Name: Untitled NH
ISBN: 9781668033425

To Be To Be Confirmed Atria

A Novel

Untitled NH

Caitlin Moore

Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Publishing for this early copy of The Breakaway.

At 34, Abby is starting to feel like a real adult. She has friends, a boyfriend, and is finally becoming confident in her body. Yet, something still feels off, so when she's offered to lead a two week group bike trip, she accepts. But on the first day of the trip, she sees someone unexpected - the guy she had amazing sex with a few years earlier (and still hasn't forgotten about it). Just when she thinks things can't get any weirder, *poof* her mother shows up to take the trip with them. 

I've loved everything I've read by Jennifer Weiner, and this was no exception. She has a way of establishing such a setting - so much so that I found myself confused that my actual weather wasn't the weather in the scene. This book is sure to be a frontrunner when it's released.

I love that this book doesn't take the easy way out. It's easy to blame someone else for your problems, but it's harder to realize that you played a role in it as well. It takes a deeper look into the narrative we tell ourselves, and how what we choose to believe is how we end up seeing the world. 

I had a hard time believing the love interest part of the story, and felt like it was a bit rushed. I would have loved for that to be developed more in the first few chapters of the novel. I also think there were two plot points that were a bit similar, but considering the characters I'm not sure there really was another option to how those parts of the story could play out. 

Overall, I found myself really connecting with our main character, Abby, and really felt in-tune with a lot of her struggles. I think this book is perfect for anyone in their 20's-30's who isn't sure what to do with the cards that life has dealt them.

Untitled NH A Novel