Wow’! The entrance into the story-fantastic! What a draw, really enjoyed! Haven’t had words capture interest and pull me into the characters like that in such a long time. I started and had to put down for other responsibilities but couldn’t wait to dive in again and finished it next day.

I love the way it reads with a character narrative and still feels as though you are living through each of their experiences at varying degrees. Honor’s, Tom’s, Grace, Lauren, Annie, Collette, etc.

The ending seemed a bit rushed? Room for a sequel?

Overall: All the feels. Love, Grief, a couple villains, a bit of humor. Descriptive writing style that puts the reader in the center of everything and everyone!

Thanks to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Publishing, & Loretta Rothschild for the ARC.

Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild is an engrossing literary fiction novel of love, loss, grief and healing. I don’t want to give too much away in my review, because it’s best to go into it blindly. Suffice to say, the story grabbed me from the surprising, explosive beginning and held my attention until the very end. I couldn’t put it down; I just had to know how this story would end.
It’s a bit of an emotional rollercoaster, told from an original and surprising point of view. I enjoyed the cast of both sympathetic and morally ambiguous characters, as well as the often hilarious side characters. I rooted for MMC Tom’s happiness, but it was such a struggle to forgive his abundance of lies and increasingly deceptive behavior.
Overall this is such an impressive debut novel that I highly recommend! I was able to listen to the audio version and follow along with the print version, and would highly recommend either format. 4/5⭐️

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press and Macmillan Audio for advanced copies of this novel. Consider pre-ordering, it’s available 6/10/25

I throughly enjoyed this novel. The story starts off with a twists and develops into a love story. A fantastic family drama. I went back and forth between the written copy and the audiobook and it was seamless. The narration was done well. I really enjoyed how the story was told from the wife’s point of view.

Thank you #NetGalley, #St.Martin’sPress, #MacmillanAudio. #LorettaRothschild, #FionaButton and #FindingGrace for the advance copy for my honest review.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to review ARC.

After I finished this book, I had to think how I felt. It was hard to find one word to describe this book. It was unique for sure. It made me laugh and cry. What a great debut! Can’t wait to read more books of hers!!

Wow, this book was not at all what I was expecting. It started off with a startling event, and it just spiraled from there.

I’ve been hearing about this book and thought I would take a chance with it. I was very happy with my choice! This story is very unique, it is told from the perspective of Honor, who you meet immediately in the beginning. I loved that the author choice her to narrate this story.

The way the author wrote this story was fabulous. It is told in present and past. And it really keeps you on the edge of your seat because Honor’s husband just keeps spiraling and you anticipate his every move throughout the book.

I don’t want to give anything away because it would be super easy to spoil this book. But I would recommend going in blind because it is well worth the surprises.

***Thank you NetGalley and McMillan audio for an ARC copy in return for an honest review***

THIS BOOK! I devoured Finding Grace in 2 days, loving every single page. A devastating, fascinating original story about secrets and the lengths people will go to keep them, part mystery, part expose on the human mind, with unique story-telling, I'd give it ten stars if I could!

I wish I could say I loved this book. It started out strong and I was invested in the characters and where the story was going. That was short lived. I feel like the book could be half the length because for so long it was just spinning its wheels. Tom is a toxic character and I felt very little sympathy for him. The twist with Lauren seemed to come out of nowhere. The ending was so predictable. Give me a story about Grace actually finding someone worthy of her.

📚 Finding Grace
✍ Loretta Rothschild
📖 Fiction
⭐3.5/5
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🙏 Thank you to Macmillan audio, NetGalley and the author for an advanced listener copy of Finding Grace. All opinions are my own.
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My thoughts: This book started off with a bang and I was convinced for a hot minute that it was going to be a mystery- but it most definitely wasn't. It was much more of a winding fiction novel about the unconventional way a man connects with a woman tied to his late wife. While I wasn't a huge fan of Tom, one of the main characters, I loved the unique point of view and way the author chose to tell this story. I tend to find that many of the books I read have grief as a central theme but many of them seem to focus on experiencing grief and then moving on from grief whereas I found the way grief tied into this plot in waves with distinct highs and lows over time really poignant. The ups and downs of sadness in grief and its ability to be interrupted by bouts of happiness have always really struck me as powerful and I think this book captured a lot of that strange sadness/joy relationship. I didn't find this as profound as I thought I would but it was still a good (and very interesting) read.
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Read if you're intrigued by:
*unique POVs
*complicated relationships built on lies
*poignant takes on grief and moving on without losing love
*fertility journeys
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See also: Till Death Do Us Part, The Love of My Life, Within Reach

wow!!)! this book completely blew my mind. i cannot speak highly enough of this. would love to read more from this author!!!

This book had a lot happening, but I couldn’t figure out where it was trying to go. It was very ambitious, but that made the main message get lost. I really hope the author keeps taking risks in their writing, but with a clearer structure, because this one didn’t keep me interested at all

This book really started out strong and enjoyable and had the biggest unexpected twist in the first chapter. It was hard to not enjoy Tom as the main character for most of the story. I kept reading because I wanted to know if I got better but the pacing was a little off and it's just hard to read when you wish you had more time to maybe like him before the shocking event that took place. I wonder how the story could have been different if that event would have happened four chapters in instead.

Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild was just an okay read for me. The story follows Honor, who seems to have it all: a loving husband, Tom, and a cherished daughter, Chloe. However, her longing for another child leads to unexpected events that intertwine the lives of two women in unforeseen ways. ​ While some readers have praised the novel for its gripping narrative and emotional depth, I personally found it lacking standout moments and felt bored at times. The plot didn't fully engage me, and I struggled to connect with the characters. Overall, it was a decent read but didn't leave a lasting impression.

This is such a tough book to review, because while most of it is lovely and soft and romantic (if a little navel-gazing), the opening chapter is a truly heinous rug-pull. Really painful and show-off-y in equal measure, and nearly upends the sweet and mature love story that follows. I'd love to see either a book that's all like the first chapter or a book that entirely excises that first chapter -- weird, I know! But this mostly feels like a low-key charmer that opens with a single chapter meant to kickstart lots of chatter, none of it really about what the book is really about anyway. Bizarre.

Honor seems to have everything. She adores her daughter Chloe and her husband Tom (even if he does work one hundred hours a week). But her longing for another baby threatens to eclipse all of it―until a shocking event changes their lives forever.

Years later Tom makes a decision that ripples through their families' lives in ways he could not have foreseen. As the consequences of that fateful choice unfold, two women's paths become irrevocably intertwined. But when old love clashes with new, who will be left standing? And what happens when your secrets come back to haunt you?

I loved this book and I think it is an amazing debut novel!

I think it is challenging to review this book without giving away the spoilers (they are revealed early in the story). Read this book and you will be enveloped in Chloe, Tom, and Grace's intertwined lives. This was the most unique book that I have read in a long time and I love the perspective from Chloe's point of view.

Many thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an advanced copy in return for my honest review.

I've never read anything like Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild. This book gripped me from start—with one of the craziest first chapter twists—to finish and will stick with me for a long time. The story just kept getting better and better.

Finding Grace is about the beginning and end of a family—Honor, Tom, and Chloe—and Honor's desire to have another child. Struggling with infertility, Honor turns to surrogacy and an egg donor to make her dreams happen. Without knowing whether or not this will even work, the fate of their family takes an unexpected and tragic turn, and Tom is left to heal and fulfill Honor's wishes while dealing with heartbreak. As he progresses through these challenges and tries to cope with his feelings, the tension builds, putting Tom in the crossfires between authenticity and apprehension.

I didn't know almost anything going into this book, and if possible, I would recommend that all readers of this book do the same. I was fully addicted to the riveting twists and turns of this story. Exploring complex themes like grief, hope, and connection, Rothschild created characters who experience it all and feel it all. The relationships between them are complex but authentic to the human experience, and give readers a romance story, but also a story about the intricacies of the choices we make and the lies we tell to those we love.

Finding Grace is definitely going to be one of the books I'm still thinking about at the end of the year. It's a devastating story about love, hope, and redemption that I think lovers of addictive beach reads and literary fiction will adore. It is such an impressive debut from Rothschild and I'm excited to read more from her in the future!

Honor and Tom seem to have it all—a beautiful home, successful careers, an adorable daughter (Chloe), and a surrogate for their IVF journey. But a shocking, life-altering event shatters their world. Fast forward five years, and we find Tom making a series of choices that had me on edge. For over half the book, his decisions gave me serious anxiety—I wanted to crawl into a hole, but I was deeply invested in seeing how everything unfolded.

This story explores some heavy themes, including traumatic loss, infertility, and immense grief. I don’t want to give too much away because this is the kind of book where the less you know going in, the better. That said, I always feel it’s important to mention potential trigger warnings, as some of these themes might make this a difficult read for certain readers. While the narration style took some getting used to, it ultimately added depth and richness to the storytelling. There are plenty of likable characters to root for, and despite Tom’s frustrating moments, I had to see his journey through.

As a debut novel, Rothschild crafted a compelling story that kept me engaged, even when it made me squirm. My initial rating was 3.5 stars, but I typically round up for debut authors—and this one deserves the bump to 4 stars.

I absolutely loved this!! I thought the narrator of choice was completely interesting and I love the way the author organized the chapters giving us both the past and present in each chapter! I was on the edge of my seat for most of this story and it was overall just an amazing read!

A stunning book that I know will be an instant best seller. I loved the story so very very much!!! I will give away 0 plot, let this one unfold without any premise. I was lucky enough to get both the audio and the e print from NetGalley.

Go into reading this fully blind- y0u wont regret it!

We follow the main character (Tom) as he navigates loss, grief, and finding love again. This book will pull at your heart strings and you will grieve alongside of the characters. The writing style is unique and I could see some readers loving it and others not enjoying the style. This book is great for readers who love a big emotional start to the book and a twist at the ending- with emotions all the way throughout!

Thank you to the author, publisher, and Net Galley for an ARC in exchange for a review.

Book is set to release 6/10/25!

Honor seems to have everything. A wonderful daughter, a loving husband, and a life she loves. Except that she wants another child. When her husband Tom makes a decision years later, everything changes. Can she withstand the upheaval and come out the other side?