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💌FIVE STAR BOOK REVIEW 💌

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🤗First and foremost, thank you so much to @henryholtbooks for the ARC!

Title: Family Family
Author: Laurie Frankel
Pub date: January 23, 2024
Genre: Literary Fiction/General Adult Fiction

🍂One Two Three was one of my top reads in 2022 and ever since I’ve been eagerly anticipating what Laurie Frankel would put out next. She writes MEMORABLE characters truly better than anyone else I’ve read. She has such a wonderful way of making these characters seems so unique yet so common, ordinary, and relatable; I don’t know how she blends to the two together so perfectly.

🤗These characters were some of the best I’ve ever read. The banter and writing was also shockingly good. Some authors have an excellent way with words but aren’t necessarily a master storyteller. Some authors create the most incredible stories but can’t articulate them properly. Laurie Frankel does both. It’s beautiful and it’s rare.

💞There are a few different love story plots in here but one of them was literally the cutest falling in love I think I’ve ever read. Can’t say more 🤐

💕I don’t think readers should read the back of the book and I don’t think reviewers for this book should really say much about what happens within the pages of this book either. What made it so special was the way that the story unfolded naturally.

💞All that being said, I don’t think this will be the book for every reader. I don’t agree with every choice the characters made. They made me smile, they made me cry, they made me want to take them by the shoulders and shake some sense into them. I think that’s the point.

💞I read this as a buddy read with @amy_alwaysreading and @rachellelovesbooks and it was so nice to have people to discuss with. This would make a fabulous bookclub choice!!

⚠️If you have concerns about the content since much of it could be very sensitive to certain audiences, I’d suggest looking up content warnings or DMing me if you have questions!

❓What’s your favorite genre and the last book you read in that genre?