This book is great! Would definitely recommend. Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

[Thank you to Ecco Publishing and NetGalley for an E-ARC of this novel, available everywhere now].

"Good Company," the latest novel from the author who wrote "The Nest," is a well-written, character-driven novel tackling lifelong relationships. Flora Mancini has been married for more than 20 years when she stumbles upon an envelope containing her husband's wedding ring - the one he claimed he lost 15 years ago. She begins to question the life they built together and all the roads not taken because of her loyalty to him, loyalty that has not been reciprocated.

I thought it was an enjoyable, albeit slow-paced, read, and I appreciated the way the writer dove into the messiness and complications of all sorts of relationships. That said, I didn't find the characters particularly engaging or sympathetic. It is a testament to the author's writing that I kept reading, curious about how things were going to unfold. The ending was bit of a letdown but in the same respect, I imagine it's also true to real-life in our society.

Overall, I am glad I gave this novel a try. Fans of domestic drama should add this one to their list.

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of this book! This book was different from what I normally read (Mystery/Suspense/Thriller), so it was a change of pace for me. I mostly listened while driving and going to bed at night since it was a nice story that I could just enjoy without having to think too much. It was a nice break about family, friendships and love and their relationships. I would read another book by this author! Thank you again to NetGalley!

A perfectly fine beach read but not as good as The Nest. I think it will be popular because of the author but I had a hard time caring about the plot.

I was really excited for this one but it just felt like nothing was happening and I couldn't get into it.

After loving THE NEST, I really wanted to love this one. I just couldn't get into it for some reason. Thank you for the opportunity to be an early reader.

This one totally caught me off guard. It was a mix of heavy and light, bringing both laughter and tears. The author weaves together such an intricate and realistic story, tackling actual issues.

While I liked this one better than "The Nest," I don't imagine it will stay with me long. Full of plausible characters and easily-identified inspiration (Cedars is obviously Grey's Anatomy, yes?), it's worth the read. A good book club discussion, perhaps.

I finished this book stilling thinking if I enjoyed it enough to give it 5 stars. I did not get as engrossed in it so I only gave 4 stars. It was a good read.

I started losing interested in this book pretty quickly. Wanted to love it but in the end, there was nothing too spectacular or memorable about this.

I enjoy stories that just talk about normal life. I don’t need a major plot, just well developed characters. I enjoyed this for that reason. I like feeling like I’m reading to get a glimpse into a different (yet believable) life. Enjoyed a lot!

At the core of this novel is how well do we really know the people we love? In addition, what happens when your rock solid marriage isn’t what you thought it was. The novel goes back and forth in time as the author unravels the storyline from the different perspectives of the characters. There are several veins that run throughout the book. Friendship, trust, infidelity,family and self realizations. The books progression was a little slow for me. The ending left the reader to draw their own conclusions. Thank you #NetGalley for the ARC. All opinions are my own. #GoodCompany.

Overall, the writing was good, but I wasn't interested in the story or the characters.

This wasn't a domestic drama so much as character studies of the most important people in our lives and what makes a family; our spouse and children, our BFFs and the people that make up our social circle.

It's also about a woman named Flora who discovers the most cliche secrets of all time; her husband had been unfaithful.

But, what does this mean for Flora?

Has she given up her hopes and dreams for her husband, Julian for nothing?

Has she sold out? Is this the end of her marriage?

Or a second chance?

This wasn't for me but readers interested in theater, exposition on the main and supporting characters, and a narrative based on introspection and soul searching will enjoy this.

On the day of her daughter's high school graduation, Flora is searching for an old photo in a file cabinet in the garage when she finds her husband's lost wedding ring that had supposedly fallen off in a lake.

Good Company is Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's follow-up to her very popular debut, The Nest. I thought it was very good. It is very character driven. I missed the satire of The Nest, but that is more a reflection of my preferences. The story follows Flora and Julian and Flora's best friend Margot and husband David over the course of a summer. I think this could make a good book club book. There is plenty to discuss with Flora's reaction and how it affects her relationships and what people would do in a similar situation. I found it thought-provoking.

I alternated both a digital ARC of this book and an ALC from libro.fm. The audiobook was read by Marin Ireland, who did a great job with the tone and the characters.

All Nora Mancini was looking for was a picture for her daughter, Ruby, on her graduation, not to unravel her 20 year marriage. But that's what happened when she found her husband's ring stuffed inside an envelope, the ring he said he lost one summer when their daughter was only five.

A compelling look at marriage, family, and friendship, I enjoyed Good Company more than Sweeney's last novel, The Nest. I felt I really got to know the characters, especially Nora. With the storyline going back and forth in time to explain how Nora met her husband and her friends, I understood what was at stake when she found the ring. It also read like a play, which when along with the background theme of the arts. I could see me watching this on the stage.

Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, author of the 2016 bestseller The Nest, returns with her sophomore novel, Good Company, a book about marital issues among acting couples. Having not read The Nest, I primarily picked up Good Company because I was seeing this book everywhere and wanted to discover why everyone was so buzzy about this novel and author. Honestly, I was also attracted to Good Company's vibrant and beautiful cover, which interestingly enough, doesn't have any meaningful connection to the novel's content.

The premise of Good Company is entirely spun around wife and voice actress Flora Mancini finding her husband Julian's wedding ring that he supposedly lost over a decade ago hidden away in a drawer. What is his wedding ring doing in an envelope and not on his finger? While you may assume that Good Company fast forwards from this pivotal point, it doesn't. Rather the past and present swirl around this discovery of the wedding ring, and readers learn about Flora and Julian's marriage in the early days and how it is affected after the truth comes out.

I personally expected there to be something more gripping and startling about this novel, but rather, it is standard marital fare. Couples come together, couples fall apart ... usually for the expected reasons. So anyone going into this novel should view it mostly as a study of a failing marriage set against the backdrop of the New York and Los Angeles acting scenes. Julian's acting company, aptly titled Good Company, is a focus of the book, and Flora's best friend Margot is also a major interest point, as she is a star on a hit hospital television series. Told from multiple POVs, Good Company's biggest draw for me was Margot and her life as a celebrity, and how that changes the ways she relates to the people in her life. I personally didn't get much from the marital bits, although I did find Flora and Julian's teenager daughter Ruby to also be of some interest.

In all, Good Company is a solidly average novel. It is not bad, but it's not great either. Instead, it kind of just wades there in the middle with nothing entirely unique or outstanding about it.

Good Company is the latest from Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, a slow-paced look at family and friend dynamics.

Flora and Julian Mancini have been married for 20 years and are seen as the ideal couple. When Flora is searching for an old photograph, she discovers husband's wedding ring in the bottom of a file cabinet. The ring that he supposedly lost when their daughter was five. As she begins to question everything about her life, the story unfolds with tales of parenting, love, sex, friendships, jealousy, ambition, desire, infidelity, careers in the theatrical world, and more.

This domestic drama was well-written, but I had a hard time connecting with any of the characters. A decent read especially if you are love character-driven reads or you're a theater nerd.

Thank you to NetGalley, Ecco Books and Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney for providing a digital ARC of Good Company in exchange for an honest review.

D'Aprix Sweeney's latest is an engaging, compelling read about the Good Company theatre group and two couples who met there and remain lifelong friends, or do they? Tracing the ups and downs of friends who maintain their relationship through the lows of medical trauma and scandal and the highs of fame and childbirth over a span of decades, Good Company is both thoughtful and entertaining. This is easily one of the best reads of the year.

Covering very real situations, this book is highly relatable in addition to being entertaining. Non linear timelines and multiple POVs could have made this book confusing, but Sweeney’s skill makes sense out of the chaos.

After reading both this and The Nest, I'm not sure Sweeney's writing is for me. I love the stories that she tells but for some reason, I'm never 100% drawn into her books. That being said, this is a complex family drama with some humorous moments and I enjoyed the look into the lives of actors and the secrets they've been keeping.

Thanks to Ecco and NetGalley for a copy to review.