Book Review: Time of My Life

I typically stay away from books that fall under the "chick lit" category, but when I saw a Cecilia Ahern book on the list of books to review in May, I couldn't resist.  Plus these days my brain is so bogged down with the heaviness of CFA studying, I needed a little break!  The Time of My Life is Ahern's newest book which was released this spring. It tells the story of Lucy, a soon-to-be-30 woman who makes some poor decisions on the tale of a break-up. She tries to cover up the truth of what is happening in her life by telling a couple of lies... which lead to more lies...  She retreats within and shares less and less with her friends and family in an attempt to not reveal some of the lies she has told, until an intervention of sorts is staged.

It all comes to head when she has an appointment with "her life" - err, a character that represents her life.  He comes on the scene to straighten things out and to help her get back on the right path.  It's hard to explain the storyline of this book as it is unrealistic and very fictional...  but it works.

All in all, it's a light, easy read.  The storyline is pretty unrealistic, which kind of seems to be a trend for Ahern as one of her other books I read had an adult with an imaginary friend...  but she seems to make it work.  The main character, Lucy, is not exactly likeable and the extent of her lying was kind of annoying.  But it was a pretty light read, which was just what I needed right now.