Am I Allergic to Men?: A completely laugh-out-loud and addictive page-turner

Kristen Bailey

Feb 2022 · Bookouture

About this ebook

‘OMG!!!! I CANNOT REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I LAUGHED SO MUCH!!! What an absolutely page-turning, refreshing, laugh-a minute-read!!!!… I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVED this… Absolutely devoured it… I genuinely couldn't recommend this book any more!!!!’ Bookworm86, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

Could things get any worse?! I lost my memory, I’m so single I’ve basically got an allergy to men, and my own cat despises me.

 

‘Lucy! If you can hear me, squeeze my hand!’

 

That’s the first thing I hear when I wake up in hospital. Then my sister drops a bombshell: I’ve been in a coma.

 

It gets worse. In my head, it’s 2009 and I’m seventeen. Somehow, I need to remember the last decade…

 

Plan A: Track down my exes. Highlights include a one-night stand with someone in a Batman costume, and balcony sex that gave the neighbours a nervous breakdown.

 

Plan B: Get flirty. Lowlights include a fling with someone hairier than a yeti.

 

Plan C: Figure out why I have more exes than underwear. Am I allergic to men?

 

As I piece together my past, I find a mysterious note: ‘Oscar, 9th February’. But I have no idea who Oscar is… Determined to find out, I uncover a secret I’ve been hiding from everyone.

When the truth comes out, will my memory return? Will I get my life back? Will I ever cure my singledom? And how can I make my cat stop hating me?!

 

You’ll laugh so much your abs ache! The perfect page-turner for fans of Sophie Kinsella, Lindsey Kelk and TV shows like Schitt’s Creek.

 

Readers love Am I Allergic to Men?:

 

‘I LOVE LOVE LOVE this! I could not put it down. It was hilarious and heartwarming. The character development was A+ and kept me devouring page after page. I read this in one sitting!’ A Hopeless Romantic’s Booklandia, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

‘Can be summed up in one word: HILARIOUS! This book is a RIOT, a SCREAM, and I guarantee you will have an absolute blast… I LOVED IT… I even had a tear in my eye! You will laugh so hard… AMAZING… 5 ⭐️ doesn’t do it justice.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

‘Absolutely hilarious. I can’t recall the last time I laughed so hard.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

‘I kept giggling until I sounded like a hyena!… I loved this book. A 5-star read!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

‘I’ve laughed… I’ve cried… Saying goodbye was HARD!… Made me fall in love… Perfect.’ Diagnosis Bookaholic, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

‘Hilarious… It’s safe to say I loved it!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

‘Love, love, loved this!… Full of laughs… Making people cry with laughter is an amazing thing. I’d give this way more than 5 stars if I could.’ @its.a.booklife, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

‘Hysterically funny. The writing style is fantastic and ABSOLUTELY hilarious… Had me snorting… Hilarious and even tear-jerking.’ Goodreads reviewer

 

‘After 35% of the way through I had to message Kristen because I was crying so much! I am so in love… Brought me so much joy.’ @mrslaurenoliverreads, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

‘From the first line, I fell in love… I had tears streaming down my face.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

‘From laughing out loud to ugly crying, this book brought me so much joy.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

‘OMG! I LOVE Lucy!… And I loved this book… Kristen Bailey is a superb writer with a wicked sense of humour… I ran the gamut of emotions, and it’s been a while since I’ve been teary-eyed. I would give this book six stars if I could!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

‘Absolutely brilliant… Laugh out loud, hilariously funny… Had me giggling away… Just brilliant.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

‘Amazing… I have a serious book hangover now.’ @julesthebookworm, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

‘Kept me with a smile plastered on my face… I genuinely loved this book. You’ll instantly love it.’ @RubieReads, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Ratings and reviews

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and Kristen Bailey for providing me an ARC of this book. I really enjoyed most of it! I like how we travelled through the life of Lucy and the support she received from her family and friends. The only part I wasn't a huge fan of was how she got her memory back but overall I enjoyed it!

The 5th book in Kristen Bailey’s ‘The Callaghan Sisters’, but you don’t need to have read any of the others to enjoy this one. This is the first Kristen Bailey I’ve read and Lucy is our protagonist, happy-go-lucky Lucy, the sister with the wild streak and a devil-may-care attitude. I loved her, her free spirit, her unconditional love for her family, and simply her energy. Lucy has it tough throughout much of the story. Following a head injury, she has no memory of the last ten years and has to fight hard to recover what she’s lost. She meets up with friends, colleagues and anyone that may be able to help her work out what she has been up to in the years she’s missing. Her sisters are with her every step of the way and for this, Lucy is thankful. I loved the easy reading of ‘Am I Allergic to Men’. I could put it down and pick it back up again without having to remember what I’d read before. However, if you pick a day when you’re not doing much else, if it’s wet and windy outside or you’re lucky enough to be lying in the sunshine in the warmer weather, it will be difficult to even think about putting it down! I will definitely add the rest of the Callaghan Sisters books to my TBR list and try to fit them all in soon! I was lucky enough to be included in the blog tour for this book, so thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for the opportunity to read and review an ARC of Am I Allergic to Men by Kristen Bailey.

Three and a half stars. The fifth and final book in the series about the Callaghan sisters turns to the youngest, Lucy. Lucy, I'll be honest, has not been my favourite character in this series, she's loud, brash, sweary, promiscuous, and lacking in basic social niceties. A budding actress she makes do by working as a Disney Princess at children's parties, waitressing and tending bar. At thirty years old she's still living in a flat share/commune, no significant other, and no career. Then a freak accident involving a costume, a hired bicycle and a collision with a double decker bus lands Lucy in hospital. She wakes with amnesia thinking she's only seventeen years old, with dreams of marring her boyfriend and having a couple of kids. As Lucy struggles to marry up her memories of over a decade ago with today's realities she tries to reach out to people in her past to understand how she got to where she is. For me the earlier books were more romance driven whereas the last 2/3 have been women's fiction. In this book we see how Lucy might see herself as a failure when compared to her sisters, but they value her for her honesty, her bravery, and her commitment. I have to say, I still don't really love Lucy but I do like her a lot more now. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.