Thanks to Let's Talk Books Promo and Berkley for the advance copy of this book.

Kristan Higgins really knows how to pull at the heart strings! A Little Ray of Sunshine centers around the story of an adoption and how it impacts two families. I love that this story is told from the perspectives of both Harlow (birth mom) and Monica (adoptive mom) and really show the hard dynamic that occurs between the joy and grief of the adoption process. I was a little nervous about how it would be handled since the synopsis uses the outdated term "put up for adoption", but Kristan did an excellent job with the adoption language in this story, which really allowed for a focus on the emotional elements. My only stipulation is that her books are VERY long -this one is almost 500 pages and I feel like the story could have been told more concisely. Anyway, this is a really great look at adoption, so get out the tissues when you read!