Weekly Reads: The Ever After

The Ever After is the newest title by Sarah Pekkanen, out on June 5th. I received an e-ARC of it to read and review honestly. I always enjoy Sarah Pekkanen's books, so I didn't hesitate to read this one on my recent trip home from Boston. I honestly hadn't even read the description, so it wasn't subject matter that I would've necessarily been drawn to. I do think it an interesting portrayal of life after infidelity. I have no clue if it's an accurate depiction of it, and hope to never find out, but it did feel very honest and raw to me. Definitely worth a read, and I think a new foray for the author.

My rating: 3.5 stars

Summary from goodreads:

In this intricate and enthralling domestic drama the author of the “gossipy page-turner” (Glamour) The Perfect Neighbors goes deep into a marriage in crisis, peeling back layers of secrets to discover where the relationship veered off course—and whether it is worth saving.

Josie and Frank Moore are happy… at least Josie thinks they are. As parents of two young girls in the Chicago suburbs, their days can be both busy and monotonous, and sometimes Josie wonders how she became a harried fortysomething mother rather than the driven career woman she once was. But Frank is a phenomenal father, he’s handsome and charismatic, and he still looks at his wife like she’s the beautiful woman he married more than a decade ago. Josie isn’t just happy—she’s lucky.

Until one Saturday morning when Josie borrows her husband’s phone to make a quick call—and sees nine words that shatter her world.

Now Josie feels as if she is standing at the edge of a sharp precipice. As she looks back at pivotal moments in the relationship she believed would last forever, she is also plunging ahead, surprising everyone (especially herself) with how far she will go to uncover the extent of her husband’s devastating secret.