A review by mama_bookworm_
Wilde About The Girl by Louise Pentland

emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Book 2 in the Robin Wilde series 

Robin is back and in a much happier headspace after her awful year she finally has escaped ‘the emptiness’. Her friendships with the school mums are flourishing, there’s a new man in town, and Robin is killing it at work. 

Robin is running the business whilst her boss takes a well deserved break and she really is thriving. But while Robin is acing life her best friend Lacey is crippled with heartbreak after struggling to conceive a baby for a year. Additionally Auntie Kath has just introduced a strange man as her new boyfriend! What is going on!? And now Robin is facing a situation she never expected which will require some really tough choices. 

My thoughts: I still love all the characters, I do find Lacey irritating but I can see why she is the way she is. 

The story is funny and lighthearted whilst also being devastatingly sad and heartbreaking. The topics in this book include miscarriage, infertility, moving on after the death of a partner and the struggles that come with being a single parent. However, the book remains an easy read and the humour lightens the mood. 

Robin is an ordinary woman with the potential to do or be anything, just like all women, and I think that is why she is so likeable. She’s not perfect, but none of us are. She has her struggles but she gets up and tries her best.