Book Review - Someone I Used To Know by Paige Toon - Blog Tour

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Title: Someone I Used To Know

Author: Paige Toon

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Publisher supplied copy

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: 24th June 2021

Rating: 5 Stars

So much can change in half a lifetime… 

 

Then

 

At fifteen, George is the foster brother Leah never asked for. As the angry, troubled boy struggles to come to terms with his circumstances, Leah finds herself getting drawn closer to him.

 

Theo’s wealthy family have mysteriously pulled him out of boarding school and he’s now enrolled at the local state school with Leah and George. When their worlds collide that summer, the three teenagers form a bond they believe will be unbreakable. But life doesn’t always go to plan...

 

Now

 

Shocking news brings Leah back to Yorkshire, baby daughter in tow. But Emilie’s father Theo isn’t with them, and George has unexpectedly returned. After half a lifetime, have they healed the scars of their pasts? Will coming back home set their hearts in a different direction?

I really don't know where to start with this review, I mean I thought the book was fabulous, and I heartily recommend it to everyone but I can't quite get to grips with my thoughts past that. 

In fact if you are already a Paige Toon fan, then stop deliberating and just read the book as its easily one of her best books, full of depths and even had me on the the verge of tears a few time, such was the brilliance of the turn of phrase. 

With alternating chapters between the then and now we get to know Leah, Theo and George rather well.  The Then chapters are while they are teenagers, having all grown up together. 

Leah's parents are amazing people and were foster parents to many, many children, so the then sections, had me hooked on discovering more about the current children in their care, as well as life on their Alpaca farm, which even has a bunny barn!  

And then the Now chapters are present day Leah, dealing still with the aftermath of two shocking life events in a few years, and she has moved back home with her daughter.  And George is suddenly back on the seen. 

I loved seeing all the various bonds being formed in this book in both timelines - there is just so much love and compassion to go around it was really heartwarming. 

I really don't want to say much more as I went into this blindly just knowing who wrote it, and loved discovering all of its beauty for myself and don't want to risk spoiling anything as there were a couple of reveals that were very cleverly crafted! 

But this really is a fabulous book, one I very much enjoyed reading every second of it and I really wish life hadn't got in my way of reading this in one sitting which is what  I really really want to do with the book, as its so good and hooked me in so early on. 

Thank you to Simon & Schuster and Anne Cater for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily. 

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