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REVIEW: The Next Best Thing by Kristan Higgins
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Dear Ms. Higgins:
I am a fan of your work. It’s in my bio, over there, on the right hand side—-> But this book didn’t work so well for me because, primarily, I felt Lucy was a wallower. This is a story about loss and everyone’s attempts to recover from loss. For some, the loss is part of their identity or has been for so long that a person can’t be mentioned without the reference to the loss.
This is the case for Lucy Lang and the women in her life. Lucy is a widow and virtually all the women who are connected to her are widows. Lucy, her mother, and her aunts all work at the family bakery and collectively the women are known as the Black Widows because each woman lost her husband at a young age and none of them have remarried. Lucy’s sister, Corinne, is obsessed with her husband’s health because she is convinced that he will die soon, just like all the other spouses in the family.
Ethan Mirabelli is the younger brother of Lucy’s late husband, Jimmy. Ethan and Lucy have had a friends with benefits relationship as Lucy terms
The Next Best Thing
Finding a man should be simple, especially when you aren’t expecting romance!
Lucy Lang wants a husband. She’s not looking for anyone special, just someone decent and reliable—but definitely not a man she’ll fall in love with. A young widow, Lucy already loved and lost her soulmate, and she doesn’t want to risk that kind of heartbreak again. But sick of being lumped in with her cursed “Black Widow” aunts, Lucy is motivated to give up her casual and completely inappropriate relationship with Ethan Mirabelli, her handsome neighbor, and search for something more dependable.
Having been friends with Lucy for years, Ethan knows what she needs better than anyone else—and that’s him. But convincing her that their relationship is more than a “friends with privileges” arrangement will be a long, complicated process. Luckily, Ethan has always been patient…
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The Next Best Thing
Kristan Higgins
Reviewed by Sandra Wurman
Posted November 24, 2013
Kristan Higgins newest manual The Next Best Thing is probably one of the most emotionally charged stories I've examine and certainly elevates Higgins celestial body status once again in my book. I've come to assume wondrous stories from this glowing entertaining insightful author but THE NEXT BEST THING had me mesmerized. My heart was totally invested in the outcome of what is an engrossing story of trying to get over a great tragedy and hopefully come out reasonably whole. This is the story of Lucy whose husband of only eight months died about five and a half years ago and left her absolutely devastated. Luckily Lucy had an amazing sustain group of family and friends. But her most leaned on friend was Ethan -- her brother-in-law. Ethan had in evidence introduced Lucy to his brother Jimmy and as they tell -- that's all they wrote. Jimmy and Lucy were an amazing couple with a luminous loving fut
Gideon's Cove Complete Collection/Catch of the Day/The Next Best Thing/Somebody to Love
Get swept up in the charm and romance of Gideon’s Cove with these three feel-good reads from New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins!
Catch Of The Day
Perpetually single Maggie Beaumont almost believes that her perfect man is out there waiting for her. With her infamous romantic past — including a failed long-term relationship with her high school sweetheart and a dead-end crush on the new priest, Father Tim O’Halloran — it’s becoming more and more difficult to picture anyone rolling into the small town of Gideon’s Cove just to sweep Maggie off her feet. So when Father Tim offers to set Maggie up on a series of blind dates, she decides she has nothing to lose and lets him play matchmaker.
The Next Best Thing
Lucy Lang wants a husband. She’s not looking for anyone special, just someone decent and reliable — but definitely not a man she’ll fall in love with. A young widow, Lucy already loved and lost her soulmate, and she doesn’t want to risk that kind of heartbreak again. But sick of being lumped in with her cursed ‘Black Widow’ aunts, Lucy is motivated to give up her c
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Finding a man should be simple, especially when you aren’t expecting romance!
Lucy Lang wants a husband. She’s not looking for anyone special, just someone decent and reliable—but definitely not a man she’ll fall in love with. A young widow, Lucy already loved and lost her soulmate, and she doesn’t want to risk that kind of heartbreak again. But sick of being lumped in with her cursed “Black Widow” aunts, Lucy is motivated to give up her casual and completely inappropriate relationship with Ethan Mirabelli, her handsome neighbor, and search for something more dependable.
Having been friends with Lucy for years, Ethan knows what she needs better than anyone else—and that’s him. But convincing her that their relationship is more than a “friends with privileges” arrangement will be a long, complicated process. Luckily, Ethan has always been patient …
GENRE
Romance
PUBLISHER
Recorded Books, Inc.