Cynthia L. (ceeceelandau) reviewed on 8/8/2018 + 282 more book reviews

Perhaps I have higher standards for books, but I'm the kind of person who likes books with strong female characters. This book portrayed a woman who stayed married to a man even through many infidelities, sex that felt like rape and the death of a stepson that she had to survive alone. Libby returns home in the hopes of finding solace, only to find that her friend Stacey (married to her cousin) has been spreading a rumor that Libby is his mistress and that he's leaving his wife for her. Stacey's brother Jess is in love with her and has been since he was about 7, yet he can't seem to get his head out of his ass long enough to realize it.

The story line was fine, but the fact that Jess believes her one minute and then doesn't the next is infuriating because Libby just seems to take all the crap that every man dishes out. She's like a walking, talking door mat that everyone wipes their feet on and she doesn't have the spine to stop the cycle. Even in the end she appears to be the better person by going to the man who's hurt her time and time again.

Not one of the better books I've read. It was hard to keep reading in order to finish it.

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