‘Another warm, wise and witty offering from Sunday Times bestseller Trisha Ashley. James is everything
Tish has ever wanted in a husband - she's married a man who even her mother approves of. He's handsome, dependable, and will make an excellent father - unlike Tish's first love, the disreputable Fergal. Her teenage sweetheart abandoned her for a music career and now lives a typical celebrity lifestyle. Fergal broke her heart - James helped mend it. Now, they've bought a cottage in
the country. The next step - kids and a lifetime of domestic bliss. Well, that's the plan. And even if James has a slight tendency to view the village pub as a
second home, their relationship is still in pretty good shape after seven years of marriage. So why is marriage to Mr Right making her long for Mr Wrong?’
Romance writer Tish is married to James, a perfect husband, on paper at least. It looks like everything is going perfectly for the couple when they move to a lovely country cottage in a sweet little village. Unfortunately, their new home is more Tish’s ideal than James’, and the cracks in their marriage rapidly appear, with James spending less and less time at home, and more time on the office photocopier with an attractive young co-worker.
To make matters worse, rock star Fergal, Tish’s first love and the basis for all her romance heroes, moves to the village. All of a sudden Tish is struggling to save her marriage at the same time as doing her best to ignore her reignited feelings for Fergal, who she finds just as irresistible as ever.
‘Good Husband Material’ is told from Tish’s point of view, but with a small ‘add-on’ from Fergal at the end of each chapter. This isn’t a method I’ve seen employed much before, and I quite liked it, although Fergal was such a lovable character that I could perhaps have done with a little more of what was going on his mind.
At first, Tish came across as a bit too nutty, she’s not very kind to animals and her germ neuroses seemed bizarre. However, it wasn’t long before she’d won me over and I swiftly came to love all her little quirks, which certainly made Tish stand out from other heroines.
I really liked the various characters living in the village that Tish moves to – the owner of the local shop was particularly amusing. I was surprised to realise my favourite character in the book was James – he was just so useless and some of his scenes were simply hilarious. He was a thoroughly nasty piece of work and he deserved all the disasters that befell him!
Set in 1999-2000, this is actually a re-release of Trisha’s first romantic comedy and in fact I found that Trisha’s writing in ‘Good Husband Material’ wasn’t quite as polished as I’ve come to expect from her books. There’s no doubt though that I thoroughly enjoyed the story, especially the second half, when I’d got used to all of Tish’s little foibles, and I literally raced through the last few chapters to reach the tale’s charming, and very romantic conclusion.
4 stars
Tish has ever wanted in a husband - she's married a man who even her mother approves of. He's handsome, dependable, and will make an excellent father - unlike Tish's first love, the disreputable Fergal. Her teenage sweetheart abandoned her for a music career and now lives a typical celebrity lifestyle. Fergal broke her heart - James helped mend it. Now, they've bought a cottage in
the country. The next step - kids and a lifetime of domestic bliss. Well, that's the plan. And even if James has a slight tendency to view the village pub as a
second home, their relationship is still in pretty good shape after seven years of marriage. So why is marriage to Mr Right making her long for Mr Wrong?’
Romance writer Tish is married to James, a perfect husband, on paper at least. It looks like everything is going perfectly for the couple when they move to a lovely country cottage in a sweet little village. Unfortunately, their new home is more Tish’s ideal than James’, and the cracks in their marriage rapidly appear, with James spending less and less time at home, and more time on the office photocopier with an attractive young co-worker.
To make matters worse, rock star Fergal, Tish’s first love and the basis for all her romance heroes, moves to the village. All of a sudden Tish is struggling to save her marriage at the same time as doing her best to ignore her reignited feelings for Fergal, who she finds just as irresistible as ever.
‘Good Husband Material’ is told from Tish’s point of view, but with a small ‘add-on’ from Fergal at the end of each chapter. This isn’t a method I’ve seen employed much before, and I quite liked it, although Fergal was such a lovable character that I could perhaps have done with a little more of what was going on his mind.
At first, Tish came across as a bit too nutty, she’s not very kind to animals and her germ neuroses seemed bizarre. However, it wasn’t long before she’d won me over and I swiftly came to love all her little quirks, which certainly made Tish stand out from other heroines.
I really liked the various characters living in the village that Tish moves to – the owner of the local shop was particularly amusing. I was surprised to realise my favourite character in the book was James – he was just so useless and some of his scenes were simply hilarious. He was a thoroughly nasty piece of work and he deserved all the disasters that befell him!
Set in 1999-2000, this is actually a re-release of Trisha’s first romantic comedy and in fact I found that Trisha’s writing in ‘Good Husband Material’ wasn’t quite as polished as I’ve come to expect from her books. There’s no doubt though that I thoroughly enjoyed the story, especially the second half, when I’d got used to all of Tish’s little foibles, and I literally raced through the last few chapters to reach the tale’s charming, and very romantic conclusion.
4 stars
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