Book Review - The Time of My Life by Samantha Tonge - #HolidayReading Tunisia

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Title: The Time of My Life

Author: Samantha Tonge

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Boldwood Books

Publication Date: 10th March 2026

Rating: 5 Stars

How far would you go to change your life?

When Eliza Woods sees an advertisement for someone’s whole life for sale – their house, car, all their belongings, even their clothes and cat – not to mention a trial-run in their job and an introduction to their friends… she decides it’s fate.

Grabbing a different life with both hands is exactly what she needs. Even if 26-year-old Carrie’s wildly-social life and job in a bar couldn’t be more different from Eliza’s quieter existence.

As for Carrie, she’s heading off to Greece, desperate to run away from everything she’s familiar with in England. The two women message each other after the deal has gone through, with Eliza excited to go for cocktails with Carrie’s friends before her first shift at her new job.

What Carrie doesn’t tell her is why she put her life up for sale. And what Eliza doesn’t tell Carrie is that she’s about to turn 75. And that isn’t her only secret…

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What a unique concept, selling your entire life, including an intro to your friends and a trial at your place of work. 

But yet that is exactly what Carrie does, before she goes to Greece, as she knows she has made big mistakes, upset her friends and figures getting away from her regular life might be the solution. 

And Eliza is happy to purchase this life and totally surprise everyone while doing so. 

It's Eliza that I loved the most in this and If am as energetic and go getting as she is, as she approaches 75 then I'd be happy. 

She's had a tricky life, she has major regrets and some secrets, and when the big one is revealed I was a bit shocked. 

I really enjoyed seeing how they both got on in their new lives and they are messaging regularly.  And there are potential new love interests for both too, which neither of them expected. 

I was hooked reading this and was unable to put it down.  It's another fabulous book from Samantha Tonge and I'm once again in awe of her storytelling prowess and creativity. 

Thank you to Boldwood Books and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily