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Thursday, September 1, 2022

A Lot Like Forever by Jennifer Snow

A Lot Like Forever by Jennifer Snow
Published by Entangled ISBN 9781649372130
Mass market paperback, $9.99, 307 pages


Novels set in small towns hold great appeal to me as I grew up in a small city. Jennifer Snow's A Lot Like Forever is the third book in her Blue Moon Bay series, and after reading it, I want to go back and read the first two books, A Lot Like Love and A Lot Like Christmas.

Whitney is the hardworking head of tourism marketing for Blue Moon Bay. She has helped many small business owners, including Trent, who owns two bars in the town. Trent and Whitney have been together for seven years and are engaged to be married.

Trent is eager to make wedding plans, but Whitney keeps putting him off. Her mother has Alzheimer's and lives in an adult facility. She is not doing well. Whitney's job is an all-consuming one, and when the mayor's son is appointed as her assistant, she fears that he will take her job.

There's something else that is bothering Whitney, something she is hiding from Trent and her best friends. Trent doesn't understand why Whitney has been so distracted. He loves her, is kind and considerate to her mother, and his family adores Whitney. 

Every time Trent brings up the fact that she works too hard, it pushes Whitney's buttons. All he wants is for them to get married and start a family, but every time he brings the future up, Whitney changes the subject. As a couple they seem to moving further apart. 

Whitney is an independent, proud, strong woman, but as Trent says, sometimes those qualities work against her. He loves her and wants her to be able to lean on him. 

Trent is kind to everyone, including Angel, the divorced mom of two teenage sons, who works in his bar. He takes her two sons under his wing, putting them on his football team and finding them work with his friend's construction company. Whitney fears he may turn to Angel for comfort.

I think many women may relate to Whitney's work situation. She needs her job and it consumes her, sometimes to the point that she neglects Trent and her friends. I also think people may relate to Whitney's reluctance to be honest with Trent. As someone who worked in marketing, I found Whitney's job interesting.

Jennifer Snow also does a wonderful job with Whitney's mom's Alzheimer's. The many families who have to deal with this horrible disease will appreciate the compassion with which the author writes about dealing with a loved one who has it. 

Thanks to TLC Tours for putting me on Jennifer Snow's tour. The rest of her tour stops are here:

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Saturday, August 13, 2022

Friday 5ive- August 12th, 2022

Welcome to the Friday 5ive, a weekly post about five things that caught my attention this week, a day late this week.

1)  Living in New York City, you can pretty much find anything in your neighborhood. The one thing we bemoan is that it's hard to find soft serve ice cream in our neighborhood. For more than ten years we have been complaining about this, and then I found a Ralph's Famous Italian Ices & Ice Cream tucked into a small space on 1st Ave. and 82nd street, a mere eleven blocks away. I ordered a Peanut Butter Crunch Sundae and it hit the spot on a scorching hot day. I'm going to try the Pistachio next time, that intrigues me. (I still miss Tom Thumb's Mexican Sundae from back home.)
 



2)  Speaking of cold treats, on my way from work on Tuesday,  I saw this street vendor park his helado cart in front of the driveway to our apartment building. He sold a few icy treats, and then continued his walk up the bus lane on York Avenue, traffic be damned. I wonder if he had Bette Midler's favorite flavor- pineapple? (Your Seinfeld reference for the week.)


3)  I caught the end of Janice Huff, our distinguished local WNBC meteorologist, on the news who was talking about the Strugeon Supermoon we would see on Friday night. Normally we don't get to see much of the exciting celestial events here in NYC, but I looked out our window and saw a huge moon hung over the East River. 




4)  My friend Trish recommended a new series on Apple TV+ called Loot. The brilliant Maya Rudolph stars as Molly Wells, the recently divorced wife of a tech multibillionaire who now finds herself without a husband but with $87 billion. She discovers that she owns a foundation and decides to step up and do good work there. Hijinks ensue as she comes to annoy and befriend the people who work for her foundation including Sofia, the serious minded CEO (MJ Rodriguez),  Arthur the accountant (played sweetly by Nat Faxon),  and her cousin Howard (Ron Gunches). Add in Molly's sycophantic assistant (Joel Kim Booster) and this show reminds me of Park & Recreation in the best way possible. It's funny and sweet, and I want a candy room like Maya has. I can't wait for season two.


5) I read three books this week, all romances and all for reviews to post in the coming weeks. 
Allison Ashley's Would You Rather is a terrific friends-to-lovers tale. Mia works as an administrative assistant to her best friend Noah, an architect at his father's firm. Mia's dream is to go back to school to become a pediatric nutritionist but she needs the health insurance from her job because she has a chronic illness that will require a kidney transplant soon. Noah doesn't want Mia to give up her dream and offers to marry her so she can keep her insurance as his wife. Noah loves Mia and Mia loves Noah, but they won't admit it to each other. It's a sweet slow-burn love story for people who loved the second season of Bridgerton (like me!). My full review posts August 23rd. 


Ivy Owens' Scandalized is a steamy hot romance that begins when Gigi, an L.A. Times journalist who is about to break a big scandalous story about wealthy men doing bad things to women in a London nightclub, runs into Alec, the brother of her childhood friend, in Seattle. Their flight to LA gets cancelled,  and Alec offers Gigi to stay in his hotel suite with him. While he promises to be a gentleman, their attraction to each other is too much to ignore and they have a hot one-night stand that turns into a longer adventure when they get to LA. How Alec plays into the story she is chasing comes to light, and could affect Gigi's big story. (This one has lots of explicit sexual content so if that isn't your thing, steer clear. If it is your thing, you'll enjoy.) My full review publishes August 25th.



The third book, Jennifer Snow's A Lot Like Forever, is the third installment of her Blue Moon Bay series. Set in the small California coastal tourist town of Blue Moon Bay, Whitney is the workaholic head of tourism marketing for the town. She's been dating Trent, who owns two popular bars in Blue Moon Bay, for seven years and they are engaged to be married. Whitney's mom has Alzheimer's and lives in an nearby adult facility. Whitney has a lot on her plate, and she is keeping something big from Trent and her best friends, something that can change their lives forever. I really liked the small town setting, and Whitney's dealing with her mom's Alzheimer's rings true for so many people in her shoes. This romance is more on the sweet side of the spectrum, but there is a little spice to it to keep readers happy. It made me want to read the first two books in the series- A Lot Like Love and A Lot Like Christmas to get the backgrounds on some of  the other characters. My full review publishes September 1st.


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