KEEP CALM AND CARRY A BIG DRINK by Kim Gruenenfelder is the first book I've ever read by this author and I can honestly tell you, I wasn't disappointed. Seema, Nic, and Mel are best friends. This is book two about these three friends. Book one, There's Cake In My Future, is where you meet them. In this sequel, The story begin with Seema about to become married. Mel is about to lose her job as a math teacher, and Nic is very pregnant. What could possibly go wrong with this story? Get ready to laugh out loud as you flip through the pages.

At Seema's wedding shower they have a cake pull. Each person pulls a ribbon from the cake and there is a charm attached to the ribbon. What could possibly go wrong with this? Nic says she has the cake all figured out and Mel, wanting to travel, asks her where the passport charm is. Nic tells her exactly where to find it but of course, when it comes time to do the pulling, the cake has a mind of its own and Mel gets a charm that isn't the passport. She gets a charm she doesn't want or need. Now the fun begins. Mel just doesn't know it yet.

So, with Seema becoming a newlywed and Nic about to have a baby, Mel starts to rethink her life and where it is going. Mel has sex with Jay. Jay is Seema's brother. Mel decides to fly halfway across the world to be with Jay in Paris. Is she doing the right thing? Everywhere they go, they meet women from Jay's past. Some seem happy to see him and most of the others not so much. Mel starts to wonder if she has made a mistake. She has been crushing on Jay for many many years. Should she throw all of that away? What should she do? Get out of Paris and away from Jay as fast as she can? Wait around and see where it goes? Read KEEP CALM AND CARRY A BIG DRINK to find out.

These three women have such a strong friendship and nothing can break that bond. I want to be their friend and go through life with them. I love the friendship that these ladies share, their conversations, the fun they have together. Every woman should have friends like them. Kim Gruenenfelder has now become one of my favorite women's fiction authors. I can't wait to read the rest of this series. I did really enjoy Mel's story and I laughed out loud during several parts in KEEP CALM AND CARRY A BIG DRINK.