Monday, July 21, 2014

After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid

 When Lauren and Ryan’s marriage reaches the breaking point, they come up with an unconventional plan. They decide to take a year off in the hopes of finding a way to fall in love again. One year apart, and only one rule: they cannot contact each other. Aside from that, anything goes.


Lauren embarks on a journey of self-discovery, quickly finding that her friends and family have their own ideas about the meaning of marriage. These influences, as well as her own healing process and the challenges of living apart from Ryan, begin to change Lauren’s ideas about monogamy and marriage. She starts to question: When you can have romance without loyalty and commitment without marriage, when love and lust are no longer tied together, what do you value? What are you willing to fight for?

My Thoughts:

I started After I Do and kept putting it down.  I did not put it down because I did not want to read it, I put it down because I wanted to make it last.   The characters of Lauren and Ryan I fell in love with.   As they fought for their marriage I had to cheer them on.     I wanted them both to be happy, but I wanted them to be happy together.  

 As Taylor Jenkins Reid introduced the other characters, Leslie, Mila, Charlie and Natalie, and of course Rachel, I knew that this was a book that I would cherish.  I would love to have more books with these same characters featured. I felt like I was able to relate to the family dynamic and the friendships they each had.   I was invested in each characters life and happiness. 

As with other books by Ms. Reid I will happily recommend this to my friends and family.   This is a story that has romance, but it is not your normal romance.   It is more of a contemporary story.  

Praise for the book:
“Moving, gorgeous and, at times, heart-wrenching. Taylor Jenkins Reid writes with wit and true emotion that you can feel. Read it, savor it, share it.” – Sarah Jio, New York Times bestselling author of The Violets of March

Buy the book
·         Amazon Paperback: http://amzn.to/1iLZqf6
·        Amazon Kindle: http://amzn.to/1knPxoL

About the author:
Taylor Jenkins Reid is an author and essayist from Acton, Massachusetts. She graduated from Emerson College with a degree in Media Studies. Her first novel, Forever, Interrupted, was named one of the “11 Debuts We Love” by Kirkus Reviews. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Alex, and her dog, Rabbit. Her forthcoming novel, After I Do, will be published July 1, 2014.
Connect with the author:
·        Facebook: http://on.fb.me/QCF5T8
·        Twitter: https://twitter.com/tjenkinsreid
·        Website: http://www.taylorjenkinsreid.com/
·        Goodreads: http://bit.ly/1uZBWfi




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