In her final year of studies before going to Uni, she lives alone with her Mum who is mentally struggling to cope with all of the stress. I loved the indie cinema setting as well as the scenes of Harry and Audrey actually making the movie, and the book challenges many common romance tropes. BUT, I am a huge lover of happily ever afters, and I’m a huge romantic; I read books to escape real life, to experience a shit ton of happily ever afters, so while I can appreciate how relevant the ending was to the book, it still made me sad. Because aren’t we as three dimensional people a variety of contradicting attributes which create us?

Heck, even I'm very much cynical about them and pretty much agreed with the entire break-down of the romcom directive. Unable to ignore the gaps in the case, Pip sets out to prove Sal’s innocence, beginning with interviewing his younger brother, Ravi.You can have sex however you like as long as it’s between consenting people of legal sex age in wherever you are. The subjects are pretty much the same - friendship, love, problems with parents, feminism -, but there is something new and fresh in her narrative style, something better. Tackling complex issues around relationships, sex, alcoholism and movie cliché madness with a nimble lightness of touch, this is contemporary YA at it’s finest: hilarious, heartfelt, and wholly recommended. Holly started her writing career as a news journalist, where she was nominated for Best Print Journalist of the Year.

The whole plot-line regarding her family life or her friendship was much better because hello they are more important than a boy who she hardly knows. Her brother, Dougie, plays no part in his fractured home life, choosing to scarcely come home from his university town. It’s clear to see why Bourne’s novels have been successes in their own right – they’re uplifting, funny, and deal with real, complex issues that youngsters face while presenting believable characters and scenarios – must readers young and old, everywhere. And despite herself, she finds his corny jokes, his movie obsessions and his love for life addictive.Alongside her writing, she has a keen interest in women's rights and is an advocate for reducing the stigma of mental health problems.