a comical and not too hurtful way. Even though it is clear from the start what is going to happen, I enjoyed following the alternating accounts of Joel and Amy offering their respective views which are filled with unattended to emotions. Underneath the hatred, you sense that there is still something that binds them and that makes them matter to each other. If it wasn’t, they could easily ignore the ex-partner. Both of them are totally predictable and too much caught in their maelstrom of negative emotions to stand above what happened in the past. Yet, just the fact that they know each other so well allows them to play really foul tricks. It is totally hilarious to see how they get worked up in trying to outplay each other. A light and entertaining read, perfect for the summer holiday on the beach.

Here is a perfect pick you up book. It is light reading and made me smile and cringe on every page. The story follows two couples as they set off for the holiday of a lifetime to the Maldives. But two of them have been there before, on the perfect honeymoon getaway. Now they have a divorce two years behind them and are with different partners. Amy and Joel had worked together in real estate and were like two peas in a pod until an error at work that they both blamed each other for. It ended their marriage and lost one of them their job. The hate between them had never lessened, and now two years on, Joel has spotted Amy and her new bloke at the airport, and it looks like they are heading the same place as Joel and his girlfriend. The story takes the couples through an obsessive game of attempting to avoid each other, with hilarious outcomes. It is followed by sabotage, one-upmanship, and the ultimate showdown. There are butt-clenching moments and very windy times ahead in every possible way. I have to say that the author does get inventive in the tac-ticks that they use. Some of this story is corny, but I enjoyed this light side of it, with the over the top situations and the visual delights that were created. I wish to thank the publisher and Net Galley for an e-copy of this book, which I have reviewed honestly.

Amy and Joel now divorced both end up on bargain holidays to the Maldives ( the place where they spent their honeymoon). Awkward- or is it? Not your usual rom-com as they mostly have a hate relationship and they can't get away from each other here. An entertaining and funny read with an unexpected ending.

Absolutely love Nick Spalding and this book did not disappoint. Right from the very first chapter I could see where it was going and I couldn’t stop laughing. Nick’s writing is just brilliant and the story flows really well through each chapter, which alternates between the main characters. Amy and Ray go on a last minute holiday to the Maldives. Joel and Cara also go on the same holiday. Amy and Joel were previously married and went through an awful break up, followed by divorce two years ago. They spot each other at the airport, end up on the same flight, then the same holiday resort! What are the chances? Some really funny laugh out loud moments as the couples try to avoid each other on a small island. You just know it’s not going to happen! I read this in one sitting as I couldn’t put it down. I’m sure my neighbours were wondering what I was laughing at, sat in the garden alone!