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The Main Character has my daughter's name... and damn. I did a food job naming her. Beautiful, Felicity 💜

Just realized this is a sequel to a book I read a few years ago... 😳 😅

This book seems to be a bold statement on how people treat marriages as disposable... ie: the way you chew is annoying, your legs are too long, you like weird shoes, so we are done. Lauren is on magic husband like #12 and wont even give them a chance.

At first I thought amnesia. But this has to be a dream, right?

First thoughts:
• The cover art is adorable.
• I love the Indiana Jones references.
• You do not need to use everyone's full name in every paragraph... it's frankly, quite annoying.
• Honestly, slap me before I'm arrogant enough to think some man I used to know has my initials casually tattooed on his arm.

Beauty and the Beast is my favorite fairytale, so we are loving the vibes here 🙌🌹✨️

I'm already enjoying this one way more than Dragonfly in Amber.

It's funny to me everytime I read a book set in a small town. I always start with the size of my hometown. Then they describe ice cream parlors and bookstores and diners. So the small town in the book just keeps growing until it doesn't feel that small to me at all.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Sometimes we read books to find pieces of ourselves. The thoughts about grief just HIT. I feel like they're finding me, though I know it's just this season of my life.

"Grief is full and heavy and drowning because it isn't the absence of everything you lost- it's the culmination of it all, your love, your happiness, your bittersweets..."

First off, I was already laughing by page 6.
I'm loving this book and I have a sneaking suspicion that it's going to give me ALL the feelings.

Josie Silver tore me heart open with One Day in December and I invited her to do the same when I opened this book.

I SWEAR IF THIS BOOK DOESNT HAVE A HAPPY ENDING I AM GOING TO LOSE MY MIND. ...
I'm not sure exactly what is going on but I have a couple guesses that are making me sooooo upset right now.

It's obvious from the beginning that they're meant to be, right?
If this is one of those "but in the end it wasnt meant to be" kind of things. 😫💔

Their banter literally has me giggling and I'm regretting that I waited for my turn to borrow this from the library. 😄

So, one pregnant character goes to the hospital. Her baby isn't due for 2 weeks and everyone just assumes it's a false alarm. Am I reading too much into this? It feels like they're laughing at her for being dramatic but my first baby came two weeks early naturally and my second came one week early.
...oh whiskers, I think the cat situation has me annoyed.

I hate cats. The main character clearly loves cats. There are so many cat puns. The cat puns are cringy. 😐

Also, the main guy, Will, is clearly meant to be Nicholas Sparks and the book she's referring to is A Bend in the Road.

Oh. I guess, things are making a little more sense.

Still annoyed. Still not enjoying this. Still not emotionally involved.

I hadn't realized 60 was the new 90. This woman has aged so poorly. He just keeps describing how fragile she is and how near to her deathbed. 🙄

This book is garbage.