I have decided I live in a sheltered world, never have I met someone who treated people like Ben. That being said, I do not have my head in the sand and know that there are people out there who just cannot control their anger.

I struggled with Ben. Did I like him? Not always, but when the going got tough he seemed to do the best he could and step up as much as he possibly could. Did I trust him? Heck no. I was waiting for the other shoe to drop throughout this entire book. I know he was trying to change his ways, but it was still not enough. Did I want him to change his ways? Absolutely. I never want to see a family fall apart and held out hope until the very last page that he would figure out how to change his ways and control his anger. Ben was put in an extremely tough place and had to flounder and figure out how to make it work for him, his wife, and his children. Anyone man or woman would struggle with that and I really respected how he did step up and do the best he could.

Accidents of Marriage is all about abuse, there was no physical abuse, but the anger and the emotional abuse was evident on almost every page. Seeing Maddy and the kids make excuse and try to sugar coat it to the rest of the world was eye opening and extremely scary.


This is not an easy read. It is a story that will stay with me for a while after finishing it. I highly recommend it, but know that once you start you will have to finish. Putting the book down is just not an option.

I received an eARC of this book via NetGalley.
I realized today, in August 2017, that I had marked it read but failed to write a review.

Three years later I still remember this book and the impact reading it had on me. While I may have forgotten many little details, the emotions, the anger and Maddy's overall resilience and strength have stuck with me.

I'm creating a new shelf - titled "Books to Re-Read" and tucking this book on it.

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4 Stars

I have been a fan of Randy Susan Meyers since reading her book The Murderer's Daughters.

Like that book, Accidents of Marriage was immediately inviting and captured me with interesting, real characters to be loved and hated. I ended up reading the book in one day because I couldn't put it down. It flowed well until about the last 25 percent of the book. At that point, there had a dragging feeling to it or a somewhat forced feeling.

I would still highly recommend not only this author, but this book as well. That dragging feeling is what took it from a 5 star review to a 4 star.