3/5 stars
What's it about? Cookbook author Rachel Samstat discovers that her husband Mark is cheating on her at the worst time: she's seven months pregnant. What makes a marriage worth keeping? A quippy snack of a book that is simultaneously tough to put down and tough to swallow.
How’d I find it? A dear aunt with a terrifyingly voracious reading appetite passed along this book.
Who will enjoy this book? Lovers of the rom-com (especially Nora Ephron's, obviously) and Jennifer Weiner's work
What stood out? While this romance novel is rife with expected tropes, its unconventional writing sets it apart. Example: The future Rachel narrating the story punctuates the plot with recipes that I found distracting in the best way — I'm now determined to make sorrel soup. The book's major weakness is how aggressively cis and straight it is, which culminates in cringeworthy gender platitudes and off-putting treatments of LGBTQ identity.
Which line made me feel something? Make no mistake — this book is funny. I laughed out loud throughout. "I wanted a man with long legs and a small ass and laugh wrinkles around the eyes. Then I grew up and settled for a low-grade lunatic who kept hamsters."