Author: Jodie BeauGenre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: April 9, 2013
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Book Blurb: Twenty two year old Roxie Golightly is a fun and carefree
spirit...until she marries a wealthy man and her role as a trophy wife leaves
her isolated in a condo with an ironing board and an obsessive desire to
impress people.
When her marriage ends after seven years, Roxie's identity is buried under
layers of furniture polish and piles of designer shoes. She doubts she can ever
be the person she once was.
But when Roxie's charmed life is turned upside down, her best friend creates
The Good Life List to help turn it back around. The instructions are simple:
Complete each task on the Good Life List by the end of the summer.
With list in hand and the help of a sexy and
charismatic guy from her past, Roxie is only a few check marks away from living
the good life, even if it means getting thrown out of a bar or skinny dipping
in the neighbor's pool at 3am.
My Rant:
What a book, this story was fun and exciting. Although there
were times I got quite emotional over the story there were some completely
laugh out loud moments for me.
In life everyone wants a do over especially when you hit
rock bottom and that’s exactly what Roxy did.
She completely wanted to start
over and find out who she was in the process; basically she did not have a
chose. It always seems to take a life
altering or disastrous incident to make you reevaluate your life but the best
way Roxy would try to cope with it was not to confront the issue at all. I
don’t blame her one bit I probably would have run straight for the hills too
and never looked back.
I mean lets be honest here. There are so many times we women
put our lives on hold because we are mothers and supporters of our family and
its hard not too. You get so used to doing for everyone else you basically
forget about yourself and you begin to conform and change. Everyone is a
priority except you. You forget what it is like to be carefree because you lost
who you were to compromise for your love ones. So I can relate to Roxy and was
able to attach myself to her difficulty in finding her self again. But I
struggled with her personality at times because she could be so shallow.
I was completely saddened by the end of her relationship
with her husband and to top it off he was such an A$$ about it. But what made
me respect her more was the strength she used to leave with dignity. She didn’t
give that sorry SOB the satisfaction.
I always say when life throws a rock at you; you better duck or better yet run!
But I smiled a little when that jerk realized maybe he made
a mistake and wanted her back. That was the sweetest revenge anyone could get
in the story and yes it did make me smile and chuckle to myself.
Roxy was strong and funny her personality commanded the
scene the things that came out of her mouth had me busting a rib or too
literally, I laughed so hard I cried. The story line was riveting. The book got more interesting when she moved
back home to live with her brother and her friend Hope basically tells her in
order to find herself she need to complete some task off a bucket list. LOL ,
the good life list and what a list it was to help Roxy be the careless spirit
she used to be before she met Caleb.
Hope add flair to the story. As Roxy best friend she made it
a priority to get Roxy back on her game and out of the rut she was in. I
completely loved Hope because she was that friend that stood by you no matter
what and her character in the story totally kicked- butt. Hope completely
Rocks!!!!!.
My Recommendation:
The Good Life was such a good story that I rated this book 4 out of 5 Purple Rant Hearts and would recommend this book to anyone that enjoys a good Contemporary Romance.
FTC Disclaimer: I received this book for free from the
author, editor, publisher, or Promo Host. This is my honest opinion about this
book and I did not receive any monetary compensation for writing this review
nor was I obligated to write a positive one.
About The Author
Jodie has been writing fiction since she was a child and it was only natural
she would pursue it as a career.
While studying at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI, she took every
writing class offered before she received a BA in Media Arts. After graduation
she moved to Wilmington, NC, with big dreams of one day writing for movies and
TV.
Then she met a boy…and there was a wedding. A few years later came another
boy, this one even cuter.
She gave up her “pipe dream” of being a Hollywood screenwriter and moved
back to Detroit to be a wife, mom and career waitress. But babies sleep a lot
and she got bored and it was either write or clean the house. So she wrote.
She began with a pregnancy/mom blog (http://underthebigmac.blogspot.com/),
but she dreamed of doing more with her writing than making people laugh with
stories of baby poop. So she decided to take a chance, to see if success wasn’t
just a pipe dream. The Good Life is her first novel.
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