4.5-5⭐️ I am purposefully omitting a synopsis here as there is virtually no way to share one without spoiling this book. If you notice the publisher’s synopsis - there is next to nothing about the overall plot. I am therefore going to keep my review short, sweet, and to the point.

I really had to parse out my feelings towards this book versus my feelings towards the MMC. I struggled very hard to connect with him and his decisions throughout the entirety of the book. I think the narration itself really amped up my dislike of him, and I would be so curious as to why the author used the narrator she did.

And yet, and yet, I think the quality of the story, the writing, the character development is outstanding, particularly for a debut novel. Hence my very complicated feelings towards this story, and another reason it is becoming a standout to me - it’s clearly lingering in my psyche even days later.

🎧 I chose to do this as an immersive read, utilizing both the physical/ebook and the audiobook, to fully immerse myself in the story. Fiona Button does an outstanding job of bringing this emotionally wrought story to life.

Read if you like:
▪️unique narrators
▪️complex family dramas
▪️thought-provoking stories
▪️dual timelines
▪️emotional reads

‼️ There are quite a few triggers. Please research or DM me prior to reading if you are sensitive to them.

Thank you St. Martin’s Press and Macmillan Audio for the advanced copies.4.5-5⭐️ I am purposefully omitting a synopsis here as there is virtually no way to share one without spoiling this book. If you notice the publisher’s synopsis - there is next to nothing about the overall plot. I am therefore going to keep my review short, sweet, and to the point.

I really had to parse out my feelings towards this book versus my feelings towards the MMC. I struggled very hard to connect with him and his decisions throughout the entirety of the book. I think the narration itself really amped up my dislike of him, and I would be so curious as to why the author used the narrator she did.

And yet, and yet, I think the quality of the story, the writing, the character development is outstanding, particularly for a debut novel. Hence my very complicated feelings towards this story, and another reason it is becoming a standout to me - it’s clearly lingering in my psyche even days later.

Read if you like:
▪️unique narrators
▪️complex family dramas
▪️thought-provoking stories
▪️dual timelines
▪️emotional reads

‼️ There are quite a few triggers. Please research or DM me prior to reading if you are sensitive to them.

Thank you St. Martin’s Press and Macmillan Audio for the advanced copies.

Thank you, NetGalley and St. Martin's Press, for the advanced reader copy of this women's fiction, as I really enjoyed the plot throughout. Along with the plot, which grabbed my attention immediately by the end of the first chapter, I found it incredibly interesting that the narrator was separate from those she was speaking of (if you know what I mean -- don't want to give away any spoilers!).

Additionally, though I am not the biggest romance person, this book was a great blend of both literary fiction and romance, and because of that, I couldn't help but enjoy the read. Do I wish the ending were different? Yes (I am a big fan of chaos and things left unsaid, personally), but, nonetheless, I would recommend this read to anyone who is a fan of women's fiction with a plot that grabs you right from the beginning.

I thought the first 25% of this book was brilliant. I was so invested and blindsided at the beginning and thought the concept was so unique. However, the anxiety I was feeling throughout the book and lack of sympathy I felt for Tom just made the rest of this book difficult for me to read. It was so hard to root for someone keeping such a big secret and I struggled with it. I don’t know how it could have been fixed or if this just isn’t the book for me.

Maybe I should have, but there were a lot of pieces of this book I didn’t see coming. A lot of pieces that made me mad. Sad. Angry. Heartwarmed. Confused. This book makes you feel the feelings and sit with them, and for that, I give it its flowers 💐

Tom, his wife Honor, and their young daughter Chloe look like the perfect family. No one but Honor’s closest friends know how much Honor longs to have another baby, and the possibility of using an egg donor. When tragedy strikes, Tom is left to pick up the pieces of his broken heart. Luckily, there is some hope on the horizon.

My synopsis is intentionally vague as I feel the shock value of the first chapter helped grip me and held my attention for this story. This story was very well written. I enjoyed the past and present timeline, and thought the narrator was extremely unique. However, the main storylines gave me the icks and made me feel creeped out. The audiobook was very well narrated and despite not loving the plot, I still was captivated and needed to see how the story would play out.

I couldn’t put this book down. This is one of those books that it’s best to know as little as possible about. There is a shocking part at the beginning that I never saw coming and from there the book takes a very unexpected turn. I liked the characters a lot. I highly recommend this engaging read.

This book was surprising and engaging. I found the plot to be fascinating and enjoyed the characters. Extremely well written.

I finished “Finding Grace” by Loretta Rothschild last night, and it was so, so good! I stayed up to finish it since I just had to know what happened, and those are the best kinds of books!

It’s what I would consider contemporary fiction. It’s about a woman, Honor, her husband, Tom, their daughter, Chloe, and Honor’s deep desire to have another baby. It’s about how choices alter the courses of our lives. I won’t spoil the details but lots of things happen in the book, so much so, that I found myself glued to the pages!

Just a terrific read! I really emotionally identified with the characters! This book earns a solid 4 stars from me! Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this advanced reader copy! the book will be published on June 10th.

Read it!

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.