This isn't an awful book, but if you didn't watch her season of the Bachelorette you won't really connect with it. It's kind of surface-y but that's what I expect from a "celebrity" memoir.

Trista was the first bachelorette and is still married to the prince charming she met on the show. This book is part memoir and life stories combined with a little self help and for me it was the perfect combination. I enjoyed getting to know Trista and her life before, during and after the show and I really appreciated her perspective on gratitude and the different areas in one's life where extra gratitude could be a good idea.

Each chapter took a different part of your life and she gave examples on how to add a little gratitude to improve that area of your life. The two that made the biggest impact on me were relationships - both friendly and romantic and work. Both giving and receiving at work are important and I don't know how to advise my boss that a little extra gratitude could be great, but I know how I can increase my giving of it at the workplace and hope that it can improve things.

This book was published in 2013, so I wouldn't mind an update and/or another book from Trista on a completely different topic where she can share personal stories, but also teach a life lesson or two!

I had the audio book from amazon and the ebook from Netgalley, so I was able to read this in both formats basically at the same time and I loved having Trista i my car reading me the book as I commuted.