Saying that, I feel like the strongest theme of this entire book is the wonder of being a female.

If you've ever felt like you're at a crossroads in a relationship, this book will feel like a comfort blanket to your heart. It's a beautiful look at the deterioration of a break-up, and how easy it is to lose ourselves in someone else's shadow. The opening page is their final goodbye, the last? How they met. Out Of Love is a story of a break-up told in reverse. Hazel is a woman who has so much to say, and I'm always going to be listening. The power of the Internet, people.Īnyway, when I first heard that she was writing a book I was enthusiastic. Yeah, you can say she was a vital asset in shaping my life into what it now is. It was the first domino in a huge line-up that eventually led me to marriage and literally moving to a different country.

I've followed the author for many years on Youtube and social media, her TOTM monthly series inspired me to step outside of my comfort zone when it came to both work and romance. This is a modern story with the heart of a classic: truthful, tragic and ultimately full of hope.Do you ever pick up a book already knowing that you're going to fall head over heels for it? That was my experience with Out Of Love by Hazel Hayes. In this dazzling debut Hazel Hayes performs a post-mortem on love, tenderly but unapologetically exploring every angle, from the heights of joy to the depths of grief, and all the madness and mundanity in between. Beginning at the end of a relationship, each chapter takes us further back in time, weaving together an already unravelled tapestry, from tragic break-up to magical first kiss. Out of Love is a bittersweet romance told in reverse. Burdened with a broken heart, she asks herself the age-old question.

Hayes references Nora Ephron throughout and she's a pretty good successor judging from this debut' StylistĪ novel for anyone who has loved and lost, and lived to tell the tale.Īs a young woman packs up her ex-boyfriend's belongings and prepares to see him one last time, she wonders where it all went wrong, and whether it was ever right to begin with. 'Wise, compelling and beautifully written' Daily Mail Trust us, this is the book of the summer' Evoke 'Out of Love will fill the gap that Normal People left in our heart. The writing was good enough to make me forget I had a phone, put it that way' Aisling Bea 'I enjoyed Out of Love hugely! It's vivid, very compelling storytelling' Marian Keyes

Out of Love by Hazel Hayes