3.5 stars

I received a digital arc of this book from NetGalley/publishers in exchange for an honest review.

Dee, Fleur and Rose are three sisters and completely different to one another. After three years of no communication, even their mothers death can't fix the rift but their mother has devised a plan beyond the grave. In order to get their inheritance, the sisters must spend six weekends together for a year completing tasks organised by their mother. Will this help them reconnect?

This was a sweet and fun book and one that was a nice, easy read. I liked that all the characters are so different to each other but I also liked that they were aged 46+ and had already lived full lives but were ready for a whole lot more and still had lessons to learn. There are some great laugh out loud moments such as an embarrassing sex moment for Dee regarding fanny farts which had me snorting with laughter. I did find some of the plot a bit predictable and it had an About Adam feel at one point. I also read The Alphabet Sisters by Monica McInerney last year and the plot was also quite similar with three sisters not speaking to one another. The ending of this one didn't hit me quite as hard as that one though, but I don't think I had quite an emotional connection with that character anyways.

One thing I didn't like in the book was at one point Rose called Dee and Fleur "retarded" when they were laughing about a joke she wasn't happy about. While this might not end up in the completed, physical version of the book l do feel like we're at a point where these kind of slurs don't need to be used any more. Dee also compares the sisters' Zumba class to a "special needs outing" at one point as well.