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So Thrilled For You by Holly Bourne

August 8, 2025 by ASKReviews 2 Comments

Best for: Any woman with friends. Any woman who has had kids. Any woman who has friends who have had kids. But a content note that there is a lot of discussion around birth trauma and also post-natal depression. In a nutshell: The ‘Little Women’ are four friends who met at university. One (Lauren) has an infant child, one (Nicki) is eight months pregnant, one (Charlotte) has been dealing with infertility for years, and one (Steffi) is childfree by choice. They gather for Nicki’s baby […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Holly Bourne

ASKReviews's CBR17 Review No:28 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Holly Bourne ·
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Cover of So Thrilled For You, yellow and pink, shows a woman lying on a floor wearing a party hat blowing out a candle on a cupcake

People who live in glass houses shouldn’t host baby showers on broiling hot days

So Thrilled For You (2025) by Holly Bourne

April 10, 2025 by drmllz Leave a Comment

Content note: Do NOT read this book or this review if you have any sort of trauma related to childbirth, motherhood, or (in)fertility. So Thrilled For You is about a group of four women who were housemates at university in England, whose bond has become somewhat strained, but who are coming together for a happy occasion–Nicki’s baby shower. Charlotte (paging SATC) is the perfectionist organising the shower to the fullest of its glossy filtered #humbleandblessed social media potential; Lauren is dealing with postpartum depression and a […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr17, drmllz, Holly Bourne, toxic friendships, women's fiction

drmllz's CBR17 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr17, drmllz, Holly Bourne, toxic friendships, women's fiction ·
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