It’s the first time I read a book by Liz Talley. I must say it was a great surprise for me, I honestly wasn’t expecting to enjoy it this much.

Chase’s been an actress since she was a child, and used to be very successful. She’s been nominated for an Oscar and even won a Golden Globe award for best actress. However, now in her twenties, she is facing several problems with drugs and alcohol, so her career is at great risk. She is constantly on the covers of gossip magazines, and has no sense of responsibility at all.

Conrad Santos, an important director, wants to give her one last chance of saving her career. He really wants her for a part, but only if she can stay clean and focused on her work. He hires Olivia Han, a life coach, to help her. They know each other from way back, so she is the only one he trusts for this job.

Olivia uses her own work method and takes Chase to spend some time in an old cabin of her family. At first, Chase isn’t so happy about this, but little by little she realizes how wrong everything is in her life. She enjoys learning to do simple tasks and has a great time with people from the small town. For once in her life, she has the chance of trying new things and actually experience a normal life. She also learns how important it is to be independent and in charge of her own decisions.

What I love the most about this book is that Chase isn’t the only one getting help. Olivia is also facing some demons from her past, and it’s amazing to see how this experience helped them both. I guess we always have something to learn from everyone.

This story shows how important it is to know who you are, what you want, and how to take care of yourself. Even though this may seem obvious, it’s easy to get lost along the way. Sometimes people think they know what’s best for you, but that’s something only your heart can tell you.

It’s a very beautiful and inspiring book.

* I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review
* Trigger Warning: discussion of substance abuse, depression, suicide, sexual abuse, and rape.

Adulting is about a child star named Chase, as an adult she's making all the wrong decisions and her career is close to finished. Olivia is the life coach who is tasked to help Chase calm down and help fix her life. They both have pasts they need to overcome, they may end up helping each other. I loved the characters in this book, some more than others. Chase at first made me wanna slap her out being a brat. Olivia was a hard-ass to Chase but that girl needed it. This book was easy to read and the characters are lovable. Liz Talley is great at what she does and i love her books.

There are days that I need an Olivia in my life because audulting is hard. This is one of my favorite women’s fiction titles of this year.
4.5 stars

Liz Talley is a name I have seen around lately. Adulting is the first novel I remember reading though I do remember reading a cowboy anthology once several years ago that showcased one by her. I guess I thought this would be similar to that one so I was prepared to love Adulting. It is different from what I was expecting.

This story has a main character with series demons and self-destructive behaviors especially with substance abuse. This actress has Hollywood written all over her, the good and the bad. Thank goodness, someone still believes in her. This is her story along with the life coach employed to help her. Funny at times, heartbreaking at others, this is a serious story that will have you shaking your head one moment and cheering the next..

An ARC of the book was provided by the publisher through NetGalley which I voluntarily chose to read and reviewed. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Not sure what I expected, but I was pleasantly surprised. This was a great novel that dealt with some really serious subject matter really well. For me this book was not really a romance, but a story of friendship and family. The characters were well developed and grew, the story was complex and full, and the emotions felt real. Definitely one I’ll recommend.

Chace is 25 but she's incredibly immature and totally messed up. A former child actress who has managed to alienate almost everyone, she's got one last chance but only if she works with Olivia, a life coach who is supposed to be an expert at healing millennial, even those who, like Chase, have failed multiple attempts at rehab. The thing is- Olivia has her own demons but working with Chase to fix up a cabin she owns allows the two of them to spill some secrets and toxicity. There's romance too, between Chace and Zeke, the hot neighbor, and between Olivia and Spencer, Chace's friend. I would have been fine without the romance but hey, it does lighten the plot, which touches on very serious issues. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. A good read.

Rehab failed, parole violated, Chase London’s demons keep coming back to haunt her. Hollywood doesn’t want the childhood superstar and she’s loosing everyone close to her. Her best friend Spencer want the best for her and he’s determined to help get her life of track. Conrad a up and coming producer giver her a lifeline but it’s up to Chase to take it.

Enters Olivia Han, life coach, bad ass, slightly stuck up adulting extraordinaire runs a adulting boot camp building other people’s lives up which conveniently avoiding her own. Con asks for a personal favour to help Chase get her life in order but Olivia isn’t sold on the idea. Chase doesn’t want to change, yet just as Olivia is ready to give up she realises there’s more to Chase and she’s acting out for a reason.

The pair head up her Olivia’s cabin in the wilds of Northern California and start working on themselves and the rundown cabin. Both women work on their past and begin to take the steps to heal and confront demons they’ve hidden for too long. What transpires from this is true friendship, love and mending family trauma.

I absolutely loved this novel, it very quickly became a page turner and before I knew it I was half way though it. It was raw and confronting, heartbreaking yet has so much love. The ending was the cherry on top!

🚨 Trigger Warning, rape, grooming, sexual assault, suicide and sexual abuse.

What a fascinating book. I was impressed by the storyline and the characters were all well written and complex. Where there are complex storylines combined with intriguing characters the reader experience is magnified tremendously. To have a book that is well written as well as entertaining is a delight. Reading is about escaping your world and entering another one. Here I forgot about my own life and was immersed in the world created by the author. I would recommend this book.

Chase London is an actress who has messed her life up. Drinking and drugs have almost destroyed her career. She has one last chance to get her life together and get this movie role. Olivia Han is the person who is going to be the one to do this for her. But will Chase accept the help and be able to get herself on the right path?

Thanks to Montlake and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

At first, I didn't think I was going to like this book. I wasn't drawn to a book about an entitled actress who wouldn't accept the help she didn't have to pay for. As the story went on and we got to know the characters better, I started to like the story better. Both of the women have issues in their pasts that have turned them into the women that they are today.

Throughout the book, you learn to like both Olivia and Chase. A book with a bit of romance and family secrets. There are a few trigger warnings that aren't dominating the story for rape, drug overdose and sexual child abuse.

Adulting by Liz Talley
This was a great read. The main character seems to be ripped from the headlines. She is the epitome of the Hollywood child star. Out of control. But when she is forced to grow up and learn to “adult”, a new person emerges. She must learn to shop within a budget, clean up after herself and help within her community.
Of course she does this with the help of a therapist who along the way becomes a friend. She finds friendship in unlikely places. She learns to love herself and let herself be loved and not used. She even learns to fish and likes it!!
This book although funny in parts is quite realistic too. Adulting sucks! But we all must learn to do it. Some are better at it than others. You will find yourself laughing out loud at some parts and quietly reflecting or reminiscing at others.
Pick up this book and settle in. You won’t be disappointed.

Adulting is a compelling page-turner that I could barely put down! This heartfelt book was filled with raw emotions and two main characters who were each on a complicated journey of self-discovery and healing. I was totally invested in both Chase’s and Olivia’s stories, breathlessly waiting for each of them to face their challenges, heal from their pasts, and become whole. I loved that Olivia, the therapist, had as much to gain from their relationship as Chase, the client; they started out in roles that were contentious and resentful, they sometimes brought out the worst in each other, but in the end they were just two women trying to figure out who they were and where they belonged. Congratulations to the author for bringing these stories to life, for bringing out a myriad of emotions that touched all the recesses of my heart.

For years I have heard people rave about Liz Talley. Seeing as this was going to be my first book by her, I was obviously very nervous to pick it up.
But I shouldn't have worried.
Talley's prose was compulsively readable and I loved Chase - flaws and all. I loved how entertaining this story was without shying away from getting "real" with the reader about Chase's shortcomings and the decision to finally grow up. Sure, there are difficult subject matters in here - rape, drug abuse - but they're handled really well and I think that says a lot about the story. I think anyone who's had their own demons to contend with in their lives is going to feel a connection with Chase - I sure did.
Excited to read more of Talley in the future!

Excellent story. Strong characters and an engaging storyline. I loved the mix of humor and strong emotion and would highly recommend this book.

Liz Talley's prose is crisp and clear, her characters achingly flawed and seriously funny in this redemptive story of self discovery about the families we find and the sisters we keep.

Adulting by Liz Talley finds actress Chase London in a place she has probably been before. Hung over, naked and in bed with a man she doesn't remember going there with. The dead court-issued SCRAM tracker on her ankle might be a reminder. Her surroundings are vaguely familiar but she doesn't know why. It takes seeing her mother in the kitchen and having Lorna spell it out that she realizes she is in her own Malibu beach house. Chase doesn't want to go back to rehab but she isn't going to have a choice this time.

Olivia Han is a life coach whose methods include a boot camp therapy aimed at teaching adulting. Contacted by an old friend, she agrees to take on the mess that is Chase London. Closed off and not dealing with her own issues, Olivia goes forward with the task of teaching an uninterested Chase how to be an adult. Going to her grandparents' cottage in the mountains brings up memories and betrayals from the past. The adulting boot camp becomes an emotional boot camp for Olivia and helps mend old relationships while new relationships grow.

Thank you so much to Liz Talley for allowing me to read an ARC of this book. I enjoyed the characters and wouldn't mind catching up with them again one day.

Another of my favourite authors who just gets better and better with each book. I loved this story about a therapist helping an out of control former child actress, and in the process sorted out problems in her own life and family.

Olivia is the therapist persuaded to help actress Chase, who has been on a downward spiral for a while. An old friend, and producer, of Olivia's persuades her to help Chase and he'll pay for the treatment, in the hope that she'll be ready for a film he wants her to star in.

I felt sorry for self-destructive Chase, on a path that she was having a lot of difficulty with, but Olivia really helped her with her 'Adulting' process, even though they had some rocky parts, especially at the beginning. But once they moved to Olivia's grandparents old cabin, left to her and her sister Neve, and began renovating it and living a completely different life whilst working through the treatment process things slowly started to change for Chase and she began to turn her life around.

Olivia also learnt more about her family, and reconnected with her sister Neve, who ended up at the cabin to help flip it to sell, initially anyway. Throw in the handsome Zeke, a laid-back neighbour who really helped Chase sort through her emotions, and a handsome movie star, who starts to loosen Olivia up from her quite lonely and regimented life, and you have a definite sure fire hit with this book. There are lots of emotions flying around and a variety of issues to sort through (abuse, suicide, alcoholism) but Chase eventually sorts out her life and Olivia and Neve sort out issues with their family, and a deceased sister, and in the process get much closer to one another again.

The ending was just perfect -loved it!

Adulting ~~ wow! This book is one that will hit you right in the feels and keep hitting you. While this starts out seeming like it's a book about another spoiled actress trying to turn her life around, but no. It's not. Well, it is, but it's deeper than that and provides so much "adulting" that you will find yourself cheering. The whole world needs to learn how to adult if you ask me and this book is a darn good place to start!

I've read several other books by Liz Talley and always loved them, especially her Morning Glory series, but I loved Adulting in a different way. In fact I reached out via FB to tell her I was enjoying the book immensely and that Neve had just arrived. I never message an author to fangirl while I'm still barely into the book!

Adulting introduces us to Chase, Olivia, and Neve as the primary characters and what wonderful characters they are! Chase - think Lindsay Lohan or Brittany Spears. Chase made me laugh, made my heart hurt for her, and made me want every happy thing for her. Olivia was the bomb and the relationship that developed between the three ladies just kept throwing new curves and surprises my way.

Honestly I am sad that this book is over because I just want to know where their lives go from here. And I will admit that I wouldn't mind spending a little more time with The Hammer. *wicked grin* Do yourself and a friend or two a favor and pick this book up. Gift it, love it, and prepare to fall in love with these fantastic characters that you will want to make your friends.

Thank you to the author, publisher, and Netgalley for providing an ARC at my request. All thoughts are my own and happily shared.

I received a copy of the book from Netgalley to review. Thank you for the opportunity.
An interesting idea behind this story and some good writing. However, this story didn't live up to expectations, particularly as the characters were not very likable and frustrating to read about.
An OK read,

This is my first book by Liz Talley. I loved it. I could not put it down. Huge thank you to the author for gifting me an ARC copy. Adulting had a unique storyline. Celebrity Chase London is an actress dealing with a lot of emotional turmoil in her life. During her journey, she finds a friendship with her life coach and a romance with Spencer. The writing was superb. The characters interesting and well-developed. I highly recommend this book. I will definitely be reading more books by this author.

Chase needs to grow up. She has been in and out of rehab too ma y times to count. Each time she resolves she will make it stick and then loses that resolve. However, her mother and manager, Lorna, has something to say. The book is about Chase coming to grips with the direction she wants her life to head instead of the Ferris wheel ride of in/out rehab. I think anyone who has struggled with addiction will find affinity with this book and the courage to overcome any personal demons and live their best life.