Ali flies to the UK from New Zealand, intrigued by the golden opportunity to advance her amateur social media influencer career.

Blake carpe diems the moment with both hands after a constant flurry of bad luck.

Charlotte jumps at the chance to relive her sporting glories of the past – and take a hiatus from her humdrum marriage.

And Grant is just relieved to get away from his failing second-hand music shop.

But once the advances hit their bank accounts, it soon becomes apparent that producer Jock’s Pied Piper-style offer to change their lives is distinctly lacking in sherbet fizz!

In fact, the only sweet thing about this gig for the former students and the rest of their Bubblegum and Blazers competitors may just be the packet of candy in their pockets.

Re-enacting their past is a rollercoaster of revelations, retaliation, and an unlikely romance in a gold-fish bowl of mayhem where Raphael (Agony Uncle of the school sweet shop) and his rhubarb and custards reign supreme…

My Rating:

Favorite Quotes:

 

Celeste Carey and her legs that went on forever and ever… and ever. Hell, no. Blake had never had the hots for her. The girl had reveled in spreading herself about like margarine ever since Year Four. But to Blake she was Marmite – and he’d never been a fan of the stuff.

 

He wasn’t cut out for things like this. If all the world was a stage, then he was part of the lighting crew behind it.

 

 My Review

 

 This was a fun, fast-paced, and highly eventful read with a clever and entertaining premise and multiple amusing storylines featuring a full slate of comically quirky characters to fill a reality show.   The writing was highly descriptive and laced with sharply-edged humor. Although, for the life of me, I cannot imagine doing the same, as it would take shackles at gunpoint for me to return to the small jerk-water town of my youth to spend any amount of time confined with the yahoos of my graduating class. Not even for a million smackers. My tactics would most likely result in massive bloodletting or incarceration and more shackles, so it is safer for mankind to remain an ocean away. I’m thoughtful like that 😉

 

Isabella May lives in (mostly) sunny Andalusia, Spain with her husband, daughter, and son, creatively inspired by the mountains and the sea. Having grown up on Glastonbury’s ley lines, however, she’s unable to completely shake off her spiritual inner child and is a Law of Attraction fanatic, as well as a Pranic Healer.

After a degree in Modern Languages and European Studies at UWE, Bristol (and a year working abroad in Bordeaux and Stuttgart), Isabella bagged an extremely jammy and fascinating job in children’s publishing… selling foreign rights for novelty, board, pop-up, and non-fiction books all over the world; in every language from Icelandic to Korean, Bahasa Indonesian to Papiamento!

All of which has fuelled her curiosity and love of international food and travel – both feature extensively in her cross-genre novels, fused with a dollop of romcom, and a sprinkle of magical realism.

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