Worlds Apart

Really enjoyed this gem of a book. Well written, with likeable characters. Really recommend. Looking forward to reading another book by this author.

This is a good romantic suspense novel with two strong female characters. I liked them both very much though I probably preferred Olivia. I also thought the two time line structure worked pretty well. An enjoyable read.

I loved this book and definitely recommend for a holiday or relaxing read - I just read it on holiday. To me it's a cut above your normal story - very well written with interesting characters - fantastically captures them as teenagers as well as as adults - a beautiful setting in New Zealand, and it carried me along and kept me turning the pages. Highly recommend.

A very accomplished debut novel from Jane Crittenden. Well written with believable and likeable characters. The story unfolds really well with the juxtaposition of the two timelines well handled. I enjoyed reading it.

The story unfolds from two different points of view - Amy’s current situation in New Zealand and Olivia’s teenage life in the UK.Amy is running a cafe, fulfilling her love of baking, when her life is thrown into chaos. In addition to a threat to her livelihood and worries about her daughter, she bumps into the love of her life, Chris, who rejected her.Through Olivia’s eyes we follow the backstory of their friendship and differing interpretations of events.I really enjoyed this book- the juxtaposition of Amy’s and Olivia’s views revealing the different layers- the setting, characters and the little details.Love the cover too. Would be a great holiday read.

Tender and delicate story telling , the storyline of the impact of a teenage pregnancy is wonderfully handled, as is the more recent storyline where the teenage couple reconnect after many years, The author let the characters grow and develop naturally and mature as people, both individually and in their relationships.

Lovely story about a group on school friends and how life throws its ups and downs at them. Of course there is romance, betrayal and secrets

A well written novel full of ‘will they won’t they’ cliffhangers interwoven with darker observations about the main protagonists difficult relationships with their various narcissistic parents and their challenges growing up. Some difficult life lessons are touched upon, such as jealousy and wanting what isn't yours. I loved the uplifting descriptions of the beautiful scenery and lifestyle of NewZealand as well.

The setting for this story is New Zealand, a lovely country far away and the place I'd choose to go if I had to leave my own home country. Having been to a place makes a story so much more enjoyable for me. I felt for Amy, Chris, Olivia and Paul and the might have been in their lives. The storyline was well laid out and the characters were well developed. It's amazing how parents and children can seem so far apart when it is most necessary to be close together. Jane Crittenden has done a good job in showing us how "Worlds Apart" can come closer.

This is a riveting story of love, lust, betrayal and misunderstanding. Four College students form a bond that cannot endure. Twisted events lead to a massive falling out that takes years and thousands of miles to unravel. In the end a tangled web of love is revealed and embraced.

I got this book for free ( thankfully), and started it with appropriate interest and enthusiasm. After 25% read, I was so frustrated with the main character and her reluctance to just “ tell the ( very obvious) truth”, that I felt like hitting her over the head with a saucepan! I couldn’t continue, so skipped to 95% read, and she still hadn’t told him!Stories set In two worlds sometimes work… this one didn’t for me. The author needs to tell the story such that interest and enthusiasm to read are maintained. It got to the point where I couldn’t have cared less about Amy, Olivia et al, nor bother to find out how it all ( hopefully) fitted together. So many other books to read… so few decades to go….

HmmmmI genuinely liked this story and more so I liked that it didn’t go where I ultimately thought it would go. Sure, a lot of scenes were cut out and we didn’t get to watch the news unfurl and the aftermath or even hear Bea’s side of things, or even learn exactly how that hookup took place. But I guess, ultimately it didn’t matter. This was a story of two friends at different points in their lives and the changes that rocked their worlds.It was a solid story and I’m just mildly satisfied.

For the free book!