** 2 stars
Two stars might be a little generous. I really didn't like this book and I'm not sure why I didn't give up on it. There was nothing particularly wrong with it; it was just kind of "meh". I took me ages to slog through it and I found it to be quite an odd read. Apparently this author has written a ton of stuff; not sure if she's just now hitting stateside or I've missed her. She lists Marian Keyes and Jojo Moyes as two of her influences which sort of antagonizes me. They are two of my favorites and based upon this book, I'd say she is far from their class.
I found most of the characters to be pretty annoying and so quirky they weren't even authentic to me. I don't know; I found it hard to really care about what was going on. The basic premise reminded me a little of Julia's Chocolates which we read for book club not too long ago; that book was a lot better though.
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