December has been an absolute whirlwind, but we are back to posting (somewhat regularly)and are excited for all the great reads 2020 will hold! This year I plan on reading slower and more purposefully, which will hopefully also mean more book reviews coming your way!
I was super excited to get my hands on a copy of Colleen Hoover's latest novel, Regretting You that was published this month. Usually I finish a Hoover novel in just a few days, so I was really surprised when this book took me almost nine days to finish reading. That's right. NINE DAYS.
The novel opens with the story of two couples. Morgan and her sister are dating two boys who are best friends. They all get along, but we get the feeling that the couples would be more compatible if they switched partners. Then Morgan finds out she's pregnant. At 17 she ends up marrying her boyfriend and they have a life together for the next 15 years raising a daughter named Clara. That is until Morgan's husband dies in a car accident with her sister. A car accident that logically shouldn't have happened because her sister was supposed to be at work.
The novel flips between the perspective of Morgan and her daughter Clara who is struggling with grief, first love, and her relationship with her mother. While I enjoyed the novel, I didn't feel as immersed and invested in the characters lives like I usually do with Hoover's work. The book turned out to be just okay for me, thus making give the rating 3 out of 5 Coffee Beans.
See you in 2020!
~Jessica
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