Thank you Netgalley for the advanced audio book and arc copy in exchange for my honest review.

This story was a lot character based. The overall plot to me was somewhat predictable. I felt like the story was just dragging and we got in depths on too many characters that there was no need to.
Overall, for me this wasn't a must read and hte book was a solid two stars.

I'd say this is one of my favorites of the year. Thought provoking and heartfelt story. I loved the characters. Thank you for the great read.

I stuck with this book until the end but honestly, it was not worth reading. There is no real plot, the story, such as it is, is extremely boring, and the characters and dialogue are so flat as to be one-dimensional.

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Thank you, NetGalley, the author, and publishing company for providing a free copy for my honest review.

I would round to 2 1/2 stars.

This book was an easy read, but to the point that I had to check several times to make sure it wasn't a young adult novel. I would say this "novel" is written more like a short story. There is a plot, but not a lot of substance. There are huge gaps between events, sometimes it was jumping from one day to the next, to all of a sudden it was 7 years later with no warning. I had so many questions. There were good lessons to be learned, for sure, but I feel like the author filled out a plot diagram and went with it....not a lot of complexity that I expected (within the story and within the characters themselves; very surface-level) and mundane dialogue. It felt like teenagers talking to one another, not adults. I would remove 60% of the dialogue, fill in the gaps between events, and sell it as a short story or novella.