The Marriage Gap Year was one of the rare books that took me longer to read, only because I wanted to hang on to every sentence. As a woman in her early 20's, it was nice to read a romance (?) book based off of an older couple who decides to take a break to find themselves after years of being in a complacent relationship. The author heard the saying "IKEA is where relationships go to die" and ran with it lol. We get to see our couple diverge into different ways of self discovery, and finding who they really are with and without each other. I enjoyed the premise, writing and even the ending.

The Marriage Gap Year is a wonderfully heartwarming read. Taking a year off from the marriage rather than jumping right into separation or divorce is a great idea that more people should partake in. There were some hard topics and overall the book was pretty relatable.

THE MARRIAGE GAP YEAR is both a funny and poignant story about a couple who has been together well over twenty years taking a year off from their marriage for the chance for Emma to connect back to herself and her freedom and to gain clarity of what she wants and whether that includes her husband or not. This book felt very real and relatable and I'm not even married. I enjoyed the humor but also the serious reflection and portrayal of what it means to be human.

Thank you to Further Publishing and NetGalley for the arc in exchange for my honest review.

I just finished The Marriage Gap Year. I can’t say enough good things about this book. It was funny and heartwarming and I loved it!

This was a page turner for me and I finished it in one sitting. Watching this couple struggle after decades of marriage is easily relatable to those that have been in long term relationships. We see how each handles their year apart, how they evolve slowly. It has some some funny parts but there are a lot of hard topics sprinkled throughout, including alcoholism and drug abuse. Definitely not a lighthearted read and the label dramedy is fitting.

I was given a copy by the publisher via NetGalley (thank you!) and all opinions are my own.

Such a lovely story about a couple who have lived so many years as a couple, raised a son, and now are just kind of stuck in a weird place in life and in their relationship. The wife proposes a year off of their relationship, the husband doesn’t want this but agrees. First off I wouldn’t be able to handle this if my partner wanted this so I think seeing how this played out was really important for me to see and relate to some of the things they were going through.

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for this arc!

What a great romcom!! This is a first for me by this author but will not be my last. It was such a cute story! The writing style is great and I loved the characters chemistry.