My reading experience can be divided into three phases: 1) I'm not in the mood for a heartwrenching story but I must read it for a blog tour 2) I don't know why have to put it down to eat or sleep 3) As my granny used to say "I had lot of fun, cried a lot".
It was a gripping and moving read that somehow was close home as I have been working as consultant for years and I met people like Dannie in real life and I was like her in some moments.
Dannie is a driven, focused and ambitious person but she's also a very frail one as everything depends on hard fact never giving room to the unexpected or just living.
Bella is apparently the weakest one but she's also the one who is really living.
In my opinion all the story is centered around them, their life and how they change and evolve.
The male characters play a secondary role because the main love relationship is between Dannie and Bella and between Dannie and her work.
It's a story about taking changes, accepting what is really important to you and living with grief.
The author is a good storyteller and I loved how the atmosphere of the story went from "life of the rich and talented" to "how life can strike and you have to survive".
It's also a love letter to New York and I liked the description of places and of the city.
I was left wondering what will be next but also knowing that after a life changing experience you can't go back to what it was.
I note that what I wrote is a sort of diary of impressions and reflections. This book will remain with me because it made me think and reflect.
I was entertaining, moved and loved what I read.
It would be great to read another story with these characters, I will surely read other books by this author.
An excellent and poignant read, strongly recommended.
Many thanks to Quercus and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine