Night Music: The Sunday Times bestseller full of warmth and heart

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Matt offers to help Isabel to renovate, Isabel being unaware of his desire to own the house, and soon Isabel's problems begin to multiply. It's a story of new beginnings and friendship; a novel about relationships and the importance of family life.

I wasn't sure what to expect, typical, predictable chick-lit, or something with more depth, and I got the latter. She finally makes her mother pull her head from the sand and face facts in that they cannot afford the lifestyle that Isabel has become accustomed to. While I didn't like Isabel or Matt - both we're a bit too one-dimensional - the rest of the characters, from Byron to Kitty to the Cousins, seemed more interesting and likeable. Her neighbours, Laura and Matt, do nothing in the slightest to make her feel welcome to the village; on the contrary Matt is out for revenge and Laura is lost in her ever crumbling world.As Matt attempts to drive Isabel and her family away from The Spanish House things begin to unravel very quickly and soon result in a dangerous obsession. knight in shining armour, Byron Firth who works for Matt but knows exactly what kind of man he is and attempts to help Isabel through the mess she finds herself in. The conclusion is perhaps a little too tidy, if I'm being objective, and I found one or two of the decisions made to be slightly unlikely; but I do like endings that tie up all the loose threads, so I'm not complaining. Premise: When Isabel Delancey’s husband dies suddenly, she is forced to take her two children and move to a crumbling home in the country. She was too in love with her violin and music to love anyone else, she knew that yet still decided to go ahead and be a wife and mother, it made her thoroughly unlikeable and selfish.

Thierry who hasn’t spoken since his father died needs help and Kitty is too young to be expected to look after both her mother and brother.A story about a woman who loses not only her husband but her sense of security when she finds out she’s broke, NIGHT MUSIC was beautifully written and completely captured me. Matt is an awful character and has cheated on his wife multiple times yet she continues to stay with him.

She's also obsessed with the memory of her recently deceased husband Laurent, whom she loved with an abiding passion. Night Music' is a story about 'The Spanish House' - recently inherited by newly widowed Isabel and her two children. Isabelle was an infuriating character, I couldn't root for her or feel sorry for her even though she was grieving for her dead husband and her life had turned upside down. But when they arrive, they realise that the house is much more than they bargained for, and the amount of work it needs is enormous.This was my first Jojo Moyes book, and I intentionally started with an older one, and not the much-lauded ME BEFORE YOU.

Other reviewers have mentioned that they didn’t really see the point in the Laura/Matt “story on the side,” but for me, I found it a nice addition. Summary: Believable characters in a moving family drama of bereavement, deception, and obsessions with an old house. The great thing about Jojo Moyes is that every one of her books are different so there is something for everyone. She was completely useless, she couldn't handle doing the most basic things without either screwing it up or whinging about it. The fmaily is forced to leave their expensive lifestyle behind and move to the country, where the drama around the Spanish house takes place.Isabel didn’t really know how to do much of anything other than take care of her own self, so she was a bit dysfunctional when left to her own devices, or being available for her teenage children.