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🌟🌟🌟 BOOK REVIEW 🌟🌟🌟
Title: The New Person
Author: Loretta Nyhan
Pages: 300
My Rating: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
My Thoughts:
I want to start by saying that I really enjoyed the premise of this story. I really wanted to love it! What a miracle it is for someone to help a family struggling to have a child on their own!
I have never gone through any of Nora or Roxy’s struggles. While I can empathize, I just couldn’t connect with these characters. I found it difficult to vibe with this book. I am a reader that needs all the extra descriptive words to feel like I am right there in the book- to visualize the characters. I feel like this book definitely needs more of that.
This book is told from three POV’s - Roxy, Nora & Owen.
Roxy is a single mother who is struggling to get by and has to work two jobs to make ends meet. Her ex has finally made it big- has this big, beautiful new life and now wants full custody of their son. Roxy needs a lot of money and fast!
Nora & Owen are a married couple who have struggled with infertility, miscarriages, surrogate miscarriages and a failed adoption. They have one chance left so they need to find a new surrogate…Roxy enters their world.
I have so much to say but since I haven’t been through this, I am not sure what the norm is in this situation. Nora is so mean and judgemental of Roxy - it is just wrong when this person is doing something so special for you. As much as Nora and Owen love each other, he keeps some big secrets from her! Roxy definitely has her own set of issues but I like her best. She is a fighter, she is feisty and she will do whatever she has to for her child!
Overall, this is a good read. There are a lot of emotions in this book..laugh out loud moments and some “what are you thinking?” moments. I did enjoy the ending but it seemed to be a little rushed.
Thank you to NetGalley, Lake Union Publishing and Loretta Nyhan for the advanced readers' copy of this book for my honest review!