Yours Truly Review

Synopsis

Newly engaged Natalie Butterworth is an easy-going girl. She'll do anything for a quiet life and if telling a few teensy white lies keeps her friends and family happy, then so what? 

It's not like they'll ever discover what she's really thinking ... Until one night, thanks to a pub hypnotist, Natalie's most private thoughts begin to bubble up and pop out of her mouth. Things get very messy indeed, especially when some sticky home truths offend her fiancé. 

Natalie must track down the hypnotist before her wedding is officially cancelled. So along with bad influence bestie Meg, Natalie finds herself in the Yorkshire Parish of Little Trooley – a small village bursting with big secrets, nosy old folk and intriguing Wellington-wearing men.

 When the girls get stuck in the village with no means of escape and no way to break the hypnotist's spell, Natalie is forced to face the truths she has been avoiding her whole life ...

Review

I've had this book on my Kindle for a while now, having started it a few months ago and then stopped reading it because at that time I had read too many Chick lit novels and my brain had become clogged up with frilly women, baby bumps and incessant shopping. So I made the conscience decision to stop reading this book and come back to it without the clogged up brain cells. Fast forward a few months later whilst I scrolling through my Kindle, I rediscovered it. From the onset I was captured by Natalie’s humor her and inability to say no. 

When I read the synopsis initially I thought this might not be my type of book as I'm not keen on magic. I stopped reading books about magic when I was fourteen. However I was sold on the fact the hypnotic would somehow turn Natalie into a blubber mouth and there is nothing I love more than a woman with foot in mouth disease. 

Yours Truly is a funny read, it is surprisingly uplifting and ultimately one of my favorite reads this month.   It well written, well plotted and kept me entertained. I'm kicking myself as to why I didn't finish it a long time ago when I started. Although the ending did too rushed and not entirely convincing, it is a wonderful debut with humorous moments and fantastic dialogue.