A review by gemmabean27
Four Weekends and a Funeral by Ellie Palmer

4.0

A great premise (and a funny title) that turned out to be a quite moving book about losing a friend and losing a part of yourself – two different types of grief that speak well side by side. The side characters add some humor and depth to the story. I appreciate so much, more than I can say, how this book brings pain and loss into what sex means to the main woman character – I have endometriosis, and I do love a romance, but I often just feel like the books make it all sound so easy, when for many (if not most) women, that is not the case. Palmer makes Allison's BRCA experience moving and relatable and even gently funny, and it means a lot to me as a woman who has dealt with pain and sex.

I only wish the timeline was longer, both to draw out the slow-burn chemistry and to make the love story more believable.