Welcome back to the Dream Cafe! Or, if you’re new here: welcome! As usual, the latest book in the series can be read as a stand-alone but it is nice to catch up with some of the regulars while also making new friends.
It’s time for the reign of Oliver and Stephanie Kilroy as chair and co-chair of the tennis club to be over. The Kilroys are not going down without a fight but for the good of the club they must go. Enter Laurie and Helen and let’s see what happens next. Laurie and Helen are late twenty-somethings who, despite being attracted to each other, have not moved beyond a platonic relationship…yet. Helen is a cellist in a classical music group who appear to be on the brink of making it into the big time, Laurie is a scientist engaged into researching possible cures for various serious illnesses. Stephanie and Oliver are both barristers whose court battles have nothing on their dust ups at home. Bridget and David have been asked if the tennis club can hold their meetings and after-match teas in the Dream Cafe. All terribly English, highly enjoyable reading.
This is a lovely, cosy series about a slice of life in a London suburb. Speaking of series, it would translate beautifully onto the television screen. There are lots of interesting characters who experience a range of, admittedly, First World problems.
R J Gould is a man writing in a female-dominated genre which gives his books a welcoming, different perspective. They are a breath of fresh air in a rather dodgy world at the moment.
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