How Do You Like Me Now? - Holly Bourne Review

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 How Do You Like Me Now? is the first adult fiction novel by Holly Bourne. I have previously read her Spinster Club series and I loved them so I couldn't wait to see what she came up with.

 This novel follows Tori Bailey, a 30 something year old best-selling author who wrote a self'-help novel when she was in her 20s. Her life seems perfect. A gorgeous boyfriend, a wonderful career, the perfect best friend and thousands of online followers. What more could you want out of life?!

 However, you shouldn't believe everything you see online. Her seemingly perfect boyfriend won't even discuss the topic of marriage or children, she hasn't written anything since her first novel and has no ideas for a second, her best friend has just fallen in love and is too busy to spend time with her and to top it all off her social media page is all lies!

 This novel shows the struggles of navigating your 30s. When all your friends are moving forward with their lives, getting married, having babies and your life is at a standstill. This novel is so damn relateable but OMG the main character is actually the worst! I have never read a book where the main character annoyed me as much as Tori annoyed me. Her inner monologue is so b****y! She thinks bad thoughts about everyone and everything. She is never happy for anyone, not even her best friend. I understand she is supposed to come off as cynical but honestly there is cynical and their is b****y and she is definitely the latter. I will say though that by the end of the novel I definitely felt sorry for her and liked her a whole lot more than at the beginning so perhaps that is what Holly Bourne was aiming to do with her character. Show that she had matured over the course of the 9 months this book is set in.

 What I really loved about this book is the message it sends to women.  You can choose to have a career and not be a mother. You can choose to be a mother and not have a career. You can choose to have a career and be a mother. The choice is yours and you shouldn't be judged by society about your choices because it is not what society believes is the norm.

 Definitely one to read if you are in your 30s and feel like you aren't moving forward with your life.

 Thank you to Hachette and NetGalley for providing me an e-arc of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

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