This book is not my usually genre and I'd heard so many good things, but also a few negative things, but I had high hopes... and I was pleasantly surprised. I found myself drawn in by the characters and their loves. I hated some. I loved some. And I rooted for them. It's not a book with a straightforward plot. It goes back and forth, sideways and upwards but I didn't find I got confused. The only issue I had was that in part two I did get a bit confused why there were so many new characters being added near the end. I didn't find I was attached to the random characters as I was the main characters. A great read which I enjoyed with a glass of gin in the summer sun!