Whole Lotta Love

by Louise Lee

Family dynamics are tricky at the best of times, but Florence Love's lot really take the biscuit. A laugh-out-loud funny read, and we defy you not to cry a little bit. Fans of Eleanor Oliphant, The Unmumsy Mum and Bridesmaids, you'll want Flo to be your best friend. 'I am in LOVE with Florence Love' Mel Giedroyc Florence Love became a Private Investigator for all the right reasons. She's extraordinarily nosy, it sounds cool on paper and she needed to find her missing mum. Now she knows Bambi Love is hiding out in Italy - in a cloud of secrets and Chanel No. 5. Every family has its skeletons, but Flo's lot are a particularly special case. And how is she supposed to get over her heart-stealing ex, who holds all the answers but refuses point-blank to ever see her againIt's going to take a whole lot of love, sweat and tears to uncover the astonishing truth. Readers LOVE the Florence Love series 'I truly could NOT put it down''Witty, funny and intelligent, with some twists I never saw coming''A hilarious, quirky read which I adored'

352 pages, Paperback

Published June 26, 2018

About the author

Louise Lee was once a Geography teacher. When oxbow lakes no longer floated her boat, she took the next, natural step in her career progression and became a Private Investigator. Memorable cases include a high-functioning bigamist with three wives and six children, who was set to marry a fourth; and losing a target because George Clooney started chatting her up in a bar.

Louise undertook an MA in Creative Writing at Birkbeck, and has had work commissioned by BBC Radio Four. The Florence Love series follows the life of an irreverent, thoroughly ‘modern’ PI who specialises in entrapment, and Louise would love to hear from fellow Florences.

If Louise’s mum is reading this, the books are in no way based on her true experiences. Honest.

Reviews

[Stace]

Book Reviewed by Stacey on www.whisperingstories.com

PI Florence Love is back in the third and final instalment of the ‘Florence Love’ series by Louise Lee. Florence is still on a personal case, her very first one and the only one she has never been able to solve. Just what did happen to her mum all those years ago and why did she leave her husband and two young children in suspicious circumstances.

If you have never read the first two in the series, A Girl Called Love (Previously called The Last Honeytrap) and In the Name of Love, I suggest you do so before reading this one, as this book won’t make much sense to you unless you do.

I’ve been waiting for this book to be released since I finished book two in March 2017. Because of the fifteen month break between the two books I did find myself struggling a little bit to remember everything that had gone on and how the events in the previous books fitted in with this one. However, eventually, everything came flooding back.

If I’m being completely honest this book wasn’t really on par with the other two in terms of Florence and Michael’s character development and the plot jumped around a little bit too much time-wise for my liking. We do get to finally find out what happened to Bambi (Florence’s mum) and that was worth the wait.

I was completely absorbed by Florence’s new case involving teenager James and him trying to find out if his Grandmother’s new boyfriend was trying to steal her antiques. It was refreshing to see the old Florence again and spend time with her and Micheal working together on a great case.

If you have read the other two books in the series then this is a must, or if you are looking for a series to sink your teeth into then this is would be a great choice as it is completely enjoyable, witty and often hilarious read.

[Sarah]

Sadly this book just wasn't for me. I hadn't actually realised it was part of a series when I requested it via Bookbridgr, so it's partly my fault though saying that the book does actually read fine as a stand a lone but I wouldnt usually request a book which is part of a series without having read some other books in the series first.

Personally I just found Flo a bit over the top with her PI methods and the story flicks very quickly as well as there being far to many characters to keep track of. Sure fans of the series and some other readers will love it, but sadly not for me.

Thanks to the publisher and Bookbridgr for a copy of this book.

[Diane Poppleton-brown]

This, the third Florence Love book left me with a huge smile on my face, it was warm, sweet and laugh out loud funny.

I love Florence Love, she’s a PI on a mission to track down her mother, who supposedly died many years ago under nefarious circumstances, but Flo has reason to believe that she’s somewhere in Italy and nothing is going to stop her from finding her, except ...
Is it believable? Is it heck! It’s Fun with a capital ‘F’ and in places bitter sweet. So suspend reality for a bit, put you feet up and embrace A Whole Lotta Love in your world.
Louise Lee you rock!

Thank-you to NetGalley for providing an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

[Gem ~]

Review to follow on blog tour

[Flora]

Enjoyed the relationship between Flo & Michael

[Gaynor Thomas]

I was really pleased to get a copy of this as it sounded like just my kind of thing, but sadly I didn't feel the story lived up to the blurb. I did finish it but I found the writing style a bit odd and it never really took off for me. I hadn't realised it was the third in a series and when I discovered this, it did make a bit more sense. But overall the story was too disjointed for me to really enjoy it.