“Who wanted to be a grown-up anyway, only to be stuck in this repetitive routine of getting up at the same time each day, going to work, and coming back home again? There had to be more to adult life than this.”

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Trudy is set in her ways. She is a wife, and mother of two. She has the same routine every day… Wake up, get ready, wake the children, walk the dog and go to work. Then handsome ex-coworker Matt appears in her life offering her so much more. If you realise you’re unhappy in your marriage, do you stay? Or, do you cheat?

Ahh this book! Trudy is so relatable. I mean, have you ever looked at your life and just though, darn I need a change. This just summarises Trudy through and through. However, she is so committed to her family. She knows if she acts on instinct and leaves her family, she would lose everything.

With the story being focused on Trudy, it is easy to feel and experience the emotions she does, including fun flirting with Matt, who seems hella perfect, am I right?! But the last half of the book absolutely crushed me. It didn’t take the path I was expecting it to, and I cried my eyes out. Page turner right from the start!

I was expecting this big love story where Trudy and Matt got their happy ending, as that’s usually what happens in romances, right? I feel like this almost needs its own separate genre.

If you’re looking for something with a bit of scandal and heartbreak, this is the book you need to read next!

The Edge of Discontent
by T. Atkins
A very well-written book. You just step into the book and are hooked. Makes you wonder "what if". It was a different type of writing and a new look into the people easily. to connect with.

This was a good read. Trudy and her life are easy to relate to. And this book did make me wonder what I would do in her situation. Once I started reading I couldn’t put the book down.

A somehow slightly scandalous story made whole with tales from the heart, The Edge of Discontent was an incredibly quick read!