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My rating: 4 of 5 stars - Would recommend to a Friend
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Such a feel-good book!
We meet Laurel and Paris when they are both in their mid/late 30s and living, but not really loving life. They are joined by the younger Cassie when she moves to town.
It was sweet to see the bond these three have and how they help each other navigate the changes and challenges that come their way.
While the three female characters are driving the story, the male leads also play a key partself-introspection. Colton, Jonah, and Raphael challenge the women in the best ways and work hard to show them that good guys do exist and can be trusted.
I appreciated that Ms Mallery had her characters do the hard work of self introspection as they moved through the story to address the things going on. It showed growth and that they were “real” people the reader can relate to and root for.
Such a feel-good book!
We meet Laurel and Paris when they are both in their mid/late 30s and living, but not really loving life. They are joined by the younger Cassie when she moves to town.
It was sweet to see the bond these three have and how they help each other navigate the changes and challenges that come their way.
While the three female characters are driving the story, the male leads also play a key partself-introspection. Colton, Jonah, and Raphael challenge the women in the best ways and work hard to show them that good guys do exist and can be trusted.
I appreciated that Ms Mallery had her characters do the hard work of self introspection as they moved through the story to address the things going on. It showed growth and that they were “real” people the reader can relate to and root for.
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This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan4.5 stars - one of the Best
Review Copy Provided via Net Galley
Kennedy Ryan is an author I love. I look forward to each new release, but she is not an author that I can just pick up and read a little bit here and there. When a new Kenndy Ryan book comes out, I know I need to take my time and invest in reading her work. This continues to be true with This Could Be Us.
This is the second book set in the Skyland community in Atlanta and is sequential to the story in Before I Let Go. I mention that because the group of friends we met in Before I Let Go is central to this story as we get to know Soledad and Judah. I am not going to retell the story or even touch on highlights from the plot here, the power of the story needs to be discovered by the reader for themselves.
As with many Kennedy Ryan books, This Could Be Us, takes a hard look at where the characters are and where they want to be. Here the reader gets pulled into a well-written story where they get to immerse themselves in a culturally rich story that also focuses on the rebirth of a woman after the world as she knows it falls apart. Soledad is a beautiful example of how, with some help from friends, women can pull themselves back up and soldier on setting examples for our daughters on how to demand that we be treated well. The issues here are unique, but some themes run through the book that are universal.
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