Julie's Review: Feels Like Falling

Author: Kristy Woodson Harvey
Series: None
Publication Date: April 28, 2020
Publisher: Gallery Books
Pages: 352
Obtained: publisher via Netgalley
Genre:  Mystery
Rating: 5/5
Bottom Line: Friends can be family too
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Summary: It’s summertime on the North Carolina coast and the livin’ is easy. Unless, that is, you’ve just lost your mother to cancer, your sister to her extremist husband, and your husband to his executive assistant. Meet Gray Howard. Right when Gray could use a serious infusion of good karma in her life, she inadvertently gets a stranger, Diana Harrington, fired from her job at the local pharmacy. Diana Harrington’s summer isn’t off to the greatest start either: Hours before losing her job, she broke up with her boyfriend and moved out of their shared house with only a worn-out Impala for a bed. Lucky for her, Gray has an empty guest house and a very guilty conscience. With Gray’s kindness, Diana’s tide begins to turn. But when her first love returns, every secret from her past seems to resurface all at once. And, as Gray begins to blaze a new trail, she discovers, with Diana’s help, that what she envisioned as her perfect life may not be what she wants at all. In her warmest, wisest novel yet, Kristy Woodson Harvey delivers a discerning portrait of modern womanhood through two vastly different lenses. Feels Like Falling is a beach bag essential for Harvey fans—and for a new generation of readers. ~amazon.com 

Review: There is something inherently summer with a Kristy Woodson Harvey novel; probably because they are usually set at a beach and make me want to curl up with a book and feel the ocean air. Plus her covers are always so awesome and envious. Being that I'm in Illinois and well going to the beach on Lake Michigan isn't the same as going to the ocean beach.

Grey is going through a shitty divorce and I mean the way her soon to be ex told her he wanted one isn't that great either and her mom just died of cancer, so she's on a bit of an emotional rollercoaster when she pretty much overreacts to some pictures not coming out right at the local drug store. Unfortunately her reaction has devastating effects for Diana Harrington who just lost her job along with losing her place to stay because she broke up with her loser boyfriend.  Diana is made of tough stuff and this won't get her down; she'll figure something out.

Turns out that Grey has a heart and actually needs some help at her beach house and Diana can stay there while she figures out her next steps. Turns out that they both need each other in ways that they couldn't imagine. Especially when it comes to matters of the heart. They might not have ever met if it wasn't for Grey complaining but they are the people they need at that time in their lives. Although I do think they will be involved in each others lives from here on out.

I love the message that friends are the family you chose and make throughout this novel. It is so true and you realize it the older you get. It's not even that there has to be something wrong with your family but sometimes you need someone who brings a different perspective. I think that's what Diana and Grey gave each other, a glimpse into a different way of thinking.

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