Last Night - Mhairi McFarlane

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Title: Last Night (a.k.a. Just Last Night)
Author: Mhairi McFarlane
Genre: Chick-lit
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 406
Date read: October, 2021

Eve, Justin, Susie, and Ed have been friends since they were teenagers. Now in their thirties, the four are as close as ever, Thursday pub trivia night is sacred, and Eve is still secretly in love with Ed. Maybe she should have moved on by now, but she can’t stop thinking about what could have been. And she knows Ed still thinks about it, too.

But then, in an instant, their lives are changed forever.

In the aftermath, Eve’s world is upended. As stunning secrets are revealed, she begins to wonder if she really knew her friends as well as she thought. And when someone from the past comes back into her life, Eve’s future veers in a surprising new direction...


An absolute gorgeous description of friendship and grief. I cried buckets, but while it was sad, it wasn't depressing. I loved the friendships described between Eve, Susie, Justin and Ed, and how they were friendships with room for disagreements and fights.

I also enjoyed reading about the trip to Edinburgh (especially as I recognized many of the places from my own visit), and how Finlay was slowly pulled out of his shell, as Finlay and Eve both realized that their preconceived notions about each other were perhaps not as accurate as first expected.

I really do wish that Mhairi McFarlane had stuck to making this a book about friendships with their ups and downs though. I loved the fact that Eve and Ed could talk through their differences and come through on the other side.... perhaps not stronger, but at least with a friendship still intact. But I really, really, really wish that Eve and Finlay had remained just friends, rather than trying to add romance to the mix. Not that they didn't seem right for each other, but it seemed too abrupt and too sudden - like it had to be tacked on, instead of just left to grow organically. I could definitely buy that they'd become friends that quickly... not so much with the romance.