Mother Hens: The Sunday Times Number One bestselling fiction debut

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This book would make a brilliant film so I hope it gets made into one one day, I could picture Rebel Wilson playing Amy 🤩 Highly recommend!

Welcome to a hen do where revenge is served colder than a frozen margarita… Cara Carmichael’s bestie is finally getting hitched, and she’s over the moon because it means one thing… Whoah, they’re going to Ibiza!I follow Sophie on Instagram, find her entertaining and realistic so was intrigued to read her first piece of fiction. Fast forward to “Mums On Tour” to Ibiza and think about handsome strangers, estranged family and lots more side plots. Faced with secrets, lies, and betrayal – does it pay to be a good egg, or do bad chicks reign supreme? They fly into Ibiza and soon arrive at Unicorn Utopia (yup), their sacred spiritual sanctuary in the middle of nowhere. Loved the characters, they really did make it a joy to read and it gosh I loved the cringe worthy moments - I’m even laughing to myself while writing this review!

The drama,the accidental drugs,private planes,a camp for swingers,drag Queens,hit men,are only some of what happens the girls on what should be 4 days on the lash, in the sun! Move on two years and she is hell bent on accompanying her friend Jac and more friends on her hen do to Ibiza. Not sure I was fully on board with the plot, a mum version of The Hangover, where the hen do does not ho to plan and they have to fix what happened the morning after the night before.

Looking at the cover of this book, you would assume this is a fun, carefree, all girls trip filled with sun sea and sand. A rollocking rollercoaster ride from Ibiza to Vegas, via Cheshire, Mother Hens will make you laugh, wince, and wonder what any of us are really capable of when push comes to shove. Sophie’s first fiction title has a lot going on- cheating husbands, running from a cult, drug dealers, a murder… but somehow Sophie brings it all together with her characteristic witty and zany sense of humour. Winner of the Funny Women Best Web Series award in 2020, Sophie shares her frank and fearless takes on adult life with an army of fans online, onstage and on screen. Overall I enjoyed this however as we got to the twist at the end of the book I did find myself struggling to get fully on board.

Some parts are very far fetched and unbelievable and you’re thinking, surely this couldn’t happen in real life! The story follows Cara, who is recently divorced from her love rat husband, and has been persuaded to join best friends Jac, Debs, and her cousin Amy on Jac’s hen do to Ibiza. This is a book that pumps along at full velocity (much like the party beat on the island) and it sometimes feels relentless, with its often acute observations and lewd descriptions (get this one: Jac, now the colour of an angry penis about to go off…. I loved the characters in the book and lots of it really gave me the same vibe as the movie 'Bridesmaids'. Sophie lives with her husband, two children and an extremely spirited beagle, and is currently writing her next book.I immediately detested Dom (the weasel) and Cara’s mother is a piece of work too (don’t get me started about Cara’s younger stepsister CA chaotic story that pulls at all the emotions, Sophie’s Mother Hens is the Mums on Tour version of the Inbetweeners. I actually loved the end of the story, the adventure and all, but overall this book could have been better. I loved every second I spent devouring this book and I can’t wait to introduce it to so many more people. From here on in, the novel romps its way to the end, as it loops and bucks and gurns (referring to the ecstasy gurn), with a short hop over to Las Vegas. Suspend reality and dive into a story that is equally hilarious and shocking with moments of absolute embarrassment for the protagonist Cara thrown in for good measure.