A Forty Year Kiss by Nickolas Butler
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This quiet novel was a joy to read. On the surface, it’s about Charlie who moves back near his hometown to find his old love now that he’s older. He wants to reconnect and find a way to be with her again even though they got divorced forty years ago.
Even though I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop or something big to happen, this novel stayed quiet the whole time. The characters were real and interesting and they stayed with me after I finished reading. I found I could relate to them.
This is a story about grief and loneliness and poverty and being a single parent and of course above all about regret and second chances.
with gratitude to netgalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review
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