Katherine Reay's books are popular in the Christian fiction circle. I had only read one book by her years ago, so I thought it was time to give her latest book a chance.

I thought this was a sweet, emotional book. It reminded me in a lot of ways of a Hallmark movie. It centers on 3 women, who are trying to figure out what to do with their life, while also trying to ignite or rekindle romance (doesn't that sound just like a hallmark movie?!?).

Though I like Hallmark movies, I didn't like this book, at first. I had a bit of a hard time connecting with the characters, since they are all older than me and in very different seasons of life than I am currently in. Thankfully as the book went on and as I got to know their stories, I started to feel more of an attachment to Madeline, Claire, and Janet.
Their struggles, desires, and fears were realistic ones, that I could have seen myself facing if I were in their shoes.

There were two things that kept me from giving this book a higher rating. The first reason I didn't was because I don't think this book was meant for me. I think this book was written to speak to women in 30s, 40s, and 50s. Not being in those age ranges, I felt like I didn't get everything out of it that I would have had I been. Of course you can read any book, regardless of what age the target audience of the book is.

The second reason I didn't give this book a higher rating was the romance. Though it was a while ago, I remember not liking the romance in the other Katherine Reay book I read. I liked Chris, Madeline's love interest, but he felt two dimensional. I wish there had been more scenes that showed his personality and his chemistry with Madeline. Because there weren't many of those scenes, I felt like the romance between him and Madeline was rushed. This is just my own opinion, of course.

I wish I had liked this book more. Despite only giving it 3 stars, I do think I would recommend it to women in the age range of the characters.

My rating: 3 out of 5 stars