You see, Phoebe would like to see them both safely married. In short, she intends to marry off her two bachelor boys and it is up to Cassie (who knows them better than anyone) to find them suitable women. Years later, now the editor of a lit mag, Cassie receives a phone call from Phoebe informing her that she has the most incandescent of plans. And from that point on, Cassie has a home and a family. When they spot her peeping over the fence one day, the Darlings immediately invite her over. To Cassie, the Darlings represent everything that is warm and welcoming and good. The big, teddy bear-like dad, the two boys Fritz and Ben, and the mother Phoebe. But next door? Next door lived the Darling family. As parents they were less than desirable, presenting a united front of frigid indifference. well, a real piece of work is about the only way to describe him. Her mother was a psychiatrist deeply involved in her work and inclined to view her only child more as a specimen to be studied than an actual, you know, daughter. But these witty, artful, and sometimes emotionally wringing British stories have just been doing it for me in spades.Ĭassie grew up next door to a home. Smart, sassy, beleaguered women, up to their eyeballs in the competing forces of work, family, dating-or the extreme lack thereof. And by lately, I really mean since the beginning of the year. I'll tell you, I've just been in the mood for these kinds of books lately. I had a little trouble finding a copy, but then my Christmas elves came through for me once more and I received a copy of Bachelor Boys as a gift this year. And that's essentially enough in my book. Prior to Emily's review I'd never heard of Kate Saunders before and so went in knowing next to nothing but that it was a rather obscure British chick lit and Emily was awfully fond of it. I picked this one up based on the recommendation of the trusty Emily of Emily and Her Little Pink Notes (may she blog again soon).

Bachelor Boys by Kate Saunders