An easy summer read that should be read with ice cream in hand. As others have noted though, the constant pop culture references were fun at first, but perhaps a little heavy-handed.

I have to say, for a debut novel it isn't bad, but this one felt a bit like an episode of Sex and the City. It follows three friends and their differing priorities, with more pop culture references than you can shake a stick at. I think the biggest complaint I have is that much like the aforementioned show, this one is going to feel dated quickly. It's a good quick beach read but nothing I would pick up again.

Pretty good book. This one really counts as a weekend read to me. You don’t have to keep a chart of who’s who because the story is easy to follow.

Big nope for me. I was bored, there was really no plot there... it just went on and on. Plus Lauren didn`t get much time, i would like if they got equeally time in the book. I found Briony to be boring and Natalie`s acting that she was the victim when she cheated ugh.

An enjoyable enough read, however I would say the main focus throughout this book is friendship rather than romance.
I enjoyed the characters interactions and relationship with one another.

I enjoyed this easy to read story which follows three best friends In very different journeys in love. There were elements I’d like to have seen expanded on but I did enjoy the link to real life events!

Two Scoops, not Three by Terri Boas

This book follows the lives of three school friends though they couldn’t be more different. When suddenly life throws a spanner in the works for one because of a rash moment none of their lives may be the same.

Though a quick easy read and reasonably good as a debut novel there were a few loose ends left and movie/soaps quote got a bit much - remember less is more.

3.5/5

This is a book that reminds you of your friends and things you got upto. The laughs, the falling out and the drunken nights, except I can't sing!
A page turner definitely with a few twists
Easy read, easy to follow but that does not mean it's not a great book. It means I kept wanting to know what's was going to happen next

Hopefully someone else will enjoy this book more. Sorry it wasn't for me. I will try 1 of her other series

Two Scoops, Not Three follows three best friends, Briony, Lauren, and Natalie. They are in their early 30s and each one of them has their own issues.
Briony is the hardworking one, working at an accounting firm and trying to find Mr. Right. Lauren is a cruise singer and goes away for days on end on ships. She is gay and is looking for Ms. Right. Natalie is happily married to her childhood sweetheart and has two lovely children. However, she is not as happy as she appears to her friends.

Things come to a head when Natalie, sex-starved and feeling neglected, starts a torrid affair with her physical trainer. She swallows her conscience and tries to balance her family and affair. But she gets pregnant. And that's where her problems start.

Briony seems to have found her Mr. Perfect in her boss's son. But is he what he seems?

Lauren, to her dismay, starts feeling something like love towards Briony. Is it love or just protectiveness?

The premise is really good and the story is quick paced.

There were a few issues I had. Natalie has an affair. However, the story goes as if the reader should sympathize with her. The husband, in fact,is shown to be contrite for working too hard and not giving his wife enough time. Do we need to support cheating now?
Overall, I didn't like Natalie as a character. She is too selfish for her own good. Even her guilty phases last for frustratingly little periods. She doesn't even think about her children during adultery given that they are her "center of the universe".

Briony's character development is good up to a point then stops. After that, she seems boring as well.

Ironically, I loved Lauren's character best. But she seemed just like a side character than a main one. I hope there is a sequel that follows Lauren more.

For a debut, though, this is a great attempt. I will definitely look forward to reading more from Terri Boas.

Thanks to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for giving me this ARC.

This was a great summer read. It follows Bri, Natalie and Lauren as they live their lives. It was interesting to read their interactions with each other. Through marital and boyfriend issues. However if you are looking for romance, this may not be quite the book for you. Definitely a good story line of friendship.

A women's fiction about two friends on the outs after one makes a very big mistake. I can honestly say this one wasn't for me. But fans of women's fiction and the author may love this one.

Two Scoops, not Three follows a group of friends as they are navigating life. It follows Briony, who feels like she has the worst luck with guys. Then she meets the charming and polite American son of her boss. Natalie, the married mother of two, has felt like she has been neglected by her husband, so she starts s tryst with her sexy, personal trainer. Lastly, Lauren, who returns home from her job on a cruise ship, to find that she may have feelings for her best friend.

I thought this story was really cute. It says it is a romance, but I would definitely say it leans more towards Womens Fiction, or Chick Lit, as it is more about their friendship and each one trying to figure out their lives and the turns they have taken. I really loved the friendship between the girls. I felt like the dynamic was real. They didn't sugar coat things for one another, and I appreciated that. There were times where I felt like Bri, and times that I wanted to knock some sense into Natalie. One negative thing for me was, I wish we could have seen more of Lauren's point of view. The story focused mostly on Bri and Natalie that Lauren's thoughts felt like they were merely passing glimpses of her.

All in all, i thought this was a really cute story of friendship. As a debut, the author did a wonderful job. I would definitely be willing to read other books from her, especially if it is a continuation of Bri's, Lauren's and Natalie's story.

‘Two Scoops, Not Three’ is about three best friends Briony, who is unlucky when it comes to finding a man, Natalie, a housewife with two children who is cheating on her husband, and Lauren, a cruise entertainer.

I honestly don’t know how I feel about this book. I was so bored throughout most of it as there was no real plot. I wanted this book to be about the friendship between Briony, Natalie and Lauren but throughout almost 90% of the book the three characters did not interact with each other. The main focus of this book is on Briony and Natalie, as Briony is trying to find herself a boyfriend, whereas Natalie is trying to deal with the consequences of her affair. I would have probably liked this book a lot more if it had included more of Lauren as she seemed like the most interesting character of the three and yet she was barely in the book and felt more like a side character than one of the main characters.

Natalie was the worst character I have probably ever read in a book. She was unbelievably selfish and treated her husband awfully by cheating on him and acting like it was his fault that she cheated because he was at work most of the time. It felt like she did not care about anyone but herself and she was written as if the author wanted the reader to feel sorry for Natalie when Natalie was actually just a terrible human for cheating on her husband and not caring about his feelings until she got caught.

One of the main reasons I disliked this book was because of the inclusion of the Manchester bombing in the book. Including this event in the book had no relevance at all to the story beforehand and then it was used as a plot point to drive Natalie to breaking up with the man she was having an affair with. As someone who was there at the Manchester bombing and was affected by those events, I thought that this was insensitive and triggering.

Overall, this book was just bad. I very rarely rate books one or two stars as I always find something I liked within it, but this one just annoyed me. The cover is really cute though and was the main reason why I wanted to pick this book up.

Thank you to BooksGoSocial for providing me with a copy of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC. I just could not like this book. Fell flat for me...

Too many movies/music references in this one for me. Lovely written, but still didn't fully enjoyed it.
Only 2.5 stars.

I genuinely think there’s a little bit of most women in this book. Totally relatable and a brilliant read. Adored it!

This is a cute story about the intertwining lives of three friends. It's a cute, rom-com style look with a lot of pop culture references.

Many thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for my ARC. All opinions are my own.

No, just no. There are so many things about this book that I didn’t like. And I honestly can’t think of one thing that I did like.

This is the story of three lifelong friends - Briony, Lauren & Natalie. Briony is coming off a bad relationship where she discovered her boyfriend was really married. She jumps into another relationship with her boss’ son, Mani.

Lauren is a singer for a cruise line and travels frequently. She is gay, but does not have a steady love interest.

Natalie is married with two children, but she continues to have an affair with her personal trainer. After her husband and one of her kids finds out, she intends to break it off with her trainer, but as soon as she sees him again, she can’t - she is just infatuated with the guy. Natalie’s husband doesn’t even get angry - he assumes the affair is his fault because he works so much. I definitely don’t like the way this affair is treated - there seems to be zero remorse all around. These people have no scruples.

Not only are the characters totally unlikeable, it seems there are exactly 5,735 references to 90s / 2000s movies, music videos, etc. what is the obsession of quoting movies or songs? It really was so frequent that it became very annoying.

This book just didn’t do it for me. And at the end, I was glad none of these people were my friends in real life.

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review. The opinions stated above are mine without biases.

Thank you NetGalley, BooksGoSocial and Terri Boas for gifing me a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review!
Told from the point of view of three sisters, Luaren, Natalie and Bryony, readers are taken along through infidelity, struggles to find the one and fighting feelings. This book is perfect for girl’s girls who are in the mood for a fast, light read by the pool.
The writing in Two Scoops, Not Three was quick and flowed nicely between the sister’s stories. Terri Boas drops little references to current pop culture that I loved and helped make the story feel that much more real.
I would definitely read more from these sisters and this author in the future!