An absolutely wonderful story of transformation, healing, finding oneself, and true love. Thea has been on a very specific career and life trajectory since a childhood experience shifted her priorities. But now, as an adult and well on her way to achieving her dreams, everything suddenly seems hollow. I loved Thea's journey in this book - and especially loved the kooky characters she met along the way. An all around fantastic feel good novel, perfect for those who sometimes wonder what if they completely changed their life.

The Do-Over by Phoebe MacLeod was engaging written with strong and appealing main characters. These things kept me happily reading until the end.. When I got there, however, I was forced to the conclusion that it was wasn't a very coherent or cohesive book.

The premise was strong. Thea is forced to realise that her partnership in a prestigious global law firm is not all that she wants. Yes, she's proud of herself and enjoys her work but, when a senior colleague dies suddenly, she starts thinking about her own life. That leads to her changing directions. All this was fine. The decision wasn't taken on a whim, although it happened suddenly. Thea felt like a strong woman with a good sense of self. But the middle part of the book seemed unlikely, as though it had been lifted from another story altogether. I couldn't believe in Rebecca or the male characters the two women met in Kent.

However, the ending was better (mostly). Alasdair was a brilliant character whom I thought we deserved to see more of. His part in the book was too rushed and squeezed. I really wish there had been less about the (frankly uninteresting and ever-changing) property situation and more about Alasdair, and Thea's family.

Thea is working as a lawyer in London, when one of the senior parters at her firm passes away, she realises that there is more to life than spending more time in the office than her house. She decides to quit being a lawyer and find a new passion in her life... renovating a disused watermill.

To start, I will talk about the things I loved about this book:

• The friendship between Thea and Rebecca
• The enemies-to-friends trajectory for Thea and Rebecca
• The property development aspect
• Ben (what an absolute sweetheart!!)
• The epilogue!!!

I thought that Thea's male love interests, George and Alasdair, where boring and neither was suitable for Thea. I changed my mind during the last chapter when I fell for Alasdair's charm, but I wish this had been my feeling through the whole book.

I also think the main storyline should have been more about Thea's personal development rather than focusing on a love interest. Especially as Thea was such a strong woman at the start, I would prefer for this theme to continue through the book rather than being reduced to a simpering fool at the sight of an attractive man with the personality of a cardboard box.

Overall, I thought this book was okay, definitely not something I'd read again but I didn't struggle to finish it.

I’ll read more books by the author in the future after reading this one. This author writes with such verve and positivity and emotional intelligence.

Enjoyed this book! Thea is a young lawyer who is passionate about her job. She makes partner at a very young age, following her life plan. When a senior partner does things start to feel different for Thea. This is a story about reinventing yourself, mixed with some romance. She does decide to leave the law firm and find her new passion..

The friendship between Thea and Alasdair was refreshing. From starting out at the law firm together, to becoming friends and more. He seemed really in tune with her thoughts and needs. I did not however enjoy George a potential love interest. He just seemed incredibly boring and not really sure what he wanted.

I would recommend this book. Thank you to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is a fun, entertaining read. I would say this is more of a Women’s Fiction story with a subplot romance than a Romance. I liked Thea and enjoyed her journey of self-discovery throughout the course of the book. She’s a strong, wounded, interesting, relatable, intriguing, complicated, complex and entertaining character. She goes on a wild ride throughout the course of the story, which many can relate to. The secondary characters added to the fabric of the story and my enjoyment. The story is easy to read and get into.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This book wasn't for me. It started out well, but then I just lost interest and DNFd at just after halfway. The main characters felt much younger than their actual age and I just couldn't connect with them

Oh I really wanted to love this book. I started it a while ago and put it to one side to see if my mojo came back. Unfortunately it didn’t, and I think the book just didn’t grab and keep my attention enough.

The synopsis is great. I love a rom com so did think this had all the boxes checked. However, reading it was quite different to the promise from the synopsis.

As a positive, the author described characters well and this helped with connection to the main characters.

I am grateful for the advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I respect the amount of blood, sweat and tears that authors give when writing a book. Therefore, I’d like to be clear that this review is my personal opinion. Other will read this and absolutely love it.

It was okay! I think Thea just got a little wake up all- something I feel like we all need every now and then-

'Some people are surprisngly flexible in matters of the heart"

This was very different to what I was expecting.

The Do-Over by Pheobe MacLeod focuses on Thea Rogers, who has spent her entire life striving to be the best at everything she does. After years of dedicating her life to her career in corporate law, she achieves the thing she's always wanted. She is the youngest female partner in her firms history. However when a senior partner suddenly dies, Thea realises the only people at his funeral are there because they feel they have to be. It sends Thea spirilling as she reconsiders her life choices, but can she really change, or is it too late for a do-over.

So this book was totally different to what I was expecting. I was expecting a rom com, with with a friends with benefits to something more. What I got was a story about a woman who recongises she isn't happy with her life, and enemies to best firends, rediscovery journey, and I loved it.

Thea is one of those characters who is just instantly relatable, even in her coporate law job, when she is no nonsense, and totally focused on her job, and then again when she haves a not quite mid life crisis, and in all honesty I enjoyed her character all the more for it. She was really relatable in the way she showed her frustrations, the way she questioned everything, we've all been there when loosing someone very suddenly, even if it's someone we don't know or like very much there is usually still that feeling of oh wow, making us question what we'll leave behind when we go.

I really like Rebecca as a character as well. The difference from when she's first introducewd to when her and Thea actually become friends is really interesting, and it's almost like she was two different characters. The firendship between her and Thea felt so special, no underlying feelings of jealousy, no clinging onto a friendship when everything falls apart. Even though they were two very different people there's no patronising, and honestly I think this book is less of a romcom, and more a testement to female friendships, which is something I am severly lacking on my bookshelves.

I did have a couple of complaints, I wish there weren't so many time jumps. There was a few too many times when you start a new chapter and suddenly its been six months, or its been weeks, or its been two months. THings like that when I'm reading feel very disjointed and take me out of the story. Don't get me wrong time jumps can be good, but there were just too many, it felt like there would be this big build up to something, it happens, and then its months later, there's no fallout from it happening, there's no emotion connected to it happening, and it just takes me out of the story a little.

It also felt like I was reading two different books. The second half of the book felt so vastly different to the beginning of the book that it could have easily been it's own book. Both were good but mixed with the time jumps it just added a little to the feeling of being disjointed.

Also personally I wouldn't consider it a romcom in the traditional sense. It was funny at multiple points, Rebecca meeting Ben had me genuinley laughing out loud, but the romance aspect really takes a backseat, but to me that wasn't a bad thing. I found myself more invested in Thea and Rebecca's story and doing up the house then I was with the romance plot, and I think it would have worked out without it to be honest. It felt a little bit like there are very few chapters left we need to get the romance sorted, but I still enjoyed it and still really enjoyed the happy ending.

All in all despite a few issues I really enjoyed this book, and flew through it (I finsihed it in two days) and it's really made me want to check out more of Pheobe MacLeod's books.

Thank you to NetGalley for the early copy, all thoughts are my own.

The book was okay, nothing amazing about it but nothing terrible either. Nothing really jumped out at me to make it memorable.

DNF. I got to 60% and it turned into a completely different weird story. I thought I would make it to the end but just couldn’t

This novel follows Thea Rogers, a driven corporate lawyer on the brink of making partner. When a colleague’s funeral leaves her questioning her life choices, she’s faced with a dilemma: stick to her ambitious path or risk it all for a more fulfilling life. Thought-provoking and heartfelt, this story explores whether we can truly change and what it means to live a life filled with purpose and connection. Perfect for anyone who’s ever questioned if they’re on the right path.

The Do-Over is a lovely, easy read that is full of wholesome characters and an endearing storyline.

Although I did enjoy this read, It just felt as though there was a little something missing for me, however, that is my own personal preference. I'm sure others will love this book.

Absolutely brilliant, loved it. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me an advance copy, I will definitely be recommending.

The Do Over follows Thea as she suddenly quits her job as a partner in a law firm following a senior partners death. She befriends a single mom neighbor and together, the friends embark on house flipping. This was more about lawyering and water mills than romance. The romance came in at the very end and was covered very quickly. I wouldn’t say this was a comedy either. I would call this a cozy, slow women’s fiction. I personally didn’t find it all that interesting and thought Thea was more interesting as a lawyer. This is a pass from me.

Thank you Boldwood Books for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

Let me start by saying this isn’t really a romance novel, rather it’s a story about friendship and finding yourself. Our heroine is trapped in an intense job with wealth she has no time to appreciate, and after an event makes her reevaluate things, she starts to make changes. There is a bit of romance in this book, but it’s more on the fringes. It’s a great book for when you don’t want anything mentally or emotionally taxing, but still want a HEA. It didn’t really grip me, but I don’t regret taking the time to read it either

I just want to say thank you very much to the author and netgalley for allowing me the opportunity to read this book I really appreciate it.

I didn't mind this book, but I had a lot of issues with it. I could get through it, it was an easy enough read but that's about it. Which is why I gave it a 4 (technically a 3 and a half) no spelling errors no continuation errors so I rounded up to a 4. But honestly that is really what it has going for it. The characters are forgettable, they beginning 1/3 was great but after that it completely fell. The bit with the one character as I don't want to spoil anything, seemed forced and unnecessary. Technically I know it must have been needed for this big other reveal (which also fell really flat) but it just made it annoying because you knew where it was going for sure after that and it just felt really pointless and kind of wrecked the rest for me.

It also seemed really pointless for her to have been a lawyer. She realistically could have been anything and it wouldn't have been such a bother. But I kept waiting for it to matter throughout the rest of the book to potentially solve a problem but it didn't it didn't come into play at all and that sucked it's like oh well new identity forget all you read prior. Also the ending I feel like there wasn't much there just like hey we're done now heres a little extra but nothing really wrapped up it just felt like oh here extra i did it.

Someone else commented that it reminded them of undomestic goddess and honestly yes I can completely see that. That though had characters to love, the actual use of her previous skills later and slow noticeable growth in character well this was all or nothing all at once. No offense if I could choose to read one again it would be Sophie Kinsellas not this one.

Now I sound mean I don't mean too but for someone who likes books that feel like a romcom hallmark/ Netflix Christmas movie without the Christmas you'll love this, but it's just not for me. Thank you so very much again for the opportunity to read this book I really appreciate it.

A really lovely read, I truly enjoyed this book. I was really interested in the complete about turn that Thea made with her career but thought seeing her life change in such a positive way was amazing. I would recommend this book and love this author’s writing style.

The Do-Over by Phoebe Macleod fell a bit flat for me. The plot moved at a glacial pace, and I found myself struggling to stay engaged. While the premise held promise, the story lacked the spark needed to bring it to life. The characters felt one-dimensional, and their journeys didn’t pull me in as much as I’d hoped. I wanted more depth and development to make the read more compelling.

Thank you to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for the ARC.