After a shocking confrontation with an unexpected encounter, Constance tries to piece her life back together and is on a mission to finally move on.

The thought of having her friends near is comforting as they take time out of their busy online lives and meet up at their favorite place, A Cupful of Dreams Café. Everyone seems happy enough until cracks begin to show and all is not as good as it seems. Constance tries desperately to keep positive as there’s so much to look forward to shopping for posh frocks, dinner at The Shard and a movie premiere.

As things start to look rosy, a few odd tweets begin to pop up from nowhere. At first, they seem innocent, but as the weeks go by and premier night draws near, not only do the tweets increase but they become more obnoxious.

By the time Constance and her chums arrive on the red carpet, she’s determined to work out who the troll could be and to keep them from spoiling her evening. However as Constance soon learns, the troll wants to destroy far more than that!

Breathtaking views of London.

Posh frocks and Paparazzi

But there’s definitely trouble in the air …

Spotify Playlist of the whole series –
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7lYuwzrSYvz77Iuq6NymVY?si=b7FFD0EURuy-jhIdr5amZQ

My Rating:

Favorite Quotes:

If he ever so much comes near you again and tries to play happy families with you and my grandson, I swear, I’ll fry his dangly bits.

‘I can also picture Adelios and me sipping wine,’ Karmel continues dreamily. ‘Playing footsie and crotchsie under the dinner table and —’ Estelle stares at Karmel in astonishment. ‘Crotchsie?’

Good heavens, not another complicated relationship. The Facebook “It’s Complicated” button must be exhausted.

One of her Facebook friends tagged her in a post, showing a huge picture of a cake with a massive 53 on it. She deleted that thing faster than a cheetah riding a bike.

My Review:

I enjoyed this first-person POV series, while a women’s fiction tale, there were elements of romance as well as several mysteries that folded in ways I never saw coming. The writing was lushly detailed and wryly detailed with a fairly even balance of humor, angst, common problems, family dramas, and puzzling and rather uncomfortable situations. The same odd grouping of online friends which were assembled in the short story The Big Event was more than met the eye and became a surprisingly cohesive and supportive unit and what she termed her “author family.” I was a bit conflicted with the ending as I would not have been nearly as forgiving as Constance and would have gladly assisted her mother in frying “his dangly bits.”