In sum, if you like Giffin's earlier stuff, skip this one.more Maura married the good-looking slick talker and lives in a mansion, drives a luxury SUV, has catered birthday parties for her children, and turns a blind eye to her philandering scumbag of a husband.ĭon't even get me started on the mother.
Her two sisters are cardboard stereotypes - Daphne married her high school sweetheart, teaches grade school, and is desperate yet unable to conceive. Literally overnight.Ĭlaudia, the protagonist, is annoying, to say the least. After a brief argument, she packs up, moves out, and files for divorce. Woman decides she never wants children, meets man with same view, marries said man, said man changes his mind. The plot is ludicrous, formulaic, and trite. Restaurants, street names, the Brooklyn Bridge - there's even a paragraph devoted to the skyline post-9/11. Instead I was left with a resentful disappointment.įirstly, why is it that novels set in NYC have to be gushing odes to the city? This book name drops worse than a D-lister trying to get into a hot Hollywood club. The plot is ludicrous, formulai I loved Giffin's first two books, Something Borrowed and Something Blue, so I had high hopes for this book. Firstly, why is it that novels set in NYC have to be gushing odes to the city? This book name drops worse than a D-lister trying to get into a hot Hollywood club. Instead I was left with a resentful disappointment. I loved Giffin's first two books, Something Borrowed and Something Blue, so I had high hopes for this book. But most of all, it's about the things we will do-and won't do-for love.more It's about deciding what is most important in life, and taking chances to get it. It's about feeling that your life is set and then realizing that nothing is as you thought it was-and that there is no possible compromise. This is the witty, heartfelt story about what happens to the perfect couple when they suddenly want different things. Then the unexpected occurs: one of them has a change of heart. Things seem too good to be true when they fall in love and agree to buck tradition with a satisfying, child-free marriage. And just as she gives up on finding a man who feels the same way, she meets warm, wonderful Ben. a baby carriage? Isn't that what all women want? And just as she gives up on finding a man who feels the same way, she meets From the author of the smash hits Something Borrowed and Something Blue comes a novel that explores the question: is there ever a deal-breaker when it comes to true love?įirst comes love.
a baby carriage? Isn't that what all women want? Not so for Claudia Parr. From the author of the smash hits Something Borrowed and Something Blue comes a novel that explores the question: is there ever a deal-breaker when it comes to true love? First comes love.
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