It was a good book but I don’t think I can say it was great. 

I really liked how the author highlights the negative impacts of failed marriages on kids and how it affects their views on relationships. I think it was realistic without going in too deep. 

However, I probably would have liked this book way more if they both just communicated properly! I do believe they communicated well but it wasn’t really enough. I can’t quite figure out why Retta didn’t let Duncan know who Chris was to her and why it was so important for her to attend this wedding. I feel this would have saved us some misunderstandings. 

I know she might have thought it wasn’t important and probably not necessary but it’s the little things that add up truly. A lot of things that happened after the ‘wedding’ could have been avoided if they BOTH communicated properly. I think it would have also been nice if we got to see more of Duncan and Retta’s personal lives outside of family issues.