Published by Berkley Genres: Contempory, Romance, Women's Fiction
Format: ARC, eBook
This was a delight from start to finish. Books, reading, Larchmont. What’s not to love. Not only was I able to identify with Nina to some degree, I was able to imagine everything she did in the book, having lived in Los Angeles for so long and spending numerous hours on Larchmont Blvd. (Village Pizza, anyone? Sam’s bagels! oh, the memories)
Nina is a bookworm who manages her life down to the second. She can pencil you in, if you are willing to wait a week, or two or three! She is an active participant in her trivia club, leads several book clubs, goes to movies and has various interests but always makes time for reading! She drinks wine, she’s competitive, she’s anxious, and she has an interesting relationship with her globetrotting Mother. But one day, her world turns on a dime, when a man informs her that her father- who she never knew -was dead! But wait…there’s more- she’s not an only child anymore, she has family, a who gaggle of them and this is when her life gets interesting…then there’s Tom. Tom who? you ask… well Tom is her Trivia nemesis and damn it, he’s cute, he’s interesting, and he can’t seem to leave her alone. What’s a girl to do?
Ohhh, this was a fun, light, quirky, engaging, delightful and rewarding read. I found this book to be well written, well thought out and perfectly paced. Often, I think a book needs to have pages edited out, this book I wished was longer. I wanted more of Nina, Tom, and her interesting new family members. This is the type of book to curl up in your favorite reading spot, and completely absorb yourself in.
** This was a Traveling Sisters/Friends group read!!!
Thank you to Berkley Publishing and Edelweiss who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.