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The Seven O'Clock Club by Amelia Ireland
3.5

I liked this, quite a bit ... but other than that, it just doesn't check off any boxes that push a rating up (will I remember it, would I recommend it, did I make notes/highlights, any urge to discuss/bookclub, would I want to keep a copy) ... but it kept my interest and was enjoyable. 

I borrowed both the audio and the Kindle copy from the library. I preferred the Table of Contents on the audio, as it listed the different POVs, changing with each chapter. There was Genevieve, Victoria, Misha, Freya and Callum. Four different narrators (not sure which two women had the same narrator, probably Genevieve for one, as she didn't have as many chapters). I wonder what this would have been like as more of a "full cast" ... with each voice consistent (instead of each of the four narrators handling their own chapter, AND all the other voices).   I'd recently watched the ParamountPlus series Mobland ... Callum sounded like he was right out of that show! Super strong accent, Brit/Irish.

Seven "PARTS" with a Prologue/Epilogue: Shock, Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Testing, Acceptance, Transition, The After. 75 chronological chapters running throughout. 

I came into this blind, hadn't really read any reviews, not looking for any twists (although, always looking a little ...)  I really appreciated the Discussion Questions included in the Kindle copy at the end. They were good ones, made me think on things more deeply. Up the rating from 3 to 3.5. 

Quite a bit of proFanity (x280)
The title isn't anything special/memorable ... there are too many chairs on the cover image ;)