So, I took off for the weekend instead of hopping on late Friday to review a book I've recently just finished. I marked Hide by Kiersten White as DNF (did not finish) because I could not for the life of me understand what was going on in the first chapter. Or maybe I am just so into Freida McFadden I wanted her books or something similar. So, I moved on to Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand. My first Elin Hilderbrand book. I heard from so many other reviewers how amazing her books were and how they're perfect for summer. They were right! I loved every part of Barefoot . In Barefoot , we meet three women visting Nantucket for the summer as they cope with the challenges of their life. From marriage to infidelity to children to the mayhem of motherhood to scandal to tragedy and illness. Vicki is trying to sort through the news that she has a serious illness. Her sister, Brenda, has just left her job after being caught in an affair with a student. Their friend, Melanie, after seven faile
Once again, as promised, the review for If He Had Been with Me by Lauren Nowlin. This book is popular on BookTok and I figured it was time that I read it. I wanted to see what the hype about it was. Let me just say that, to me, I didn't get the hype at all. We have Autumn and Finn who used to be inseparable, but then something changed. Or they changed. Usual high school stuff. They do their best to ignore each other. Autumn has her boyfriend, Jamie, and her close group of friends. Finn has become that boy at school, the one that everyone wants to be around. It still doesn't stop the way Autumn feels every time she and Finn cross paths, and her nagging thought that maybe things could have been different. Maybe they should have been together. And as time passes, Autumn realizes that she may not get another chance to make things right before it's too late. I just didn't feel anything up until the end. I got a bit emotional. It was giving A Thousand Boy Kisses , which I lov