On the Corner of Love and Hate

By: Nora Bocci
Published Year: 2019
Publisher: Gallery Books
Pages: 336

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Summary (Provided by Goodreads): What’s a campaign manager’s worst nightmare? A smooth-talking charmer who’s never met a scandal that he didn’t like.

When Emmanuelle Peroni’s father—and mayor of her town—asks her to help rehab Cooper Endicott’s image, she’s horrified. Cooper drives her crazy in every way possible. But he’s also her father’s protégé, and she can’t say no to him without him finding out the reason why: Cooper and her have a messy past. So Emmanuelle reluctantly launches her father’s grand plan to get this Casanova someone to settle down with and help him lose his lothario reputation.

Cooper Endicott wanted to run for Mayor, but he never wanted the drama that went with it. Now that he’s on the political hamster wheel, the other candidates are digging up everything from his past. Even though he’s doing all the right things, his colorful love life is the sticking point for many of the conservative voters. He wants to win, badly, and he knows that if he wants any chance of getting a vote from the female population, he needs to change his image. The only problem? He might just be falling in love with the one person he promised not to pursue: the Mayor’s off-limits daughter.

First Impressions

I initially heard about this book through some of my favorite authors, Christina Lauren. When they recommended a romance novel, I was intrigued because I love their novels. The cover is fine. I honestly don’t know, whether or not I would have picked it up based off of the cover alone. The summary immediately hooked me though, because I am a sucker for hate to love stories.

What I thought

Cooper and Emma were friends growing up. Life got in the way and now, even though they work together, they bicker and Emma claims to hate Cooper. Cooper decides to run for Mayor of their hometown in which Emma’s dad has been Mayor for the past 23 years. Emma and her father back Cooper, and Emma ends up running his campaign.

This is a bit of an interesting book for me to review. I didn’t get as pulled into it as I thought I would, but in the end I did really enjoy it. It look me about a month to read this book and I think in the end that kind of helped me? I had a lot of other books that I was reading and had to get read by certain dates, so this became my background book that I would read when I didn’t have my other books around. But in the end, I think that helped because it made me feel like I had known Cooper and Emma for a long time. I became more invested in the slow pace of their relationship and I really got behind them by the end.

I loved the energy between Cooper and Emma. Cooper is a bit of a cocky womanizer but he’s a genuinely good guy. Emma is the mayor’s daughter and is good at her job. When Cooper doesn’t do his part of the job, she gets irritated with them and I enjoyed their banter.

The other part of this story I enjoyed was the suspense of who was going to with the mayoral election. I liked the tension between Cooper and the other candidate. In fact, I wouldn’t have minded a little bit more. There were bits and piece that seemed like they were going somewhere seedy that were never touched on again.

While I wouldn’t put this book on the same level as the Christina Lauren books, it was still a well written romance. The smut level is very low, so if you want a romance story that is all about the relationship development and not a lot of physical romance, I would recommend checking this out. Since it is the first in a series, I am looking forward to the next books. The town is adorable and I liked Cooper and Emma’s friends, Nick and Henry, so I would love to read their stories of finding love.

No Judgements

By: Meg Cabot
Published Year: 2019
Publisher: William Morrow Books
Pages: 384

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Summary (Provided by Goodreads): The storm of the century is about to hit Little Bridge Island, Florida—and it’s sending waves crashing through Sabrina “Bree” Beckham’s love life…

When a massive hurricane severs all power and cell service to Little Bridge Island—as well as its connection to the mainland—twenty-five-year-old Bree Beckham isn’t worried . . . at first. She’s already escaped one storm—her emotionally abusive ex—so a hurricane seems like it will be a piece of cake.

But animal-loving Bree does become alarmed when she realizes how many islanders have been cut off from their beloved pets. Now it’s up to her to save as many of Little Bridge’s cats and dogs as she can . . . but to do so, she’s going to need help—help she has no choice but to accept from her boss’s sexy nephew, Drew Hartwell, the Mermaid Café’s most notorious heartbreaker.

But when Bree starts falling for Drew, just as Little Bridge’s power is restored and her penitent ex shows up, she has to ask herself if her island fling was only a result of the stormy weather, or if it could last during clear skies too.

First Impressions

Meg Cabot is one of my favorite authors and I was so excited to see she was coming out with something new and for adults! The cover is cute and falls in line with the trend of cartoony romance covers that I enjoy. I couldn’t believe my luck when I got to review this book because it was one I was beyond excited to read.

What I thought

Bree moved to Little Bridge Island off the coast of Florida 3 months earlier to start over. Now there is a Category 5 hurricane coming straight for the island and Bree is refusing to evacuate. Luckily, she is looked after by her boss, his wife, and their nephew and town lady’s man, Drew.

Normally one of the things I love about Meg Cabot is her characters and these ones I didn’t quite connect with. Bree fell a little flat to me and it seemed like there was a bit of a cheap backstory meant to give her depth but it didn’t work for me. It wasn’t that I disliked the characters, I just didn’t find myself falling in love with them.

Other than the mediocre main characters, I enjoyed the story. I have never read a story about a hurricane and it was fun. I liked the hurricane party and I liked the aftermath of the hurricane too. I also really liked the secondary characters. Neveah, Drew’s niece, cracked me up. She loves animals and she’s a teenager, and I really appreciated her comments. Maybe part of the reason I liked her so much is because I’ve always enjoyed Cabot’s young adult novels.

I don’t have too much to say about this book, unfortunately. It was a quick read and I found myself enjoying it while I read it.

Overall this book was fine. It was a solid romance novel with decent characters, a cute connection, and a great setting. The writing was solid, as could be expected with Cabot, but it wasn’t anything special to me. It looks like this is going to be a series and I am curious to see what the next book is going to be about. I’m curious whether it is going to continue to follow Drew and Bree or whether it’s going to follow other characters. I think that Cabot’s previous adult novels were better, but again, this one is solid.

The Vanished Bride

By: Bella Ellis
Published Year: 2019
Publisher: Berkley
Pages: 304

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Summary (Provided by Goodreads): Before they became legendary writers, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, and Anne Brontë were detectors in this charming historical mystery...

Yorkshire, 1845. A young wife and mother has gone missing from her home, leaving behind two small children and a large pool of blood. Just a few miles away, a humble parson's daughters--the Brontë sisters--learn of the crime. Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë are horrified and intrigued by the mysterious disappearance.

These three creative, energetic, and resourceful women quickly realize that they have all the skills required to make for excellent "lady detectors." Not yet published novelists, they have well-honed imaginations and are expert readers. And, as Charlotte remarks, "detecting is reading between the lines--it's seeing what is not there."

As they investigate, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne are confronted with a society that believes a woman's place is in the home, not scouring the countryside looking for clues. But nothing will stop the sisters from discovering what happened to the vanished bride, even as they find their own lives are in great peril...

First Impressions

Bronte sisters as detectives? Count me in! When I first read the description that sounded so cute and I couldn’t pass it up. To be honest, the cover isn’t my favorite. I would not have been drawn to it on the shelf.

What I thought

Charlotte, Emily, and Anne stumble across a mysterious disappearance that involves one of Charlotte’s old friends. It seems as though no one is going to go looking for the missing woman, so they decide to take it upon themselves to become detectors and find out what happened.

I think I would’ve liked this book more if it was a Young Adult novel with the Bronte sisters being a little younger. I couldn’t quite get behind the sisters being in their 20s and running around trying to solve a murder. The other issue I had was that it seemed as though being a detective was a new field, yet the Bronte sisters understood the need for someone to have a motive and a lot of other classic detective tropes.

The story alternated chapters told from the perspectives of each sister, yet I didn’t find them to be very different. It seemed like when the chapter was from Emily’s perspective, for example, but if all the sisters were in the scene, it didn’t focus on Emily’s thoughts or views.

I kept waiting for the story to find it’s rhythm, but it just didn’t do much for me. Again, I think if the girls were younger it might’ve been a bit more believable for me. The curiosity getting the best of them and trying to escape from the boredom of their lives. I also found the mystery to be predictable which always knocks a story down a bit for me.

The story wasn’t terrible, and I enjoyed a lot of aspects of it. But there were still some kinks to me that need to be worked out. The mystery wasn’t a page turner and there were some things that needed to be streamlined. I think maybe a few books down the road that maybe they will find their rhythm, but for now, the Bronte Sister’s Mysteries are not for me.

Book Club September 2019- Beyond the Poind

By: Claire Gibson
Published Year: 2019
Publisher: William Morrow
Pages: 528

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Summary (Provided by Goodreads): Duty. Honor. Country. That’s West Point’s motto, and every cadet who passes through its stone gates vows to live it. But on the eve of 9/11, as Dani, Hannah and Avery face four grueling years ahead, they realize they’ll only survive if they do it together.

Everyone knows Dani is going places. With athletic talent and a brilliant mind, she navigates West Point’s predominantly male environment with wit and confidence, breaking stereotypes and embracing new friends.

Hannah’s grandfather, a legendary Army general, offers a stark warning about the dangers that lie ahead, but she moves forward anyway, letting faith guide her path. When she meets her soul mate at West Point, the future looks perfect, just as planned.

Wild child Avery moves fast and doesn’t mind breaking a few rules (and hearts) along the way. But she can’t outpace her self-doubt, and the harder she tries, the further it leads her down a treacherous path.

The world—of business, of love, and of war—awaits Dani, Hannah, and Avery beyond the gates of West Point. These three women know that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. But soon, that adage no longer rings true—for their future, or their friendship. As they’re pulled in different directions, will their hard-forged bond prevail or shatter?

Beyond the Point is a heartfelt look at how our closest friends can become our fiercest battle buddies. After all, the greatest battles we fight rarely require a uniform.

What We Thought

Beyond the Point follows Hannah, Dani, and Avery from their decisions to attend West Point through their years following through parts of their service. At West Point, Hannah Dani and Avery are all on the basketball team and as women, are in the minority of the population. Because of these two commonalities, they become close friends.

It was fascinating to read about their college experience and how it differed from my own. I loved learning about their training and the different years of school and how they worked. This was also where Dani, Hannah, and Avery’s friendship was born and I loved watching that bloom. In fact, one for the parts I was disappointed by the most was how short this portion of the book was. I would’ve gladly had this be 75% of the book. Unfortunately, we were only privy to their first two years and it got cut off right at a big cliffhanger. The rest of the book I felt like I had missed important information and missed some of their bonding. I would’ve appreciated the full four year.

One of the issues with the book that Meghan mentioned was how a chapter would end with a cliffhanger, not pick up until 5 chapters later, and then it wouldn’t even really pick up where it left off. Instead, leaving the reader to find out what happened through flashbacks even more chapters later. This happens a few times and did get a little bit irritating. Not so much that it ruined the book for me, but I know that it frustrated a few of the other book club members

I enjoyed the friendship aspect of this book a lot. I liked that each of the girls had their own problems and they were envious of how perfectly they felt their friends’ lives were. There were times when Avery talked down her issues because Hannah was dealing with something a lot worse and I could really relate to that. There are so many times when we don’t tell our friends about our issues because we worry that they’re insignificant. It was nice to not feel alone in doing this as it is something I find myself doing a lot. I haven’t read a lot of stories in which that is so openly shared and discussed.

Considering that this is Gibson’s debut novel, I was very impressed. I felt like the story moved quickly and taught me a lot. I haven’t ever read a story about West Point and to have it from an insider’s perspective it was fascinating. It definitely piqued a curiosity in me and I would love to learn more about what it’s like to go there as well as the other military colleges.

The overall consensus was that everyone enjoyed the book. We each found different aspects fascinating and it sparked some interesting conversation. There were bits and pieces that each of us weren’t crazy about, but not enough so to ruin the book for any of us. For example, I found the bits about religion and Faith to be mostly unnecessary and out of place, but they were so excessive that I couldn’t deal with them.

If you like historic war novels or novels about friendship, I would recommend checking this out. I know it’s not historic, as it takes place in the early 2000s, but it has that vibe to it, so I think people who enjoy those types of novels would enjoy this as well.  

Book Club August 2019- Red, White, & Royal Blue

By: Casey McQuistion
Published Year: 2019
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Pages: 423

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Summary (Provided by Goodreads): What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales?

When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius—his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There's only one problem: Alex has a beef with the actual prince, Henry, across the pond. And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an Alex-Henry altercation, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse.

Heads of family, state, and other handlers devise a plan for damage control: staging a truce between the two rivals. What at first begins as a fake, Instragramable friendship grows deeper, and more dangerous, than either Alex or Henry could have imagined. Soon Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret romance with a surprisingly unstuffy Henry that could derail the campaign and upend two nations and begs the question: Can love save the world after all? Where do we find the courage, and the power, to be the people we are meant to be? And how can we learn to let our true colors shine through?

Casey McQuiston's Red, White & Royal Blue proves: true love isn't always diplomatic.

What I thought

This is one of those books that has been making the rounds of the internet. I had read many good things about this book. Anyone that read it was raving about how good it was. Seeing that politics and LGBTQ centered books are not typically my style, I shied away from it, even though I do love royal dramas. I was a little nervous when Logan picked this for her book club book, but was pleasantly surprised.

Alex is the son of the first female President of the United States. Henry is the youngest Prince of England. Alex hates Henry until he is forced to pretend to be his best friend to avoid political scandal. Alex and Henry end up falling in love.

That’s pretty much the gist of this book. And while my summary is short and sweet, that’s because I want you to read and enjoy this book for yourself and not give anything away. The writing in this book was so solid. It was the perfect balance between smart and funny.

The interesting thing about this book is that it is advertised as a Young Adult novel, but I don’t think I would classify it as that. In fact, I think the bubblegum pink cartoon cover doesn’t do this book justice. But, I do appreciate that this book is targeted towards a young audience because I feel like it’s one that can positively influence so many people who might not pick it up if it was geared toward an older audience.

I was a bit surprised by exactly how political this book got. I expected it to be heavy on the romance and not as heavy on the politics. That’s why I said that this book is smart. McQuiston does a great job at not dumbing anything down and making it believable that this is a family deep into the political world. I loved some of the parallels to the real world.

Alex and Henry were both a lot of fun to read. Alex is unlike any character I have ever read and I enjoyed him. I liked reading about his personal struggles and he doesn’t become whiney. Henry was a lot of fun too. I think I appreciated Alex a little more than Henry, but I think that’s because the story wasn’t told from his perspective. I did like the insight into Henry’s life in the palace and would’ve loved to learn more about his life and his sister’s life.

This book also made me laugh. The emails were so much fun and there were some great one-liners. Again, I didn’t expect this book to be as funny as it was. Overall, I really enjoyed this book and I have drank the Kool-aid. I will gladly push this book onto everyone and can’t wait to discuss it at book club.

How the Light Gets In Blog Tour + Giveaway

By: Katy Upperman
Published Year: 2019
Publisher: Swoon Reads
Pages: 336

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Summary (Provided by Goodreads): Since her sister’s tragic death, seventeen-year-old Callie Ryan has basically given up. Her grades have plummeted, she’s quit her swim team, and she barely recognizes the people her parents have become.

When she returns to her aunt’s run-down coastal Victorian one year after Chloe’s death, Callie resigns herself to a summer of guilt and home renovations. She doesn’t expect to be charmed by the tiny coastal town or by Tucker Morgan, a local boy brimming with sunshine.

But even as her days begin to brighten, Callie’s nights are crowded with chilling dreams, unanswered questions, and eerie phenomenon that have her convinced she’s being haunted. Will Callie be able to figure out what her sister is trying to communicate before it’s too late?

First Impressions

Oooooo! Summery! This would be a perfect book to read at the cabin! Pretty much exactly what went through my mind when I saw the cover. I was excited to get the opportunity to participate in the book tour hosted by The Fantastic Flying Book Club. If you are interested in checking out other stops on the tour, you can see the entire tour schedule here.

What I thought

Not what I expected, but ended up really enjoying it!

Callie is sentenced to spend the summer helping renovate her Aunt’s new Bed & Breakfast after a year of getting high and failing school. Last summer, she and her younger sister were at her Aunt’s together, until her sister died. While there, Callie unexpectedly connects with a boy named Tucker, and with her sister Chloe’s ghost.

I think I must’ve tuned out of the synopsis before getting to the paranormal portion. I was a bit surprised when I started reading that there was a ghost storyline and that it was a pretty significant portion of the book. At first, it irritated me because I had been expecting a sweet contemporary YA romance, but then it grew on me. I started to like the mystery aspect of not knowing the full story behind how Callie’s sister Chloe died and learning about it through their interactions.

Tucker, of course, was great. He had his own issues he was dealing with, but I loved that they didn’t stop him from connecting with Callie and from being there for her. I was a bit surprised by how quickly he seems to open up to her emotionally, but it was nice to see. I think I’m used to seeing young male characters be a bit stand-offish in their expression of their feelings and it was nice to see that he didn’t bullshit or play games.

I also liked the slow growth that Callie had. It was a nice balance seeing her fight with her guilt and her grief and seeing her start to get back to her old self. I also liked seeing the contrast between her interactions with her Aunt Lucy versus her interactions with Tucker.

Another aspect I appreciated was that every character in this story had flaws, both the adults and the teenagers. One of the things that I think a lot of adults forget is that young readers need to have adult characters that have flaws and can work on them. I think as a teen I would have appreciated seeing that her parents had issues too and that they started to work on them, not just that they wanted Callie to work on her issues.

I ended up enjoying this book a lot more than I thought it would. I think I my rating for this one actually leans a little bit more towards the 3.5 star rating, but because I don’t know if it’s one I would re-read, I rounded down to a 3. I appreciated the mystery aspects to it even though it wasn’t what I originally thought I was getting myself into. I enjoyed Upperman’s writing and really liked the characters. Tucker and Callie were sweet together and, even though I’m repeating myself, I enjoyed watching their growth. While I didn’t end up getting to read this book at the cabin, I think it’s the perfect vacation read. It has a little bit of everything and I think anyone can find something to enjoy in this book.

Also, the blog tour that I’m a part of has been generous enough to offer a Giveaway for a copy of How the Light Gets in! If you’re interested, you can enter by clicking here.

Things You Save in a Fire

By: Katherine Center
Published Year: 2019
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Pages: 320

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Summary (Provided by Goodreads): Cassie Hanwell was born for emergencies. As one of the only female firefighters in her Texas firehouse, she's seen her fair share of them, and she's excellent at dealing with other people's tragedies. But when her estranged and ailing mother asks her to uproot her life and move to Boston, it's an emergency of a kind Cassie never anticipated.

The tough, old-school Boston firehouse is as different from Cassie's old job as it could possibly be. Hazing, a lack of funding, and poor facilities mean that the firemen aren't exactly thrilled to have a "lady" on the crew, even one as competent and smart as Cassie. Except for the handsome rookie, who doesn't seem to mind having Cassie around. But she can't think about that. Because she doesn't fall in love. And because of the advice her old captain gave her: don't date firefighters. Cassie can feel her resolve slipping...but will she jeopardize her place in a career where she's worked so hard to be taken seriously?

First Impressions

Yay! Another Katherine Center book! I read How to Walk Away by Center last year and LOVED it. I finished it in January and it stuck as one of my favorite books of 2018, so I was very excited to see another book out so soon. I also love the bright and colorful cover. It is very me and it would grab my eye immediately.

What I thought

I devoured this book! Finished it in 24 hours, 2 ½ of which were on a plane ride home. I could not put this book down and loved it from beginning to end.

Cassie is a rising star firefighter in Austin, Texas. When her mom, who abandoned her on her 16th birthday, calls and asks her to move to Boston to help her out for the next year it’s the last thing she wants to do. Until a conflict forces her hand. All of a sudden, closed off all work Cassie is thrown into a new firehouse with a firefighter who makes her feel things she’s never felt before.

Cassie is a strong, independent, female character and I loved her. She is easily someone that other women could look up to and an example that things can happen to you and they can mold who you become but that you can change and continue to grow. Who you are is not set in stone and I loved that message.

There is a lot that goes on in this book but it never felt overwhelming. There were some slow reveals that I think only once I got irritated and wanted to have the reveal already, but for the most part it wasn’t annoyingly dragged out.

All of the characters were my favorites. Cassie, like I said, was great. Her mom was a lot of fun and even though she was greatly flawed she had so much to teach. The Rookie (I cannot refer to him as anything else) is 100% swoon-worthy. And the rest of the firehouse is handled so well. I don’t personally know much about firefighters besides what I’ve learned from watching Chicago Fire, but this made it so easy to picture and to understand.

While the main plot points aren’t necessarily mind-blowingly unique, I have never read a story about a female firefighter or a story that mostly takes place in a firehouse. Also, without giving too much away, I was very thankful that something I was scared was going to happen did not, so thank you for that!

I mean, what else can I give a book that I couldn’t put down? I loved this book. There is no other way to say it. If you are a fan of Chicago Fire, get your hands on this book now. If you’re a fan of Center’s previous novels, why aren’t you already reading this? If you’re just looking for a good book to read, I recommend this one. I for sure will be recommending this book left and right over the next few weeks and I hope that you will pick it up!

The Flatshare

By: Beth O’Leary
Published Year: 2019
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Pages: 325

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Summary (Provided by Goodreads): Tiffy and Leon share an apartment. Tiffy and Leon have never met.

After a bad breakup, Tiffy Moore needs a place to live. Fast. And cheap. But the apartments in her budget have her wondering if astonishingly colored mold on the walls counts as art.

Desperation makes her open minded, so she answers an ad for a flatshare. Leon, a night shift worker, will take the apartment during the day, and Tiffy can have it nights and weekends. He’ll only ever be there when she’s at the office. In fact, they’ll never even have to meet.

Tiffy and Leon start writing each other notes – first about what day is garbage day, and politely establishing what leftovers are up for grabs, and the evergreen question of whether the toilet seat should stay up or down. Even though they are opposites, they soon become friends. And then maybe more.

But falling in love with your roommate is probably a terrible idea…especially if you've never met.

What if your roommate is your soul mate? A joyful, quirky romantic comedy, Beth O'Leary's The Flatshare is a feel-good novel about finding love in the most unexpected of ways.

First Impressions

I was scrolling through Twitter when the UK cover came across my feed. The cover sucked me in immediately and then when I read the summary I knew I was hooked. I actually picked this book as my book club pick, but unfortunately it didn’t come out in time for my month. Suffice to say, this book made a solid first impression.

What I thought

Some books don’t live up to their hype. Luckily, this was not one of those books. This one was great!

Tiffy has just broken up with her boyfriend and needs to find a new, cheap place to live. In central London, she doesn’t have many options. Leon needs some extra cash and since he works as a third shift palliative care nurse, he doesn’t spend nights in his flat anyway. He posts an offer to share his flat, and his bed with a roommate, who ends up being Tiffy. She gets the flat from 6pm-8am and he gets the flat from 9am-5pm. Their paths never cross, but they do start to communicate via post-it notes throughout the flat and become fast friends.

The idea of this book is so me. But what surprised me was that this wasn’t just a fluffy romance. There is so much real life in this book and I ate it up. Sometimes when there are heavier subjects it can feel heavy or exhausting when you read them. O’Leary manages these topics wonderfully. She doesn’t shy away from the difficulties but they aren’t overwritten either. It’s a perfect balance that brings a perfect depth to this story.

I also love Leon and Tiffy. Leon is a quiet, shy, unassuming guy who is a genuinely nice, good guy. The only thing that threw me is that in addition to the story being told in alternating perspectives, the voices of the characters are distinct. Leon’s voice took me a while to get used to and, at first, it annoyed me. Luckily, it didn’t take me too long to get used to and didn’t impact my enjoyment of the book at all.

The relationship between Tiffy and Leon was so much fun. I loved seeing it grow over the post-its and I loved the differences between the two characters. I also liked the different types of friendships and all of the secondary side characters. Even the characters who had minimal lines came to life in this book and I felt like I knew each and every one.

I don’t want to share too much about this book because I want everyone to experience it in their own way. I didn’t know much about this book other than what the synopsis told me and that everyone who read it loved it. The cover states that she could be the new Jojo Moyes, so that could kind of give you an idea of the type of book this becomes, but Flatshare isn’t nearly as tragic as I feel all of Moyes books are.

I finished this book in 2 days. I loved every moment of it and couldn’t put it down. It says a lot about a book when I choose it over watching TV and find time on a weeknight to read it. This book is so much more than a love story, but that aspect of it is wonderfully done as well. I have already recommended this book to 6 people, so that should say it all.