Last One at the party

Bethany Clift.

Our summer reading challenge this year has a category – A book that gives you a book hangover. This is you feel like you can’t really start another book as you are still reflecting and stunned by the one before!

This was it for me.  Please do not be put off by apocalyptic event, maybe you would think it a bit close to home given our current situation but be reassured. That may be the inciting event but this one is entirely character driven. It’s not that easy to pull off a one woman show but Bethany Clift did just that.

You want to know what happens?  Nope I am not spoiling a single beautiful, scary, horrifying, uplifting, edge of the seat moment of this one. It is brilliant, clever, emotionally demanding yet inspiring and is written so so well. ‘Lucky’ the endearing rescued golden retriever makes this book, add in rabid dogs, break ins, fearless rats and getting stuck in a snow storm and you simply are sucked into a story that will sit with you for many a book after.