Out of the Clear Blue Sky

Since I'm having a bad allergic reaction this week, King Benadryl has ensured that I've been practically narcoleptic. You can imagine my surprise when, despite the orders of antihistamines, I lay awake and reading this magnificent book.

Downsides:

1. It did take me a couple of chapters to fall in love with the heroine, but once I did... oh man, she had me. 2. Some of the plot points were a bit predictable, but more in that "a-ha! I figured it out!" way rather than being disappointing.
2. As someone born in south western Pennsylvania who then lived a good portion of her life in northeast Ohio, I gotta admit I haven't met many Ohioans who weren't from PA/WVA with Appalachian accents as thick as some of the characters.

Upsides:

1. These characters aren't relatable, they're breathing. Like many of Higgins other stories, each of them feels vaguely familiar, as if you've met them or knew them or know them currently. They walk off the page and snag your beating heart right out of your chest.

2. Relatable family issues and banter, as with other of Higgins books, can easily be found within these pages, but somehow the author managed to up her game a bit. Taking seemingly ridiculous situations (a skunk, for instance) Higgins still manages to make every situation not only believable, they're also so emotionally impactful, I found myself laughing and crying in reality rather than simply in thoughts.

3. Un-put-down-able - Again, I was hopped up on enough benadryl to drop an elephant, yet still I stayed up til 3am, fell asleep for a couple of hours out of sheer eye strain, and then awoke to continue where I left off. The readability of this story is phenomenal.

4. Hope - In a world gone dark with headline after headline making our hearts ache for all the things we cannot change, Higgins managed to do the impossible with this book. She gave me a bit of hope. I can't begin to thank the author for that enough.

So overall, highly recommend this read. I finished it in less than twenty-four hours, despite a somewhat slow start for me due to life interruptions and, you know, All The Benadryl. Thank you, Kristan Higgins. I needed this book more than I realized.

Lillie is living her best life. Great husband, son graduating high school and off to college, a job she loves. Until one day here husband comes home and tells her he's leaving. This story follows her struggles while becoming single and trying to rebuild her life while she's dealing with her son leaving and her husband setting up house in the same small town that she's lived all her life. I really enjoyed this one, Lillie's endlessly feeling sorry for herself got to me a bit but I really liked the parts about Melissa and how she brought herself up from nothing. as always Kristan Higgins weaves a great story about people who are living their life and dealing with heavy things happening that throws their lives into a tailspin. I was sorry to have this one end!

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