When Bryony, Harry and Jaime step into the Five Bells, each has their own motive for being drawn into the warm glow of the pub. Heartbroken Harry can’t face his silent flat. Jaime, new to London with her boyfriend, longs to find a fun crowd. And Bryony is trying to remember the promising young woman she was, before a positive pregnancy test set her life on a different course.
When they spot the advert to join a quiz team and enter a tournament, each signs up, unaware that the organiser, Donna, has her own reason to avoid thinking about home.
After a few evenings, the strangers begin to see they have more in common than they realised. But when everyone’s secrets are finally out on the table, will it sabotage the team’s chances of making it through?
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Who knew an advert for a quiz team would bring such a disparate group of characters together. Meet the Red Hot Quizzy Peppers:
Donna wants to be the love ’em and leave ’em no string girl, even with her family. Harry, who has just lost his job, his fiancée and is afraid of disappointing his ever unapproving mother. Luke and Jaime who came from the Cumbrian countryside and are coming to regret it as the London life puts a strain on their long-term relationship. Bryony the teenaged bride who became a mother of 2 and feels that life is passing her by.
From disastrous beginnings this group began to take the league by storm. As they progress in the league, we learn more about what has brought them together including overbearing parents, feeling unfulfilled and various mental health struggles, the biggest being general loneliness in a city of over 10 million people.
A heartfelt, witty and engaging story. I really enjoyed the quiz question headers at the start of the chapters. The changing POV kept the story fresh and really allowed you to see what motivates each of our MC’s. I must admit Luke was the hardest character for me to like – he just always came across as such a negative but narcissistic nellie!
The romance is off page and the most you see is some kissing, so maybe not for those who want intense romance
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