𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰
I will start out by saying that this book cover is beautiful. It was the reason that I requested to read it. But that is probably the only thing that I enjoyed about this book.
Unfortunately, when I read the book description, I didn’t realize how much this book would center around the one trope that I absolutely despise…cheating. I am close in the age range of the FMC and both of my kids are now adults, I felt that I could somewhat relate to what she was feeling. To be honest, I did here & there but never, ever would I cheat on my husband.
Jenn & Mark have been married for close to 30 years and now are empty-nesters. Jenn is about to tell Mark that the marriage was over when her mother passed away. She found out some stuff about her parents - cheating, lies and other family secrets. She is so upset by some of what she found out but it turns out that she is just like her mother.
I felt so bad for Mark. The way she jerked him around with the chance of “fixing” the marriage made me so upset. Promising him the chance if he went to couples therapy. She expected him to do all of the fixing when she had no desire to truly fix the problems. I get how she felt lost after centering all of her attention on her family but she definitely needed to find better ways to communicate her frustrations before it got as bad as it did. Or even call it quits - sometimes that even ends up better for the whole family. Especially when her children knew she was unhappy or “deserved more”.
I get supporting friends, but I would NEVER tell my bestie to cheat on her husband. And if I had a therapist (also the couples therapist) who also gave her approval, I would certainly find a new therapist! What is wrong with these people? If you know you want to cheat and that your marriage isn’t going to work, be fair to your partner and just leave. Honestly, Jenn has to be my most hated character ever - so selfish, spoiled & delusional.
It was nice to see that Mark found his HEA!
Thank you to @netgalley for the gifted copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.