Tales from a Hen Weekend

by Olivia Ryan

It should be the happiest time of Katie Halliday's life—after four years together she's about to get married to Matt Davenport. They're the perfect couple and her family are determined to give them the perfect wedding. While Matt is off to Prague with the guys, Katie has arranged to spend her last days of freedom in Dublin with her mom, sister, and closest friends. But, fuelled by party games and too much Guinness, some strange secrets start to emerge. Katie's seeing a whole different side to her friends and family. But Katie is keeping some secrets of her own—and perhaps this weekend is not the best time for her to develop a serious case of pre-marital jitters. Especially when a hen night treasure hunt introduces her to Harry who easily wins item 3 on the list: Find a gorgeous man. It should be the happiest time of Katie Halliday's life. If she survives the next 48 hours. A perfect gift for any bride-to-be, this is the first book in the Tales From trilogy, which explores the key defining moments in women's lives

Genres: Chick Lit, Fiction

352 pages, Paperback

First published June 5, 2007

About the author

Olivia Ryan is a pen-name of author Sheila Norton (See separate author page). She has had seven books published under her own name, and the Tales From books are published under the Olivia Ryan name.

Olivia lives in Essex, England, and is married with three daughters.

Before becoming a full-time novelist, she worked as a medical secretary for a local hospital. When she's not busy writing she likes to relax with friends and family.

She lists her ‘likes’ as: The sea, red wine, plain chocolate, Shakespeare, Jodi Picoult, Coldplay, sunshine, swimming, toast. And her dislikes are: Fish, sports, horses, coffee, jazz, and being cold.

Reviews

[Fiona · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful tale of katie and her friends on her hen weekend in Dublin . What starts of as an alcohol fuelled weekend of revelry ends in secrets being spilled and for some a new start in life . Each woman has a chapter devoted to their tale and how it affects Katie too . Not just a fluffy read but an emotional powerful read about friendships , family and love .

[Lesley · Rating 4 out of 5]

A chick lit story about a group of women - some friends and some family - and the dramas that happens over the course of a couple of days. A hen party in Dublin acts a catalyst for lots of secrets to come out, followed by life changes. Might have given this 5 stars if it had not been for the twist at the end.

[Suzanne Paschke · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was really enjoying this book and was on track to give it four stars until the final few chapters. That final twist was just so out of the blue and just didn't sit well with me.

[Katie Heptinstall · Rating 5 out of 5]

it felt like you were one of the girls on the hen do. loves it.

[Viki Meadows · Rating 4 out of 5]

I downloaded this mainly because it was free. It's not normally my kind of thing however it grabbed me from the start and kept me engaged all the way through. I loved the writer's voice, the characters were brilliantly drawn and really likeable and real too.I have already added other works by this author to my wish list. Definitely worth a read.

[Preet · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book started off really well. And it kept going until the end. A lot of was going on in this book and I was blown away by most, if not all the revelations that came out blew my sicks off. This book is not as predictable as you'd think. There is a lot of drama, but the bonds between family and friends are also stressed just as much, making this an interesting read.

[Louise · Rating 4 out of 5]

When is a hen weekend not a hen weekend? When you read this book. All weekend various revelations come to light which shock everyone. Fun light hearted book in which it's all a shock.

[Ammy · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was different twist to the typical romance of good girl gets bad boy to change just for her

[Denise]

Not finished this but may come back to it. I just have too many other books I want to read first.