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Then Came You

by Jennifer Weiner (Goodreads Author)

3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 · rating details · 20,911 ratings · 2,035 reviews

An unexpected love story…

Jules Strauss is a Princeton senior with a full scholarship, acquaintances instead of friends, and a family she’s ashamed to invite to Parents’ Weekend. With the income she’ll receive from donating her “pedigree” eggs, she believes she can save her father from addiction.

Annie Barrow married her high school sweetheart and became the mother to two bo...more

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Published July 12th 2011 by Atria Books (first published 2011)

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Jun 30, 2011 NerdGirlBlogger rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I read this book in one sitting--which is something I don't always manage to do with all the books I read. Sometimes I read as many as five books at a time, but when a book is so good that I can't put it down, that is always a good sign.

I've been a fan of Ms. Weiner's from the beginning, and I'm happy to report that she is back with her latest novel, which tells the story of several woman who start off as strangers, completely unknown to one another. The book has her signature shout-outs to food...more

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Jan 27, 2013 Shanda rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I told the book club books I wanted something light and fun, and the gave it to me....sort of. It was an easy read, and it kept my attention. It really wasn't what I thought it was going to be at all. In the synopsis it tells you it is about a couple who have a surrogate and while the surrogate is pregnant the father dies. This doesn't happen until the very end of the book. There were just too many characters. All of the characters were interesting enough, but we didn't get to know them as well...more

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Jan 11, 2013 Debra rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

At the bookstore, it was stuck somewhere between Mystery, Fiction and Romance. Glad I picked it up on a whim. Such a satisfying read, easy to lose yourself in the lives of these women. Didn't know I liked chic lit *shrug* Running down a list of JW titles, oOoh there's that, that and that... shall just have to read them all :)

Favourite Lines:

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"Shit," I said, and shut my eyes. "Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit."
"Oh, babe," said Marcus.

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If he kissed you, you'd know you were kissing a man, not one o...more

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Nov 27, 2012 Jessie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I love Jennifer Weiner for traveling - I don't love flying, and something sort of easy to read and engrossing - chick lit, mystery, urban fantasy - usually really does the trick. This book got the job done, but I feel like the seams are showing a bit. I know Jennifer Weiner was big in the whole Freedom/Jonathan Franzen/why is lit written by women always called chick lit but honestly, I cannot say that her writing puts her in the same category as Franzen. She's very good at what she does, but I d...more

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Sep 18, 2012 Susan rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: chick-lit, novel

To call Jennifer Weiner's latest novel "Then Came You" a beach read is only partially accurate. Yes, it is one of those books that women love to take along to the beach for an easy read, but this one will surprise you - it is much better written than that classification. This is the story of four women whose lives become entwined by circumstance (one baby) and the story unfolds via each character giving voice to a chapter one after the other.

The book begins with Jules' narrative. She is a stude...more

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Aug 14, 2012 Sandi rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, library-books-read

I don't read "chick lit". It's just not my style. I prefer science fiction, literary fiction and mystery/thrillers. Stories about women and relationships and emotions just isn't my style. It's not that I don't like those elements in the books I read, I just don't want them to be the be-all and end-all of the story. However, Jennifer Weiner has been making waves lately by analyzing the number of stories and reviews the New York Times runs about women authors vs. male authors. So, I thought I'd gi...more

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Jul 15, 2012 Ciara rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2012

this is the first jennifer weiner book i have ever read, & unsurprisingly, i checked it out of the library solely because of the infertility plotline. this is back when i was still trying to get knocked up (now i'm three months pregnant). i'm not so sure i will be reading jennifer weiner again in the future.

this book got really convoluted really fast, but a quick plot summary: a self-made PR guru marries a really rich dude. they want to have a baby together but don't have much luck conceivin...more this is the first jennifer weiner book i have ever read, & unsurprisingly, i checked it out of the library solely because of the infertility plotline. this is back when i was still trying to get knocked up (now i'm three months pregnant). i'm not so sure i will be reading jennifer weiner again in the future.

this book got really convoluted really fast, but a quick plot summary: a self-made PR guru marries a really rich dude. they want to have a baby together but don't have much luck conceiving. they finally decide to use donor eggs & a surrogate. the egg donor is a pretty girl who attends princeton & sells her eggs so she can use the substantial payday to send her dad to rehab to treat his alcoholism. the surrogate is a sweet but broke mother of two just looking to raise a little extra money for her family. her husband does not approve of her surrogacy, i guess because it makes him feel like less of a man that he can't support his family all on his own? they split up for a while during the pregnancy. a fourth character is the rich dude's adult daughter, who is skeptical of her glamorous PR stepmom & thinks she must be a goldigging hussy out to steal her father's millions or something. she hires a private investigator who discovers that PR lady did indeed change her name & is in fact a bigamist. she married her high school english teacher & was never officially divorced. but before any of this comes to light officially, rich dude kicks the bucket & PR lady heads for the hills. when the baby is born, prissy stepdaughter is named guardian.

eventually all of the women come together to raise the baby in a different way that honors their contributions, which...i don't really think that's how it works. the book even acknowledges that the egg donation company never should have given the baby's guardian any info about the donor, but they did, basically because prissy stepdaughter was all, "i never asked for this baby, but now that i have her, i want to know whose eggs she came from!" yeah, that's not really the way it works. i don't know. there was A LOT about the "plot" of this book that didn't make a damn lick of sense. & i'll estimate that perhaps 60% of the text is just exposition. the narration keeps swapping among the women, but just when it seems like we're getting a forward trajectory happening, weiner is all, "jay kay!" & puts the brakes on everything so the egg donor can wax rhapsodical for another seven pages about how men have always been attracted to her thick golden hair or whatever.

not my thing, i guess.(less)

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Jul 04, 2012 Danielle Rossman rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Jennifer Weiner's novel Good in Bed always struck a chord with me because of its strong character development...the fact that a woman could be gorgeous, smart and full figured and be wildly desired by the men in her life said something to me about the thinking of Ms. Weiner. Thus when I received a copy of Then Came You, I was more then a bit curious as to how Ms. Weiner's voice and approach had matured over the years. I must say I could not be happier to say that she is still a voice for women o...more Jennifer Weiner's novel Good in Bed always struck a chord with me because of its strong character development...the fact that a woman could be gorgeous, smart and full figured and be wildly desired by the men in her life said something to me about the thinking of Ms. Weiner. Thus when I received a copy of Then Came You, I was more then a bit curious as to how Ms. Weiner's voice and approach had matured over the years. I must say I could not be happier to say that she is still a voice for women of all shapes and sizes, and that she truly works against the grain of most conventional woman's lit. She is brash and unapologetic and it is this frankness that makes her novels truly stand out. Being it had been quite awhile, I think I needed a dose of the Weiner spunk! Then Came You is written from multiple view points and the implication from the beginning is that eventually these characters of diverse economic and social worlds will eventually cross in a most amazing and unexpected way. These women are actually all tied together by a surrogate pregnancy: Jules, a college student and prospective egg donor with a personal agenda; Ann, a blue collar sort of woman who is a loving mother and dreams of helping another woman; India who is a trophy wife with a seamy past who wants to secure an inheritance of significance from her uber wealthy husband Marcus; and Bettina who is doing everything possible to eliminate India from that equation...Weiner, who narrates quite well, gives us a lot of back story about each character. She is particularly vocal about India and in some ways crafts her as unlikable and haughty considering she came literally from the gutter. I can never seem to develop any feeling for her because at the root of things she is egotistical, selfish and makes some very poor decisions that in many cases would deem her an unfit mother. I guess money can buy everything you might need in life...and then some....When you hold her against Jules, who is donating her eggs so she can save her father's life by putting him in rehab and Anne who wants to renovate her home and give her kids a better life it is quite a dichotomy. Even Bettina, who is uptight and unlikable in her own haughty rich way, is trying to protect her father too...and her inheritance...Thus if anything, Weiner gives us some stark truths about surrogacy...one needs money to do it and those participating make a lot of money. It is a sad reality that from infertility has grown this "carry for cash" business...If anything, it will be Bettina who will be the surprise as she steps up to protect her half sibling and in the end loosens up a bit and reveals she does have a heart. Is this story plausible? Do women cruising Starbucks meet rich millionaires who marry them? Do egg donation deals begin in Food Courts? Can a so-so marriage survive a surrogate pregnancy? And is it easy to publicly come out as a lesbian in the midst of all this? (you need to read the book to find out who!) I will say that Jennifer Weiner leaves us with many questions answered, but these engender others as we are left to grapple with the business that is surrogacy. It is a modern medical miracle, but the truth is I am not sure it is always used for good. With dollar signs at its root, I wonder if it ever can be. I think Jennifer Weiner wonders that too! (less)

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Jul 04, 2012 catharine rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, pink

I was pondering what kinds of books men read that women don't, in the effort to come up with a less derogatory term than Chick-Lit for this book. Nick suggested that the corollary is spy or adventure fiction, in which men are faced with dangers, intrigue, and beautiful women. I think this is accurate in that women like to be confronted with novels in which women are strong and rise to challenges, but are more realistic that the challenges they face are likely to be things like paying rent and fi...more

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Jun 12, 2012 Barbara rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

“Then Came You”
By Jennifer Weiner

“Then Came You” is the story of four women from different backgrounds that manage to come together as a family unit by the end of the story.

The four women take turns telling their story so the reader gets each point of view. India Bishop is the “trophy” wife who decides that she wants a baby. Since she has shaved some years off of her real age she is forced to find both egg donor and surrogate. Bettina, who is India’s step-daughter, is a young spoiled rich girl w...more

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Jun 04, 2012 Carla rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Starting with Good In Bed, Jennifer Weiner has been the "must read" author for anyone who likes stories that feature strong female characters. It is a disservice to call her work "chick lit"-many of her novels deal with serious and complex situations-but Ms. Weiner has an unique ability to write about almost any subject with humor, compassion and great insight. Then Came You continues this tradition. The story is both heartbreaking and heartwarming, and deals with life, death, marriage, infertil...more

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May 26, 2012 Dr. rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book is okay. There was a lot that could have been done with this book, but it failed to satisfy me.
The concept was brilliant---4 total strangers who become intertwined over a IVF baby.
The story built steadily and logically. The characters becoming involved with each other made sense.
But the climax was just there---nothing special.
And the anti-climax could have been something brilliant but it didn't leave me breathless either.
This is definite "chick lit". It has a lot of discussion topics...more

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May 12, 2012 Candace rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Jennifer Weiner's, Then Came You just found itself a permanent spot on my 'Favorite Books' bookcase. I'm not referring to my 'Ordinary Books' bookcase that is in our guest bedroom- I am talking about my office bookcase that holds all of my favorite novels. Not just any book can find its way onto these shelves, but as soon as I started reading Weiner's Then Came You I realized there was something special about it.

Then Came You takes place during current times. Weiner tells her story from the poin...more Jennifer Weiner's, Then Came You just found itself a permanent spot on my 'Favorite Books' bookcase. I'm not referring to my 'Ordinary Books' bookcase that is in our guest bedroom- I am talking about my office bookcase that holds all of my favorite novels. Not just any book can find its way onto these shelves, but as soon as I started reading Weiner's Then Came You I realized there was something special about it.

Then Came You takes place during current times. Weiner tells her story from the point of view of 4 different women that at first glance have nothing in common. Jules is a gorgeous blond, blue eyed Senior at Princeton. On the outside it seems like she has the perfect life, however she is hiding a hurtful family secret. Annie is a 24 year old wife and mother of two young boys. As happy as she is with her life, she can't help but feel discontent with her current situation. Running her household zaps her energy while the constant struggle for money makes her wish for things she and her family does not have. Bettina is the daughter of a New York Billionaire. She does not fit into the party scene, she would much rather spend her time at her job appraising art for an auction house. She is fairly content in her life until her father shows up with his new bride, India. India feels that she won the brass ring when she married her wealthy husband. The struggles she went through as a child, teenager, and adult all seem worth it. She has finally made it, what more could she want?

Then Came You has all of the aspects I look for in a great work of fiction. There are strong female characters that are well written and seem real to me. I may not like a certain character but Weiner makes sure that I can sympathize with her. The dialog is witty and there are twists that I did not see coming. At one moment I found myself laughing while the next moment I was trying not to let the tears fall. I was also able to escape reality while reading Then Came You...as much as a mother of a two year old can escape reality (during some of my reading my daughter made it her mission to get my attention by splashing me from her baby pool that my feet just happened to be resting in.)

Then Came You tackles many important current issues, one of which is Egg donation and Surrogacy. Weiner does a fantastic job opening up the door for discussion of this practice. How does the egg donor feel about the situation? Will she ever regret her decision or want to know about her biological baby in the future? Can the Surrogate easily tell herself that the baby she is carrying is not really hers? How will she feel once the baby is delivered and placed in its Mother's arms? What about this new Mother, how does she react to the newness of it all? Can she easily bond with the baby, or will she feel like a babysitter? All of these crucial feelings and more are covered in Then Came You.

Jennifer Weiner's Then Came You is an excellent novel that I highly recommend. If you are looking for a book with heart and humor, Then Came You should be your first choice!(less)

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May 08, 2012 Daniel Stewart rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I shared a listen (with Amanda) of the audiobook version of this novel on a recent drive-intensive vacation. It was well-suited to a drive, not least because each of the four first-person narrators was played by a different actor, and their distinct voices helped to eliminate the "where was I?" confusion that can be a part of the audiobook experience.

The story was a good one, with dollops of mystery and the characters facing high stakes. I'm sure it qualifies as "chick lit," but I love Jane Aus...more

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May 06, 2012 Cheryl rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Jules Strauss goes to Princeton University. She is approached one day while at the mall. A man tells her about a opportunity where she can make a lot of money. The catch is, Jules would have to give away her eggs. The man he is from the Princeton Fertility Clinic. Jules agrees to sell her eggs. She is really doing it for her father. He is an alocohtic. The money would help pay for him to go to rehab.

Annie Barrow is a mother of two boys and a wife. Her husband is in the military. They are strugg...more

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Apr 02, 2012 Elizabeth rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

When I looked through the reviews before I decided to pick this one up, the people who didn't like the book all said, "This isn't like the old Jennifer Weiner," or "She used to be much better." Or something along those lines.

Frankly, I've never read other Weiner books. In interest of full disclosure, I bought "Good in Bed" and it spent ages in my nightstand. Then when I got a new nightstand it was shifted to a bookshelf that holds all the books I want to read *next.* Never have gotten to it.

But...more When I looked through the reviews before I decided to pick this one up, the people who didn't like the book all said, "This isn't like the old Jennifer Weiner," or "She used to be much better." Or something along those lines.

Frankly, I've never read other Weiner books. In interest of full disclosure, I bought "Good in Bed" and it spent ages in my nightstand. Then when I got a new nightstand it was shifted to a bookshelf that holds all the books I want to read *next.* Never have gotten to it.

But something in the summaries of this plot pulled me in. The plot surrounds 4 women, each of whom is looking for something else in her life. Jules needs money to put her father into rehab. Annie needs money because she and her husband live in a 100 year old home that needs tons of work and with two children they are struggling financially. India wants to have a baby. And maybe in some ways, needs to have a baby. Bettina is convinced India is a gold digger and needs her father to divorce this new step mother.

Jules donates eggs. Annie offers to be a surrogate. India uses the services of a surrogate and donated eggs. And Bettina calls a private investigator.

All of that you can get from the summaries here or on Amazon. Not giving anything away.

I have to admit, I started the book around lunch time and stayed up way to late in order to finish it. It grabbed me.

I think, like Jodi Picoult does, Jennifer Weiner glommed on to a controversial topic and through her characters made the reader look at it from many different angles. Whether you agree with every side doesn't matter. It's the opportunity to walk in someone else' shoes. And Weiner made it all the more interesting because we continue to learn the back story and motivations of different characters as the book progresses. So if you did make a snap judgement, you find yourself reexamining it later.

The character of Bettina is the only one I thought somewhat under developed. Or perhaps we see less of her inner struggle. We see clearly how she acts upon these thoughts. But not always the thoughts themselves--especially near the end.

Don't get me wrong, this isn't great literature. But I did really enjoy it. The book is thoughtful and touching and charming and amusing in turns. If I could have given it that extra 1/2 I would have. Now I better go and try to find my copy of "Good in Bed" and give that a try.(less)

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Mar 11, 2012 Judy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I had a few minutes early this afternoon and thought that I would start Jennifer Weiner's new book--especially since it's due back to the library in a few days. I was hooked by the story so quickly that I finished the book before dinner. I just never found a place where I thought "okay, I'll put this down now and come back to it later." Four women from different geographic locations and economic circumstances find their lives intersect in the most unusual way. Jules, a senior at Princeton, needs...more

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Feb 28, 2012 K rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, romance

Current medical issues have been used as the plot for some well received books. As an example, Never Let Me Go by Kauzo Ishiguro and My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult used the subject of organ donations. The stories showed us the struggle to understand the ethical issues and consequences of the medical decisions. With her newest book Then Came You Jennifer Weiner examines the consequences of vitro fertilization and surrogacy in the lives of four very different women.

Jules is a Princeton senior f...more Current medical issues have been used as the plot for some well received books. As an example, Never Let Me Go by Kauzo Ishiguro and My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult used the subject of organ donations. The stories showed us the struggle to understand the ethical issues and consequences of the medical decisions. With her newest book Then Came You Jennifer Weiner examines the consequences of vitro fertilization and surrogacy in the lives of four very different women.

Jules is a Princeton senior from a broken family. Her father ruined his teaching career with drink and then caused a car accident that sent him to prison. Now out and divorced he struggles with his addiction. Jules sees the chance to earn enough money to send him back to rehab with the donation of her eggs. Annie is a young mother of two boys. Her husband works as a security guard at an airport and dreams of becoming an airplane mechanic which would allow them to move from the hand to mouth existence they currently experience. Annie sees the chance to earn enough money to be a financial help by choosing to become a surrogate.

India has hit it big time. Having started out as a homeless teenager on the west coast she has secretly reinvented herself and snagged Marcus, a much older, very wealthy New York financier. As the second wife India wants to have a child with Marcus but at age 43 she struggles to stay pregnant. After several failed short pregnancies she turns to a fertility clinic to give her the child she so desperately wants to have. But in the background is Marcus’ adult daughter from his first marriage. Bettina sees India as a gold digger who doesn’t care for her father, only his vast wealth. So Bettina decides to find out who is the real India and show her father the truth.

The chapters alternate between the four women giving us their back story to explain how each of them came to make the decisions they made and then the consequences of their decisions. For Jules, giving up her eggs leaves her wondering if she will ever know the child that is born. For Annie her family life is altered far beyond what she could have imagined. India begins to question her original motivation in marrying Marcus and understands too late what she really loves. And Bettina finds out that the truth can sometimes be harder to tell than letting life go on. The story also touches on other hot topics including the issue of same sex love, interracial marriage and the choice of having a career or having the husband be the sole financial support. Slowly the four women’s individual paths begin to meet and with the arrival of the baby, Aurora, the four come together to make a unique community of mothers.

The characters are quite believable though sometimes they can be a bit overboard. As an example Marcus and India have unbelievable wealth and nothing is beyond their reach. Even their New York apartment and staff seem larger than most mansions could be. And the ending, while happy, seems a bit too contrived to be really believable. But it is nice to see variations on the normal subplots. As an example, even though India could be considered the “trophy wife” it was Marcus’ first wife who left the marriage that left him devastated, not the other way around.

This is serious chick-lit with a serious topic. Recommended for those who want the subject to be current issues and for those who love serious chick-lit.(less)

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Jan 26, 2012 Alison rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In hindsight I really enjoyed this book; however, it was a bit difficult to follow in the beginning. As the story unfolds, we meet four main characters: Jules, single, who is in need of money to send her father through rehab; Annie who needs money to help support her husband and two sons; India who is married to a very wealthy man and yearns to have a child; and Bettina, India's step-daughter who is suspicious of India, her background, and her professed love for Bettina's father. Each chapter fo...more

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Dec 21, 2011 Jamie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'm a huge fan of Jennifer Weiner, especially of her earlier novels such as "Good in Bed" and "In Her Shoes." I love her characters and the voices she portrays for them. I was hoping I would enjoy reading about the four women in "Then Came You."

We have: Jules, a senior at Princeton who is considering donating her eggs and using the money to help her alcohol-addicted father. Annie, a stay-at-home mom of two young boys who is considering unusual options for bringing in more cash for the family. In...more

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Sep 19, 2011 Kari Anderson rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Through a small gift (small in size, not in importance), four women, with completely different lives will come together in the life-weaving story Then Came You.

Jules is a Princeton student, by scholarship, not a silver spoon, is offered a deal she can’t refuse. It comes in the form of a hefty check for her “eggs”. It’s her one chance to give her father what he needs, rehab.

Annie is a mother of two boys. She married her high school sweetheart, but wants more. Not necessarily from her husband, but...more Through a small gift (small in size, not in importance), four women, with completely different lives will come together in the life-weaving story Then Came You.

Jules is a Princeton student, by scholarship, not a silver spoon, is offered a deal she can’t refuse. It comes in the form of a hefty check for her “eggs”. It’s her one chance to give her father what he needs, rehab.

Annie is a mother of two boys. She married her high school sweetheart, but wants more. Not necessarily from her husband, but life itself. It may be a long nine months, but she decides for the money, she can’t turn down carrying a baby for someone else, even if it puts her marriage on the line.

India isn’t even her real name, but her wealthy husband doesn’t know that and hopefully he never will. But she got him to marry her and now to seal the deal and bring in as much money as possible, all she needs to do is get pregnant. She can’t do it herself, but thanks to Jules and Annie, she may just get everything she’s ever wanted.

Bettina hates her new step-mother India. She knows there is something off about her and is bound and determined to let her father in on all the secrets. But a sudden shocker changes her life in an instant and may prove to everyone, except her father, who “India” really is.

This is my first Jennifer Weiner book but it definitely won’t be my last. I love fiction, but I love fiction most when it could really happen. I also love fiction when the author can weave the lives of it’s characters together to make such a well-rounded complete story. I am always afraid, when even thinking about writing a story like this, that I would forget to add in the important parts that would mold the story as one.

Right now, I am doing a little genre-jumping, if I can call it that. Normally I get into grooves and read a dozen or so YA books with a mystery thrown in the mix, or something along those lines, but switching the genres around, but now I’m on a genre hop and glad I hopped into this book.

There have been many books throughout my blogging life that I’ve tried to love but haven’t because of the grown characters. I think it’s a way for me to try to hold onto my youth and pretend I’m not getting older. I’ll just read YA forever, but even that is changing. I realize my taste in books are changing too. Not that the women in Then Came You are old and decrepit, but a couple of them are farther ahead in their life than me. I normally just get frustrated with books like this because I can’t relate. That didn’t happen this time and I loved it. Maybe it’s because I know I can’t hold on to my teen years forever, or maybe it’s just because Weiner has written an awesome book. I’ll let you choose that one

Anyhow, there are women in this book that you’ll love because they are selfless and want to help others, there are women you’ll hate because there is not a selfless bone in their body and there’s women you’ll want to love because their world has turned upside down and while they want to help, they also want to be a young twenty-something. They’ll all make you think about the person you are, want to be and definitely don’t want to be.

I give Then Came You 5 bookmarks.

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Sep 06, 2011 Lain rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Jennifer Weiner has a way with words -- there's no doubt about that. She has an ease with the written word that carries the reader along easily, and is descriptive and funny.

But.

Having a way with words doesn't make for a great book, any more than being a good actress makes a great movie. There's so much more to it.

I fear that JW is a one-note writer, the way Goldie Hawn (to carry on the actress metaphor) is a one-note actress. No matter what movie Goldie is in, she's Goldie. Contrast that to, s...more

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Sep 05, 2011 Meichler rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Hooray! I knew I didn't not give up on Jennifer Weiner's books for a reason. After really not liking her past few stories (really since Little Earthquakes), Then Came You returns Weiner to her style of good story telling, good character development - just a good, light, fun book. Is it amazing? No. But the story is good, the characters are well developed - for the most part, with the exception of one, I really liked all of them and cared about all of their stories (the exception being Bettina, a...more

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Aug 31, 2011 Liz rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Ok, so here's my thing: As with every Jenifer Weiner book, this one is readable - if you're stuck on an airplane, you'll keep reading this and it will be a perfectly fine way to pass the time -- but also as with every Jennifer Weiner book, this one is full of people you will never, ever meet or be able to relate to, and that bumps the annoying factor up by like, ten.

The basic idea is a good one: weave the stories of three women who come together to have baby -- the egg donor, the surrogate, and...more

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Aug 24, 2011 Emily rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: grown-up-books, glbt

I still can't tell you what made me want to pick up this book, since I so rarely read grown-up books. But pick it up I did. And it was okay. But it wasn't great.

My biggest complaint is that there wasn't a good way to tell how much time had passed in the story. Other than the epilogue, which had a year attached to it, I have no idea how much time passed in the story, and certainly not from one chapter to the next. In fact, things that were mentioned in one chapter would not have happened yet in t...more

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Aug 16, 2011 Maureen Ann rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I think this might have been my favorite of Jennifer Weiner's books to date - and that says a lot since Good In Bed has topped my list since it was published!

This book was both complex and relatable and the characters were more real than any of her previous books. Weiner consistently writes imperfect, yet still likable, characters which makes her work more interesting. However, in this book, the characters were not only imperfect but downright unlikable at times. They did things that were far ou...more

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Aug 15, 2011 Mmtimes4 rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The lives of four very different women intertwine in unexpected ways in this new novel by bestselling author Jennifer Weiner (Then Came You; Best Friends Forever). Each woman has a problem: Princeton senior Jules Wildgren needs money to help her dad cure his addiction; Pennsylvania housewife Annie Barrow is gasping to stay financially afloat; India Bishop yearns to have a
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Aug 13, 2011 Cindy Meilink rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Every once in a while, a book comes along that stands out from the rest. When all of the elements--unique story, outstanding characters,and excellent writing--combine to form a book that you simply can't put down and don't want to end. Then Came You is such a book.

India marries Marcus, a wealthy man who she loves more than she ever thought possible. He's considerate, loving, and more than anything else, makes India feel wanted and secure.

India wants a baby, but she has problems carrying a pregn...more

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Aug 13, 2011 Mary Anne rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I found this newest book by Jennifer Weiner a real page turner. That is after I got the characters sorted out in my mind. At first it was very confusing the way the different characters told their story - not only in the present, but during other time periods. Each of the characters was unique and it was interestign to see how their stories all came together in the end. There was India, who had a less than ideal childhood which got worse when her grandparents died. She then married very young, r...more

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Aug 12, 2011 Marla rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011, contemporary-fiction

We all have a past. We all have a future. We all have things in life that make both seem unbearable.

Four women's lives come together and intertwine in ways they never could have imagined. Julia, the Princeton student with a seedy family secret; Annie, the stay-at-home mother who settled down with her high school sweetheart and needs to find a way of helping her family make ends meet; Bettina, the Vassar student and daughter of a business mogul with a broken heart; India, the middle-age woman wit...more

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Jennifer Weiner was born in 1970 on an army base in Louisiana. She grew up in Connecticut and graduated from Princeton University. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Central Pennsylvania, Lexington, Kentucky, and Philadelphia, before the publication of her first novel, GOOD IN BED, in 2001. She is the author of the novels IN HER SHOES (2002), which was turned into a major motion picture; LITTLE...more

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