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A delightfully modern look at what happens for a young woman when tradition, dating, and independence collide, from acclaimed author Sonya Lalli.

Adulting shouldn’t be this hard. Especially in your thirties. Having been pressured by her tight-knit community to get married at a young age to her first serious boyfriend, Anu Desai is now on her own again and feels like she is starting from the beginning.

But Anu doesn’t have time to start over. Telling her parents that she was separating from her husband was the hardest thing she’s ever done—and she’s still dealing with the fallout. She has her young daughter to support and when she invests all of her savings into running her own yoga studio, the feelings of irresponsibility send Anu reeling. She’ll be forced to look inside herself to learn what she truly wants.

A new-to-me author, I was excited to try another romantic women’s fiction story (as those tend to be my favorite). (Once again, I don’t remember where I got this book, but I’m sure I picked it up because of the cover.)

This was an okay book, but I didn’t quite connect with it the way I wanted to. Part of it was from not connecting with Anu (I understand her frustration, but I didn’t fully get why she thought the way she changed her actions was going to make a lasting change). The other part was feeling sorry for Anu because her “friends” were terrible. Monica seemed generally supportive, but I struggled to see why she was so close to Jenny and Imogen. And–as always–not a fan of split timeline.

Overall, it was okay. I’m not mad that I read it, but I won’t likely read it again.

Rated PG-13.

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