I read another of this author's books and absolutely loved it. This one was a bit of a let-down for me. The first obstacle was that I got absolutely lost in the British-isms and the Brit pop culture references. This isn't necessarily an author problem, but I feel reasonably well read enough in Brit contemporary lit that it's never happened before, but there were many, many instances where I couldn't even use context clues to figure out how a character was feeling based on the British jargon used. The second obstacle was that it seemed to take a good third of the book for our main characters to even get together. I appreciate that we needed to see Laurie properly wallow and grieve in the end of an 18-year relationship, but still...it was a bit much. 

<Spoiler> Finally, I wanted to see Jamie fight for her in the end. He did so well fighting for her in ways she needed, throughout, that I was thoroughly let down when he left it to his best friend and Laurie to sort out. Honestly, he was a bit of a prat at the very end, and it soured me on him.

I absolutely did enjoy the female friendships in this book, the layers of depth each of the main characters had, and the realness of the character's experiences about being biracial.