Published by Bookouture Genres: Fiction, Women's Fiction
Format: ARC, eBook
Thought provoking, moving, gripping, and hard to put down! Kate Hewitt put me through a range of emotions while reading All I Ever Wanted! This is a book about life choices, doubt, honesty, being a parent, family, motherhood, marriage, fertility, and responsibility. I felt for all the characters. I wanted to hug them, scold them, and found myself frequently wondering while reading, All I Ever Wanted, what would I do in each character’s situation.
Ashley and Mark are a married couple who want to have a child. When Ashley learns that she cannot have a child, she and her husband investigate other options. Dani decides to become a surrogate mother to be able to pay for an operation that her younger sister, whom she is raising, needs.
Ashley and Mark decide to use Dani as a traditional surrogate, meaning they will use her egg and Mark’s sperm. Whew! This book brings up a lot of issues about fertility, surrogacy, becoming a parent, motherhood, and all the legalities and emotions that come into play. This book also looks at various forms of relationships, communication, and compromise.
Kate Hewitt tells All I Ever Wanted through both Ashley’s and Dani’s POV’s which makes for a moving and riveting reading experience. I felt for both at times and the issues that both women wrestled with.
Wonderfully written, well thought out, gripping, evoking emotion, and thought provoking.
Thank you to Bookouture 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.
