A review by beckyyreadss
Seven Exes by Lucy Vine

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I wanted to read this book after I met Lucy back in October. She was so lovely and wanted to get it when I met her, but the book was sold out after the event, I am going to another book event this month and wanted to read this book as I promised her I would. My brother gifted me this book for Christmas, I really enjoyed it. 

This book is based on Esther. She is nearing thirty, with a great job and a flat she shares with her two best friends, Bibi and Louise. But her life is missing that special someone, she is tired of being single and sick of bad date after bad date and she thinks she’s found the answer to her romance problem in an old women’s magazine. According to the magazine’s dating column, there are seven archetypes a woman will date before finding Mr. Right. It all seems silly at first, until Esther realizes she has exactly seven exes that match the profile: The First Love; The Work Mistake; The Overlap; The Friends with Benefits; The Missed Chance; The Bastard and The Serious One. Is it so hard to believe that perhaps one of them is “the one”? Deciding she must have left her true love in the reject pile, Esther contacts each of her old lovers. But finding her soulmate isn’t as simple as she hoped it would be. Madness, mayhem, laugh and tears ensure as she valiantly works her way through her past love life and faces up to her previous mistakes. 

This storyline was so funny and adorable and I'm glad that this book didn’t end up being a full romance story and then it ended up being a development of Esther’s character. Esther did take a while to grow on me and I think one of the main reasons is I kept forgetting she was over thirty. I kept thinking she was in university with a part time job like Katie, but this is a grown ass woman who wasn’t happy that she didn’t have her person, but she didn’t realise that until further into the book. Bibi and Louise really kept this book and Esther grounded and I enjoyed their presence. I am Louise as a friend – I will be politely blunt and stop being all delusional.  

Each of these exes were rememberable and it didn’t feel like one was liked more than the other, though Esther was trying to push to be with one more than the other. I could never picture meeting my exes ever after and I'm glad of the way it ended.  

I enjoyed Lucy’s style of writing, and I cannot wait to meet her again and to read her newest book when it is released in May.  
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