The Secret to Falling in Love

by Victoria Cooke

[zooloo1983]

Where do I start? Well, the first thing I will start anytime I see Victoria Cooke’s name on a book, I want it! Straight off the bat. I absolutely loved the Holiday Cruise and It Started with a Note (review will be up later on this month), I have Who Needs a Man waiting too, so there was NO WAY I was passing up a chance to read this.

I had all the warm and fuzzies with this book and I loved the idea of switching off from technology for a month! Although I can not foresee it being a realistic thing for me to do with the little one and the boy going back away, it has made me realise I do need to cut down on the social media for sure. Go back to a time where it was not everything we did, and to take a step back, so basically when I was growing up!

The message I found in the book was to take the moment and see what is right in front of you, not behind a phone/computer. It is the interactions with people, taking in the scenery. Although, do not get me wrong I have friends that if I did not speak to on my phone/computer then I would not be able to, miles and (in one instance!) countries apart!

I loved Melissa, she was not your typical heroine in a book. She acted exactly how I would have acted! She was afraid of putting herself out there with someone new, and then Joseph and Scott came along at the same time! I did, however, love the walk of shame at the beginning of the book I chuckled at that – I can safely say I have not done that!

I had my favourite out of Joseph and Scott, and it was obvious who would win her heart. It was for me, like normal, the journey they go on to get to where they need to be. I loved the ending too, it was so them. Not telling you who "them" is!

As I said, The Secret to Falling in Love has all the warm and fuzzies, I could imagine this being made into a Hollywood and I could imagine who would play the characters too. Think a Patrick Dempsey would make a good Joseph!

A shout out has to go to Doris! I loved her! I loved the friendship her and Melissa struck up over the glass of bubbly! Shows you what could happen if we stepped away for a few minutes!

Ms Cooke books are a goto for me, her stories are always so realistic to me as if we were given an insight into her diary. There is nothing fantastical about it, everything feels so natural. She leaves with hope in my heart and a lot of smiles on my face! I really can not recommend this book or any of the other books she has written enough. In The Holiday Cruise, she made me want to run away and join a cruise liner, in The Secret to Falling in Love she made me want to run away and go to Scotland and run a pub! Either way, I can wait for the next adventure I go on with Victoria and her characters.