Published by Pamela Dorman Books Genres: Contempory, Drama, Fiction, Romance, Women's Fiction
Format: ARC, eBook
A house, a broken marriage, loss, family, motherhood, and writing set the stage for JoJo Moyes’ We All Live Here. Lila Kennedy has a lot on her plate – her husband has left, her home is in disrepair, her stepfather has moved in, her lifelong absent father has shown back up, and her daughters have their own struggles. Life has thrown her some lemons and soured her to a degree, with all that she has on her plate, she is struggling.
I had high hopes for this character driven book and thought that this would be a slam dunk for me. But I found this book to be quite slow for the entire 464d page book. While slow does not generally work for me, I did enjoy how JoJo Moyes showed Lilia slowly taking those lemons, that have been hurled her way and figuratively making lemonade with them.
Many different forms of relationships are shown in this book and through them, Lilia begins to heal. I enjoyed the family drama; especially the drama caused by Lilia’s eccentric father figures in this book. There are some fun moments, some hopeful moments, some sad moments, and some outlandish moments along the way. I just wished that things would move along at a much faster pace. While I enjoyed the sentiment of this book, it was still a struggle for this reader.
Thank you to PENGUIN GROUP Viking Penguin | Pamela Dorman Books and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
