Feelings

My latest read was Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid. I finished this book in two days. Two work days. It wasn’t that it was suspenseful, it just flowed and moved along very well. I just kept reading and reading. It was a quick, easy read.

It’s a story about two people who meet while picking up pizza. Unplausably they connect immediately. (Okay let’s get past that or the book doesn’t work at all.)  From then on they are almost inseparable. They are both only children with Ben very close to his mom, and Elsie’s parents distant, with whom she has little contact. Then something dramatic happens (yeah, they get married, but that’s not what I’m talking about). The book switches back and forth from before and after the thing happens. 

It’s hard to go on without spoiling ……. But, suffice it to say, this book, however cynical or skeptical you might be, gives one the feels. The meet cute and ensuing relationship parts are actually my least favorite parts of the book. The eventual relationship Elsie has with Ben’s mother, to me, is better. The two women start off pretty much hating each other before they realize that they have their love for Ben in common and that’s where they’re coming together builds. 

This may be somewhat of a spoiler, however … the ending is nothing spectacular, not disappointing, the characters simply go on with their lives. Which is a good thing.

This is a short blurb for a short, quick-read book. The characters were well defined and they did stay with me for a day or two. This was my first Jenkins Reid book (and I believe their debut book), and I think I’d read more of them down the road.