A review by she_loves_to_read
Honeybee by Dawn O'Porter

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Honeybee is a bittersweet, witty, funny, relatable, heartbreaking, poignant, and heartwarming, coming-pf-age story celebrating women and female friendships/ relationships.

Following best friends, Renée and Flo ad they each return to their childhood home on the island of Guernset. Having left years beforehand with lofty, slightly naive hopes and dreams for a future outside of the claustrophobic, 'gold fish bowl' way of life on the island and the unresolved trauma, loss, grief and broken relationships and memories that still reside there. 

With both girls at a pivotal crossroads in their lives. They embark on a rollercoaster journey of discovery. Both individually and together as friends. Confronting their highs, lows, flaws, strengths, weaknesses, truth, lies, and everything in between. Testing their notions of what they think their lives should look like versus the reality of how they are. Finding friendships in unlikely places and prioritising what's really important when tragedy strikes. 

Despute struggling a little in the beginning with the thing and front between the pov's of Renée and Flo and the slower pace of the plotline. I quickly settled into Dawn's writing style and really enjoyed the premise of the story. The relatability of the characters. The themes running through the plotlines and the message Dawn was trying to portray. 

I've since learned that the book is the 2nd book in The Papet Planes series. But it can definitely still be read as a standalone. 

Honeybee is a perfect addition to your tbr if you love lol funny chick lit stories celebrating women and friendship!