If Only by Angela Marsons
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
I usually try to be generous and honest with my book reviews. I understand that writing a book is a huge commitment and often an effort that takes years and years. And I can tell many others loved this book.
Alas, I did not.
A book like this (where each of the three main characters is going through a journey where they realize what they think they want isn’t really what they truly want and what’s good for them) requires the reader to root for the main characters. It requires the reader to care about their dreams, to cheer for them when they win and want to hold their hand when they struggle.
The characters in this book all made me cringe. One woman wants to date her good looking senior boss even though it’s super clear he’s a total jerk, but she can’t see beyond his looks. Another woman wants to lure the man she’s having an affair with by secretly getting pregnant. Even though this man is married and has a child. And yet a third woman hates her mother in law who was almost comically annoying in the book.
All of these characters are petty, superficial and just annoying. Even though they each come to their senses in some ways, they behave abhorrently in most of the book and with the exception of a few select scenes (mostly with cher) I found myself getting more and more annoyed with them.
This was not the book for me.
with gratitude to netgalley and Bookouture for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
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