Name: The Shape of You
ISBN: 9781635552171

Georgia Beers

Rebecca McCall doesn't play it safe, but when sexy Spencer Thompson joins her workout class, their non-stop sparing forces her to face her ultimate challenge--a chance at love.

The Shape of You

Lucia Correa

4 Stars; Lori Prince Narrator (5 Stars)
This book has been sitting in my audible library for a while. I’m sure I picked it up almost without really thinking about it or even if I did, its Georgia Beers. I’ve liked all of her books that I’ve read. I started it and decided to put it down. This book hints at infidelity and it is one subject matter that I avoid. I didn’t pick it up again until now, well over a year later. I wanted to read an audible book and decided to trust Beers. I’m glad I did.

Personal trainer, Rebecca McCall isn’t thrilled to be assigned “Be Your Best Bride” class for brides to be. Her training philosophy is more along the lines of fitness rather than strictly dress size. The class is 3 days a week for 12 weeks with 5 brides to be. All of the brides except Spencer Thompson had formal weddings planned in Nov/Dec not long after the class ends. Spencer tells the class she was surprised by her fiancé, Marti with a gym membership and she signed up Spencer to the class. They planned to have a courthouse wedding in January. Rebecca has no patience with women who allow their partners to dictate their lives and unfortunately her attitude shows while training Spencer. Spencer quits the class but not before telling Rebecca that her attitude and treatment towards her basically sucked. Rebecca realizes she was wrong in many ways and when she runs into Spencer, she asks forgiveness and tells her she was in the wrong. Spencer decides to return to class and she also discovers she actually enjoys the gym, joining a spin class and working out on her own.

I’m in a quandary. I don’t know what to think about Spencer. She was badly hurt and embarrassed by her previous girlfriend, that she cruises in her next serious relationship with Marti, “allowing” Marti to make all the decisions. But then Spencer will stand up to Rebecca but doesn't confront Marti directly that she’s unhappy. Rebecca maybe wasn’t that far off in her initial opinion of Spencer. I did like that Beers didn’t go the easy way out and make Marti into the bad guy. There are no bad guys in this story. Like life, Beers writes a romance that isn’t always simple or easy. But this is still a romance, so there is an HEA.