AMAZON BEST-SELLER!Sent to live with her cousin Elsie in the Yorkshire countryside, Rose has only one thing on her mind; joining her friends as a club rep in Mexico. When she hears about a council incentive offering the promise of free flights to the person who clocks the most volunteering hours at the local care home, she’s got her plan set. But she doesn’t plan on bonding with the old ladies, … with the old ladies, going after the village bad boy and trying to persuade Elsie not to become a Nun.
Soon she’s questioning who her real friends are and whether her old life is one she wants to return to.
Can the village win her over and will she win the chance to leave it behind? Will she even want to?
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Too vulgar. I hate hearing the “f” word constantly. Didn’t finish it because. Couldn’t relate in any way
Audiobook Review
I’m still laughing. I’ve quickly learned that Laura Barnard knows how to keep you laughing out loud and face palming at the same time. Her characters get into the most awkward situations you will be shaking your head. Rose is no different as she tries to find her way to Mexico and meets some amazing people along her way. I loved it.
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OMG this book was hilarious. I absolutely loved Rose (don’t you dare call her anything else). She was flawed. She jumped to conclusions. She made a mess of things. She was someone I could totally relate to. She wasn’t the disaster of a person everyone thought she was. Okay, yes she was. But she was working on it. She is sent to live with her cousin who is the total opposite. Rose wants to party. Her cousin Ellie wants to be a nun. Rose makes it her mission to convince her there is so much more to life. She gets a job in a pub and volunteers at a care home for the elderly in hopes of winning the contest that will allow her to go to Mexico and party with her best friend. Well life doesn’t go as Rose plans. Soon she finds herself sleeping with a bad boy, falling for his up tight brother, badly trying to solve town mysteries and not actually wanting to leave the small town. This was such a fun book. The narrator did a great job. I found myself laughing out loud so many times. Like Rose I thought I had it all figured out. But I was so wrong. Go experience this hilarious read now.
4 Star review of Tequila & Tea Bags by Laura Barnard
Audio Review:
Having read or listened to several books by Laura Barnard I was interested to listen to Tequila & Tea Bags narrated by Deborah Balm who is a new narrator to me.
I was drawn in by the blurb of this book and was excited to dive in. Deborah Balm dod a good job with the narration and I found her voice pleasant to listen to.
The characters were intriguing, although at times I was extremely frustrated by Rosie. She was self centred and annoyed me on numerous occasions. Although having said that her friendship with Elsie had me laughing a bit; I really liked Elsie.
Tequila & Tea Bags was a fast paced book that kept me entertained and was well written and performed.
Favorite Quotes:
“I’ve never trusted religion; all that stuff about heaven and hell. It always sounds like they’re threatening you, and I swear half the people attending church are only there because they’re terrified they’ll be struck down otherwise.”
“’No,’ I say as sexily as I can. I attempt a giggle, but it comes out more as a fog horn noise. Sexy. Real sexy, Rose. This is so much easier when I’m drunk.”
“God, he’s hot. He’s making me stupid.”
I really wish the church grave yard wasn’t across the road from the pub. Visions of a zombie Michael Jackson emerging from it and forcing me to dance clouds my head.”
“I’m stunned into silence, my mouth gaping open so wide he can probably see my tonsils.”
“And it’s like my mum always said, be with a man that ruins your lipstick, not your mascara.”
My Review:
This is one of the funniest books I have read in a very long time, I laughed so much I had to stop reading to wipe my eyes. Ms. Barnard’s writing is refreshing, sassy, crisp, clever, irreverent, self-depreciating, hysterically funny, and also quite moving at times. Beside the tears of laughter, I also had a bit of an ugly cry – she is a crafty one and got me both ways. A fantastic read from across the pond. I learned many new and odd sayings I hope to weave into my conversations like “I am so chuffed,” “playing silly beggar,” “bodge jobbed it,” “being on at me,” and curious less than complimentary words like wally, ta, weable, and slagging. I love learning new ways to be snarky. I enjoyed each quirky character residing in this little village, and would gladly bribe the author to write a complete book spotlighting each one, as I am not wanting to leave them just yet.
Fun story
Good read!
I don’t know why I wasn’t expecting much of this one but I was pleasantly surprised. It was a great story of redemption as we watch the main character get sent to the country to live with her soon to be nun cousin for partying a bit too much in the city. You soon begin to see that there’s more behind the characters than first meets the eye and that’s what kept me drawn in. This was a great read and I was sad to see it end.