Book Review - The Snag List by Sophie White -- #HolidayReading Mexico

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Title: The Snag List

Author: Sophie White

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Hachette Books Ireland

Publication Date: 2nd February 2023

Rating: 4 Stars

If you could go back and follow the road not taken ... would you?

For thirty-somethings Lindy, Ailbhe and Roe, the move to new, hyper-polished, luxury housing development Monteray Valley feels like slow death by Netflix, neighbourhood Whatsapp groups and Saturday nights in. The potential for exciting new possibilities seems to be withering faster than you can say 'postnatal dryness' as the women's lives are consumed by other halves and domestic obligations.

Lindy's realising that her ambitions have been hijacked by her son's career. He's eleven.

Meanwhile, despite years of self-sabotage, Ailbhe 'has it all': a successful business, a husband, a baby. If only having it all didn't also include having a fairly colossal secret.

Then there's Roe who is busy trying for a baby -- a risky business when you're not sure you want one.

Compiling a snag list to send to their builder sees the new friends contemplating their own personal snag lists -- their regrets and unfulfilled dreams - and inspires a business idea that's about to see life in Monteray Valley get a lot more interesting.

Getting a second chance to carpe diem is irresistible, but can do-overs ever really work? And will revisiting past regrets threaten the lives they've made now?

I literally don't know how to describe this book. 

It has shades of a Stepford Wife vibe to it. 

There are three women who are trying to iron out an odd regret from their lives, in order to live a more fulfilling life. 

There is a father and son youtubing channel, all manner of secrets being hidden in all of our characters lives. 

And above all is shows how three new friends can make an apparent mess of their lives, which may or may not be a good thing in the long run. 

It's very good fun and incredibly enjoyable, and yes the story felt a tad bonkers at times, and I have absolutely no desire to live in Monteray (no matter how much of a paradise it seems to be).

I loved this story, and really am looking forward to seeing what this author will write next. 

Thank you to Hachette Book Ireland and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.