by Kristy Woodson Harvey, Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books, April 2020
* An ARC was provided by Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books through Edelweiss for an honest review.
Feels Like Falling by Kristy Woodson Harvey
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
FEELS LIKE FALLING by Kristy Woodson Harvey takes all the common beach read themes of woman going through a divorce when husband leaves her for a younger woman - and - woman who loses her job, boyfriend, and home in the same day, and refreshes them with humor and well-developed characters. Gray Howard, loving mother and the 34-year-old founder of ClickMarket, a successful business matching big companies to blogger influencers, is going through a strenuous divorce. She stays at her spacious beach house in North Carolina in the summer, and this year she's facing being there alone while her son goes on a three-week vacation with his dad and his dad's much younger girlfriend. Diana Harrington, 40 years old, is down on her luck, having just been fired from her photo lab job at the local pharmacy, leaving her boyfriend and home on the same day. Diana visits Gray, hoping she'll intervene with the owner of the place where she worked to get her job back. Instead, Diana starts working as cook and housekeeper for Gray. Both of them trying to overcome major upheavals in their lives, they become close friends and emotional supporters.
THEMES: Breakups, facing your past, friendship, falling for younger men, second chances with love, loneliness, following your dreams, believing in yourself
PROS: Refreshing twists of common beach read tropes, fun secondary characters, great pacing, character growth throughout the story, engaging dialogues, serious issues handled carefully and lightheartedly
CONS: None
I've enjoyed every book I've read by this author, and FEELS LIKE FALLING is another winner. The story flows easily from one scene to another, and even though it's told from two points of view, it reads seamlessly. If you like character-driven books with a lighthearted touch of serious issues, then you'll definitely want to spend some time with FEELS LIKE FALLING.
If You Like This, You May Like: THE PEACHTREE BLUFF SERIES by Kristy Woodson Harvey, SPRING FEVER, HELLO SUMMER, and SUNSET BEACH by Mary Kay Andrews, PARADISE SERIES and NANTUCKET SERIES by Elin Hilderbrand, LOWCOUNTRY SUMMER SERIES and THE BEACH HOUSE SERIES by Mary Alice Monroe
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