We are first introduced to Barry who, although living with his wife of 50 years, is in love with his best friend Morris. We see the struggles he has with accepting his sexuality, wanting to be with his true love but scared of what the fallout will be.

We then get a chapter from his wife’s point of view, written almost as a conscious stream of thought, from when she first met Barry in Antigua. Up until this point I hadn’t liked Carmel but this made me realise that she had just been a young girl who was looking for true love and that dream happy ending which Barry could never give her.

This book was a true rollercoaster as it had the fun banter between Barry and Morris but also covered some very serious topics such as homophobia and postnatal depression.

I have all the praise for this book, Barry is everything I look for when reading a book with an older character and the storyline was brilliantly written. Everarosto is now officially one of my favourite authors and I cannot wait to get to Blonde Roots!