Ginny is about to turn 32. It’s a year she’s been thinking about for a long time. Sixteen years ago she crossed paths with a psychic who made some key predictions about her thirty-second year…
Three bad things: A heartbreak, a loss of independence, and a death.
Three good things: A life-changing trip, reconnecting with someone, and meeting her soulmate.
The issue is that Ginny is due to get married in a month… but it’s all nonsense, obviously. But when some of those pesky predictions start coming true she starts to wonder what might happen next…
Title: Date With Destiny
Author: Lucy Vine
Published By: Simon & Schuster UK
Publication Date: 9th May 2024
Our Review
Joyful, upbeat and lots of fun.
I loved my Date with Destiny by Lucy Vine.
Having met Lucy a couple of times I find that her bubbly personality and effervescence really spills over into her books. Her writing is skilful in that it has a raw and fearless quality about it and she makes no apologies for her characters’ flaws.
I really enjoyed the premise of the book being the six predictions that Ginny had received sixteen years earlier and the fact that her friends won’t let her forget it. Ginny seems perfectly happy at the beginning of the book where we meet her at a hen do that she’s not really enjoying but then everything begins to go wrong for her and she finds herself with a lot of soul searching to do.
With three handsome guys surrounding her she seems to be spoilt for choice but the truth is that the one she wants she can’t have so she has to work out how to survive on her own and with the help of her best friend Myfanwy she finds the courage to stand up for herself.
This book made me laugh out loud in parts but I also found real empathy with Ginny, one because of how she needs a couple of days to recover after peopling, which I do too and two because of the lovely tenderness she felt for her auntie which really touched my heart especially when she wished she’d given her more time when she was younger.
It’s a great feeling picking up a Lucy Vine book and know you’re going to be in for a wild ride.
Sincerely
Book Angel x
About the Author
Lucy Vine is a writer, editor and columnist. She's the best selling author of Hot Mess (2017), What Fresh Hell (2018), Are We Nearly There Yet? (2019), Bad Choices (2021), Seven Exes (2023) and Date With Destiny (2024)
