Harlequin
Books
December
26th, 2017
978-1-335-90335-8
Contemporary,
Women’s Fiction
Paperback
ARC
Reviewed
by Dawn (love2read28@gmail.com)
Obtained
by Publisher
3.5 Hearts
For
Nora Stewart, leaving Scrupper Island was the best thing in her mind. Feeling
like an outcast growing up, Nora tries to reinvent herself after being awarded
the Tufts Scholarship and becoming a medical specialist. But being hit by a car
and finding out your boyfriend hitting on another doctor while you think you
are dying is one huge step back. So Nora does the sensible thing and runs back
to the Maine island she hasn’t stepped foot on in over fifteen years. But
things on Scrupper Island are not the same anymore and as Nora navigates small
town drama and other issues stemming from her childhood, Nora reconnects with
her family and tries to solve the mystery of her father leaving her and the
family. As Nora navigates this new life she is making for herself, she finds
the courage to make peace with her past, fall in love and put a dark event from
her life to bed. But it will take is the courage to move on and forgive
yourself to move on.
Author
Kristan Higgins is at it again with a story about family and more within the
pages of NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT. It
took me awhile to get into the book as Nora just made me want o smack her the
first few chapters. I swear she annoyed me to no end and I kept putting the
book down repeatedly. But after the halfway point, Nora grew as a character and
a person and I finally saw her redeeming qualities that you only caught
glimpses of in the first half of the book. The rest of the cast of characters
were quite unique and I absolutely loved Nora’s mom, niece and her new friends
on the island. They were diverse and unique, quite enjoyable, especially
Xiaowen, a classmate from high school who turned out to be one awesome friend
to Nora as an adult. I loved how they interacted with one another and with
Nora. They gave much clarity to Nora at times and other times, lots of laughs
and humor. The author does a great job in capturing all these different
personalities within the pages of NOW
THAT YOU MENTION IT.
NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT is a nice story once
you get past the first few chapters where we see how Nora got the Taft
scholarship, how her family splintered, and life took them in different
directions. The author does a great job in capturing those family dynamics amid
the pages of NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT
and this had a little bit more darkness to it in Nora’s past that caused her to
act certain ways. What I did enjoy was how Nora finally -FINALLY- manned up and
took charge of her own life, instead of being the perfect doctor, friend,
girlfriend, etc. Perfect is so overrated as Nora finds out and learns a
valuable lesson as she comes into her own on Scrupper Island. If you are
looking for Ms. Higgins lighthearted story, then you will be glad to see that
this has all the elements of it but the main character takes some time getting
to know. If you take your time and continue to read, then you will see the real
Nora stand up and take charge in the last half of the book. Even after putting
it down several times, I still enjoyed NOW
THAT YOU MENTION IT and look forward to seeing where the author goes in
their next book.
This
is an objective review and not an endorsement
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