Not That Kind of Girl...

Hi everyone!
   How are you all? So I'm just back from school, it's been a really long day! I'm just chilling in my pyjamas and I remembered my book that I'm reading at the minute. So I thought hmm, seeing as I'm nearing it's ending (I've been reading this book for a VERY VERY VERRRRY long time. I'm trying to remember when I bought it and it must have been around... Summer? maybe September? I couldn't even tell you! Anyway it's taken me long to get through like all the books I read!)
So yes, like I said, I'm not exactly a slow reader. I just don't read a chapter every single night kind of thing. That's really just because of homework and school and kind of abandoning my poor novel!
ANYWAY, sorry I am so off track. The Book is called Not That Kind of Girl and it is by Catherine Alliott.

I'll have a quick chat on the cover to start with. I really think it's gorgeous! I remember exactly the day I bought this. I walked into WHSmith very last minute thinking, "right. I am in here to get a book...I don't know which one but I've got to be quick". It was as if this book was sent to me because literally I walked in and my feet just took me to a random shelf and I grabbed it. Looked at it. Thought hey, that looks nice, let's buy it.
CRAZY! :)

Main plot
I'll try and summarise this as best I can! (I'll probably leave out a vital part of the story, I tend to do that...)
Basically the main character is Henrietta, or Henny. A very likeable character who is quite hilarious. She is a mother of two children and the wife of Marcus. (I'm not going to lie, I'll google the plot now...)

"Henrietta Tate is a desperate housewife. Her two teenage kids are now away at boarding school and she is left home while other women in her rural upper class village work in the city.
So she gets a job working as a PA for an extremely handsome military historian named Laurence.
However, after accidentally taking three sleeping pills and a double gin and tonic, a lunch date with her boss becomes a disaster. Her husband Marcus enters their London flat to see her kissing her boss!
Marcus asks for a separation and Henrietta (or Henny as she is known) stays in the London flat, while Marcus, who runs a successful production company, fends for himself at the village farm.
It's a traumatic time for Henny, dealing with the separation and getting over the embarrassment with her boss, however she is able to keep her job.
She finds an email from Marcus' horse trainer that showed he had a romantic affair.
In retaliation, she hooks up with her ex-fiance Rupert, and finds her attraction to him stronger than ever. She must choose between Rupert or Marcus."

So that is the main overview. I have about two more chapters to go but I just know the book will end as good as it is through out. It is so funny, cringe worthy, wild and of course romantic, sad and all together a great plot. The addition of characters such as Benji who is Henny's gay brother really add to the hilarity of the story.
I'm not going to lie gals, I found myself quite tearful too! (I don't want to spoil it all). Basically, I did get quite teary-eyed when Henny's father, who suffered dementia, dies.

Chapters contrast with others; there are laughs, tears, drama, embarrassment and love.
Not one of the characters are irritable or unlikeable. 

All together a very very good book and worth a read :)

*****