Love doesn’t always wait until you’re ready.Layla Hilding is thirty-five and recently divorced. Struggling to break free from the past—her glory days as the lead singer in a band and a ten-year marriage to a man who never put her first—Layla’s newly found independence feels a lot like loneliness.Then there’s Josh, the single dad whose daughter attends the elementary school where Layla teaches music. Recently separated, he’s still processing the end of his twenty-year marriage to his high school sweetheart. He chats with Layla every morning at school and finds himself thinking about her more and more.Equally cautious and confused about dating in a world that favors apps over meeting organically, Layla and Josh decide to be friends with the potential for something more. Sounds sensible and way too simple—but when two people are on the rebound, is it heartbreak or happiness that’s a love song away?
My Review:
I have really liked books by Tracey Garvis Graves in the past but this one just made me sad. I think it was probably a realistic portrayal of getting back to yourself after divorce but something about it just felt too melancholy to me. I think I was hoping for a bit more spark, spontaneity and rock n roll rather than single meals, long winters and divorce dad dating. I hope you have better luck!
But you learned a lot more about a person at a relationship's demise than you ever knew about them at its inception, including how badly they could wound you with their words.
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