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There Will Be Better Days
Flame-haired beauty Chloe Collard watched her mother struggle through life, scraping together pennies in order to provide for her and her brothers, so Chloe promised herself something a long time she would get a proper education and make something of herself. This vow would carry Chloe through her entire life. When Chloe is offered a job as a personal assistant in a prestigious firm, she finally feels that her hard work is paying off. And with romance knocking at her door, a happy and fulfilled life is just around the corner. But all is not as it seems, and the decisions Chloe has to make may not be as straightforward as they first appear . . . From the East End of London to Brighton, this rags-to-riches romance is a story of how a little hope and a lot of determination will see you through the toughest of times. It's the perfect read for fans of Maureen Lee, Annie Murray, and Pam Weaver.
320 pages, Hardcover
First published December 4, 2014
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August 5, 2019
I enjoyed this book it was a nice easy read. But I did find towards the end it just kept jumping to places after a slow descriptive beginning, the end was rush I thought. But I still thought it was a good read.
February 24, 2018
Oh for crying out loud! This is the most delusional and far-fetched book ever. It should fall under the genre of fantasy. Most horny, far-from-reality author there ever was!
This is really the wrong title for this book. There Will Be Better Days?! The main character never had one shitty day her entire life, except poor as a child. Everything about her and her life is sickeningly perfect. She can do no wrong or look no wrong.
A light read if that’s what you’re looking for, otherwise it holds no substance.
This is really the wrong title for this book. There Will Be Better Days?! The main character never had one shitty day her entire life, except poor as a child. Everything about her and her life is sickeningly perfect. She can do no wrong or look no wrong.
A light read if that’s what you’re looking for, otherwise it holds no substance.
October 20, 2018
My last experience of Elizabeth Waite was not too promising, but I thought I would try another book to see if it was a duff read or a trend of her writing. However, my first impressions were not wrong at all and I found this novel terrible on so many levels.
Firstly, let me start off by saying that THIS IS NOT A SAGA. Certainly not in the traditional sense, anyway. I hear the word "saga" and think of novels with covers similar to this one and with a plot set in the war-time. Sagas are set over a period of history (thanks Wikipedia for securing my knowledge) and follow characters during this time. Chloe Collard is our protagonist in present day (although no specific time frame is ever provided - when I first read the word 'e-mail', I thought it was a proofing error), and simply put, is a mistress for the first third of the novel. The rest of it is about her enjoying money left to her and how she suddenly and conveniently falls in love with the next handsome chap that comes her way. Life is then set up for her for the rest of her days of materialistic indulgences and a lot of focus on clothing and randy sex.
Delusional is how I would describe this plot. It is frustratingly inaccurate and far-fetched and I could not believe that Elizabeth Waite could have escaped these holes in her narrative. For example, we read of Chloe being allowed by Social Services to look after a young girl for, what turns out to be, a week on end, with no other relatives about. She is "approved" quickly on the phone and doesn't even know the child. Apart from being a distant neighbour. That, apparently, is sufficient. Thank goodness that isn't the reality. Secondly, what really got my goat was how it is clearly fine to drive a car with a young child sleeping across the seats in the back. Err, hello? What happened to safety and looking after young children? Ever heard of car seats, Elizabeth Waite? Yes, as you can gather, inaccuracies like these really started to grate when this is a novel supposedly set in the present.
I found Chloe an unconvincing protagonist. Whilst seeming to mourn for the love of her love, she is not hesitant in fantasising about bedding the next handsome man that comes into her life. With no clear passage of time, it seems that Chloe is happy to rapidly "bed jump", with the occasional tear about her lost lover. Instead, she is comfortably spending money on clothes that Waite wastes time detailing - I really don't care - and most of the time these clothes end up on the bedroom floor. There's plenty of sex in this novel and I think it's done simply to pad out a mediocre plot. Furthermore, even the last two pages detail another of Chloe's encounter, this time as an old lady.... eugh... not an image I really wanted to conclude the book with.
Fantastically farcical. Randy rubbish. Deluded drivel. I could come up with many alliterative phrases to describe this read. I rarely award a novel a one-star rating, but this really does not deserve anything more. Why did I continue reading it? I wanted to see if a) it would get better and b) what happened to Chloe at the end of the novel. Desperately hoping for some insurance fraud or a surprise heart-attack, this played it safe from beginning to end, with an unbelievable plot in between. Sorry Elizabeth Waite, you are an author I will certainly steer clear from in future.
Firstly, let me start off by saying that THIS IS NOT A SAGA. Certainly not in the traditional sense, anyway. I hear the word "saga" and think of novels with covers similar to this one and with a plot set in the war-time. Sagas are set over a period of history (thanks Wikipedia for securing my knowledge) and follow characters during this time. Chloe Collard is our protagonist in present day (although no specific time frame is ever provided - when I first read the word 'e-mail', I thought it was a proofing error), and simply put, is a mistress for the first third of the novel. The rest of it is about her enjoying money left to her and how she suddenly and conveniently falls in love with the next handsome chap that comes her way. Life is then set up for her for the rest of her days of materialistic indulgences and a lot of focus on clothing and randy sex.
Delusional is how I would describe this plot. It is frustratingly inaccurate and far-fetched and I could not believe that Elizabeth Waite could have escaped these holes in her narrative. For example, we read of Chloe being allowed by Social Services to look after a young girl for, what turns out to be, a week on end, with no other relatives about. She is "approved" quickly on the phone and doesn't even know the child. Apart from being a distant neighbour. That, apparently, is sufficient. Thank goodness that isn't the reality. Secondly, what really got my goat was how it is clearly fine to drive a car with a young child sleeping across the seats in the back. Err, hello? What happened to safety and looking after young children? Ever heard of car seats, Elizabeth Waite? Yes, as you can gather, inaccuracies like these really started to grate when this is a novel supposedly set in the present.
I found Chloe an unconvincing protagonist. Whilst seeming to mourn for the love of her love, she is not hesitant in fantasising about bedding the next handsome man that comes into her life. With no clear passage of time, it seems that Chloe is happy to rapidly "bed jump", with the occasional tear about her lost lover. Instead, she is comfortably spending money on clothes that Waite wastes time detailing - I really don't care - and most of the time these clothes end up on the bedroom floor. There's plenty of sex in this novel and I think it's done simply to pad out a mediocre plot. Furthermore, even the last two pages detail another of Chloe's encounter, this time as an old lady.... eugh... not an image I really wanted to conclude the book with.
Fantastically farcical. Randy rubbish. Deluded drivel. I could come up with many alliterative phrases to describe this read. I rarely award a novel a one-star rating, but this really does not deserve anything more. Why did I continue reading it? I wanted to see if a) it would get better and b) what happened to Chloe at the end of the novel. Desperately hoping for some insurance fraud or a surprise heart-attack, this played it safe from beginning to end, with an unbelievable plot in between. Sorry Elizabeth Waite, you are an author I will certainly steer clear from in future.
September 3, 2018
This book is so bad it's hilarious... But mostly terrible. Really, really terrible.
December 24, 2021
Couldn't put it down.
August 27, 2024
Felt like it was repetitive and it got boring at times.
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