I won a copy of this book through Goodreads First Reads.

Let me just start with the cover. The cover is beautiful. Now the cover does not make the book, but having a pretty one certainly does not hurt. The book is set up more like an epic poem or string of poems than a traditional novel. With that being said it is not the kind of poems that require you to figure out that because she said “it was storming out” that it meant she was an emotional wreck. Everything is spelled out. At the end of each section there is a poem that kind of sums up everything that person was feeling at the moment and those are somewhat symbolic in some places.

Each of these women have their own struggles; Holly the unhappy and sexually frustrated housewife, Marissa has a worthless husband, handicap daughter, and a gay son, and Andrea is struggling with being a single parent to her teenage daughter. I know people who would fit into each of these women’s lives. It is uncanny how close to home these women’s situations have hit. For that I give that author points for writing believable and relatable characters. All the characters are dealing with problems of there own. They each want love, romance, and family. How each of them go about it is the difference.

You often look at people and wonder how that got themselves in the mess they are in. This book puts you smack in the middle of the lives and feelings of these three women and you see why some people make the choices they do. They suddenly do not seem so crazy anymore, but just normal and trying to survive.

I am not the type who does a plot summary in their review. There is a synopsis by the author that does a very good job of telling you what the book is about, go read that. I will tell you that despite the fact that I am in my 20s and these women were in there 40s the book still completely captivated me. The emotions she conveyed were very real and towards the end of the book I even cried a little. I would have never known this was Hopkins first attempt at a novel geared towards adults. I hope she writes more. She is a truly talented author.