🍂People Watching 🍂

• Hannah Bonam-Young 

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Prudence Welch is living a quiet, introverted life in a Canadian small town, working for her father at the family gas station and caring for her mother, who was diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer’s. But when adventurous stranger Milo visits town to help out his brother and his path intertwines with Prue’s, she realises she might be more than ready for a change. 

It’s definitely a bit insta-lovey, which isn’t my favourite. Instead of the romance, the storyline was Prue’s family, her dad encouraging her to spread her wings and her self-realisation throughout the book was my favourite aspect. Also, I would have loved to see Prue’s character developed more, outside of her relationships with other people in her life (her parents, Milo, etc). it’s mentioned that she enjoys writing poetry and I wish this was explored more. As for Milo, I didn’t particularly warm to him at first, but he does undergo character growth by the time of the end of the book. It definitely gave 2000s romcom vibes, with how the story leant into cliches and perpetuated stereotypes, which I know some reviewers have criticised. 

It was fun, bingeable and it passed the time on a sunny summer’s day, lying on a picnic blanket. But overall, I don’t think this story will stick with me the way that Out on a Limb has done. Maybe this one wasn’t a huge hit but I am still a staunch HBY fan and will be reading her next one with high hopes!

Have you read any of Hannah Bonam-Young’s books? If you’ve picked up this one yet, let me know what you thought!