Robin Wilde is a part time make-up-artist and single mum to six year old Lyla. Robins life is pretty good but she feels there is something missing, The Emptiness as she calls it needs to be banished and robin is on a mission to change her life.
Wilde Like Me was an enjoyable read and although I’m not a single mum I could relate to some of the things Robin feels and goes through in the story. I mean every mum at some point feels like a bit of a failure, like they could do better and I don’t think there is a mum out there who hasn’t compared themselves to other mums. It’s how things seem to be when you are a mum, sadly.
I didn’t love Robin but I didn’t dislike her either. Sometimes I found myself thinking, you go girl and other times I wanted to just give her a kick up the bum and say “get a grip” but I did enjoy seeing her grow and develop through out the book. The background characters all felt like they had their own personalities, some likeable and some not so much.
I’m not quite sure what I was expecting when I picked up this book but I didn’t expect to get so many belly laughs but Wilde Like Me touches on a few different issues such as mental health, friendships, relationships, parenthood to name a few and really gives you something to think about.