Isabel frustrated me too but in different ways and I ended up feeling differently towards the end of the novel.

Me Before You has now sold over fourteen million copies worldwide and was adapted into a major film starring Sam Claflin and Emilia Clarke. Her 15 years old Kitty misses her friends from her old place and Thierry is still keeping his silence after dealing with tragedy of losing his father. It was beautiful to watch Isabel come into her own as a mother and start making sacrifices for her children. I wish that the rest of the book flowed as well as the first section because I was super bored most of the time.I am not responsible for the republishing of the content found on this blog on other Web sites or media without my permission. Isabel will discover an instinct for survival she never knew she had— and that a heart can play a new song. He was killed in a car accident, and has left her in debt, floundering to survive in the world of realities which, up to this point, she has mostly ignored.

Thierry who hasn’t spoken since his father died needs help and Kitty is too young to be expected to look after both her mother and brother. Isabelle was an infuriating character, I couldn't root for her or feel sorry for her even though she was grieving for her dead husband and her life had turned upside down. Luckily, at this point, the family are thrown a lifeline in The Spanish House and they immediately up sticks and move to the country and try and settle into the difference that living in a small village community offers. Moyes even creates a scene where our boy Firth emerges from swimming in a lake with his muscular torso gleaming and his hair slicked back - sending our widow's heart racing! As Matt attempts to drive Isabel and her family away from The Spanish House things begin to unravel very quickly and soon result in a dangerous obsession.The exclusive lifestyle she had become accustomed to is now well beyond her reach, and what is more she is ill prepared to adapt to her new circumstances. She doesn’t have enough money to cover these expenses so she needs advise of the wrong man/ her neighbor, local builder Matt who has true vendetta against her because he thinks he deserves to be the real owner of the place with his wife Laura. Two men who each like her - one is wealthy, sleeps around and doesnt care about his family, the other is the strong silent type who obviously has a past. When she finds out that she has inherited a house in the country, it seems like a great new start for her and her two children.

Initially, my heart totally broke for the delightful Isabel but watching her blossom and heal was just wonderful.Jojo has won the Romantic Novelist’s Award twice, and Me Before You has been nominated for Book of the Year at the UK Galaxy Book Awards.