India Allwood knew that she wanted to be an actor since she was sixteen, and now she’s a Hollywood star. Her new movie about adoption has the same old tired story of tragedy. India is an adoptive mom in real life though, and wants everyone to know there’s more to her family than pain and regret. So she does something an actor should never do—she tells a journalist that the movie is bad. Soon she’s at the center of a media storm, battling accusations from all fronts. Her twin ten-year-olds know they need help—and who better to call than family? But that’s where it gets really messy because India’s not just an adoptive mother…The one thing she knows for sure is what makes a family isn’t blood. No matter how they’re formed, the truth about family is this: it's complicated.

Thank you @netgalley, @laurie.frankel, and @macmillianusa for the ARC and happy pub day to this wonderful book! This was such heartwarming story about adoption and how complicated family can be and it was the perfect amounts of both heartwarming and hilarious. The story is told in dual timelines, which really helped all of the layers, secrets, and drama unfold throughout the book. The dialogue between all of the characters was great, and I loved getting to know each individual character as they were introduced. The kids Fig and Jack have a lot of little phrases or words that they say incorrectly as kids do, and it was adorable and funny. I really loved the beehive analogy at the end of the book when India and Fig are talking about their family and privacy from the paparazzi. I also loved the author’s note at the end and hearing about her own experience with adoption and where she came from in telling this story’s. Overall that was a great book about what truly makes family and the importance of connection and relationships.