This was an enjoyable story that I flew through fairly quick. I enjoyed the back and forth between the past and the present as the story unfolded. The twist to the betrayal was fairly obvious even if the specifics were not but that didn't mean I didn't enjoy the ride.

I feel the author did a good job of differentiating the women's voices when we were in their perspective. Very rarely did I forget whose chapter we were on. Each one had their own journey of realizing that what they thought they wanted when they were younger may not be true now and that's really never to late to change course or try again.

That said, it was really hard for me to read Regina's chapters and I didn't like how we opened and closed with her. I understand the reason for her anger even if I feel it is not justified. To go into it too much would be spoiler territory but she was honestly mad at the wrong person for 10 years for the wrong reasons. She read as a spiteful person and I feel that she didn't get near enough of the clapback that she deserved.

My favorite character was Sophie. I appreciated how strong she was and how unique she was in that she was never an official Army wife. That didn't make her any less important but it showed that she had a different brand of independence then the other two. I resonated more with her journey than anything else since I see myself wanting to be like her once my kiddo is off in the real world on his own.

I didn't agree with Adelaide's reasoning for a lot of her choices but I did sympathize with her on a lot of things. She di the best with what she could and her brand of controlling was her way of coping. She's my second favorite character, topping Regina who, again, I very rarely connected with during the entire book and it was more on how she treated her friends after "The Fight".

This is a good beach read or enjoyable way to pass the weekend. I would recommend and re-read this even knowing everything and even Regina's chapters. Who knows maybe next read I'll have more sympathy for her.