Review: When We Let Go

When We Let Go by Rochelle B. Weinstein

My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I'm not sure how to rate this book- I hated it, and I loved it! It had a roller-coaster of emotions and feelings - hate, love, insecurity, lies (or not admitting to everything), and the inability to talk things out and make assumptions. This book also had a huge twist at the end. I couldn't connect with anyone in this book, no matter how tragic their lives were. And maybe that was my problem, tragedy abounded, and my stomach clenched with every page I turned. Yes, we did get a twist, and we did get a 'happily ever after,' but was it enough for me? Well, I did finish the book, so that rates a star. I did keep turning the pages to see just how mean, naive, tragic, bitchy, etc . the characters were going to be with each other. So this rates another star. Everyone transformed into the perfect people - I had to stretch my imagination for that, but I'll give it another half a star. Definitely an emotional and deep women's read. -A half star for being true So this is what I have two whole stars, two half stars. A three-star read, although if I were being true to myself, I would rate it 2 stars because it is an overly emotional and over-wrought beach read. So I'm going to compromise since all of these people who loved this book can't all be wrong! 2.5 stars rounded down.

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SYNOPSIS: "A moving novel of family and forgiveness and of hope and healing by Rochelle B. Weinstein, the USA Today bestselling author of This Is Not How It Ends.

When Avery Beckett is proposed to by Jude Masters, a widowed father and the man she loves, it should be a time of great joy. Instead, Avery is on edge. She’s wary of the idea of family, doubtful of happy endings, and too afraid to take the leap. It’s the kind of fear that comes from having secrets.

Before Avery commits to a new life, she must reconcile with the one she left behind.

When Avery returns to her childhood farm in the North Carolina mountains, she’s surprised to be saddled with a companion: Jude’s teenage daughter, Elle, who’s grappling with the loss of her mother and the complicated emotions of first love. On a path of mending wounds and breaking down walls, Avery and Elle form an unexpected alliance. It’s giving them the courage to move forward. And for Avery, everything she needs to confront the past.

An emotional tale of mothers and daughters, loss and acceptance, When We Let Go is about the lessons that come from heartbreak and the healing it takes to embrace the joy of a second chance."