I'm not really sure how I feel about this book. It wasn't bad, but it also wasn't great so I rated it a three star read. I had no problem staying with it and at some points I enjoyed it. It was nice to find another book that had the main character as an over 50 woman. Much more relatable for me then reading about thirty-something year olds. Thank you for that!
The biggest issue I had was the amount of time passing. Each chapter, for the most part, switch to a different character and some times there is a movement of time. Sometimes weeks would pass between chapters, sometimes it was just hours. Sometimes there are plans to do something in one chapter and then the next chapter that something has been done but the reader is not aware of how much time has past since. It would have helped if each chapter had a time listed with the character name (of which there were many to keep straight).
Also related to time was unrealistic timing... like a contractor coming look at a possible job one day and starting that job the very next day. Or the need for a new commercial kitchen equipment and then it seems to be there within days. Or going clothes shopping in Boston, a three hour trip each way, and being able to get back in time for a wedding reception that is at 7:00pm. It was just all so hard to believe.
There was lots of places that the scene was very descriptive and yet other places there was no details at all. And it seemed that the author was afraid that the reader would forget specific insignificant details because of these were provided a few times through the chapters. It is almost as if the book has not gone through its final edit where this kind of thing is caught and fixed.
Within the main story there are plenty of sub-plots included. There were so many that it felt like this was a compilation of short stories intertwined together to make one bigger book.
The final chapter was a surprise because it was written different then most. There wasn't really a happy ever after ending. The finished up plots were kind of underwhelming. And then there were additional circumstances added at the final paragraphs of which you will have to read the next book to see what happens next. I believe it was a cliff-hanger but it really didn't entice me to want to read the next book.
It is a quick and clean read for those that are looking for a story to read while on vacation or enjoying a sunny day in your backyard.
I wish the author success and congrats on what I believe is your first book! I wish I was able to give it more stars then I did.

Thanks to the publisher, BooksGoSocial, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.