Thank you to the author, Lara Martin, for sending me a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. 

All the Lost Pieces was marketed to me as a fun romance. Although there is a romantic relationship in this story, I would say that this book falls more into the contemporary fiction category. There are a few darker moments in the story, and I have included content warnings at the bottom of this review. 

With that in mind, this story is about Nina, who has just been fired from her restaurant manager job. This isn’t the first job she’s been fired from, and this isn’t the place she thought she’d be by this point in her life. She also has never been able to get her brother’s best friend, Lucas, to see her as more than a friend even though she’s been in love with him since she was in high school.  

While there is romance in this story, I think the main focus is on Nina learning who she is as a person and what she actually wants in life. 

While the pacing was pretty slow, I thought this was actually a pretty quick read. Typically it takes me a long time to read through a slow paced story, but that wasn’t the case for this book. 

I liked both Nina and Lucas as characters; although, I didn’t feel like I ever got to know that much about Lucas since the story primarily focused on Nina’s growth. 

Nina’s brother Ryan and his wife Olivia were fun side characters. I liked the sibling relationship and the friendship between Ryan and Lucas. I however hated Tammy as a character. Why Nina was ever friends with Tammy I will never understand. She was an awful person and a terrible friend. She and Nina had nothing in common, and Tammy made terrible life choices. 

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Overall, I enjoyed this story and would recommend it if you’re looking for a contemporary book with some romance in it.