Elizabeth Berg has a gift for creating homey and welcoming settings and likable characters. While this was not my favorite book of hers, I will certainly always look forward to returning to her stories.

Uplifting, but not as emotional as I wanted it to be. Likeable characters, but the confessions were pretty "vanilla". Was hoping for a bit more :(

I read the prequels to this one and loved them. I knew falling back into this town would be easy and enjoyable.

I will say that I didn’t like this book as much as the previous two but it was still such a heartwarming read. I just wish the ending was a bit more drawn out. Then it would have been exceptional. I don’t know if Berg ones to write anymore books set in Mason but I hope she does. I just love the characters and the connections. I would love to see how the residents grow and evolve for years to come.

This story was comforting and read like a conversation with an old friend. Elizabeth Berg is an automatic read author for me and this did not disappoint.

Thank you Netgalley and the Publisher for my ARC in exchange for my honest review. This was an enjoyable book.

BOOK REVIEW: The Confession Club by Elizabeth Berg
Series: Mason | Book 3

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Pages: 305
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Sub-Genre: Women's Friendship
Location: Mason, Missouri

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Book: Night Of Miracles by Elizabeth Berg
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Maddy, Nola, Iris Monica, and Tiny are all back. Iris takes in a homeless man and Maddy is having marriages problems. A once a week confession club helps sound out there troubles.

I have loved Elizabeth Berg's books since I read The Story of Arthur Truluv, and Confession Club is no different. Every one of the "Mason" books has put me through such emotional turmoil, but in the very best way! Confession Cub picks up sort of where Night of Miracles leaves off, introducing us to Iris and Maddy who now live in Mason and both have issues they need to deal with. While this one was not quite as magical as Arthur Truluv or Night of Miracles, it was still a quick, enjoyable read that made me wish I lived in Mason, too.

A group of friends start a monthly supper club to share recipes, homemade food, and wine. They get talking and start to share a little too much with each other, and their supper club becomes a Confession Club. They then begin to gather weekly to share their embarrassing misdeeds, insecurities, and regrets.

I enjoyed their friendship, the sense of community, and the kindness shared; however, I had a few eye-rolling moments. Overall it's a charming, heartwarming, and inspiring story that explores loneliness, growing older, regrets, homelessness, PTSD, trauma, and infidelity.

The Confession Club is the third installment in the Mason series by Elizabeth Berg. It is a quick, feel-good read that will remind you of visiting with old friends. I love the characters that keep popping up in this series as well as the ones who are no longer around - Arthur Truluv was adorable!

Maddie is an adult now and going through some marital troubles, so she returns to Mason to stay with Iris. Together they join a book club that turns into a sort of Confession Club, with each member sharing a secret or a story at the end of each meeting.

I love stories about friendship and this did not disappoint. I'm looking forward to revisiting Mason in a future story!

The perfect women's read. The Confession club was charming, and very heartwarming and fun. I loved it. Highly recommend.

I wish I could have gotten into this book, but I found it hard to understand and follow along with. I would still consider reading other books from this author.

This book was a fun, light read. There was nothing particularly jawdropping about the book, certainly not that "I can't put it down" feeling. However, I would recommend this for general reading.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC of this book. All opinions are my own.

This was a sweet book that didn’t really hold my attention, unfortunately. It was entertaining but not memorable. I did like some of the characters, however, and they redeemed the book for me.

The Mason series is a collection of relatively short novels focused on people finding themselves in a small town (Mason, Missouri).

I loved the premise of The Confession Club - a group of women had been meeting as a supper club, but after discovering how good it felt to share things (in a supportive environment) that they'd done wrong or were embarrassed about, it became a confession club.

While that's the backbone of the book, and where it derives its title, the heart of the book seems to be Iris. She is still adjusting to Mason after having divorced her husband and moved from Boston. Maddy, too, is a main character in this installment - a young mother who is back visiting with her daughter but without her spouse.

Elizabeth Berg writes really beautiful portrayals of friendship and community. But I couldn't help feeling that this book missed some of the charm of her previous two. I was just so taken with the baking references and Lucille's attitude in Night of Miracles (Book #2) - I think perhaps The Confession Club might have benefited from some more fun details as well, like more of the dog or the confession club meetings. Still, an enjoyable read, and one that wasn't nearly as heart-wrenching as the first two.

A DNF this one just wasn’t for me I think others may enjoy it but it just didn’t Capture me and I was dreading picking it up. I didn’t enjoy it but someone else might

I'm sorry I took so long to get around to reading this book. I didn't realize it was a sequel (of sorts) to Arthur Truluv which I loved. Set in the same small town and featuring a couple of characters from the previous book, this one focuses on members of "The Confession Club" - women ranging in age from 30s to 70s. Functioning like so many book clubs or dinner clubs, this one has a tradition of each woman sharing food and confessions - stories of something they have done wrong or are ashamed of doing.

There's plenty of confessing, but the real story is of Iris who now lives in Arthur Truluv's house and the handsome homeless man who is squatting in an old farmhouse just outside of town. Each of the women is dealing with issues -- marital, physical, emotional -- and their stories are an integral piece, but Iris and her man and Maddy and her daughter (whom we met in Arthur Truluv) are the real stories. This is a look at friendship and family and drives home the message that we all have issues and our friends/family can help us through anything.

I've read several of Berg's books. Are they destined to become classics or to be studied in literature classes - no, but they are incredibly readable and relatable. Likely to appeal to female readers and sometimes a bit predictable and even a bit "sappy", these books are filled with great characters, realistic situations and dialogue, and satisfying endings. I will definitely read more of her work.

Thanks, NetGalley, for a chance to read this book. And -- NOTE TO THE AUTHOR -- I wish you had included some of the recipes for the dishes served at Confession Club. They sound delicious.

When a group of women's monthly supper club shifts to a weekly confession club this gets really messy. A story only bestselling author Elizabeth Berg could tell. The book is filled. with quirky yet believable real-life midwestern, modern women who discuss their turmoils, regrets, and insecurities. with frank intimacy. This a great book written by a solid author.

I love the characters in this series and the new characters that were introduced. Mason is the ideal small town where neighbors help neighbors and they help strangers too. In this installment we meet several other town residents who are members of the confession club. These ladies support each other and help each other with problems and they allow Maddy and Iris to join when they have a few openings. The women are all different ages and have been through different things and are able to provide different perspectives on problems. Although this is the last book in the trilogy, any of the books can be read as a stand alone, but they are all so good that I would recommend reading all three.

I received a complimentary copy of this ebook from the publisher through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

This is the 3rd book in the Mason series, and hopefully not the last. It's a easy read, and a joy to return to the small town in Missouri that sets the scene for the novel. The Confession Club is a group of women who meet monthly and one of them makes some kind of confession about something they've done in their lives. Through the womens' conversations, we see into their lives. Elizabeth Berg has really brought this fictional town to life with her descriptions and with the interaction of the characters. I'd return again and again to revisit these folks. Thanks to Random House and NetGalley for the ARC of this book.