I just had a quick look at the reviews of this book and, as it's very highly rated, I’m obviously in the minority with my lack of love for it.

The book follows the stories of three sisters; twins Hannah and Beth, and Sophie. For one reason or another, the girls have all been avoiding long term relationships with men. And obviously, considering this is a romance, it’s no spoiler to say they each just needed to meet the right man who will overlook their assumed shortcomings.

Sophie’s story started out strongest. She indulges in an one-night stand with an old family friend and ends up pregnant. I love that trope. Thought it would never get old. But I might have been wrong because it got real old real quick here when Sophie's baby!daddy decided it was the 1950s. He demanded Sophie stop being a selfish (aka modern independent) woman and insisted she had to move in with him. Let's face it, no woman could possibly manage a nine month pregnancy and then a baby alone. *eye roll* Just when I thought I couldn't get more modern!girl mad, Sophie's family chimed in and agreed she had to move in with baby!daddy because he had more room in his house. What? Now, that's oh so wrong. Surely Morey could have come up with a better reason to force-live-together the couple.

Now, Hannah’s plot is maybe even less contemporary. She meets the perfect man but decides he wouldn’t want to stay with her for the long haul. This is simply because he's a bit older than her and anyone that age would surely only want a fertile woman who can bear him some babies. Um. What? Cue my hand flapping.

Beth's storyline also had potential. She is not quite ready to replace her first love who died in a car accident, so she carefully keeps all men at arm’s length. Then Harry comes into her life, just as a friend,she keeps telling herself. Now everyone can get behind the friends-to-lovers trope but it's one that only works if there's UST between the 'friends'. Beth and Harry had zero. Their romance was sweet but bland. I wasn't willing them to start ripping each other's clothes off.

In fact I found all three leads had a distinct lack of chemistry with their potential new boyfriends. Considering Morley’s huge catalogue of romances, I found this disappointing and surprising.

The South Australian regional setting was nice but Morey’s descriptive passages didn’t send me into raptures. I will hand it to her though, despite my general dislike for chook lit, I didn’t think there were any of the usual corny characters or cliched small town events that tend to be used in this genre that often grates on my nerves. I must say, the parts featuring joeys etc were very realistic because yes, I've looked after a joey, and it's a lot of work.

I struggled through the second half and admit to resorting to skimming now and then.
Morey had good intentions but nothing made me desperate to reach the characters' happy ever afters.

Very average. 2 1/2 out of 5

This novel was set in South Australia. It is a romance about families, relationships and secrets. Three sisters each have a secret but find they can't fall in love and move on until they share their secret. I loved the characters and the way they interacted with each other and their grandparents and other family members.reading

I loved being back in the Adelaide Hills with the Faraday family catching up with Dan and Lucy and the girls, this is such a moving and heart-felt story, a story where Hannah, Beth and Sophie get to make choices for their future, a story that makes the girls open up about secrets that they have kept to themselves. I loved this story truly it is one not to be missed.

Hannah the eldest twin by ten minutes, the bossy sister, Hannah is a vet and loves spending time with the animals she looks after more so than people, she used to be very close to her sisters but while at university things happened that she has kept to herself, but when she meets Irishman Declan who brings in an orphaned joey her world starts to change but will that secret cause more heartache for her or see her in a very happy place?

Beth, mother to Siena single and planning to stay that way after losing the love of her life many years before, she works hard as a paramedic and her artistic projects but when a fallen tree brings Harry to the rescue Beth is happy for him to be a friend and a friend only but an accident makes her see the truth about her feelings and opening up brings happiness.

Sophie the youngest sister, a school teacher the one that wants the romance the HEA but when Sophie gets dumped by the man she loved and she had so much planned for after Dan and Lucy’s wedding, a little too much alcohol and Dan’s best friend Nick single father steps up to look after her sends them into a very sensual one night that leaves consequences. And here starts a journey that is an emotional roller coaster for them both, but my goodness when they get there woohoo.

MS Morey you rock this is a fabulous story so many emotions, such fabulous witty banter and above all it shows the strength and courage and love that sisters have for each other when they allow themselves to open up, they always have each other’s backs no matter what in love and life, and to see Hannah, Beth and Sophie all with HEA’s this one had me smiling and cheering them on a very happy reader. Of course it was fantastic catching up with friends in Nan and Pop and Dan and Lucy. Thank you for an awesome a story that I highly recommend it.

The Faraday sisters, Hannah, Beth and Sophie are all carrying emotional baggage. As a reader you could relate to the sisters and what they were going through. We read about their romantic attractions and the issues that the girls are dealing with to overcome their problems. Will the sisters battle through their trouble with choices and come out better for it?

This book is set in the Adelaide Hills. You will feel like you are there. It is a great fun romance and will enjoy each of the sisters and their stories. It deals with some interesting issues. It has humour, romance, family and kittens.

Trish Morey has written a fabulous heartfelt story of moving forward and letting the past go.

I could write so much about this wonderful book but I do not like to give spoilers away and ruin it for the readers. Grab yourself a copy and have an adventure with the Faraday sisters, you will not be disappointed.

I would highly recommend this book.

Thank you to Harlequin Australia & MIRA and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an open and honest review.

Book Details

Published: 18th June 2018
Publisher: Harlequin Published

Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781489257796
ISBN-10: 1489257799
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 400
RRP: $29.99

Format: ePUB
ISBN: 9781489257765
ISBN-10: 1489257764
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 320
RRP: $9.99

This was a really uplifting romance that made me smile and feel happy after reading it. It follows the lives of three sisters and their romantic attractions and the different issues each has to face and deal with. It has, humour, romance, family and so much more. The main sister in the story though is Sophie and her attraction to handsome Nick. The setting is The Adelaide Hills to which I've never been, but could clearly imagine in my mind as I read. This is Trish Morey's first novel and I really look forward to reading more from her in the future.

Thanks to NetGalley and Harlequin Australia for a copy in return for an honest review.

I started ‘Trouble With Choices’ on a very active walking holiday, so consequently I found myself picking it up and putting it down often. Usually when I read books like that, I find that I’m often losing interest or threads of the story but this was the opposite. In fact I found it to be the perfect book for the holiday.

In a warm story of family, we are reunited with the Faraday clan from ‘Cherry Season’. Don’t worry if you haven’t read that book, it has no bearing on this one (it’s just nice to be reunited with familiar characters). Told in alternating chapters of the three Faraday sisters Hannah, Beth and Sophie, with the occasional chapter of Nick’s (a family friend) the characters are well defined, so I always knew who’s head I as in. I enjoyed all the characters with their insecurities, interactions and the growing concerns for elderly family members.

Trish Morey is a local author and as with her previous novel ‘Cherry Season’, she writes about the local area with such authenticity. I could imagine exactly where the characters were at any one time and I loved that.
If you’re looking for an easy to read, warm hearted, feel good family relationship story, look no further. I highly recommend this one.

Thank you to Netgalley and the Publisher for an ARC to read.

What a great read full of likeable characters and laugh -out-loud moments. I could not pick which character was my fave, they were all entertaining in their own way, even serious Hannah :)
Review copy received from Harlequin MIRA via Netgalley