Dancing Over the Hill by Cathy Hopkins

From Goodreads

Cait and Matt have been married for 30 years. They are rock solid; an inspiration to others; stuck together like glue – aren’t they?

But Cait can’t shake off the feeling that something is missing. They are fit and healthy, if a bit skint – but the whole world should be their oyster now that Matt has retired, giving them the time to do those things that really matter – and more importantly – together. So why is she left wondering if this is all there is? Has Matt always been this annoying and infuriating? And where have those ants-in-her-pants suddenly come from?

It’s not helped by the reappearance in her life of Tom Lewis, the love of her life who broke her heart at university and who, despite the fact she hasn’t seen him for decades, is still exerting his magnetic pull.

Her friends are Lorna, who recently lost her husband, and Debs whose husband recently left her. The three women must all question what they want out of the rest of their lives – and how they are going to get it…

My thoughts

This was a recent read of my local Library Reading Group and was met by most of the group with a not keen on it, as they didn't feel that there was enough depth in the book to make a good book for discussion.

I gave this a 2 stars or 4/10. It was an easy read, that personally I felt went on a bit too long.

Telling the story of Cait and Matt, who've been married for 30 years. To others on the outside they appear to have a rock solid marriage, but do they?

Not all relationships run smoothly all the time and when things beyond Cait and Matt's control begin to impact on their marriage it makes them take a look at things and Cait begins to wonder if there's more to life than what she has at the moment.

When an old flame reappears in her life, her head is turned a little and she begins to want more and she begins to become irritated by little things that Matt does, that never used to bother her.

Will Cait and Matt ride this storm or will one of them fall overboard, leaving their marriage as a sinking ship whilst they decide to stay afloat?

Cathy Hopkins is a very prolific Author of YA books and perhaps that's what she's best at writing. As I mentioned before I felt this was a little overlong and it just didn't engage me as much as other books of a similar genre do. It was an easy read though and perfect for reading as and when you've got a spare 15 minutes, as it didn't take much concentration at all.